The Scribner authors who rose to 1930s and 1940s prominence under Max Perkins's skilled tutelage understood the best way to change the world is to represent it precisely--in minute detail and in all its grim, unforgiving, and frightening ugliness. MTV's "16 and Pregnant" brings the same principle to television, accurately and unblinkingly showing the lives of four expectant teen-agers, mercilessly exploiting every ugly stereotype of life on the perilous edge of poverty and powerlessness. The New York Times suggests, "The implicit message at the center of ["16 and Pregnant's] class prejudice tells us that if you're not setting out for Berkeley or Wesleyan, then raising a child when you ought to be working on the yearbook is as good a road to character development as any." The Times unfortunately mistakes power and poignancy for "prejudice." After viewing even one episode of "16 and Pregnant," any observant sophomore will make a headlong dash for Planned Parenthood, the glee club, and an SAT prep course.

"The Alienist" is a television series that premiered on TNT in 2018. It is based on the novel of the same name by Caleb Carr and is set in 1896 in New York City. The show follows a team of experts, including a psychologist or "alienist," a newspaper illustrator, and a police secretary, as they investigate a series of gruesome murders of young male prostitutes.

Flashpoint is a Canadian TV drama series that debuted on July 11th 2008 and since then has gripped TV enthusiasts worldwide. The show created by Mark Ellis showcases an elite tactical unit called SRU (Strategic Response Unit) which are presented with tasks to resolve extreme issues that standard law enforcement officers are not capable of handling.

Empire is a television series that first aired in 2015 and ran for six seasons. The show centers around the Lyon family, who run a successful music company called Empire Entertainment. The patriarch, Lucious Lyon, is a former drug dealer turned music mogul who is diagnosed with a terminal illness at the beginning of the series. As he struggles to choose which of his three sons will inherit his business, tensions rise and family secrets are revealed.

"Lost" is one of the world most popular TV series. The show is the winner of Emmy and Golden Globe. At the heart of the story - the accident happened with the passengers of Oceanic Flight 815 Oceanic Airlines, flying from Sydney, Australia to Los Angeles, USA, crashed and caught on the tropical island full of mysteries and secrets, somewhere in the Pacific. Each episode contains a storyline on the island, and the secondary, which tells about the key characters in a series of other time of life (in the first three seasons - the past, in the fourth - of the past and future). The fifth season of the series also contains two storylines, the first one is developing on the island immediately after the events of the fourth season, and the second - after three years in the U.S.. The series was created by JJ Abrams, Damon Lindelof and Jeffrey Lieber, and is filmed primarily in the island of Oahu, Hawaii. The pilot episode was shown on ABC on Sept. 22, 2004 and collected at screens for nearly 19 million people. Since then it has been shown for six seasons. Currently, the series executive producers are Abrams, Lindelof, Carlton Cuse, Bryan Burk, Jack Bender and others. Music composer is Michael Giacchino. Due to the large ensemble cast and the cost of filming in Hawaii "Lost" TV show is one of the most expensive in television history. Successful and among the critics and the public, "Lost" collected an average audience of 16 million people during the show the first season in the U.S.. He has won numerous awards including an Emmy for best drama series in 2005, the prize for best American TV series of the British Academy Television Awards in 2005, a Golden Globe for best drama in 2006 and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series.

"The Drop" is a story about a young married couple, Lex and Mani, who are trying to have a baby while living in Los Angeles. They attend a destination wedding in Mexico with Lex's old college friends, but an accident during their stay causes the couple to question their relationship and their potential parenthood. However, the story is weakened by an ensemble of absurdist friends who take focus away from the main conflict and lead to a fractured and uneven exploration of love. The story starts off with an exciting premise, but ultimately falls short in its execution. The Drop is a comedy film that centers around characters talking endlessly, over-analyzing and presuming rather than making progress. The main incident that drives the story is when one of the characters drops a baby, and the characters spend the rest of the film discussing the incident and its implications. The movie is in the style of Seinfeld episodes, and movies by the Duplass brothers, where the humor comes from the characters' conversations rather than the plot. The movie also deals with the theme of privilege, and how well-off people with too much free time tend to believe in nonsense, while thinking they've discovered the truth.