# Recommend me a long-running "dramedy" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [February 18, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-long-running-dramedy/933246 "2021-02-18T18:03:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-long-running-dramedy/933246/102 "2021-04-01T04:43:17Z")
> [@SacFly](#): > > I’m pretty sure there are 6+ seasons for your viewing pleasure. There are nine seasons so far, and a tenth on the way. They also say it will be the last, but they have said that multiple times before, so who knows really. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-long-running-dramedy/933246/103 "2021-04-01T12:03:42Z")
> [@galen\_ubal](#): > > _Castle_ and _Bones_ , particularly the former if you liked _Firefly_ , as Nathan Filion is the male lead. > Clever dialogue, likeable people. I don’t recommend watching _Bones_ during dinnertime, however. Yeah - my wife really enjoyed Castle. Not sure why I never developed any affection for either lead. And the female cop took the concept of kicking down doors in high heels to a new level of ridiculousness! 😉 Bones was one of my fave shows for several seasons until the 2 leads hooked up. After that, I considered it near unwatchable. She got more and more extreme and they turned him into a clown. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-long-running-dramedy/933246/104 "2021-04-01T13:24:46Z")
Not sure how many of these made it to the US, but Paul Abbott, who wrote _Shameless_ also had a series called _Clocking Off_, an ensemble piece set in a factory, and another called _State of Play_, a whodunnit set in the world of politics (on which topic, you could do worse than the original version of _House of Cards_). Mention of _Pie in the Sky_ reminds me of another series that keeps being re-shown on archive channels here: _Lovejoy_, starring Ian McShane as a “lovable rogue” antique dealer, who sorts out assorted intrigues and real crookery. You might also like the work of Kay Mellor - more ensemble pieces: _Fat Friends_, on the members of a slimming club, and _The Syndicate_, each series featuring a different group of people forming a lottery syndicate. And of course there’s Sally Wainwright, who wrote _Gentleman Jack_, _Last Tango in Halifax_ and _Happy Valley_. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-long-running-dramedy/933246/105 "2021-05-08T21:16:30Z")
We just finished bingeing _Person of Interest_, and it fits the bill perfectly. It’s a drama about the rise of AI and government surveillance, but it’s also surprisingly funny - usually in a deadpan way. For example, a scene where one of the leads is cleaning a sniper rifle on the table, and the other says “I’d prefer it if you didn’t do that here.” The response: “When I do it in the park people look at me funny.” The show is just full of little quips and one-liners like that. It’s also a great show on its own merits. I’m very sensitive to ‘technobabble’, but this show at least gets the babble right. Their tech advisors are very good. The show got a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes for four of its five seasons, it has the one of the highest ratios of episodes rated over 90% of any show, and one of its episodes ( “If-Then-Else” ) regularly makes it onto ‘best TV episodes of all time’ lists. It’s on Netflix. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-long-running-dramedy/933246/106 "2021-05-10T22:14:11Z")
> [@YamatoTwinkie](#): > > _the Marvelous Mrs Maisel_ (3 seasons). Seconded [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-long-running-dramedy/933246.md?page=5)