Submitted by dirtbandit101 t3_ysab9i in television
For example Comedy, Romance, Action etc for me I’d say the shortest lifespan has to be horror, most series are always ruined by the 3rd movie/season and I’d say the longest life span is between Comedy and Action but I’d give comedy a slight edge
comedy will never go out of style, humour is immortal, was here before civilization and will be here in a thousand years
Yeah, slapstick comedy especially, you can watch silent movies over a hundred years old and still laugh at a bunch of cops in pursuit of a dog that stole from the butcher.
It's 100% out style at the movies thanks to over bearing political correctness and too much butt hurt over sensitive lefties. Thanks a lot.
Pure comedy movies are out of style because nobody wants to pay to see a comedy in theaters when you can watch it on Amazon for a quarter of the price assuming it's not already included in one of the many streaming services.
Also, there's a bazillion comedy shows that you can watch at any time.
I would argue Comedy works better on TV as well.
Yes, all humor is supposed to be dark and offensive. Yes, humor has always remained the same in every generation/decade.
It's not really about genre, but more about structure.
Episodic shows are most of the time designed to run pretty much forever, while serialized shows tend to be designed with an endpoint in mind, and therefore feel stale if the show is renewed past that endpoint.
Comedy but Sitcoms specifically.
You shouldn't be getting downvoted; you're totally right. For 60 years many classic sitcoms have been in perpetual re-runs around the world. Like I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, The Addams Family, The Beverly Hillbillies, Hogan's Heroes, Gilligan's Island, etc.
In another 60 years people will still be watching M°A°S°H, Seinfeld, Friends, Fraiser, Everybody Loves Raymond, The Big Bang Theory, Modern Family, etc as well.
The downvoted in this are weird.
What is there to downvote exactly?
Show some backbone and speak up lol.
I read awhile that there are just some lurkers on subreddits that downvote new posts so they don’t reach the popular page, or maybe they just thought this was a shit question but it happens quite a lot
the whole downvote thing is still such a mystery to me and i've been here for years. everything gets downvoted... it seems automatic. are these real people, or is it bots are something??
and i question if it's real people because i never use the downvote button... i sometimes forget it's there so it's baffling when people use it for legit posts. or maybe some people just think of or use reddit differently? like... "oh i don't like this post, downvote!"?
anyways, i think a great solution for this is to just make it compulsory for users to comment why they downvote something whenever they do.
Whatever 007 is.
That is flexible, it’s whatever the latest trend is. It rode the wave of being in space, blaxploitation, hammy and lately serious.
News/interview show. Meet the Press alone has literally run since 1947.
Comedy is a form not a genre.
animation
Action, plain and simple. I can still rewatch some Of the 90s actions with interest. Can’t say the same for romance and other genres.
You might be right. With action movies, the setting and nature of the action changes, but it's recognizable. Whether it's gangsters with revolvers, cowboys smashing chairs on each other, gladiators, Bruce Lee, whatever, it's all good.
With comedy, the audience has expectations. Back in the day, it seemed like people would laugh at anything. Oh, I get it, that guy is an alcoholic. That's it. That's the joke.
With romance, social conventions come into play. Watch some old romance movies. The good-looking guy is stuck on a tramp steamer for a month with the rich heiress. Get passed the fighting and wicked banter, and bang her already.
I think by Lifespan OP means Potential for Sequals/seasons?
By that standard the answer has to be shows that build in ways for cast members to be replaced and which don’t involve a single long running storyline. Dr. Who or ER for example.
Variety Shows j/k
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Deuceman927 t1_ivy00u8 wrote
Procedural (I.e. law and order).
Serial drama (I.e soap opera).
Medical drama (I.e. grays anatomy/ER)