‘The Snapper’

It is the realistic balance between humor and distress that makes “The Snapper” so vital and appealing. Certainly nothing seems initially comic about the predicament of eldest daughter Sharon Curley (Tina Kellegher, pictured). Just 20 years old, she informs father Dessie (Colm Meaney, pictured) and mother Kay (Ruth McCabe) that she is pregnant. Not only that, she’s not telling who the father is (Bravo Thursday at 8 p.m.).