TV Dramas

TV Dramas generally focus on a few major characters and their realationship, useually focusing on dramatic or depressing topics. Dramas are broadcast in several different ways, as One-offs, two parters, Mini series, or serial, or several Series with a set number of episode in each, or as an ongoing soap. They often focus on serious issues.

CSI:Crime Scene Investigation

CSI focuses on the Crime Scene Investigation department in a major city, each episode of it's series focuses on a new case however there are some scenes throughout that show the realationships and lives of the main characters. The show is quite contraversial showing some very dramatic scenes and has gained huge popularity. Many different versions of the show have been made due to this popularity.

Dexter

Dexter follows a fictitious serial killer and shows the realationship between him and the people close to him. Each series focuses on one big event in Dexter's life while gradually creating various realationships with people around him

The show is an adaptation of a series of novels written by Jeff Lindsay.

Band of Brothers

Band of Brothers was a Mini Series directed by Steven Spielberg and based on a true story about a company of soilders in the second world war. Each episode focused mainly on a different character, and some realationships, all the characters being linked through the fact they were in the same company but also each episode showing the realationship between the main character and each soilder.

All these shows conform the the genre conventions of focusing on realationships in a serious, and not comic way, all being about dramatic things, a serial killer, a war and murder cases, all dangerous themes to make the shows exciting for the audience and allowing them to voyeristically enjoy being involved with these exciting scenarios.