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Along with the sheer volume of ideas, voices and viewing options that we now enjoy, one of the most exciting TV trends of the past decade has been a streaming-driven liberation from standard hourlong drama and half-hour sitcom formats—a development that has brought the miniseries back in a big way. These one-season wonders are an art form all their own. They require more efficient storytelling and character development than a show designed to run for years.

TIME November 23, 1942 12:00 AM GMT-4 The begetter of Barney Google and Snuffy Smith died last week in Manhattan. In many ways Billy De Beck lived a life as unreal as the comic-strip characters he fathered. When he was at high school in Chicago he drew imitation Charles Dana Gibson pictures, peddled them for profit. He did cartoons for a theatrical weekly and for several newspapers. But he stayed poor until he turned out a correspondence course on “How to be a cartoonist and make big money.

May 18, 1910 — Not much happened on this day, which was a relief in some parts of the world because Halley’s Comet passed between the sun and Earth, bringing with it predictions of tidal waves, plagues and other disasters. This is perhaps the most famous comet in history, returning to Earth's vicinity about every 75 years. It was last here in 1986, and scientists expect it to return in 2061.

THE CRUCIBLE by ARTHUR MILLER The name of every virtue at its apex is courage. —Winston Churchill This is Arthur Miller’s play about courage. In quality, it ranks second only to his finest play, Death of a Salesman, a drama concerned with the lack of courage. Both plays stress the cost of personal integrity, the price one pays for having it, and for losing it. In plot and action The Crucible revolves around the trials for witchcraft in 17th century Salem.

Correction appended, Dec. 14 What’s the greatest restaurant in the world? Top chefs and those who fork over their fortunes to eat their food are fascinated with the question. Now a new ranking has emerged to provide some extra fodder to the debate. According to La Liste, a group convened by the France’s Foreign Minister and supported by the country’s tourism board, the top restaurant in the world is the Restaurant de l’Hôtel de Ville in Crissier, Switzerland.

The first storm Mike Hollingshead chased almost killed him. On May 16, 1999, Hollingshead set out to fulfill a fascination with storms he can trace back to early childhood. He soon found himself taking shelter in a gas station as two massive tornadoes narrowly missed him. It was enough to get him hooked. A few years later, he quit his maintenance job at a Cargill factory in Blair, Nebraska, and has pursued storm chasing ever since.

The film follows Shina Akanji, a middle-aged man who after a few years of indulging in drugs, alcohol and cultism, attempts to live a decent life humbly as a taxi driver. Life takes a different turn when his grandmother becomes critically ill. Shina seeks a way to save her but what he finds on the eve of an election might just be the start of a movement in Lagos State.

The record, which documents a woman's yearning for love and the warmth of romance after enduring years of heartbreak aligns with the heartache that Brandy and Tiwa Savage have both suffered in their personal lives. On the song, Brandy delivered in Yoruba and sang with panache, as expected. Watch the video of Brandy's adorable tearful moment below; ADVERTISEMENT During a recent chat with Zane Lowe on Apple Music, Savage revealed that Brandy is her idol, "

Some of these individuals have ties to Nigeria and other parts of Africa. Here are some of the Africans on this year’s list: Tomi Adeyemi (Media) She is a Nigerian-American creative writing coach and author of the critically acclaimed West African-inspired Youth Adult fantasy novel titled ‘The Children of Blood and Bone.’ ADVERTISEMENT Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (Media) This author is the son of Ghanaian immigrants.