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‘Cruel Summer’ Season 2 offers new timeline-hopping mysteries

In the modern tradition of new seasons of TV suddenly popping into existence, “Cruel Summer” Season 2 (Mondays, Freeform) has had its two-episode premiere. Again,

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John’s top 10 TV shows of 2021

I used to count the days before a new season of a favorite show, or a new series starring a favorite actor. Now, it’s like

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With 2 episodes left, 10 ‘Cruel Summer’ questions

Freeform is pushing the hashtags #IBelieveJeanette and #IBelieveKate in its “Cruel Summer” (Tuesdays) promotions. But I believe it’s unlikely that one is the villain and

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‘Cruel Summer’ is sudsy and satisfying

“Cruel Summer” (Tuesdays, Freeform) would’ve been a frothy summer cable series a decade ago. Today, TV schedules are less rigid, but this teen/family mystery gives

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‘Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger’ Season 2 wades into murky drug war

I’m glad “Cloak & Dagger” Season 2 (8 p.m. Eastern Thursdays on Freeform) started with a “previously on,” because the plot specifics of this show

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‘Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger’ aims for teen viewers on Freeform

Writer and showrunner Joe Pokaski, no doubt drawing on what he learned as a writer on “Daredevil,” has crafted another winner for the Marvel Cinematic

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‘Dead of Summer’ and ‘Scream’ make Tuesday nights great again

For the first time since “Gilmore Girls” and “Veronica Mars” aired back-to-back nearly a decade ago, Tuesday night has become appointment-TV night again. A couple

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‘Dead of Summer’ camps out in familiar slasher territory

“Dead of Summer” (9 p.m. Eastern Tuesdays on Freeform) doesn’t break a single clod of new ground, but it’s a slick summer horror series that almost

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