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A Case for Bleak TV & Feel-Bad Entertainment

I finally got up my courage to watch 'The Pitt', finding catharsis and community in dark shows. Plus: Every awards show now has a good host!

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TENSION CONVENTION Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal in Ari Aster’s forthcoming Eddington. (A24)

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Before I dive in today, a quick congratulations to Nate Bargatze — but even more so to the Television Academy, which successfully hired the world’s best-selling stand-up comedian to host September’s Emmy Awards. Bargatze, with his pointedly apolitical and fami…

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