What are some of the most successful contemporary TV dramas?

What are some of the most successful contemporary TV dramas?

Right now Grey's Anatomy is popular. Lost has continued to be popular even though it has lost some of its audience. The CSIs and all of their incarnations are wildly popular and have always been. House is also very popular right now. HBO shows can't be considered popular in the same sense because you don't have the same audience. You have to subscribe so people don't see HBO dramas. But, people who do see it really like Big Love a lot. All of the procedurals have been successful because they are easy to watch. People have been watching all the CSIs as well as Law and Order for a very long time. House is right now is a medical procedural and is very successful. Those are easy to be successful because you don't have to commit to them over a long time. Each episode closes and you know what you're going to get when you are watching them. There are some other shows that have long arcs and it's a little harder to get on board with them if you don't know who the characters are. So it's more challenging to build a show like that.