While Nora From Queens definitely bears the mark of the quirky Comedy Central anti-heroines who came before her, at its core the show nails two of the most important things for a successful sitcom: a distinct point of view and genuine heart.

The research process is often as interesting as the results. This is also, of course, wall-to-wall adorable babies.

For the most part, it’s a very entertaining documentary, but one with curious holes in its history.

Beastie Boys Story is a tribute to that transformation, a movie about American masculinity and the delicate art of repenting in public.

Everything is expertly done. The dialogue is crisp, the actors classically adept and physically right, the direction relaxed, the camerawork restrained. … It is more neatly shaped than “Downton Abbey,” if less of an existential warm bath.

It’s a show about being young. It feels innocent, which is not to say naive. And it is appropriately, almost casually exhilarating.