# Favorite Tv Genre? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 7, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-genre/733850 "2015-10-07T19:37:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Boone\_Fanatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Daniel\_Boone\_Fanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel_Boone_Fanatic)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-genre/733850/1 "2015-10-07T19:37:11Z")
Mine includes: Westerns Sitcoms Action/ Adventure Drama/Legal Dramas Classic Cartoons ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-genre/733850/2 "2015-10-07T20:59:22Z")
Sci-fi/comedy, or whatever Futurama falls under. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-genre/733850/3 "2015-10-07T21:02:51Z")
I’d have to say either drama mostly, with some comedy. I realistically am open to any genre as long as the show is good. So **Daniel Boone Fanatic** , I agree with you on those genres. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-genre/733850/4 "2015-10-08T11:32:07Z")
My Genres include: British Nature shows narrated by David Attenborough Other BBC Science shows UK panel shows featuring comedians (Including, but not limited to, _QI, Would I Lie To You, Mock The Week, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, 8 Out Of 10 Cats & Ducks Quacks Don’t Echo_) Science Fiction that doesn’t regularly feature Zombies (the occasional Space Zombie episode notwithstanding). ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-genre/733850/5 "2015-10-08T14:19:11Z")
Sitcoms Animated shows (that may or may not be sitcoms, like Bob’s Burgers, Adventure Time and Steven Universe) Mysteries ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-genre/733850/6 "2015-10-08T14:47:39Z")
Crime and or medical drama Westerns Old sitcoms Cooking shows Stuff on PBS about castles, and history and stuff like that. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-genre/733850/7 "2015-10-08T14:48:55Z")
QI Crime shows/mysteries Superhero shows Science fiction shows British comedies ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-genre/733850/8 "2015-10-08T17:10:47Z")
Panel shows Fantasy Scifi Supernatural (both the show and those like it) ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-genre/733850/9 "2015-10-08T20:32:40Z")
I love “period mysteries.” Father Brown Mysteries, or Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries, or Murdoch. I even love Murder in Paradise, because, while the period is contemporary, the setting is wonderfully exotic. I should be watching Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., or Gotham, because I’m a superhero comics fan, but I just don’t have the time! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-genre/733850/10 "2015-10-08T20:37:05Z")
Sci fi and fantasy. Everything else is a distant second, with any kind of romance coming in dead last. Yuck. Stop kissing, you’re mucking up the plot. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-genre/733850/11 "2015-10-08T20:38:59Z")
SF and fantasy, with the occasional sitcom/humorous game show. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-genre/733850/12 "2015-10-08T21:03:27Z")
Documentaries. I watch a lot of them, mostly on history and science. War/service dramas or comedies. There hasn’t been a good one in at least the last 30 years.\* Crime/legal/medical dramas, the darker and grittier the better. Detective series with notable twists. Character-driven sitcoms, from both sides of the Atlantic. Believable science fiction, either anthology or continuing series. I’ll watch old-timey Westerns like _ **Gunsmoke** _ and _ **The Rifleman** _, but I really prefer ones closer to the realistic Clint Eastwood type, where everything is filthy and rundown, and people sweat and stink and are clearly scum. I enjoy watching cooking shows where they actually teach you how to make something. I no longer care about cookoffs involving mystery baskets, cupcakes, or anything else. I detest so-called reality shows, which are nothing of the sort. The only superhero I really care about is Batman; again, the darker and more twisted the better. Trivia-based game shows like _ **Jeopardy!** _ Old (pre-1968) cartoons and cartoon series. \*I take that back. _ **Foyle’s War** _ is excellent! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-genre/733850/13 "2015-10-08T21:24:22Z")
Spy/espionage series are always on my viewing schedule too, as are political dramas. I like historical dramas, so long as the anachronisms are minimal (or not at all apparent). Unfortunately, most actors seem to have no idea how to portray people of a different era. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-genre/733850/14 "2015-10-09T07:15:26Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > War/service dramas or comedies. There hasn’t been a good one in at least the last 30 years.\* Blackadder Goes Forth? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-genre/733850/15 "2015-10-09T12:02:07Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Blackadder Goes Forth? Yeah, that one was good too. So was _ **The Saboteurs** _. But I’m hard pressed to think of any others.