51.   ATLANTA - One of the biggest networks on cable TV wants to teach you what drama is.

52.   Black TV dramas are a rarity.

53.   A cop drama is only as good as the integral character actors the producers hire.

54.   A stylish-looking film noir, this surrealistic drama nevertheless is too deliberately confusing to enjoy.

55.   Adapted from material by Hanif Kureishi, this London-set drama is sodden with misery.

56.   After the drama was over, some freed hostages also said they had heard the gunmen talking about destroying the plane over Paris.

57.   After that, the only drama left was how big the final margin would be and how wet Pepper would get afterward.

58.   All three new NBC dramas are on Saturday night and have a supernatural spin.

59.   But before Ms. Vasquez could forward her check, another plan was floated in Washington, where a different money drama had been unfolding.

60.   But bridging light-hearted and hardcore drama has never been their forte.