What's your favourite/ideal setup for a show?

Submitted by HitmanSK007 t3_yyj5pu in television

Basically, what kind of characters you want and what situation/setting do you want them in. We all watch anything which is considered good or entertaining when it comes to movies but shows are a completely different animal. I'll obviously watch the best of the best or something that I come across and like but there's also a initial setting that would make me want to watch a show more than others which are similarly rated.

I have a bunch of them but a young guy in law or policing or other investigative spheres is probably my ideal one. I like the character still trying to figure themselves out while also figuring out things bigger than themselves for a living. And I'm a guy so I'm obviously drawn to that more.

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throwawaythrow0000 t1_iwuqbqn wrote

In terms of sitcoms, I love the trope of a lovable and disparate group of misfits that come together and become friends in a shared setting.

One type would be a workplace or other specific location that unites them. I'm thinking of NewsRadio, 30 Rock, Cheers, Futurama, The Office both UK and US, Taxi, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

The other would be a living together type of situation such as Happy Endings, Living Single, Golden Girls, Friends, New Girl, and Three's Company/Man About the House.

Frasier and Community have a blend of the two.

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HitmanSK007 OP t1_iwv3zeg wrote

That's basically every sitcom though. It isn't really a trope but the entire genre.

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throwawaythrow0000 t1_iwwgum9 wrote

It's not every sitcom, it most definitely is a trope, and it's my favoruite setup for a show.

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mickeyflinn t1_iwuf99d wrote

  • Season Long multi-layered Story Arcs
  • Premium channel so no adds or restrictions on language
  • I now prefer weekly episode releases
  • Setting Cold War International Espionage, this allows numerous competing organizations, cultures and languages.
  • Flawed Characters such as Elise Wassermann from the Tunnel.
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WhenRobLoweRobsLowes t1_iwuhtuu wrote

Single-male-driven action adventure (as in "solo," not "romantically unattached"). Typically procedural. This can take the form of spies, police, investigators, whatever. If the person is running or hiding from a much larger organization, or has some deep personal mystery to address, so much the better.

I grew up with shows like that, but the closest I've seen in recent years was "The Player" on NBC (gone too soon, RIP) and "Shadow" on Netflix. Before that, the first seasons of "Human Target" and "The Transporter" really nailed that vibe.

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ClaymoresRevenge t1_iwuiwul wrote

Pretty much what Fargo has done. Season long stories that intertwine and eventually collide. The interesting characters start off on different ends and find themselves in the middle of the great conflict that has to be resolved. Characters die, characters move, just a wonderfully told story

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urgasmic t1_iwvcuwd wrote

person finds out they're genealogy is something more than normal and go looking for a missing parent/guardian/friend/family member with the help of a ragtag group of people.

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SmallFunction3364 t1_iwvfqk3 wrote

The boys still has one of my favorite set up for a tv series, (has it been consistently good…eh debatable)

But Hughie going from retail electronic sales representative to a secret government sanctioned terrorist that kills super heroes to a congressional aide sounds crazy on paper but works perfectly.

The boys as a group also…pure perfection.

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