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Jan 15, 2018
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eddog
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Cop/Detective shows are extremely common as well.
I feel like they reached their saturation point a long time ago.
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Why are medical shows so popular?
eddog
1/15/18 6:51am
Drama, drama, drama. People naturally love drama.
Flippy
1/15/18 6:56am
Sick people and tragedy pull at heart strings
A Drew Aitch
1/15/18 6:57am
I think it has to do with the fact that doctors are in another class than the
RdF3
1/15/18 7:00am
And they are always so good looking IRL.
AndyDwyer
1/15/18 8:15am
All the good ones are, based on Yelp ratings
swimbro
1/15/18 8:36am
You might be surprised how dumb and poor some of us are 😉
DanSmith
1/15/18 8:42am
I know. There should be more shows about engineers.
dilbert
1/15/18 7:06am
Don’t forget CPAs.
gwalker
1/15/18 7:19am
Well they have tons of hackers in shows. Of course it isn't anything like
CSoul
1/15/18 7:50am
"The Martian" is how you dramatize engineering.
Bert609
1/15/18 8:00am
We don't cheat with nurses in equipment closets. It makes for bad TV.
Bert609
1/15/18 7:59am
Good point. And I guess it wouldn't be believable if they fictionalized that
dilbert
1/15/18 8:07am
I didn't watch any between MASH and House.
mncstr
1/15/18 7:44am
I liked Scrubs. That was funny.
eddog
1/15/18 7:51am
Scrubs was great
TNT
1/15/18 7:56am
Probably closer to how actual hospital medicine works than any of the other medical shows
Slim
1/15/18 8:29am
My wife is into them. I can't stand them.
fbguru
1/15/18 7:56am
We need actuary shows on tv
mudpupper
1/15/18 8:01am
Indy/Sea Chicken typing up sarcastic responses on CB?
TNT
1/15/18 8:03am
I think that for a series there are three basic drama formats. Medical, Cop, and Courtroom
thaws
1/15/18 8:34am
Cop/Detective shows are extremely common as well.
eddog
1/15/18 8:50am
Contrived drama to allow attractive people to look like they're also super-smart
byujdmba
1/15/18 9:03am
High stakes arena with many different scenarios with people of all backgrounds.
shimmy
1/15/18 9:43am
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