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Some New Classes Of TV Series
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by Burnin' of UNKNOWN Prez
November 25th, 2001
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Introduction
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There have been long established classes of shows in TV like sci-fi, criminal
series, adventure, etc. But in the 90's some new have risen in the Western
world. Here're simple descriptions of these new classes. Several of them
are my own inventions (atleast their names), so you'll probably find that the
mentioned shows ain't labeled this way in TV guides.
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The classification
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Anime: cartoons produced in Asia.
Easily noticed by the drawing style: the characters have BIG
eyes, no anatomic details are missing (if some character
appears naked, especially as this, unlike in western
cartoons, *does* happen occasionally), "minimalistic" faces
when they're angry, etc.
Examples: "Pok�mon", "Dragonball Z"
Sitcoms: comedy-series.
Most notable details: when something is meant as a joke then
a laughing can be heard; most jokes are verbal, ie there's
not much cake-in-the-face kind of humor
Examples: "Friends", "Spin City", "Roseanne"
Reality shows: action(?) shows in which several people are put together in a
(relatively) small area (an apartment, an island, etc.) which
they can't leave and different task are assigned to them.
Who looses must go and the last one will win. The main idea
of those shows is to see how people react when they're being
filmed 24/7
Examples: "Big Brother", "Survivor", "Gestrandet"
Docusoaps: a 90's derivate from documentaries
Differences from normal documentaries: many parts, mostly
about people, done to entertain people rather than to save
the event, done by amateurs and not serious documentalists.
Somewhat similar to reality shows, but isn't limited to a
small space and the event ain't being generated just to show
it in TV.
Examples: "Pop-stars", "Schnulleralarm"
Info-shows: shows which talk about many non-related things. Usually
they're 30 minutes long. A little like news, just not as
serious and the stories are longer
Examples: "SAM", "TAFF", "A4"
X-series: a 90's not-completely-sci-fi series
More precisely a criminal series which deals with
supernatural or alien things and/or government conspiracies.
Examples: "X-Files", "Millennium", "The Profiler"
Also a 90's realization of the old "innocent but on the run"
story with (almost) supernatural things and/or conspiracies
Examples: "Dark Skies", "The Pretender", "1st Wave",
"Visitor"
Ranger-series: children shows with masked crime fighters.
Most (or even all?) of these shows are/were produced by
Saban. Story: several teenagers mutate into crime fighters
with plastic-weapons and fight monsters. Often they are in
vehicle which combine into a big robot. The monster is
always defeated with a laser shot on which it drops dead and
explodes. The main focus of these shows is the
karate-fighting.
Examples: "Power Rangers", "VR Troopers", "Super Human
Smaurai Cyber Squad"
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Conclusion
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So, dear reader. If you see some x meaningless show which you couldn't
classify before, perhaps you now can. Right before you change the channel.
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