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  1. gold rush
    Why Doesn’t Reservation Dogs Have an Emmy?One of the most critically acclaimed TV shows of the 2020s has yet to win the industry’s biggest award. What’s going on?
    By Joe Reid
  2. this week in late night
    John Oliver Praising Hitler Won Late Night This WeekPlus, Martin Lawrence discussing asses on The Tonight Show and Ariana Grande debuting a new mask.
    By Bethy Squires
  3. in this climate?!
    Comedians Can’t Stop Doing Jokes About Greta ThunbergThere’s mounting evidence they never will.
    By Hershal Pandya
  4. theater review
    Coach Coach Goes to Camp CampDoes Bailey Williams’s wellness-industry satire self-actualize?
    By Sara Holdren
  5. a new chapter
    Power Trip Spreads the GospelFour years after longtime front man Riley Gale’s death, the band needed a new way forward. They found one in vocalist Seth Gilmore.
    By Paula Mejía
  6. respect the classics
    Don’t Text, Mommy’s at the Rolling StonesIf you ever wanted to go to a concert with people you only talk to on Facebook, now’s your chance.
    By Justin Curto
  7. 1.5x speed
    What Seth Meyers Is Listening To“I’ve had my time with true crime. I enjoyed it more before I had children.”
    By Nicholas Quah
  8. lesbian space witches!
    The Acolyte Is Not the Star Wars You Were Looking ForAnd that’s a very good thing.
    By Roxana Hadadi and Jackson McHenry
  9. role call
    Alyson Hannigan Answers All Our Questions About American PieOn her Buffy co-stars’ mixed reactions to the movie, frustrations with the casting director, and the shock of hearing Taylor Swift’s “So High School.”
    By Mara Reinstein
  10. the 8h days
    Gail Matthius’s Short Time on the SNL ‘Playground’The voice behind iconic ’90s kids’ cartoons reflects on her brief stint during the Eddie Murphy era.
    By Andy Hoglund
  11. identity crisis
    Hacks Isn’t a Good ComedyBut it could be a great drama.
    By Nicholas Quah
  12. theater review
    There and Back Again, in Home, Breaking the Story, and What Became of UsThree onstage journeys between realms.
    By Jackson McHenry
  13. public theater
    Rooting for ThemThe end of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez would mean the end of an unapologetically ostentatious celebrity romance that has fed us all for decades.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  14. there is still time
    I Saw the TV Glow’s Ending Is Full of Hope, If You Want It to BeThere’s a way to read the end of Jane Schoenbrun’s masterful new movie as grim, even nihilistic. But you must actively choose to see it that way.
    By Emily St. James
  15. good one
    Ego Nwodim Is in Her Silly SeasonThe SNL star breaks down six of her strongest and wrongest characters.
    By Jesse David Fox
  16. cannes 2024
    Sean Baker’s Anora Is Scheduled to Hit Theaters This FallNeon is planning a prime awards-season release for its fifth consecutive Palme d’Or winner.
    By Chris Lee
  17. reality check
    Every Engagement, Breakup, and Marriage in Love Is BlindWe tracked all 178 participants to find out who’s still married, who got divorced, and who’s having a baby.
    By Nic Juarez
  18. to the pods
    The Love MachineLove Is Blind creator Chris Coelen drops a new group of singles into his strange experiment — and wrestles with all the lawsuits against the series.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  19. island time
    The Survivor Eras TourWith 46 seasons of lore, even the most dedicated fans can find it difficult to keep track of what exactly happened and when.
    By Jason P. Frank and Nic Juarez
  20. game theory
    Firing Jeff Probst Isn’t EnoughThe game used to be a contest of social, physical, and strategic skill. Now it’s turning into a show about nothing but itself.
    By Mark Harris
  21. lawyer up
    (Almost) Every Reality TV Lawsuit Right NowFrom villain edits to one contestant being forced to bake a pie the day she had a stroke.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  22. reality bites
    Andy Cohen Vs. the HousewivesHow the Watch What Happens Live host survived the ‘Reality Reckoning’ (at least for now).
    By Jessica Pressler
  23. finale thoughts
    Latrice Royale Walked Into We’re Here With No Fear“It’s going to take a lot more than idle threats to deter me.”
    By Marah Eakin
  24. gold rush
    The Emmys Need a Reality CheckIn the 21 years the Outstanding Reality Competition category has existed, only five shows have ever won. There’s an easy fix for this broken race.
    By Joe Reid
  25. fixer upper
    In Loving Memory of Loot’s Tragically Underdeveloped Side PlotsSeason two spent too much time on its billionaire protagonist and not enough time on the more interesting characters around her.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  26. close reads
    Let’s Talk About the Gnarliest Horror Scene of the YearAs far as slasher fatalities go, the centerpiece of In a Violent Nature is an all-timer.
    By A.A. Dowd
  27. funny videos of the month
    The Best Comedy Shorts of May 2024Rounding up our favorite funny videos of the month.
    By Luke Kelly-Clyne and Graham Techler
  28. the fall guys
    Here’s the Real Reason Why There’s Still No Oscar for Best StuntsIt’s a lousy argument, not to mention an offensive one.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  29. stand-up
    3 New Comedy Specials You Should Definitely Watch (When You Have a Moment)Featuring real sunsets, fake sunsets, gangbang act-outs, and a bunch of therapists.
    By Jesse David Fox
  30. song roulette
    The Police Could Turn Anything Into a Hit“We were so popular it almost didn’t matter what we put out.”
    By Devon Ivie
  31. vanderpunch rules
    Tom Sandoval Spent 18 Episodes Asking to Get PunchedLest Vanderpump Rules end this cursed season with Sandoval thinking he won anyone over, here is an incomplete list of his most intolerable moments.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  32. at the box office
    Movies Like Furiosa Were Never Meant to Save HollywoodWe’re still expecting tentpole results from non-tentpole movies.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  33. ranking
    The Best Names in Furiosa Are Also the GrossestThe Fury Road prequel is packed with the nuttiest, most goofy-ass names George Miller could dream up.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  34. for your consideration
    X-Men ’97 Deserves a Best Drama Emmy NominationMove aside, Loki.
    By Joe Reid
  35. finale thoughts
    Sara Bareilles Is Making Peace With Girls5eva’s Future“My hope is that we get to stretch a little bit and, if nothing else, make a few more episodes.”
    By Devon Ivie
  36. good one
    John Early Breaks His Silence on His Joke About UsVulture got name-checked in his 2023 HBO special. We finally asked him what gives.
    By Jesse David Fox
  37. chat room
    Should Charlie Puth Be a Bigger Artist? We Asked Charlie Puth.He says yes (but he promises it’s not to inflate his ego).
    By Nate Sloan
  38. close read
    The White-Power Fantasy of ReacherThe streaming juggernaut fronts as wallpaper TV, but its uncanny fiction is anything but easygoing.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  39. housewives institute bulletin
    No, This Isn’t the End of Vanderpump RulesBut that doesn’t mean the show isn’t in trouble.
    By Brian Moylan
  40. cannes 2024
    It’s No Wonder That Cannes Fell for AnoraThere are wild moments in Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner that feel like real life letting itself in through the door and upending the narrative décor.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  41. finales
    The Jinx: Part Two Ignores the Full StoryYou can’t complete the Robert Durst saga without reckoning with the phenomenon the original doc wrought.
    By Nicholas Quah
  42. gold rush
    Our Way Too Early Emmy PredictionsThe conjectures (welcome, Shōgun), shoo-ins (welcome back, The Bear), and long shots (justice for Reservation Dogs!) of the 2024 TV awards race.
    By Joe Reid
  43. technicolor nightmare
    Dementus’s Color-Changing Cape Is the Key to Understanding FuriosaDementus’s cape changes colors as he descends into further villainy and as Furiosa rises to become the rarest of things: a true hero.
    By James Grebey
  44. movie review
    Not Even Jennifer Lopez Seems to Know What Atlas Is Meant to BeThe Netflix original is neither a serious action flick nor a B movie. It’s just a slick, textureless attempt to assure you that AI is your friend.
    By Alison Willmore
  45. endings
    Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’s Fantastically Demented Ending, ExplainedGeorge Miller’s Fury Road prequel has one of the bleakest, most twisted endings of any studio franchise movie in recent history.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  46. behind the seams
    ‘How Can We Make It Campier?’Dressing rising pop star Chappell Roan is about making the impossible happen without getting in trouble.
    By Caitlin Wolper
  47. chapters
    ‘That’s Our Bond!’What it took to turn a relatively little-known, working-class actor named Sean Connery into the high-living, suave James Bond.
    By Paul Duncan
  48. endings
    The Empty Perspective of Civil War’s Final ShotIt’s the closest Alex Garland’s “anti-war” film comes to a distinct political statement.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  49. movie review
    Civil War Isn’t the Movie You Think It IsAlex Garland’s war epic is more about how we respond to images of conflict than it is about the conflict itself.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  50. this week in late night
    An Incredulous Rory Scovel Won Late Night This WeekPlus Billie Eilish on The Late Show and John Oliver on corn.
    By Bethy Squires
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