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Preview
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! We’re flipping with joy now that the Summer Olympics are finally happening after a one-year postponement. Here are our picks for this country’s best chances at gold (like incomparable gymnast Simone Biles).

Schmigadoon!

A loving send-up of the musical’s golden age hits all the right notes

2 mins

Unforgotten

THE PAST UP- ENDS the present whenever cold-case detectives Cassie Stuart (the intensely watchable Nicola Walker) and Sunny Khan (Sanjeev Bhaskar) dig into long-buried crimes in this compelling Masterpiece Mystery! drama, which hits an emotional peak in Season 4.

1 min

The Beast Must Die

REVENGE IS A dish best served with a slow burn in a six-part melodrama that puts two broken souls on a search for answers on the scenic Isle of Wight.

1 min

Gossip Girl

IF I WERE to text my reaction to sitting through four overlong episodes (50-plus minutes) of this toxic reboot about the over-privileged youth of New York’s Upper East Side, all you’d see would be a series of barf emojis.

1 min

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

Simone Biles leads Team USA to Tokyo—finally—for the Summer Olympics. Here’s your guide to the most compelling competitors going for gold in your favorite sports

9 mins

Taxi

IF YOU ASKED Marilu Henner for her happiest days on Taxi, she’d likely say Tuesday, September 12, 1978, through Wednesday, June 15, 1983. That’s not the actress’ famous total recall talking but the premiere and finale dates for the Emmy-winning comedy set at Manhattan’s (fictional) Sunshine Cab. Every day on the set was “magical,” says Henner, who played Elaine Nardo, a divorced mom with artsy ambitions and the garage’s only female driver.

1 min

Darcey and Stacey

Wonder twin powers, reactivate! Bold, blonde, funny forty-something moms Darcey and Stacey Silva (above, from left)—who first mesmerized us in 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days—are back for Season 2 of their popular spinoff with more emotional turmoil, personal triumph and plastic surgery.

1 min

Man vs. History

History buffs and Mythbusters alike will love this new series in which professional storyteller Bil Lepp (below) hunts down the truth behind various American legends. The show smartly kicks off with a Wild West outlaw who’s a household name: Billy the Kid.

1 min

MEET THE COUPLES - Married at First Sight

The Lone Star State gets a little less lonely as Season 13 of the arranged-nuptials sensation heads to Houston. And according to exec producer Montré Burton, the show is “bringing more diversity than ever,” including its first Asian American couple, Bao and Johnny (above), and a cast mostly in their thirties instead of twenties. Here, we introduce the twosomes (matched by Married’s stable of experts) who will permanently altar their future.

1 min

Judge Judy

Judith Sheindlin—aka Judge Judy, the sharp-tongued wit we know, love, and fear—didn’t invent the unscripted court show genre. She revolutionized it. Before her series debuted in 1996 (above), one of the only other shows of its kind, The People’s Court, let the squabbling plaintiffs and defendants take the spotlight, while Joseph Wapner presided with a staid style.

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