Drama describes shows involving recurring characters who must deal with emotional, difficult or changing circumstances (excluding shows which clearly fit into other genres, such as adventure or sci-fi series). Themes include: coming-of-age, social and political concerns, and family issues.
Drama Series
"We wanted desperately to have it as good as we could make it, in the greatest dramatic sense of the word. A true human experience, without any nonsense, that’s what we worked for, and once in a while, we got it." - JP Miller, Writer
Click on a show title, below
- B
- Beverly Hills 90210 (1990-2000, FOX)
- Boardwalk Empire
- Bracken’s World
- Breaking Bad
- D
- Deadline
- Dexter
- E
- Eight Is Enough
- F
- Family
- Fantasy Island
- G
- Gentle Ben
- H
- Hooperman
- Hotel
- L
- Lassie
- Lieutenant, The
- Little House on the Prairie
- Lou Grant
- M
- Mad Men
- O
- Oz
- Q
- Queer as Folk
- R
- Room 222
- S
- Sopranos, The
- Supertrain
- T
- Thirtysomething
- W
- Walking Dead, The
- Waltons, The
- West Wing, The
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Highlights
Vince Gilligan on the genesis of Breaking Bad
Edward Asner on the title character Lou Grant, and how the comic character transitioned to drama (03m 56s)
Matthew Weiner on his process for writing the pilot of Mad Men
Fred Silverman on debuting The Waltons on CBS in 1972, putting it up against the huge NBC hit The Flip Wilson Show, and on what The Waltons and All in the Family have in common (02m 13s)
Aaron Spelling on producing Melrose Place (02m 27s)
Paris Barclay on directing a pivotal episode of ER (03m 56s)
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