Claire McNear
Staff Writer
Claire covers sports and culture. She has written about Malört, magic, fandom, and seasickness (her own). She lives in Washington, D.C.
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‘Manhunt’ Knows You Know What Happens to John Wilkes Booth
The new Apple TV+ series manages a difficult balancing act: spicing up a story whose ending is a foregone conclusion
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Who Done It? Breaking Down the Fifth Episode of ‘True Detective: Night Country’
As we near the end of ‘Night Country,’ Episode 5 gives us one last look at our (dwindling) list of suspects ahead of an inevitable trip into those caves
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How Dare They Touch a Hair on [Redacted]’s Head in the Finale of ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’?
Come, friends, let’s scream into the abyss
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Meet the 2,000-Pound Corpsicle—Yes, Corpsicle—at the Center of ‘True Detective: Night Country’
Dave and Lou Elsey, the couple behind the macabre iceberg, break down the creation of one of this year’s creepiest props
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How Mayim Bialik Lost Her Role as the Main Host of ‘Jeopardy!’
After two years behind the ‘Jeopardy!’ lectern, Bialik announced she would no longer host the quiz show. New reports uncover what went wrong and what may be in store.
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‘The Curse’ Is a Vicious, Delicious Parody of Lefty Do-Gooderism
Nathan Fielder’s latest series finds him starring alongside Emma Stone as woke, wannabe HGTV show hosts in the perfect send-up of the house-flipping TV genre
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Meet the Biggest Fans of ‘Frasier’—Who Love It Most When It Puts Them to Sleep
The beloved sitcom is back with a new streaming reboot—but for the ‘Frasier’ Sleepers community, the show never went anywhere
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‘The Morning Show’ Has Crossed the Cringe Rubicon
Apple TV+’s hit series about cable network drama is veering into the dangerous, overearnest waters of ‘The Newsroom’
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The Joy of Binge-Watching ‘Suits,’ the Definitive Show of the Summer
How did ‘Suits’ break Nielsen streaming records this summer? By demanding nothing from an audience primed for worry-free binging.
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How HGTV’s ‘Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge’ Became a Neighborhood Nightmare
What’s it like when a Barbie-themed TV renovation project moves onto your block? For the residents of a quiet street in Southern California, the experience was more than just an onslaught of pink.