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Catch up on ‘Happy Valley’ before the final season arrives

The six new episodes — which ran to rave reviews in the UK in January and February — will be available on Acorn TV, AMC+, and BBC America in May.

‘White House Plumbers’ satirically plumbs Watergate

The HBO limited series examines how President Nixon’s own political saboteurs, E. Howard Hunt (Woody Harrelson) and G. Gordon Liddy (Justin Theroux), toppled the presidency they were trying to protect.

On a lot of TV shows, profanity is a blessing, not a curse

I consistently hear from Globe readers who are [expletive] sick and tired of all the bad language on TV. Me, I usually enjoy it, especially on shows as well-written as "Succession" or "Veep."

Breezy ‘Daisy Jones’ falls squarely in the stream zone

The 10-episode series was an entertaining bit of faux music history, with a vibrant lead performance by Riley Keough.

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A look back at the fantasy — and humanity — of ‘Scrubs’
“Scrubs” — much like that more celebrated doctor comedy, “M*A*S*H” — could be quite moving. It’s still there for us; the whole series is available to stream on Hulu.

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This week’s TV: Apple binge-ables, Rob Lowe and son, and more Joni Mitchell love
If you're already paying $6.99 a month to watch the new season of "Ted Lasso," then take advantage of your Apple TV+ subscription to catch up on other worthwhile series you might have missed.

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Nantucket-set ‘The Perfect Couple’ will have plenty of star power

The Netflix limited series is based on the 2018 novel by the prolific Nantucket-based writer Elin Hilderbrand.

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‘Great Expectations,’ and how to ruin a classic

Creator Steven Knight has added twisted, complex motivations, drug addiction, sex, and violence to Pip's coming-of-age story. What the Dickens?

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In ‘Accused,’ time works against one-off episodes

An hour — well, really, 40-something minutes — is not enough time to set up and look into some of the complex issues the writers are addressing.

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Brawl in the family: The final season of ‘Succession’ is as fierce as it gets

The gloves, always off, have been cut to shreds.

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In musical series ‘Up Here,’ cutesy trumps catchy

The eight-episode Hulu rom-com comes from a pedigreed creative team whose resumes include “Dear Evan Hansen,” Frozen,” “tick, tick… BOOM!,” and “Hamilton.”

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This week’s TV: ‘Succession’ is back, a Dickens adaptation arrives, and Kiefer Sutherland stars in new thriller

HBO’s “Succession” is back for a fourth season Sunday only to say goodbye forever. Who’s going to rule the evil empire after Logan? That will be the big question.

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Keri Russell returns to TV in ‘The Diplomat’

The Netflix political thriller, which will premiere on April 20, gives us Russell as the new US ambassador to the UK.

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With some promising new shows on the horizon, TV has some spring in its step

Amid the returns of “Succession,” “Barry,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” and others, we'll see a full slate of newcomers. True to the season, potential is in the air.