Serial TV Drama

What Is The Difference Of A TV Drama And A Soap Opera?

TV dramas contain a series of real life situations which are exaggerated yet relatable, through the use of: themes, settings, issues, and narrative. Intended to be more serious than humorous

Serial TV Drama is defined as amy television drama that is organized into a series of episodes (as opposed to one off dramas). Typically, a series contains between 3 and 12 episodes.
A serial has a continuing plot that unfolds in a sequential episode-by-episode fashion.
Serials typically follow main story arcs that span an entire season, or even the full run of the series, which distinguishes them from traditional episodic television that relies on more stand-alone episodes.

Sub Genres:

Narrative And Characters:

House:

The medical Sherlock, Dr. Gregory House, tackles unknown health mysteries with a crime drama approach while playing mind games on his colleagues and friends in the hospital.
It is based at Princeton Plainsbro teaching hospital in New Jersey, a fictional hospital for the use of the medical drama.
There are 177 episodes at the moment, each one with house diagnosing the patient's unknown problem and fixing it. Sometimes, the same patient story can cross over multiple episodes too.

Sherlock:

The British crime drama, based on the stories from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, features Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson.
Over the 13 aired episodes, they are all set in 21st century London, solving more modern crimes with more modern methods.

Serial Vs Series:

Serials and series both contain the same characters each week
A serial has a narrative that continues through episode to episode (e.g. Luther, Game Of Thrones, Peaky Blinders)
A series contains the same characters throughout but each episode is a different story. So, you can start watching a series from any episode (e.g. CSI, Friends, Casualty)

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