Best Television Shows

A while back, while announcing the season premieres for ‘Burn Notice’ and ‘Royal Pains’, I briefly mentioned the reason why these original USA network programs, as well as their other offerings, work so well. As I thought about it some more, I realized that it wasn’t just the focus on characters and the mix of comedy and drama that made these shows click with audiences. There was more to it. In fact, three more ‘its’ to make a TV Squad list. How’s that for ironic!

So, if you’ll indulge me for a moment, here are the five things that make USA network shows resonate with viewers.

1. Actual character-driven shows — When USA uses the tag line “Characters Welcome” they aren’t kidding. Every original program since ‘Monk’ has been character driven. They haven’t relied on special effects, or musicals, or unanswered questions that, when answered, produced more unanswered questions. It’s characters that drive the shows and move them forward.

Continue reading Five Ingredients That Make USA Network Shows Work

Filed under: OpEd, Law and Order, Celebrities, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free, Burn Notice

Permalink | Email this | | Comments

Go to Source

Related posts:

1. TV 101: Let’s Make TV Like A Soccer League (Or: How To Make Trololo A Network Show!)
2. Network Shows on the Bubble
3. Ironically-named Cartoon Network picks up live action shows
4. Snooki Teaches David Letterman The Secret Ingredients That Make Up Ron-Ron Juice
5. Guess which network had thirteen of the top fifteen cable news shows in 2009?