Fantasy TV was quite bleak in 2022 / Kindred solves The Handmaid's Tale problem / HBO cancels Back On the Record with Bob Costas

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Fantasy TV was quite bleak in 2022, from House of the Dragon to Andor to The Rings of Power
"Expensively made and committedly dour fantasy TV" became all the rage this year, says Spencer Kornhaber. "S…