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Fitchburg woman has sung her way to ‘America’s Got Talent’ finale

Lavender Darcangelo, who is blind and autistic, traces the life-changing moments that formed a path leading to Tuesday night's finale.

This week’s TV: Not your usual ‘Premiere Week,’ Jesse L. Martin gets a starring role, and a ‘Boys’ spinoff debuts
In other years, this is the week that networks would introduce new fall lineups. But instead, due to the impact of the strikes, they’ll mostly be launching new seasons of unscripted reality shows, including “Hell’s Kitchen” and “Survivor.”

Coming in November: ‘NCIS’ franchise expands down under
“NCIS: Sydney,” starring Olivia Swann and Todd Lasance, will premiere on CBS Tuesday, Nov. 14.

‘Sex Education’ ends at just the right time

With the final season, “Sex Education” goes out on a high, depending as much as before on the same balance of joy and melancholy that has made it into one of TV’s best coming-of-age series ever.

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Apple TV+ has elevated the art of the title sequence
The openers for the likes of "Severance," "The Crowded Room," and "Hello Tomorrow!" look almost like super-sophisticated screen-savers, which, this being Apple, makes sense.

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Inventive, observant ‘Dreaming Whilst Black’ leaves you wanting more
Showtime is running the small British gem, which originally appeared on the BBC over the summer.

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Hamm adds some serious ambiguity to soapy ‘Morning Show’
This season, a tech billionaire, Hamm’s Paul Marks, expresses some interest in buying the struggling UBA, the network that carries the show within the show. But is he a good guy or a big bad?

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Everything we know about the new ‘Frasier’
The upcoming “Frasier” reboot premieres Oct. 12 on Paramount+, and the show’s Boston setting isn’t the only change that’s in store.

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This week’s TV: ‘Sex Education’ is back, ‘Still Up’ debuts, and everything we know about the new ‘Frasier’

The upcoming “Frasier” reboot premieres Oct. 12 on Paramount+, and the show’s Boston setting isn’t the only change that’s in store.

Drew Barrymore and ‘The Talk’ postpone their daytime talk shows until after the Hollywood strikes

The actress drew criticism for taping new episodes of her daytime talk show despite the ongoing writers and actors strikes. Now Barrymore says she’ll wait until the labor issues are resolved.

Hollywood strikes enter a new phase as daytime shows like Drew Barrymore’s return despite pickets

As long as the hosts and guests don’t discuss or promote work covered by television, theatrical or streaming contracts, they’re not technically breaking the strike.

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Milli Vanilli documentary revisits a sad scandal

Paramount+ is going to chronicle the pop duo’s rise and fall in “Milli Vanilli,” which will premiere on Oct. 24.

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A so-so thriller is lurking in this ‘Wilderness’

The six-parter from Amazon milks the cheated-on-wife trope for all it’s worth.

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Helena Bonham Carter, ‘Nolly’ coming to ‘Masterpiece’

The miniseries, which has already been on in the UK to mostly positive reviews, is based on the true story of Noele “Nolly” Gordon, a popular British TV star in the 1960s and ‘70s.

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With all the heft of a soap opera, ‘The Morning Show’ is too lightweight to be prestige TV

The definition of prestige TV is subjective, of course, but I think it’s safe to say, four years later, that “The Morning Show” does not fall into the most esteemed TV category, despite all appearances.

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Without words, young ‘Alice Hart’ actress speaks volumes

Alyla Browne brings a quiet grace to Alice’s nonverbal phase, with wide eyes and the smallest of telling expressions.