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ACTS OF SURVIVAL IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA • Amazon’s The Underground Railroad and Showtime’s The Good Lord Bird reexamine the surreal and brutal nature of fighting for freedom during slavery, but the similarities run deeper than what’s on the surface

STREAMERS WILL BE LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE EMMYS • The best comedy series category will likely be dominated by debut shows not on broadcast or cable, though a few returning favorites may break through the buzz

‘THE SHOW BEGS YOU TO MIMIC THE ACCENT’ • Saturday Night Live’s Bowen Yang shares his love for Kate Winslet’s hyper-specific and dead-on Delaware County cadence in HBO’s limited series Mare of Easttown

Going Wild for Mare • These famous Easttown obsessives are just a few to praise the Kate Winslet mystery series

SEEING A MAN THROUGH A NEW LENS • For the Apple TV+ adaptation of Paul Theroux’s novel The Mosquito Coast, showrunner Neil Cross and star Justin Theroux worked together to perfect a character ‘we both love’

TINA FEY ALWAYS GETS THE FIRST (AND LAST) LAUGH • The nine-time Emmy-winning writer, producer and actress debuted two new shows during the pandemic: NBC’s Mr. Mayor and Peacock’s Girls5eva. She looks back on a prolific career in comedy, both in front of and behind the camera

‘Racism Is Horrific — We Didn’t Have to Exaggerate’ • Creator Little Marvin and star Deborah Ayorinde discuss the unflinching depiction of Black trauma in Amazon’s Them: ‘The show was an exorcism in many ways’

‘We Were Really Trying to Use Every Part of the Buffalo’ • Jason Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham discuss how they developed their onscreen chemistry for Apple TV+’s crowd-pleasing comedy Ted Lasso, and how creator-star Sudeikis’ improv background keeps the cast on their toes

A GOOD GIMMICK, DONE RIGHT JAC • WandaVision creator Jac Schaeffer explains why the show’s sitcom-inspired conceit was the perfect lens through which to examine a character’s grief: ‘I mean, I got through a breakup just mainlining Battlestar Galactica’

TAKE A LOOK, IT’S FROM A BOOK • Five writers detail how they adapted novels into open-ended TV series by expanding their characters’ worlds and taking creative license while always staying faithful to the spirit of their source material

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? • Creators and showrunners reveal how they crafted their season (and some series) finales and what they’re planning (or hoping) for the future

‘A SITCOM THAT WAS ABOUT REDEMPTION AND HOPE’ • Mom co-creator Gemma Baker shares how the writing team tackled both Anna Faris’ exit and an unexpected series finale to wrap up the CBS comedy’s eight-season run

5 Shows Taking Their Final Bow • These awards and fan favorites wrapped up their runs this year

Larry Wilmore and Bernie Mac Made History in 2002