If your family drama cannot be "Modern Family" or "Brothers and Sisters," then what can it be? It almost inevitably will be NBC's "Parenthood," a mid-season, post-Olympic experiment boldly launched in February, 2010. The "Parenthood" experiment tests the hypothesis that good writers and actors can find the middle ground between "Modern Family's" understated but outrageous satire and "Brothers and Sisters'" intensity. Producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are re-working the basic premise of Parenthood, the 1989 movie starring Steve Martin as a frazzled father trying with all his might to do the right thing for everyone he loves. The New York Times accurately observes, "'Parenthood,' with its polished scripts and beautifully shot exteriors, seems like a last gasp of television past," big-big production values and a cast of small-screen all-stars including Craig T. Nelson, Bonnie Bedelia, and Lauren Graham. "Parenthood's" plots and dialogue exploit the irony in everyday family life, winning empathetic laughs and wry smiles where other teams might push too hard for punchlines. Some of the dialogue has the same brilliant serrated edge that distinguished "Gilmore Girls," but, as Lauren Graham points out, "I do not have to talk so fast." Like all good comedy, the teasing and quirkiness are fundamentally good-natured, and every episode features at least one weep-worthy segment. Because "Parenthood" is not "Modern Family" or "Brothers and Sisters," it has become the rarest of rare productions at NBC"”a hit.

M*A*S*H was a TV show that ran from 1972 to 1983, set during the Korean War. It followed the lives of the staff working at a mobile army surgical hospital (M*A*S*H) unit. The show was both a comedy and a drama, dealing with serious topics such as the struggles and horrors of war, while also providing some lighthearted moments.

Conan Without Borders is a popular American travel show hosted by comedian Conan O'Brien. The show aired on TBS in the US as a series of specials on O'Brien's talk show Conan, starting in February 2015. The series consisted of thirteen episodes, where O'Brien traveled outside the US to different countries, attempting to engage with locals and experience unique cultural aspects of the area.

American Housewife is a television show that premiered on ABC in 2016. The show is about a woman named Katie Otto, who lives with her husband and three children in a wealthy suburb of Westport, Connecticut. The show revolves around Katie's attempts to fit in with the other wealthy and seemingly perfect moms in her community, while also trying to maintain her own sense of individuality and identity.

"Mom" is an American television sitcom that premiered on CBS in 2013 and aired for eight seasons until 2021. The show was created by Chuck Lorre, Eddie Gorodetsky, and Gemma Baker, and stars Anna Faris and Allison Janney as mother-daughter duo Christy and Bonnie Plunkett. The plot revolves around Christy, a single mother in recovery from alcoholism who moves to Napa, California with her two children to start a new life. There, she reconnects with her estranged mother Bonnie, who is also a recovering alcoholic and drug addict. Together, the two women navigate the challenges of their pasts and work to build a better future for themselves and their loved ones.

Hollywood Arts is the location for Tori Vega (played by Victoria Justice) as she aspires to be a singer even as she gets herself into a continuous string of screwball or downright silly situations. Tori takes her sister Trina's place in a big showcase put on by the high school called Hollywood Arts because it's a performing arts school. Her talents will be showcased as she learns acting, singing, and even dancing on the stage. Star of the show Victoria Justice is known for her rolls in several recent Nickelodeon features including The Boy Who Cried Werewolf and Zoey 101. Leon Thomas III (Rising Stars, Freak the Freak Out) plays Andre Harris who is a musician singer and songwriter and also is Tori's best friend. Robbie Shapiro is played by Matt Bennett (Michael & Michael Have Issues, iCarly) who is plagued by his own shyness and awkward nerdy ways but is determined to become a master ventriloquist. He often uses that talent to express himself. The youthful cast demonstrates how difficult it can be to fulfill their dreams of becoming successful in whatever type of "the fine arts" they have chosen to follow.