It depresses me that shows like ER (scripted, character rich drama's) are considered dinosaurs. Networks are streamlining their budgets, like everyone else, and fighting to stay viable with so much new competition. Now we will have cheap-to-produce reality shows and news mags to look forward to. Yippy.
I don't think that the end of ER signifies the end of quality drama. It had to end sometime - the fact that it lasted 15 years is a testament to the fact that there's a market for that type of show and the networks know that. There's a lot of great drama on TV right now. Friday Night Lights is pretty much the best show I've ever seen.
Hmmm, wish I agree. True, there's still a lot of great network drama but from some very aging shows. ER, Lost(which ends next year), CSI, Desperate Housewives, 24, Grey's Anatomy. And, to think, NBC is giving up five hours of their prime to Jay Leno! ABC has tried out numerous drama's...Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone, Life on Mars, Dirty Sexy $, October Road, Castle and they all tanked or are tanking. The networks are crippling along and have to evolve. All my mopiness aside, ABC has a show in their coffers next season which seems promising (Flash Forward) but if it tanks....I don't even want to think about it. The reality is solid, character-rich shows are migrating to cable and the networks have to likely will evolve into something more streamlined to remain viable.
There did seem to be a boom of drama that came about around the birth of Grey's Anatomy, and it is now tapering off - you're right. We'll see what happens.
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So the end of ER is, also, the end of an era.
Depressing, that.
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