The Good Wife (CBS): "In this densely layered dramatic series, the dutiful wife of a disgraced politician resumes her
legal career and finds satisfaction, self-worth and moral quandaries of her own."

Degrassi (TeenNick): "True to its history, the durable high-school serial’s two-parter about a transgender teen neither
trivializes nor overdramatizes its subject."

Men of a Certain Age (TNT): "A series about three longtime pals, 'regular' guys, navigating middle age, it’s comical, poignant and harrowing, sometimes all at once."

The quasi-scare-quotes around "regular" in that last citation have sold us--we thought the TNT drama was just boring schlock, but who knew "regular" life had such complexities? We've written up a few citations of our own, using suitably vague and effusive language, that the Peabodys missed.

Survivor (CBS): "This venerable and evocative drama series about island life presents the viewer with questions of mortality and group dynamics, sometimes both at once."

Kourtney and Kim Take New York (E!): "A piece of urban cinema verite that depicts two sisters navigating a new environment and discovering their own self-worth."

Two and a Half Men (CBS): "A gripping portrait of addiction that manages to make light of--never overdramatizing--its subject."

The Peabody Awards, hosted by Larry King, will be held May 23. See you then, Kourtney and Kim!

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