Family Drama
Family Drama is a genre revolving around conflicts between family members. In a more general sense, any work of fiction about the relationships within a family.
The longer, non-funny version of the Dom Com. Expect lots of this in a Big Screwed-Up Family.
On Live Action TV, it usually comes in Dramatic Hour Long shows. Many Soap Operas overlap with this genre. See also Teen Drama.
Examples of Family Drama include:
Live Action TV
- Dallas
- Family
- Our House
- 7th Heaven
- The Waltons
- Little House On the Prairie
- Caprica: Ron Moore more or less explicitly called Caprica "the first Science Fiction Family Drama," and said that it's basically Dallas meets Rome meets The Sopranos IN SPACE!
- Brothers and Sisters
- Dirty Sexy Money
- Parenthood
Video Games
- Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood. Mixed with Spaghetti Western.
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