I think that for a series there are three basic drama formats. Medical, Cop, and Courtroom

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Jan 15, 2018
8:34:18am

thaws Good Guy Idiot

because it gives a new scenario every week that allows for the drama to unfold with new Cases each time.

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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.

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