Fresh Air with Terry Gross, December 9, 2016: Commentary on Grant Tinker; Obituary for Grant Tinker; Interview with Mary Tyler Moore; Review of Allyson Seconds' new album 'Little World;' Review of the film 'La La Land.'

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(1.) TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI has an appreciation of Grant Tinker, former chairman of NBC who died last month at the age of 90.(2.) We remember GRANT TINKER former chairman of NBC who died last month at the age of 90. He was co-founder of the production company MTM Enterprises with his then wife Mary Tyler Moore. He left MTM at the peak of its success to become the chairman of NBC, and made it the top-rated network, with shows like Cheers, Hill Street Blues, and St. Elsewhere. (REBROADCAST from 9.27.94) (3.) Actress MARY TYLER MOORE. She starred in the Emmy award television show The Dick Van Dyke Show, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Her films included Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Ordinary People. (REBROADCAST from 10.30.95) (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).(4.) Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews Little World, the second album by singer Allyson Seconds.(5.) Film critic DAVID EDELSTEIN reviews La La Land.