Picks and Pans Review: Downbeat

By Jeff Jarvis

UPDATED 10/27/1986 at 01:00 AM EST • Originally published 10/27/1986 at 01:00 AM EST

The TV week doesn't begin until the fat lady sings in a strange but stellar miniseries about...brace yourself...opera.

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