A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: Jon B, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych, msbelle, shrift, Dana, Laura
Stompy Emerita: ita, DXMachina
By Procedural I exclusively mean mystery of the week. In my opinion, House follows that formula strongly, but Grey's doesn't--Grey's is far more of a soap opera than it is a MOTW. Like, Crossing Jordan? That's a MOTW, with a medical twist. Grey's is a drama/soap.
That's why I'd include House, and others with a promeniently MOTW format, over shunting Med shows to another thread. I mean, Med shows could feasibly include Scrubs, and ER, but I can't think of others, and I don't think it's strong enough to support its own thread. MOTW shows are a recurring show type that has an obvious format, with enough shows to support a thread and discussion. IMO.
I agree. I was thinking that under that definition,
Veronica Mars
would go under Procedurals
since it does have Mysteries of the Week. It's just that they're never the
point,
really.
The
Law and Order
family and their multiple clones are easier to define. (Would
Monk
and
Psych
go in there too, I guess? Likely.)
Thanks, SA. I figured Grey's wouldn't fit there, I was just hoping.
I'll third the proposal.
Monk and Psych are both Cable Dramas, PC.
NCIS would go in Procedurals, and Bones would.
Is it four people? Or five? I always forget.
We need one more, I think.
I guess my broken record thing is that Boxed Set works perfectly for me. So. Cue broken record.
And as such my broken record is the opposite. So here's my repeated scratching.
I think I was shouted down on this once before, but with this many new shows I'll broach the subject again. Is Boxed Set becoming so large that we should split off the network stuff?
Yes.
I'm pretty sure four seconds is enough, but if we need another I second the propsoal.