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'The Morning Show'
Apple TV+
While the first tentpole series for Apple TV+ received mixed reviews, it also visibly improved as the first season progressed.
Featuring several standout performances, Jennifer Aniston plays a veteran morning show anchor who is blindsided when her longtime co-host (Steve Carell) is fired after being hit with numerous sexual misconduct allegations. Reese Witherspoon plays a local news reporter whose interview goes viral and winds up as new co-anchor of "The Morning Show".
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'Ballers'
HBO
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is one of the planet's biggest movie stars, yet his HBO comedy never received the recognition it deserved (although Massachusetts' Senator Elizabeth Warren has declared herself a huge fan).
Johnson stars as Spencer Strasmore, a retired NFL star who now manages the finances of current NFL players. Rob Cordrry plays Spence's business associate/sidekick.
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'The OA'
Netflix
Viewers who like their sci-fi crazy with a side of bonkers will find a lot to enjoy in this audaciously mind-bending drama that takes the alternate-dimensions premise of series like "Fringe" and runs with it.
Brit Marling stars as a young woman about a young woman (Brit Marling) who mysteriously reappears after being missing for seven years and brings a dimension-spanning mystery with her.
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'Summertime'
Netflix
Celebrate the arrival of summer by watching "Summertime", an Italian romantic drama set amidst the stunning backdrop of the Adriatic coast.
An undeniable attraction unites Ale (Ludovico Tersigni) and Summer, (Rebecca Coco Edogamhe), two young people whose mutual attraction flourishes during one hot and sultry summer, despite coming from very different worlds.
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'Never Have I Ever'
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Mindy Kaling may not appear onscreen, but her presence is all over Netflix's semi-autobiographical coming-of-age comedy from the star/creator of "The Mindy Project".
Canadian actress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan stars as an Indian-American teenager dealing with the travails of adolescence.
After streaming the first sreason, fans won't have to wait long for the second, which is set to premiere in July.
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'The Last Dance'
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This acclaimed sports docuseries follows all the drama — both on the court and off — as Michael Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA Championships over the course of eight extraordinary seasons.
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'Succession'
HBO
Loosely based on Rupert Murdoch and his children, this serio-comedic HBO series follows the exploits of a group of wealthy siblings who being jockeying for position when the elderly family patriarch (Brian Cox in a fierce performance) suffers a stroke and winds up in a coma. When he recovers, palace intrigue ensues as the siblings concoct schemes to control the family's media empire.
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'Arrested Development'
Netflix
Whether rewatching or viewing it for the first time, "Arrested Development" remains pure comedy gold, the saga of a family of wealthy oddballs who get themselves into hilariously weird predicaments.
Jason Bateman stars as Michael Bluth, the sole responsible sibling trying to save the family from financial ruin after their father (Jeffrey Tambor) is sent to the slammer for defrauding investors.
A top-notch cast, wry narration from Ron Howard and dozens of celebrity guest stars are just some of the many reasons that make "Arrested Development" worth streaming.
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'Russian Doll'
Netflix
After being hit by a cab after leaving her 39th birthday party, Nadia Vulkovov (Natasha Lyonne) miraculously returns to life, and discovers she keeps living the same day over and over, a la "Groundhog Day" while trapped in a surreal time loop that offers no escape.
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Ted Lasso
Apple TV+
A feel-good comedy that is also very funny, "Ted Lasso" features Jason Sudeikis as the titular character, an American football coach hired as the manager of a failing British soccer team.
What he lacks in knowledge of soccer (which is pretty much everything about the sport), he makes up for with enthusiastic optimism.
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'WandaVision'
Disney+
Arguably the most audacious entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe to day, Wanda Maximoff/Scarlett Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) become the protagonists in a 1950s TV sitcom, with their comedy exploits continuing in sitcoms in the ensuing decades.
Yet there's a lot more going on that sitcom hijinks, as the truth behind the laugh-track slowly emerges.
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'Dear White People'
Netflix
It's no secret that issues of race have been in the forefront lately, and those issues are at the core of this bold Netflix comedy, in which Black students at an Ivy League college navigate a landscape filled with racial inequity, social injustice and cultural bias.
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'Fleabag'
Amazon Prime Video
Phoebe Waller-Bridge is the writer and creator of this wry British comedy, in which she plays the titular protagonist known only as Fleabag.
Still reeling from the death of her best friend,
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'The Sopranos'
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Anybody who has yet to experience one of TV's all-time great dramas is in for a summertimetreat.
The series begins with New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano (the late James Gandolfini) making a tough decision to see a psychiatrist (Lorraine Bracco), and concludes with arguably the most infamous ending in TV history. What comes in between is sheer greatness.
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'The Mandalorian'
Disney+
While it's a no-brainer that hardcore "Star Wars" fans have already seen "The Mandalorian", those who are familiar with the franchise but haven't yet checked it out will discover a rip-roaring space western with a cinematic feel, courtesy of series guru Jon Favreau, director of blockbusters ranging from "Iron Man" to "Elf".
Pedro Pascal plays the titular Mandalorian, who finds himself under attack when he's hired to transport a tiny creature known as "the Child," a.k.a. Baby Yoda.
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'Outer Banks'
Netflix
A summertime vibe is guaranteed with this Netflix teen drama set in South Carolina's Outer Banks.
The storyline surrounds teen John B (Chase Stokes), leader of a tight-knit crew called the Pogues. In trying to solve the mystery behind his father's disappearance while trying to salvage a sunken ship, the crew find themselves embarking on a literal treasure hunt while working to uncover the truth.
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'Queer Eye'
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When it comes to feel-good reality TV, it's tough to beat this Netflix reboot of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy", with new crew Karamo Brown, Jonathan Van Ness, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Bobby Berk providing stylish makeovers and an inclusive message.
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'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'
Amazon Prime Video
This critically acclaimed, Emmy-winning comedy set during the late 1950s follows the exploits of well-to-do housewife Midge Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan), whose onstage rant at a Greenwich Village nightclub in sends after the breakup of her marriage propels her toward an unexpected career as a standup comic. Created by Amy Sherman-Palladino ("Gilmore Girls"), the dialogue is fast, sharp and funny, with a cast of supporting characters who are second to none.
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'The Boys'
Amazon Prime Video
"Subversive" doesn't even begin to describe this ultra-violent and ultra-funny superhero satire about a group of super-powered vigilantes who have no qualms about using their unique abilities for their own personal gain.
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'The Queen's Gambit'
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Anyone who hasn't yet come around to checking out this critically acclaimed Netflix limited series because it's set in the world of chess should give it a try, as chess is only one aspect of the crackling storyline.
Set in the 1960s, Anya Taylor-Joy stars as a chess prodigy with a self-destructive streak and some serious addiction issues — which, oddly enough, only makes her game all the greater.
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'When They See Us'
Netflix
Given the current conversations about systemic racism throughout Western culture, this Ava DuVernay-directed miniseries may be set in the 1980s, but is as relevant as it gets.
Chronicling the case of "the Central Park 5", the series tells the story about how five Black teenagers were wrongfully accused, tried and convicted of assaulting a white female jogger — a crime they didn't commit, yet for which they spent decades behind bars, proclaiming their innocence to a system that had already sealed their fate before they ever stepped into a courtroom.
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