Show Genre describes the genre of an entire series. For our purposes, "genre" is synonymous with "topic".
See also Formats.
Fiction:
Genres:
- Action Series
- Action/Adventure Series
- Adventure
- Animesque
- Animated Anthology
- Animated Shows
- April Fools' Plot
- Australian Series
- Belgian Series
- Black Comedy
- Brit Com
- British Conspiracy Thriller
- British Series
- Canadian Series
- Christmas Special
- Comedy Series
- Cop Show
- Costume Drama
- Criminal Procedural
- Docudrama
- Docu Soap
- Dom Com
- Dorama
- Dramedy
- Dutch Series
- Easter Special
- Edutainment Show
- Experiment Show
- Family Drama
- Fantasy Series
- Fighting Series
- Gag Series
- Game Show
- Gekiga
- Government Conspiracy
- Government Procedural
- Halloween Special
- A Hallmark Presentation
- Heroic Fantasy
- Heroic Pet Story
- Historical Series
- Horror Series
- Jiggle Show
- Kid Com
- Korean Drama
- Kitchen Sink Drama
- Lifetime Movie of the Week
- Mecha Show
- Medical Drama
- Military and Warfare
- Mind Screw
- The Musical
- Noughties Drama Series
- Pantomime
- Paranormal Investigation
- Parody
- Pilot Movie
- Point-and-Laugh Show
- Police Procedural
- Preschool Show
- Prime Time Cartoon
- Prime Time Soap
- Public Access Show
- Quirky Work
- Reality Show
- Reality TV
- Religious Edutainment
- Rescue
- Reunion Show
- Romantic Comedy
- Roommate Com
- Sadist Show
- Saturday-Morning Cartoon
- Science Fiction Series
- Series Franchise
- Sketch Comedy
- Soap Opera
- Speculative Fiction Series
- Spooky Kids Media
- Spy Fiction
- Stop Motion
- Superhero Series
- Supernatural Soap Opera
- Teen Drama
- Telenovela
- Tween Drama
- Two-Fisted Tales
- Toku
- Turkish Drama
- The Western
- Weekday Afternoon Cartoon
- Work Com
- Urban Fantasy
Non-fiction:
Genres:
- Actual Play
- Analysis Channel
- Award Show
- Biography
- Cooking Show
- Companion Show
- Documentary
- Educational Short: Short stand-alone programs that convey a moral within a standard commercial break.
- Gearhead Show: Show about the (re)construction or customization of vehicles.
- Home and Garden: Feel-good shows about giving houses/gardens a makeover.
- I Love the Exties
- Magazine Show: A show featuring a series of reports on various topics.
- Nature Documentary
- Political Programmes
- Science Show
- Talk Show
- Travelogue Show