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<blockquote data-quote="Ryujin" data-source="post: 6624594" data-attributes="member: 27897">Funny thing is that we tend to remember what matters to us, but forget the rest. Many of these particular genres wax and wane, rather than coming and going. For example when it comes to procedural shows think back to shows like &quot;Dragnet&quot;, &quot;Emergency&quot; (aka &quot;Squad 51&quot;), and &quot;Quincy ME.&quot; In 1996 there was a short-run Aaron Spelling soap opera mess called &quot;Kindred: The Embraced&quot;, that was a whole-cloth portrayal of the role playing game &quot;Vampire: The Masquerade.&quot; Every decade has its sitcoms (&quot;Leave it to Beaver&quot; '50s-'60s, &quot;Bewitched&quot; '60s-'70s, &quot;All in the Family&quot; through the '70s, &quot;M.A.S.H.&quot; '70s-'80s...... and on, and on). Where reality TV is concerned &quot;COPS&quot; has been running since 1989 and &quot;Big Brother&quot; started somewhere in the late '90s/2000. The 2007-2008 writers' strike pushed reality TV into growth.Some things are tried a little too early or a little too late. &quot;Kindred&quot; would have blown up the ratings lists just a couple of years ago but died a well warranted death, back when it was originally released. It might as well have been considered a forerunner to &quot;True Blood.&quot;In short, media is cyclical. People latch onto a particular show and suddenly every network just has to have a show just like it. Eventually viewers overdose on that genre and move on to something else, only to have the cycle repeat itself. Take a look at the Wikipedia list of 'hospital dramas' for example.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ryujin, post: 6624594, member: 27897"] Funny thing is that we tend to remember what matters to us, but forget the rest. Many of these particular genres wax and wane, rather than coming and going. For example when it comes to procedural shows think back to shows like "Dragnet", "Emergency" (aka "Squad 51"), and "Quincy ME." In 1996 there was a short-run Aaron Spelling soap opera mess called "Kindred: The Embraced", that was a whole-cloth portrayal of the role playing game "Vampire: The Masquerade." Every decade has its sitcoms ("Leave it to Beaver" '50s-'60s, "Bewitched" '60s-'70s, "All in the Family" through the '70s, "M.A.S.H." '70s-'80s...... and on, and on). Where reality TV is concerned "COPS" has been running since 1989 and "Big Brother" started somewhere in the late '90s/2000. The 2007-2008 writers' strike pushed reality TV into growth. Some things are tried a little too early or a little too late. "Kindred" would have blown up the ratings lists just a couple of years ago but died a well warranted death, back when it was originally released. It might as well have been considered a forerunner to "True Blood." In short, media is cyclical. People latch onto a particular show and suddenly every network just has to have a show just like it. Eventually viewers overdose on that genre and move on to something else, only to have the cycle repeat itself. Take a look at the Wikipedia list of 'hospital dramas' for example. [/QUOTE]

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