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Before he terrorized audiences as Pennywise the Dancing Clown in both cinematic chapters of “It” (and later, HBO’s “It: Welcome to Derry” — which just got renewed for a second season), Swedish actor Bill Skarsgård scored his first English-language horror genre role on American TV. That role was in “Hemlock Grove,” one of the first…

Detectives have been a staple of television throughout its history, with “Columbo,” “True Detective,” and “Sherlock” being among the most influential shows in the medium. In recent years, crime television and its many sub-genres have become a female-dominated market, both in terms of the audience watching at home and the characters on camera leading them.

Kyle Chandler has been making waves on “Lanterns” as the powerful Hal Jordan, the senior Green Lantern of Earth in the DC Universe. The actor’s weary take is a bold departure from Hal’s traditional depiction, being a scruffy figure whose moral leanings often seem ambiguous. This concerns the Guardians of the Universe enough to task him…

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Medical dramas have remained a staple part of TV since as early as the 1950s, and by the 1970s there were many series that were so good they probably should be first in line for a reboot. Because the 1970s were such a massively important time for both cultural upheaval and innovation in TV, these…

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In a particularly tumultuous year for the entertainment industry, 2026 has already seen its fair share of television cancellations. Sometimes it feels like a rare privilege when a show gets to run for multiple seasons, particularly in this mercurial streaming era. It’s even rarer when a show returns and is roughly just as good as…