CBHD often receives requests from educators and other individuals for popular resources that engage bioethics through various media (fiction, film, and television). In this resource, we offer a recap of relevant materials that have premiered on television. Viewers are cautioned that the shows represent a wide variety of genres and may not be appropriate for all audiences. They are encouraged to read annotations/synopses available through such websites as www.movieweb.com or www.imdb.com. For further information on each series, please visit the individual topic pages. If there is a show you think we missed, email us at info@cbhd.org.

Biotechnology | Clinical & Medical Ethics | Cloning | Emerging Technology | End-of-Life | Genetic Ethics | Human Dignity / Personhood | Human Enhancement | Neuroethics | Patient's Rights / Informed Consent |  Public Health | Reproductive Ethics | Research Ethics | Stem Cell Research | Transhumanism

Biotechnology

• Better Off Ted (2009-2010)
• Caprica (2009-2010)
• Fringe (2008-2012)
• Orphan Black (2013- )

Clinical & Medical Ethics

• House, M.D. (2004-2012)

Cloning

• Fringe (2008-2012)
• Orphan Black (2013- )

Emerging Technology

• Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009)
• Better Off Ted (2009-2010)
• Caprica (2009-2010)
• Fringe (2008-2012)
• Intelligence (2014)
• Revolution (2012-2014)

End-of-Life

• House, M.D. (2004-2012)

Genetic Ethics

• The 100 (2014- )
• Orphan Black (2013- )

Human Dignity / Personhood

• Caprica (2009-2010)

Human Enhancement

• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013- )
• Alphas (2011-2012)
• Arrow (2012- )
• Chuck (2007-2012)
• Dollhouse (2009-2010)
• The Flash (2014- )
• Fringe (2008-2012)
• Intelligence (2014)
• Orphan Black (2013- )

Neuroethics

• XIII: The Series (2011-2012)
• The 100 (2014- )
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013- )
• Alphas (2011-2012)
• Chuck (2007-2012)
• Dollhouse (2009-2010)

Patient’s Rights / Informed Consent

• House, M.D. (2004-2012)

Public Health

• The 100 (2014- )

Reproductive Ethics

• The New Normal (2012-2013)

Research Ethics

• The 100 (2014- )
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013- )
• Better Off Ted (2009-2010)
• Orphan Black (2013- )

Stem Cell Research

• Orphan Black (2013- )

Transhumanism

• Fringe (2008-2012)
• Orphan Black (2013- )

Updated December 2016