Ever feel like some TV shows fall into familiar patterns after a while? Well, you're right! Let's have fun...

Deconstructing T.V.

d r a m a
As Shakespeare once said of drama, "Hey, my cat could write this shit!" Apparently, Hollywood writers can too!

    NYPD Blue
  1. Bad guy does bad thing.
  2. Arrest bad guy.
  3. Do good cop/bad cop to make him waive all rights.
  4. Book 'em.
  5. Show ass.
  6. Roll credits.
    Dawson's Creek
  1. Brunette girl likes blonde guy.
  2. Blonde guy ignores brunette girl.
  3. Blonde guy likes blonde girl.
  4. Blonde girl ignores blonde guy.
  5. Blonde girl likes blonde hair.
  6. Audience eats it up like chocolate pudding.
c o m e d y
What's the funniest thing in the world? White people in New York and their wacky friends! Check it out!
    Friends
  1. Hair girl humps dork guy.
  2. Jokey guy mocks weird girl.
  3. Thin girl and dumb guy embark on offbeat adventure.
  4. Run laugh track.
  5. Roll credits.
    Mad About You
  1. Guy and girl misunderstand each other.
  2. Guy talks to guy friends, girl talks to girl friends.
  3. Friends drive guy and girl crazy.
  4. Roll credits as guy and girl reunite (if "very special" episode, add childbirth).
a c t i o n
BANG! POW! KABAAM! Breaking down action shows is a SNAP!
    Baywatch
  1. Talk solemnly about "Rules of the Sea."
  2. Put on tight clothes and jiggle.
  3. Watch aghast as rebel breaks a "Rule of the Sea."
  4. Save rebel.
  5. Jiggle.
  6. Roll credits.
    Xena: Warrior Princess
  1. Talk solemnly about some Greek myth thing.
  2. Put on tight clothes and jiggle (with swords!).
  3. Watch aghast as evil Greek myth thing hurts good Greek myth thing.
  4. Save good Greek myth thing, hurt evil Greek myth thing (with swords!).
  5. Jiggle.
  6. Roll credits.
k i d s
Kids'll watch anything. Really. Anything.
    Power Rangers
  1. Show cool kids.
  2. Advertise action figures.
  3. Show cool kids turn into cool action figures.
  4. Advertise action figures.
  5. Show cool action figures fight uncool action figures.
  6. Advertise action figures.
  7. Roll credits.
    Sesame Street
  1. Teach our nation's children to negotiate the complex moral rubric of our troubled modern world...through glorified sock puppets.


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