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* ''[[The Big C]]''
* ''[[The Big C]]''
* ''[[Bittersweet Candy Bowl]]''
* ''[[Bittersweet Candy Bowl]]''
* ''[[Bones]]'' -- started as straight [[Police Procedural]], but is definitely a dramedy now.
* ''[[Bones]]''—started as straight [[Police Procedural]], but is definitely a dramedy now.
* ''[[Boston Legal]]''
* ''[[Boston Legal]]''
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' - and in fact virtually all of [[Joss Whedon]]'s oeuvre (see below)
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' - and in fact virtually all of [[Joss Whedon]]'s oeuvre (see below)
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* ''[[Eli Stone]]''
* ''[[Eli Stone]]''
* ''[[Elizabethtown]]''
* ''[[Elizabethtown]]''
* ''[[Family Ties]]'' -- Some episodes, the [[Very Special Episode]]s in particular, can be so painfully serious at times. Notably, the 2-parter from 1987 about Alex P. Keaton reflecting on his past to a psychiatrist while mourning the death of his friend Greg, which still keeps some of the comedic tone.
* ''[[Family Ties]]''—Some episodes, the [[Very Special Episode]]s in particular, can be so painfully serious at times. Notably, the 2-parter from 1987 about Alex P. Keaton reflecting on his past to a psychiatrist while mourning the death of his friend Greg, which still keeps some of the comedic tone.
* ''[[Fairly Legal]]''
* ''[[Fairly Legal]]''
* ''[[The Finder]]''
* ''[[The Finder]]''
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* ''[[Lilyhammer]]''
* ''[[Lilyhammer]]''
* ''[[Love Monkey]]''
* ''[[Love Monkey]]''
* ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|Mash]]'' -- believed by its actors and writers to be the first televised dramedy.
* ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|Mash]]''—believed by its actors and writers to be the first televised dramedy.
* ''[[Misfits]]''
* ''[[Misfits]]''
* ''[[Monk]]''
* ''[[Monk]]''
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* ''[[Northern Exposure]]''
* ''[[Northern Exposure]]''
* ''[[One Piece]]''
* ''[[One Piece]]''
* ''[[Parenthood (film)|Parenthood]]'' -- the 1989 movie.
* ''[[Parenthood (film)|Parenthood]]''—the 1989 movie.
* ''[[Parenthood (TV series)|Parenthood]]'' -- the TV series on NBC.
* ''[[Parenthood (TV series)|Parenthood]]''—the TV series on NBC.
* ''[[Picket Fences]]''
* ''[[Picket Fences]]''
* ''[[Popular]]''
* ''[[Popular]]''
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[[Category:Show Genres]]
[[Category:Show Genres]]
[[Category:Older Than Television]]
[[Category:Older Than Television]]
[[Category:index]]
[[Category:Index]]
[[Category:Dramedy]]
[[Category:Dramedy]]

Revision as of 06:00, 24 February 2015


"Dramedy" is a neologism formed from a combination of the words Drama and Comedy to describe a genre of film and television, such as Mash, blurring genre lines to combine comedy and drama elements in a consistent fashion. Though this has become popular in recent times, one of the first times the two genres were ever combined was in the Charlie Chaplin film The Kid, making this Older Than They Think.

Dramedies sometimes make use of Magic Realism. Due to its nature, the genre is especially vulnerable to Mood Whiplash. Despite Dramedies often having serious plotlines, expect to see them get lumped in with the sitcoms come award season.

Examples of Dramedy include:


Pages in category "Dramedy"

The following 102 pages are in this category, out of 102 total.

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