The late Grant Tinker is being remembered today as a man who brought out the best in television, and his legacy supports that almost mystical accolade.
It’s worth adding, however, that Tinker also lived in the real TV world, where your whole menu can’t be shiitake mushroom soufflés. Sometimes you also need burgers and fries or you won’t stay in business.
When Tinker died Monday at the age of 90, the gems of his career deserved everything that’s being said about