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Happy Birthday, Charles Dickens! ‘Lost,’ ‘NCIS,’ ‘Big Love,’ ‘Veep’ Writers on His Legacy

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On Dickens’s 200th birthday, TV auteurs Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof, Armando Iannucci, and others reflect on how Dickens’s work has influenced storytelling on television. Plus, Jimmy So on why anyone should care about Dickens.

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