In the peak TV era, much of the attention has gone to the drama shows — the dark, morally complex, violence-filled series like “The Sopranos,” “The Wire,” “Game Of Thrones,” “Fargo” and many more. But that’s only half the story. While they might not fuel thinkpieces and fan theories in the same way, we’re in a golden age of small-screen comedy, as this month has demonstrated: the excellent “Master Of None” and “I Love Dick,” and the wonderful “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” have all recently landed.

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Robert Altman had a career like few others in the history of American film. A war hero who flew 50 bombing missions in the Pacific, Altman worked first in industrial films and then in television, producing dozens of episodes in the 1950s and beyond. He then racked up three feature films plus one co-directed documentary (“The James Dean Story“) by the end of the 1960s, though none had made much impact.

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