Television series have become so firmly entrenched in the life of modern people that they have become divided into various genres. If, starting from the thirties of the twentieth century, soap operas had success with viewers and listeners on the radio, now you will not surprise anyone with a sitcom, a procedural drama, a mini-series, a television movie, or even a web series.
TV Series Genres
What are the series that everyone should watch, in particular, soap opera? For the first time this term was used by American journalists when they began to broadcast sequentially dramatic programs on the radio, interrupted by soap ads. All these programs were aired during the day and were mainly listened to by housewives. Soap operas appeared on television in 1946 and again in America.
The most interesting series of this type could last months and years, the record in this sense was broken by actress Helen Wagner, who played in the soap opera How the World Rotates, which was released in 1954. She until the death (died in 2010 at the age of 91) played Nancy Hughes in this series and rightfully got into the Guinness Book of Records for the longest performance of the role.
The next genre of TV series is considered a sitcom (situational comedy). Its characteristic feature is brevity. On the air, sitcoms take about thirty minutes, the heroes, as a rule, do not change, events unfold in the process of filming. Previously, comedies of this kind were shot in studios in the presence of the audience, and therefore they are characterized by offscreen laughter. The plot of the series is loosely connected with each other. The series that everyone should watch is Mary Kay and Joni, Goldbergs. A prominent representative of the sitcom is the series "Friends" (1994 - 2004), several times nominated for the Golden Globe and Emmy.
Among the Russian sitcoms, the TV series “My Fair Nanny”, adapted to the American “Nanny,” gained popularity, then for the first time the STS channel released independent sitcoms “Daddy's Daughters”, “Voronin”, “Kitchen”, “Traffic Light” and so on. The rating of the series largely depends on the reviews of film critics and viewers.
A new round in the history of series
The concept of “procedural drama” includes those television series where each series is built on its own, the plot is built around one episode, therefore, having missed one series, you can watch another without harming yourself. Such series include procedural dramas such as Colombo, The X-Files, She wrote the Murder, and the list goes on and on.
A web series is a new form of art aimed at broadcasting a series over the Internet. So far, most of the web series are amateur, but already in 2015, the director Arseny Gonchukov created his own independent online series, with the plot and real actors, graduates of VGIK. Each series lasts no more than ten minutes, and the plot is a drama with elements of a horror film.
It is not surprising that a modern TV viewer can get confused in a huge selection of TV shows, so before watching it is advisable to read the reviews of viewers and film critics. However, there are TV shows that everyone should watch.
Political Series
In 2013, on Channel One, four days after the premiere in the United States, they began to show a political series. The directors and producers of the picture were David Fincher and Kevin Spacey. Starring actor and director Kevin Spacey. The series is called “The House of Cards”. From the very first minute, the protagonist of the picture, Democratic Party congressman Francis Andrerwood (Kevin Spacey), accidentally running into a dog, kills her so that she does not suffer, while expressing the idea that she sometimes has to get her hands dirty. In the evening, Francis will congratulate the newly-minted US President on his victory, while tasting the sweetness that he will get the post of Secretary of State. However, the president is deceiving a friend, the post goes to another, and Underwood decides to get his hands dirty again - this time in a sophisticated way.
The series has been on the air for five seasons, this suggests that the political routine in the film does not seem boring and monotonous, on the contrary, the plot is twisted more exciting than any detective, in addition, the passions are such that the audience is sitting, not looking up from the “box” . Not the last role in this is played twice by the Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey, who has already played a wolf in sheep’s clothing in the film “Suspected Faces”. To match his wife, Claire Underwood (Robin Wright).
The series shows the whole far from attractive story of American politics. The Russian house of "House of Cards" liked it, and the first and second seasons looked with interest. In the third season, the authors added another hero - the President of Russia. The American actor clearly outplayed him, biting and sniffing vodka with his sleeve, while demonstrating the bestial nature. If in the second season Underwood became the vice president, in the fourth - the president, then in the fifth season ... It is better to see once.
Sherlock
The Hartswood Films project, without a doubt, belongs to the “everyone should watch” series. The painting "Sherlock" or "Sherlock Holmes", as the name suggests, is based on the famous work of Arthur Conan-Doyle. The only feature is that the picture is taking place these days. The authors of the project were the British Mark Gettys and Stephen Moffat. The role of Sherlock Holmes was played by Benedict Cumberbatch, a British theater, film and television actor, Laurence Olivier laureate, Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe nominee. And the role of Dr. John Watson went to Martin Freeman, also a British actor, an Emmy winner and a Golden Globe nominee.
Many viewers ask how many seasons there are in the Sherlock series. So far, the series has overcome four seasons. During the first three seasons, the project received awards and positive reviews. The authors showed Sherlock a genius with a deductive form of thinking, he loves puzzles, puzzles, murders and other crimes. But, according to Conan-Doyle’s idea, Sherlock is uncouth, prickly, surrounding him tripping over his sharp corners. In a sense, he is a maniac himself, as he may not sleep or eat during the day until he decides the crime. The London police respect him, and the whole of Great Britain loves him.
Dr. Watson is Holmes's best friend, a very kind, retired medic who gently sets off the main character and prevents him from committing extravagant acts. Mrs. Hudson (Una Stubss) is shown in the series as a funny widow, discharging situations with typical British humor.
So, in order to specifically answer the question of how many seasons are in the Sherlock series, you need to know that there are only four seasons - three episodes each and a half hour on average. Only in the fourth season there is a zero series, which is made in antiquity and is a bonus for the New Year. You can skip it if you wish.
Breaking Bad - TV Series
In 2008, American television began broadcasting the series, which will be included in the Guinness Book of Records as "The Top Rated TV Series." Starring Brian Cranston, winning the Emmy Award for three years in a row as the best actor in a drama series, will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. And the house where the main characters lived will become a place of pilgrimage for fans of the series. It's about the television drama Breaking Bad.
This original series of the AMC television channel, which at first caused bewilderment, became one of the rating projects of American television. He owns enthusiastic reviews from viewers and critics, the crazy cost of advertising time, the highest awards of the television communities, but most importantly, the authors brought out a new anti-hero like Tony Montana from Scarface and Vito Corleone from The Godfather.
The plot of the series
Briefly, the plot is as follows: a fifty-year-old school chemistry teacher is forced to look for jobs in a car wash to support a family: a second-time pregnant wife and a disabled son. Upon learning that he is terminally ill, Walter White rethinks his own life and embarks on all the grave. You need to understand that "Breaking Bad" - the series is not about the tragedy of a sick person with cancer and not about drug trafficking - this is something more. About a brilliant man who faced a choice, like Rodion Raskolnikov: am I a trembling creature or do I have the right? And if he does not now step over himself, his life, it will turn out that all his genius will perish, and it turns out that life has been lived in vain.
With each series, the drama is heating up, it is not without reason that Anthony Hopkins wrote that, according to the intensity of passions and drama, the series is comparable to the works of Shakespeare. The main character, who lives all his life according to the rules, steps over himself, but this is the drama, since he can only realize himself in a criminal way. The rating of series of this type is overwhelming, with Breaking Bad it is 10 out of 10.
The way the series is made can be called one word - perfection. The work of scriptwriters, cameramen and actors is perfect, the authors thought through every detail, each episode is completed and deceptively simple. And yet - this is a film about love.
"Game of Thrones"
The plot of the series “Game of Thrones” is based on George Martin’s novel “A Song of Ice and Fire”. The release date for the Game of Thrones series is April 17, 2011. The action of the picture takes place in a fictional world, where every month is equated to several years of our years. The authors show several storylines and many characters at once. Either several families fight for the throne of the kingdom, or they show the journey of the princess, expelled from her homeland and in the countries of the East, looking for allies for herself to return to her homeland and conquer the Iron Throne. It is a fantasy with creatures such as dragons and undead, heroes cannot be clearly described as positive or negative.
Fans of fantasy at the stage of creating the project were looking forward to the show. Therefore, the release date for the Game of Thrones series was previously agreed upon by the media and scheduled for 2011. The series was shot for six seasons, and each subsequent became more successful than the previous one. Many actors were involved in the film, but Peter Dinklake won the most awards, having played Tiriin Lannister and won the Emmy and Golden Globe awards as the best supporting actor.
Seven seasons have been shot so far, but the authors of the project, David Benioff and Dan Weiss, announced that in 2017 the series will be extended with a season that will consist of thirteen episodes.
The most interesting series
In addition to the above, this category includes such works as “The Bermuda Triangle”, “Exile”, “Jeremiah”, “Deceive Me”, “Errors of the Past”, “Prison Break”, “Real Detective”, “Twin Peaks” " and others. From domestic paintings can be attributed to the series "The Diary of a Killer", "Mine."
I especially want to say a few words about the series of Kirill Serebryakov's “Diary of a killer”. The picture unfolds at the beginning of the twentieth century, during the period of red terror, and at the beginning of the twenty-first century, when a museum employee (actress Alexandra Kulikova) catches the eye of a 1917 diary led by student Nikolai Voinov (Kirill Pirogov). It begins with scary words: “I am a killer. I killed five people. " Fate presents a young student Nikolai Voinov with a surprise similar to a curse: he must kill five people and for this they will give him life.
The film consists of two parts: modern and historical. The historical one looks much more interesting and deeper, although they are the same in terms of timing. It is impossible not to mention the play of actors Kirill Pirogov and Alexandra Kulikova, who reliably entered the tragic image of heroes, and the roles of the one-eyed security officer and Commissioner Rosa, although small, cause mixed feelings: disgust and pity. The film uses the wonderful song of Metropolitan Joseph of Rostov “The Sea of Life”.
Military series
Films and series about the 1941-1945 war have always been and will remain relevant for creators and viewers, as this war is the worst for the Soviet people, especially for Russians. There is not a single Russian family that has not suffered from this monstrous massacre; in every house there is someone who gave his life for a friend, for the flourishing of the future and the life of descendants. The following pictures can be attributed to this category of television series:
- "Seventeen Moments of Spring"
- The Shtrafbat.
- "Isaev."
- "Death to Spies".
- "Life and Fate."
- "Officers."
- "The horse is white."
- "On the razor's edge."
- "And there was a war."
- "The Hunt for Gauleiter."
- "Katya: Military History."
- “Attention, says Moscow.”
- Deadly Grip.
- "And the dawns here are quiet ..."
- Goodbye Boys.
- "Do not leave me".
- Ashes.
- "White Night".
And many other works included in the category "TV series about the war of 1941-1945." It is impossible to cover them all in one article.
Domestic TV shows
Domestic series are also divided into several genres: dramas, comedies, procedural dramas, sitcoms, melodramas and so on. To the category of criminalistic series can be attributed the recently released series "Method" with Konstantin Khabensky in the title role. Recent Russian TV shows for teens are Closed School, Youth, Cadets. Detectives about Masha Shevtsova as a prosecutor in the series “Secrets of the Investigation” will cause serious interest, also recommended by critics for viewing - this is the film series “Liquidation”, a little comedy series “Freud’s Method” and so on.
TV Shows
From the category “TV shows for the whole family”, one can recommend watching the film “War and Peace” based on the novel by L. Tolstoy, which was created by authors from the UK and the USA. Russian series of similar content is “Londongrad. Know Ours! ”,“ Family Business ”,“ Notes by the Forwarder of the Secret Chancellery ”, and of the most famous paintings created in Soviet times are“ Midshipmen, Forward! ”,“ Dirk ”,“ Elusive Avengers ”,“ In Search of the Captain Grant ”,“ Big Break ”,“ Guest from the Future ”and many other television series.
The new series, shot by American authors, opens the seventh season of the film "Gold Rush", the second season of "Supermarket", and "Anatomy of Passion" - a series that was so loved by the audience that it was already filmed for season 13. The tragicomedy “This is Us” has opened until the first season; there will probably be a sequel.
From Russian TV series, one can note the melodrama Three Queens, Between Love and Hate, Kisses Bridge, Marry Pushkin and other projects.