What are the various types of dramas?

What are the various types of dramas?

Pamela Douglas (Screenwriter) gives expert video advice on: What is a TV 'drama'?; What are the various types of dramas?; What is a 'season' for a drama? and more...

Drama usually has franchises, which is a word that might relate to the genre or the kind of story telling or expectations. Some common types of franchises that we've seen before are medical dramas - ER, Grey's Anatomy for example and detective genres, detective stories, that can include procedural shows or quasi-procedural shows like Law and Order or the great NYPD Blue; or you could even talk about The Shield, where you have detective police material. Over in the family TV drama era, we've seen some of the most explosive change. Certain categories still being used are: detective, medical, family, high school, to a lesser extent journalism, and, lately, political shows, which have, except for West Wing, not succeeded well. But we're seeing all the franchises reinterpreted.