Television

NBC’s “Parenthood” offers flashes of pure joy that make its moments of banality worthwhile.

The director of “The Buddha” on PBS can well be considered a successful Buddhist apostle.

Two television series, “Damages” and “The Good Wife,” grapple with the interplay of strength and femininity.

Snark is the final frontier for the age of irony, the last word for a generation that prides itself on having the last word.

‘Law & Order’ producer René Balcer explains why the long-running police drama is in part a ‘moral mystery.’

A slice of distorted Americana, “Jersey Shore” has become the latest darling of reality television.

The three lead characters on “Men of a Certain Age” aren’t buffoons, the role that middle age men play in most sitcoms.

Students in Michael Sandel’s class accept with studied nonchalance ethical choices at which Catholic ministry students rightly shudder.

The PBS series “Scenes From a Parish” chooses not to dwell on the forces that sap the energy from so many church communities today.

The miniseries “V” operates at cross purposes, drawing on a popular political trope while adopting an unnuanced, apolitical stance.