Robert Vaughn left more behind than Napoleon Solo. The 83-year-old actor, who died Friday remained best known for playing Solo on the 1960s television show The Man From U.N.C.L.E., which has endured more vividly in TV lore than it did on the air...

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A CRIMINAL ROMANCE ON TNT'S 'GOOD BEHAVIOR' By David Hinckley

She’s a drug addict and compulsive thief just coming off a prison term. He’s a professional hitman. They meet under sordid and lethal circumstances and quickly go criminal...

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PBS BRINGS 'GYPSY' BACK FROM LONDON By David Hinckley

Imelda Staunton presses the pedal to the metal as the ultimate stage mother in the revival of Gypsy that airs Friday at 9 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings)...

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LESSONS WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT THE MEDIA DURING THIS UNPARALLELED PRESIDENTIAL RACE By David Hinckley

Anyone who thinks a minor event like voting is going to shut down the television news industry’s coverage of the 2016 presidential election probably also thinks The Walking Dead is a spinoff from the Grateful Dead...

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BURIED CASES ARE UNCOVERED IN 'DEEP WATER' By David Hinckley

Even by the standards of police dramas, which for obvious reasons like to focus on repulsive crimes, the new import Deep Water touches on something especially abhorrent: the systematic murder of gay men for sport...

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THE 'SECRETS' OF THE GIANTS -- AND SLIGHTLY SMALLER -- OF 'NATURE' ARE ON PBS By David Hinckley

Whether you like your critters ultra-cute or totally scary, PBS has you covered Wednesday night...

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EXAMING THE COURAGEOUS SOLDIERS OF 'THE BATTLE OF CHOSIN' By David Hinckley

War is hell anywhere it breaks out, but the battle of the Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War was a particularly fiendish circle...

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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE BIZARRE KIND ON 'PEOPLE OF EARTH' By David Hinckley

When Kevin Reilly was hired to run the Turner entertainment networks, he said he wanted something different. The new sitcom People of Earth, which debuts on TBS Monday at 9 p.m. ET, suggests his troops have gotten the message...

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IN 'BRIEF ENCOUNTERS,' WOMEN FIND A WAY TO MAKE MONEY THAT COULD BE UNMENTIONABLE By David Hinckley

The import series Brief Encounters proves again that while British actresses often seem as prim as their country’s reputation, they also love a chance to get naughty every so often...

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‘GOOD GIRLS REVOLT’ REVEALS THE WOMEN’S RIGHTS FIGHT OF THE SIXTIES By David Hinckley

In contrast to Vietnam War or Civil Rights protestors, the 1960s fighters in the women’s movement first had to convince some people there even was a problem...

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