The passing of Larry King two weeks ago had me thinking about the end of the television interview as it had once been known. Hour-long conversations, of which King was a master, have largely given way to seven-minute power-chats that in turn are often subdivided into sound bites. Three more recent losses have me longing for the made-for-television movies of yesteryear (and cringing at the thought that the '70s are now legitimately referred to by that term).
Cicely Tyson, Cloris Leachman, Hal Holbrook and the Heyday of the TV Movie
