2015-10-04 - Seriously Fun TV

I really like TV. I watch a fair bit of it, and from all that watching I’ve found that there’s a recipe to the shows that I enjoy. The best TV shows are those that start with a large scoop of drama and then add in a few spoonfuls of comedy on top of it.

I like stories and characters. Those are the things I find interesting about TV shows. So I tend to prefer dramas because they usually have better stories and characters. The problem is that shows that are pure drama tend to be very dark and depressing. They are just about bad things happening to the main characters and their trying to deal with things before the next bad things happen. I personally don’t like shows that make me depressed.

That’s where the comedy comes in. A little bit of silliness helps to break up the drama in the story and make the characters more likable. The comedy keeps things from being too depressing. The show can’t just be a pure comedy though because then you lose the stories and characters. They just become a series of jokes and as funny as they may be they aren’t really interesting.

So my favourite shows are those that have good stories and characters but aren’t too serious.