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The Best TV Shows of 2017—Bonus Material
More in-depth content related to our Best Of picks
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February 17, 2017
‘Big Little Lies’ Tells Uncomfortable Truths
HBO’s extra-starry miniseries is a pointed satire of West Coast wealth
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February 14, 2017
‘The Young Pope’ Finds Its Heart
Forget the kangaroo and the track-suited priests. The craziest thing on the HBO series was its late-breaking earnestness.
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February 8, 2017
‘The Young Pope’ Has the Best Music Cue Since ‘The Right Stuff’
A little-known techno jam makes a weird show sublime
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January 30, 2017
‘The Young Pope’ Character Power Rankings
From Sofia to Pope Pius XIII himself, an ordered list of the show’s many players, ranked by their depth and worth in the eyes of God
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January 26, 2017
“Hot Archie” Isn’t an Oxymoron — He’s the Future of the CW
‘Riverdale’ brings the comics into the 21st century with plenty of familiar CW mystery and romance
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January 13, 2017
Laughing at God
This weekend marks the release of two remarkably different explorations of Catholicism. What does it mean that Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘The Young Pope’ feels more relevant than Martin Scorsese’s ‘Silence’?
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January 12, 2017
‘The Young Pope’ Is Almost Weirder Than ‘Young Pope’ Internet
How can a show stand a chance when it’s been meme’d to high heaven (literally) before it’s aired an episode? By being even stranger than the strangest internet jokes, to start.