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In The Handmaid’s Tale Season 3, Gilead’s Still Gonna Gilead

 The third season of the Hulu series explores the limitations of systemic reform while feeling a bit stuck in place. By Jen Chaney
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How Emma Boettcher’s ‘Whimsical’ Jeopardy! Strategy Defeated James Holzhauer

 “I was a little more guided by intuition and feeling.” By Devon Ivie
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The Best TV Shows of 2019 (So Far)

 Fleabag, Russian Doll, Barry, and more of TV’s latest and greatest standouts. By Jen Chaney and Matt Zoller Seitz

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  1. tv ratings
    Last Night’s Jeopardy! Was the Most Watched in 14 YearsLast night was James Holzhauer’s most-watched episode.
  2. overnights
    The Bachelorette Recap: Rotten LukeLuke P., you’re on TV. We can all see you.
  3. tv review
    In The Handmaid’s Tale Season 3, Gilead’s Still Gonna GileadThe third season of the Hulu series explores the limitations of systemic reform while feeling a bit stuck in place.
  4. tv ratings
    How Chernobyl Became HBO’s Surprise Monday-Night HitWith a cumulative audience of 6 million, this nuclear-disaster miniseries is anything but radioactive to viewers.
  5. this! is! the aftermath!
    Jeopardy!’s Greatest Players React to, Toast, and Memeify James Holzhauer’s LossKen Jennings, always a jokester.
  7. season renewals
    Netflix’s Dead to Me Lives OnThe Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini dark comedy has been renewed for a second season.
  8. overnights
    Gentleman Jack Recap: Ex–Best FriendsAs Anne prepares to go abroad and reconnects with an old flame, Ann has a decidedly more difficult time handling their separation.
  9. this! is! a winner!
    How Emma Boettcher’s ‘Whimsical’ Jeopardy! Strategy Defeated James Holzhauer“I was a little more guided by intuition and feeling.”
  10. this! is! breaking!
    Oh My God, James Holzhauer Lost on Jeopardy!Congrats to his slayer, Emma Boettcher, who’s not a professional gambler.
  11. this! is! jeopardy!
    James Holzhauer Fell $56,000 Short of Breaking Ken Jennings’s Jeopardy! RecordThe Jeopardy! whiz ended his 33-game run just shy of beating Ken Jennings’ $2.5 million mark.
  14. this! is! jeopardy!
    Can You Answer the Jeopardy! Clues James Holzhauer Couldn’t?Take this quiz to find out.
  15. what the tuck
    RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 Finale: We Have ThoughtsOn this season finale of What the Tuck, Mano Agapion and Matt Rogers discuss the season finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race.
  16. best of 2019
    The Best TV Shows of 2019 (So Far)Fleabag, Russian Doll, Barry, and more of TV’s latest and greatest standouts.
  17. trailer mix
    For All Mankind Trailer: Battlestar’s Ronald D. Moore Reimagines the Space RaceWhat if the U.S.S.R. landed on the moon first?
  18. good one podcast
    How James Corden Brought Musicals to Late Night“I love doing the show so much that I imagine I’ll stay for a touch more.”
  19. overnights
    NOS4A2 Series Premiere Recap: Christmas Came EarlyA chilling cold open hints at the dark places AMC’s new horror drama might go, once it gets all the obligatory place-setting out of the way.
  20. overnights
    Billions Recap: Bad for BusinessThe season’s penultimate episode is riddled with ambiguity, which is exactly why it’s so enthralling.
  21. overnights
    Luther Season Premiere Recap: The Ball JarOur favorite ethically challenged lawman and his newly returned partner-in-vigilantism are back, and things seem as chaotic as ever.
  22. starstruck
    Watch Dateline’s Keith Morrison Surprise His No. 1 Fan, Bill Hader“This is the coolest thing of all time.”
  23. sexual assault
    Ellen DeGeneres’s Mom ‘Regrets’ Not Believing Her About Sexual Abuse“If someone in your life has the courage to speak out, please believe them.”
  26. politics v tv
    The Walking Dead Threatens to Leave Georgia If Abortion Law Goes Into Effect“This is likely to be a long and complicated fight,” a network spokesperson said.
  27. overnights
    Good Omens Finale Recap: Apocalypse? Nah.A full-circle ending brings us back to where we started, and in the process makes the end of the world seem weirdly life-affirming.
  28. overnights
    Good Omens Recap: We Will Rock You?At the dawn of the apocalypse, seeming enemies see past their difference and the Antichrist decides to go his own way.
  29. last night on late night
    Let Michael Sheen Give You a Sexting 101 LessonAlways add the raindrops.
  30. overnights
    Good Omens Recap: Leaving Early to Avoid the RushWith Earth taking a hard turn toward the apocalyptic and Heaven and Hell both lining up for war, Crowley considers skedaddling.
  31. overnights
    Deadwood Movie Recap: Before Eyes Close for Good and AllThe end has truly come for Deadwood — the town and the series — as we know it, but the future rolls on.
  32. chat room
    Why Paula Malcomson Came Back to Deadwood“I got to learn at the foot of a master.”
  33. tv review
    Deadwood: The Movie, At Long LastDavid Milch’s summation, benediction, and farewell to Deadwood is a story about the necessity of saying good-bye.
  34. fashion
    I Bought the Fleabag JumpsuitAnd I’m so glad I did.
  35. overnights
    Good Omens Recap: Have a Nice DoomsdayAn abbreviated history of Aziraphale and Crowley’s friendship highlights the foundation of Good Omens’s success: Michael Sheen and David Tennant.
  38. green juice
    Richard Madden Underestimates How Much Green Juice We’d Watch Him DrinkHint: The limit does not exist.
  39. overnights
    Good Omens Recap: Sorry, Right NumberA crowded but satisfying episode introduces more of the many players will have a part in this end-times comedy of errors.
  40. cancellations
    Silicon Valley Will Close Up Shop After Season 6The final set of seven episodes will air later this year.
  41. vulture lists
    Every Deadwood Episode, RankedFeaturing kidney stones, brawls, and so much swearing.
  42. real estate
    Time to Have an Existential Crisis Because a Family of Ducks Lives in Your PoolTony Soprano’s house is for sale.
  43. overnights
    RuPaul’s Drag Race Season-Finale Recap: Odds in Her FavorA long, difficult season draws to a close the only way it really could. But where does Drag Race go from here?
  44. vulture lists
    12 Shows That Also Deserve Deadwood-style Movies for ClosureWe see you, Santa Clarita Diet.
  45. game of thrones
    Isaac Hempstead Wright Says the King Bran Idea Came From George R.R. MartinSo you can’t blame that on the TV show!
  46. chat room
    How Moonlight’s Jharrel Jerome Found Himself in Ava DuVernay’s When They See UsThe 21-year-old on what he learned playing Korey Wise, one of the Central Park Five.
  47. fashion du jour
    How Elementary’s Joan Watson Became the Most Stylish Detective on TVIt’s not just all those great suits and ties.
  50. overnights
    Good Omens Series-Premiere Recap: Apocalypse Now?The adaptation of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s novel begins its circuitous journey to the end of the world.
  51. last night on late night
    Ava DuVernay Is Down to Remake Friday With Desus and MeroHint hint, Hollywood!
  52. pilots
    Comedian Nate Bargatze Is Coming to ABC, Courtesy of Jerrod CarmichaelAre we approaching a eponymous sitcom-starring-comic renaissance?
  53. chat room
    Zachary Quinto Can’t Quit Playing Creepy TV VillainsIn AMC’s NOS4A2, Quinto wants to be “the receptacle for a lot of frustrations and angers and real-world fears.”
  54. fashion du jour
    Veep’s Costume Designer Looks Back on Her Favorite Selina Meyer OutfitsPlus, the best clothes up for grabs in the Veep auction.
  55. true stories
    The Historical Reality Behind The Spanish Princess’s Sexy Tudor DramaJust how much of the Starz drama falls under that “Some historical events and characters have been altered” disclaimer?
  56. tv orders
    Hulu Is Making the Inevitable Sally Rooney TV Show With Normal PeopleStarring newcomers Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal.
  57. tv review
    When They See Us Is an Intimate, Sensitive Look at the Central Park Five TragedyThe famous rape case and wrongful convictions are revisited in this thoughtful, well-acted Netflix miniseries from Ava DuVernay.
  58. overnights
    The Twilight Zone Season Finale Recap: When Do We Get to the Twilight Zone?“Blurryman” is a particularly clever episode with a superb fake-out.
  59. overnights
    Jane the Virgin Recap: Try to FocusRafael, buddy, you’re making it so hard to love you!
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