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TV Tattle

The Testaments has an Aunt Lydia problem / A WHCD do-over could still happen, but it will be costly / James Austin Johnson’s Miranda Priestley SNL promo deserves Emmy recognition

PLUS: Man on Fire contains so much banal and unnecessary padding, it stands as proof positive of this streaming strategy’s misguidedness.

Norman Weiss
May 01, 2026
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The Testaments has an Aunt Lydia problem
This week’s “Stadium” episode, told through the eyes of Ann Dowd’s Aunt Lydia, “juxtaposes scenes from her current gig as the eponymous headmistress of a finis…

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