Sub Genres
Television Drama is a broad area of study covering a range of sub genres and even genres that would be considered to be a category of their own with their own codes and conventions. Some texts cross over different sub genres e.g. 24 is Crime Drama and Action Adventure. A generic, comprehensive list includes:
- Period Drama | Emma, Downton Abbey, The Tudors, Mildred Pierce
- Crime Drama | The Wire, Luther, Life on Mars / Ashes to Ashes, Inspector George Gently, Jerry Bruckheimer’s Chase, CSI, NCIS, 24, New Tricks, Hustle, Bones, Dexter, Cold Case…
- Science Fiction | Torchwood, Doctor Who, Life on Mars / Ashes to Ashes (arguably), Primeval
- Medical Drama | Holby City, Casualty, Scrubs, House, ER, Doc Martin
- Teen Drama | Skins, OC, 90210, Waterloo Road
- Melodrama / Soap Opera | Hollyoaks, Eastenders, Coronation Street, Footballer’s Wives and Hotel Babylon borrow from the conventions of Melodrama
- Political Drama | West Wing, Spooks (Spy Drama), The Kennedys
- Comedy Drama | Shameless, Trollied (although arguably a SitCom)
- Action/Adventure Drama | Lost, 24 …
