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Teen Suicide Spiked After Debut Of Netflix's '13 Reasons Why,' Study Says

Katherine Langford arrives at a 13 Reasons Why event in June 2018 in Los Angeles. Langford plays a young woman who took her own life. Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP hide caption

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Mental Health

Teen Suicide Spiked After Debut Of Netflix's '13 Reasons Why,' Study Says

Boys ages 10-17 killed themselves at a much higher rate in the month after Netflix's show about suicide was released in 2017. Researchers attribute an extra 195 deaths that year to the series.

Monday

Patricia Arquette Explores The 'Toxic Codependency' Of Munchausen By Proxy

Patricia Arquette plays a mother who convinces the world that her daughter (Joey King) is seriously ill, in the Hulu series The Act. Brownie Harris/Hulu hide caption

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Patricia Arquette Explores The 'Toxic Codependency' Of Munchausen By Proxy

Fresh Air

Arquette plays a Missouri woman who falsely convinced the world that her child was seriously ill, in the Hulu series The Act. She says it was "very weird" getting into the character's head.

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'Game Of Thrones' Season 8, Episode 3: 'At Least We're Already In A Crypt'

Varys (Conleth Hill) and Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) commiserate over how very, very safe they are, down in the Winterfell crypts, because they are dumb. Helen Sloan/HBO hide caption

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Game of Thrones recaps

'Game Of Thrones' Season 8, Episode 3: 'At Least We're Already In A Crypt'

The Battle of Winterfell is finally here, and it's the most brutal episode of the series yet — one that comes with a body count and a surprise, truly shattering conclusion.

Saturday

Not My Job: We Quiz Big Wave Surfer Laird Hamilton On Channel Surfing
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Not My Job: We Quiz Big Wave Surfer Laird Hamilton On Channel Surfing

We've invited the legendary surfer, fitness model and lifestyle guru to play a game called "Championship Channel Surfing." Three questions about terrible moments in television history.

Not My Job: We Quiz Big Wave Surfer Laird Hamilton On Channel Surfing

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Friday

Review

TV Reviews

'Our Planet' Is A Remorseful Call To Arms

Fresh Air

David Attenborough's Netflix series offers a strange waltz between wonder and melancholy. The show thrills us with the marvels of nature, and then saddens us that we are rapidly wiping them out.

'Our Planet' Is A Remorseful Call To Arms

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Monday

We Celebrate Beyoncé's 'Homecoming'

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Pop Culture Happy Hour

We Celebrate Beyoncé's 'Homecoming'

On Wednesday, Beyoncé released two major projects. On Netflix, a new documentary captures the process of putting on headlining appearances at last year's Coachella Music Festival. She also surprise-released a double-length live album that contains just some of the highlights from Beyoncé's two ambitious Coachella performances. Both projects are called Homecoming, and they help immortalize a huge stage show full of dancers and drum lines and impeccable choreography and songs that reach across Beyoncé's career.

We Celebrate Beyoncé's 'Homecoming'

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Sunday

'Ramy' Is About One Millennial American Muslim — And Everyone's Racist Uncles

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'Ramy' Is About One Millennial American Muslim — And Everyone's Racist Uncles

A new TV series from the comedian Ramy Youssef — based on his own experience growing up as an Egyptian American in New Jersey — is trying out some different first-generation narratives.

'Ramy' Is About One Millennial American Muslim — And Everyone's Racist Uncles

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'Gentleman Jack' Swaggers Off The Page And Onto The Screen

Suranne Jones stars as Anne Lister — sometimes called the first modern lesbian — in Gentleman Jack. Aimee Spinks/HBO hide caption

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'Gentleman Jack' Swaggers Off The Page And Onto The Screen

A new HBO show takes on the life of Anne Lister, a real-life British landowner of the 1830s whose voluminous coded diaries detailed her extensive — and sometimes open — love affairs with women.

'Gentleman Jack' Swaggers Off The Page And Onto The Screen

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Wednesday

The Writers Guild Of America Is Suing Hollywood's Biggest Talent Agencies

The writers' union says that talent agencies are taking too large a share in the deals they negotiate, and that conflicts of interest may prevent them from working in their clients' best interest. David Livingston/Getty Images hide caption

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Business

The Writers Guild Of America Is Suing Hollywood's Biggest Talent Agencies

At issue are packaging fees — deals that allow agents to be paid by studios, rather than receiving a standard 10 percent of writers' income. The writers say such deals create conflicts of interest.

We Offer Some Pop Culture Advice
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Pop Culture Happy Hour

We Offer Some Pop Culture Advice

Today we open up the vault to finally bring you a segment we recorded back in 2016 with our pal Audie Cornish. You'll hear us live in Seattle offering advice on some classic pop culture problems.

We Offer Some Pop Culture Advice

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Tuesday

Georgia Engel, Sweet-Voiced Star Of 'Mary Tyler Moore Show,' Dies At 70

Actress Georgia Engel, famous for her role as Georgette on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, has died at age 70. She is seen here at the opening night of the Broadway musical The Drowsy Chaperone in 2006. Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images hide caption

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Obituaries

Georgia Engel, Sweet-Voiced Star Of 'Mary Tyler Moore Show,' Dies At 70

Engel played Georgette, the wide-eyed girlfriend of anchorman Ted Baxter. She had a long career on television, including roles on Everybody Loves Raymond, Coach and Hot In Cleveland.

Monday