A lot of network sitcoms in the late-2000s-to-early-2010s era became massive, totemic cultural institutions, with years and years of prestige, piles of awards, and outsized influence to their name — ...

Charlie McDermott (“The Middle”), Vanessa Marano (“Gilmore Girls,” “Switched at Birth”) and John Ross Bowie (“Speechless,” “The Big Bang Theory”) star in “Petunia,” an indie drama written and directed ...