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** Mike and his friends are going through a supernatural ComingOfAge adventure story; think along the lines of a slightly darker version of early Spielberg/Amblin Entertainment movies like ''Film/{{ET}}'', ''Film/TheGoonies'', and so forth;
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** Mike and his friends are going through a supernatural ComingOfAge adventure story; think along the lines of a slightly darker version of early Spielberg/Amblin Entertainment movies like ''Film/{{ET}}'', ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', ''Film/TheGoonies'', and so forth;
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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'', like ''Series/{{Bones}}'', is a PoliceProcedural romantic dramedy. They also like staging episodes around particular subcultures and bringing in various tropes of particular other genres as well; there's been a vampire episode, an alien abduction episode, a few political-spy thrillers, and so forth. Beckett's mother's arc is also a conspiracy thriller in most of the later episodes.
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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'', ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'', like ''Series/{{Bones}}'', is a PoliceProcedural romantic dramedy. They also like staging episodes around particular subcultures and bringing in various tropes of particular other genres as well; there's been a vampire episode, an alien abduction episode, a few political-spy thrillers, and so forth. Beckett's mother's arc is also a conspiracy thriller in most of the later episodes.
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** Subsequent series shake up the genres the characters find themselves in while occasionally adding new ones. Series 2, for example, has Nancy and Jonathan take over the GovernmentConspiracy plotline while Hopper, Joyce, Mike and Will find themselves in the Stephen King supernatural outcast plot, Steve and the other kids find themselves dealing with a ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''-like supernatural investigation, while Eleven goes on a quest to discover herself, her past and how to control her powers similarly to Luke in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. [[spoiler: Then everyone realises that they're actually in a monster movie sequel... only unfortunately for them, this time it's ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' instead of just ''Film/{{Alien}}''.]]
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** Subsequent series shake up the genres the characters find themselves in while occasionally adding new ones. Series 2, for example, has Nancy and Jonathan take over the GovernmentConspiracy plotline while Hopper, Joyce, Mike and Will find themselves in the Stephen King supernatural outcast plot, Steve and the other kids find themselves dealing with a ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''-like ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}''-like supernatural investigation, while Eleven goes on a quest to discover herself, her past and how to control her powers similarly to Luke in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. [[spoiler: Then everyone realises that they're actually in a monster movie sequel... only unfortunately for them, this time it's ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' instead of just ''Film/{{Alien}}''.]]
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* ''Series/JupiterMoon'' was British Satelite Broadcasting's flagship soap, written in the style of the then-popular Austalian soaps ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'' and ''Series/HomeAndAway''. It was also set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, on a space station orbiting Jupiter. While the reason it was cancelled was more due to the collapse of BSB as a channel than anything else, the consensus seems to be that it was too fantastic for soap fans, and too mundane for sf fans.
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* ''Series/MatchGame'' in its CBS incarnation (it started in 1962 on NBC) quickly evolved into a comedy game and became the most popular comedy game of all time. There were others that came before (''Funny You Should Ask, Hollywood Squares'') and after (''Tattletales, Rhyme and Reason''), but with its question and answer material and a celebrity panel on their worst behavior, the CBS ''Match Game'' remains the Ur Ezample.
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* ''Series/MatchGame'' in its CBS incarnation (it started in 1962 on NBC) quickly evolved into a comedy game and became the most popular comedy game of all time. There were others that came before (''Funny You Should Ask, Hollywood Squares'') and after (''Tattletales, Rhyme and Reason''), but with its question and answer material and a celebrity panel on their worst behavior, the CBS ''Match Game'' remains the Ur Ezample.Example.
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* ''Series/MatchGame'' in its CBS incarnation (it started in 1962 on NBC) qhickly evolved into a comedy game and became the most popular comedt game of all time. There were others that came before (''Funny You Should Ask, Hollywood Squares'') and after (''Tattletales, Rhyme and Reason''), but with its question and answer material and a celebrity panel on their worst behavior, the CBS ''Match Game'' remains the Ur Ezample.
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* ''Series/MatchGame'' in its CBS incarnation (it started in 1962 on NBC) qhickly quickly evolved into a comedy game and became the most popular comedt comedy game of all time. There were others that came before (''Funny You Should Ask, Hollywood Squares'') and after (''Tattletales, Rhyme and Reason''), but with its question and answer material and a celebrity panel on their worst behavior, the CBS ''Match Game'' remains the Ur Ezample.
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* ''Series/MatchGame'' in its CBS incarnation (it started in 1962 on NBC) qhickly evolved into a comedy game and became the most popular comedt game of all time. There were others that came before (''Funny You Should Ask, Hollywood Squares'') and after (''Tattletales, Rhyme and Reason''), but with its question and answer material and a celebrity panel on their worst behavior, the CBS ''Match Game'' remains the Ur Ezample.
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** Nancy and Jonathan's experiences, where they're hunting/being hunted by an impassive and remorseless killer with borderline teleportation abilities, could almost have come from a SlasherMovie like ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984'';
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** Nancy and Jonathan's experiences, where they're hunting/being hunted by an impassive and remorseless killer with borderline teleportation abilities, could almost have come from a SlasherMovie like ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984'';''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984'', with a bit of ''Film/{{Alien}}'' blended into the mix;
** Subsequent series shake up the genres the characters find themselves in while occasionally adding new ones. Series 2, for example, has Nancy and Jonathan take over the GovernmentConspiracy plotline while Hopper, Joyce, Mike and Will find themselves in the Stephen King supernatural outcast plot, Steve and the other kids find themselves dealing with a ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''-like supernatural investigation, while Eleven goes on a quest to discover herself, her past and how to control her powers similarly to Luke in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. [[spoiler: Then everyone realises that they're actually in a monster movie sequel... only unfortunately for them, this time it's ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' instead of just ''Film/{{Alien}}''.]]
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* ''Series/TheXFiles'' took archetypes and conspiracies from espionage shows and crime dramas, inserted them into plots about scifi and supernatural phenomena, and filmed it in horror/suspense style.
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* ''Series/TheXFiles'' took archetypes and conspiracies from espionage shows and crime dramas, inserted them into plots about scifi sci-fi and supernatural phenomena, and filmed it in horror/suspense style.
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* ''Series/PsychopathDiary'': Half of the series is a thriller about a serial killer. The other half is a comedy about a guy who mistakenly thinks he's a serial killer. The two genres sometimes combine to provide plenty of BlackComedy.
%%* ''Series/{{Tokusatsu}}'' can do this.
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%%* ''Series/LifeOnMars'' is, at its core, a cop show that also has an OntologicalMystery plot.
%%* ''Series/AshesToAshes2008'' contains much more prevalent themes of the
%%* ''Series/{{Tokusatsu}}'' can do this.
* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfBriscoCountyJr'' was a science fiction/western with a lead who was best known for horror/comedies.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'' is spy story combined with SpaceOpera combined with Lovecraftian tropes combined HighFantasy combined with political drama.
* The Series/BBCHistoricalFarmSeries is part live-action historical crafts recreation documentary, part edutainment reality show starring and featuring ''actual experts'' on a specific historical period and the lifestyle of each era. It presents the concepts of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_history living history]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_archaeology experimental archaeology]] in a very accessible, enjoyable and informative way, within a virtually period-enclosed visual experience, and without any sort of pandering to the audience or dumbing down of the overall presentation. No mean feat for what could have been an otherwise bog-standard documentary series.
* ''Series/BehindHerEyes'' starts out as a psychological thriller and then transforms into [[spoiler: a paranormal BodySnatcher story]] in the final episodes.
* ''Series/{{Bones}}'' is a [[PoliceProcedural forensics procedural]] romantic dramedy.
* ''Series/BreakingBad'' is simultaneously a crime saga, a family drama, a BlackComedy, a psychological thriller and [[NewOldWest a modern-day Western]], all featuring a realistic ScienceHero (well, Science ''Anti''-Hero) in the lead, in one of the few examples of the trope that you'll find outside of a science-fiction work.
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* ''Series/TheWire'': A crime show, a political drama, a black comedy, and in its late seasons, a grim coming-of-age tale and an exposé of the news media.
* ''Series/{{Bones}}'' is a [[PoliceProcedural forensics procedural]] romantic dramedy.
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' is similar, but with little romance and more comedy. It's also very unusual for a procedural because of how heavily character-focussed it is even as it doesn't take itself terribly seriously and the actual personal arcs the characters get are limited. It's primarily about how their personalities affect their job and vice versa rather than how the cases are solved. The plots making sense can arguably be considered secondary.
* ''Series/{{Bones}}'' is a [[PoliceProcedural forensics procedural]] romantic dramedy.
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' is similar, but with little romance and more comedy. It's also very unusual for a procedural because of how heavily character-focussed it is even as it doesn't take itself terribly seriously and the actual personal arcs the characters get are limited. It's primarily about how their personalities affect their job and vice versa rather than how the cases are solved. The plots making sense can arguably be considered secondary.
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* ''Series/TheWire'': A crime show, a political drama, a black comedy, and in its late seasons, a grim coming-of-age tale and an exposé of the news media.
* ''Series/{{Bones}}''''Series/{{Castle}}'', like ''Series/{{Bones}}'', is a [[PoliceProcedural forensics procedural]] PoliceProcedural romantic dramedy.
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}''dramedy. They also like staging episodes around particular subcultures and bringing in various tropes of particular other genres as well; there's been a vampire episode, an alien abduction episode, a few political-spy thrillers, and so forth. Beckett's mother's arc is similar, but also a conspiracy thriller in most of the later episodes.
* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' combined spy thriller, sci-fi, family/workplace drama, romantic comedy, sitcom, mystery, and even musical (courtesy of Jeffster!). Really, was there any genre it ''didn't'' try out at least once?
* Series/{{Community}} is definitely a sitcom. With every other genre mixed in withlittle romance and more comedy. It's also very unusual for a procedural because of how heavily character-focussed it is even as it doesn't take itself terribly seriously and the actual personal arcs the characters get are limited. It's primarily about how their personalities affect their job and vice versa rather than how the cases are solved. The plots making sense can arguably be considered secondary.it.
* ''Series/{{Bones}}''
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}''
* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' combined spy thriller, sci-fi, family/workplace drama, romantic comedy, sitcom, mystery, and even musical (courtesy of Jeffster!). Really, was there any genre it ''didn't'' try out at least once?
* Series/{{Community}} is definitely a sitcom. With every other genre mixed in with
* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' similarly is an X-Files-esque procedural which mixes GovernmentConspiracy stories with a wide variety of science fiction plots, including MadScience, alternate universes, aliens (well, actually [[spoiler: hyper-evolved humans from the future]] but they're treated essentially like aliens), shape-shifting robots, and time travel, often with heavy dollops of action. About one episode a season also ended up being something completely different: these include a fairy tale, an animated episode, and an AlienInvasion episode which jumps 20 years into the future where [[spoiler: the Observers]] are ruling the planet [[spoiler: which turned out to be a preview for the plot of the next season.]]
* ''Series/JessicaJones2015'' is part character-focused drama and part neo-noir detective story, as well as a psychological thriller with horror elements, black comedy, and a deconstruction of superheroes. It's a show about a retired superhero turned private detective with PTSD, and is set in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse but very deliberately Not Like The Avengers.
* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' is a time travel action ensemble show with a heavy dose of comedy due to our protagonists being FishOutOfWater. It is also a {{Superhero}} show concerning these RagTagBandOfMisfits averting TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
* ''Series/TheMandalorian'' The climax of "[[Recap/TheMandalorianS2E5Chapter13TheJedi Chapter 13: The Jedi]]" features a western-styled ShowdownAtHighNoon between Lang and Din, while at the same time in the courtyard Ahsoka and Elsbeth have an eastern styled {{Samurai}}-like duel. Both duels draw very heavily from classic Samurai and Western genre films.
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' is similar, but with little romance and more comedy. It's also very unusual for a procedural because of how heavily character-focussed it is even as it doesn't take itself terribly seriously and the actual personal arcs the characters get are limited. It's primarily about how their personalities affect their job and vice versa rather than how the cases are solved. The plots making sense can arguably be considered secondary.
* ''Series/PsychopathDiary'': Half of the series is a thriller about a serial killer. The other half is a comedy about a guy who mistakenly thinks he's a serial killer. The two genres sometimes combine to provide plenty of BlackComedy.
* ''Series/PushingDaisies'' classified itself as a 'forensic fairy tale,' with elements of fantasy, procedural mystery, romantic comedy, musical, and, well, what genre WASN'T it?
* ''Series/JessicaJones2015'' is part character-focused drama and part neo-noir detective story, as well as a psychological thriller with horror elements, black comedy, and a deconstruction of superheroes. It's a show about a retired superhero turned private detective with PTSD, and is set in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse but very deliberately Not Like The Avengers.
* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' is a time travel action ensemble show with a heavy dose of comedy due to our protagonists being FishOutOfWater. It is also a {{Superhero}} show concerning these RagTagBandOfMisfits averting TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
* ''Series/TheMandalorian'' The climax of "[[Recap/TheMandalorianS2E5Chapter13TheJedi Chapter 13: The Jedi]]" features a western-styled ShowdownAtHighNoon between Lang and Din, while at the same time in the courtyard Ahsoka and Elsbeth have an eastern styled {{Samurai}}-like duel. Both duels draw very heavily from classic Samurai and Western genre films.
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' is similar, but with little romance and more comedy. It's also very unusual for a procedural because of how heavily character-focussed it is even as it doesn't take itself terribly seriously and the actual personal arcs the characters get are limited. It's primarily about how their personalities affect their job and vice versa rather than how the cases are solved. The plots making sense can arguably be considered secondary.
* ''Series/PsychopathDiary'': Half of the series is a thriller about a serial killer. The other half is a comedy about a guy who mistakenly thinks he's a serial killer. The two genres sometimes combine to provide plenty of BlackComedy.
* ''Series/PushingDaisies'' classified itself as a 'forensic fairy tale,' with elements of fantasy, procedural mystery, romantic comedy, musical, and, well, what genre WASN'T it?
* ''Series/ResidentAlien'' bills itself as "The sci-fi murder mystery doctor dramedy Earth needs now."
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* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfBriscoCountyJr'' was a science fiction/western with a lead who was best known for horror/comedies.
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* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfBriscoCountyJr'' was ''Series/StrangerThings'' plays with this in that overall it's a 1980s throwback sci-fi/horror/adventure blend, but in the first season each of the main sets of characters experience a different ''kind'' of sci-fi/horror/adventure until they all end up joining forces in the last few episodes;
** Mike and his friends are going through a supernatural ComingOfAge adventure story; think along the lines of a slightly darker version of early Spielberg/Amblin Entertainment movies like ''Film/{{ET}}'', ''Film/TheGoonies'', and so forth;
** Chief Hopper is tangling with a GovernmentConspiracy straight out of something like ''Series/TheXFiles'';
** Joyce is trapped in a paranormal psychological horror / ghost story like ''Film/{{Poltergeist|1982}}'';
** Nancy and Jonathan's experiences, where they're hunting/being hunted by an impassive and remorseless killer with borderline teleportation abilities, could almost have come from a SlasherMovie like ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984'';
** Eleven's experiences place her as the protagonist in a Creator/StephenKing-style story about an outcast with supernatural abilities battling to hold on to her humanity in the face of evils both supernatural and human (think ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'', ''Literature/{{Firestarter}}'', a bit of ''Literature/TheShining'', etc);
** Steve, for his part, has a bit of WrongGenreSavvy going on in that he seems to think he's just in a typical Creator/JohnHughes-style high school drama, until events quickly prove otherwise and dump him in the SlasherMovie Nancy and Jonathan are involved in.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' is a fantasy/horror/drama/dark comedy with the classic MonsterOfTheWeek episodes playing like combination [[PoliceProcedural police procedurals]] and pulp mystery novels, the overarching plot straight out of epic poetry (particularly the Bible), and much of the character development for one of the main duo in the later seasons coming from a platonic love story.
* ''Series/Warehouse13'' is an X-Files-esque procedural which combines fantasy, sciencefiction/western fiction, and occasional horror with Steampunk elements, all mixed together with a lead who was best known for horror/comedies.heaping dose of comedy.
* ''Series/TheWire'': A crime show, a political drama, a black comedy, and in its late seasons, a grim coming-of-age tale and an exposé of the news media.
** Mike and his friends are going through a supernatural ComingOfAge adventure story; think along the lines of a slightly darker version of early Spielberg/Amblin Entertainment movies like ''Film/{{ET}}'', ''Film/TheGoonies'', and so forth;
** Chief Hopper is tangling with a GovernmentConspiracy straight out of something like ''Series/TheXFiles'';
** Joyce is trapped in a paranormal psychological horror / ghost story like ''Film/{{Poltergeist|1982}}'';
** Nancy and Jonathan's experiences, where they're hunting/being hunted by an impassive and remorseless killer with borderline teleportation abilities, could almost have come from a SlasherMovie like ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984'';
** Eleven's experiences place her as the protagonist in a Creator/StephenKing-style story about an outcast with supernatural abilities battling to hold on to her humanity in the face of evils both supernatural and human (think ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'', ''Literature/{{Firestarter}}'', a bit of ''Literature/TheShining'', etc);
** Steve, for his part, has a bit of WrongGenreSavvy going on in that he seems to think he's just in a typical Creator/JohnHughes-style high school drama, until events quickly prove otherwise and dump him in the SlasherMovie Nancy and Jonathan are involved in.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' is a fantasy/horror/drama/dark comedy with the classic MonsterOfTheWeek episodes playing like combination [[PoliceProcedural police procedurals]] and pulp mystery novels, the overarching plot straight out of epic poetry (particularly the Bible), and much of the character development for one of the main duo in the later seasons coming from a platonic love story.
* ''Series/Warehouse13'' is an X-Files-esque procedural which combines fantasy, science
* ''Series/TheWire'': A crime show, a political drama, a black comedy, and in its late seasons, a grim coming-of-age tale and an exposé of the news media.
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* ''Series/PushingDaisies'' classified itself as a 'forensic fairy tale,' with elements of fantasy, procedural mystery, romantic comedy, musical, and, well, what genre WASN'T it?
* ''Series/BabylonFive'' is spy story combined with SpaceOpera combined with Lovecraftian tropes combined HighFantasy combined with political drama.
* ''Series/{{Castle}}'', like ''Series/{{Bones}}'' above, is a PoliceProcedural romantic dramedy. They also like staging episodes around particular subcultures and bringing in various tropes of particular other genres as well; there's been a vampire episode, an alien abduction episode, a few political-spy thrillers, and so forth. Beckett's mother's arc is also a conspiracy thriller in most of the later episodes.
* Series/{{Community}} is definitely a sitcom. With every other genre mixed in with it.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' is a fantasy/horror/drama/dark comedy with the classic MonsterOfTheWeek episodes playing like combination [[PoliceProcedural police procedurals]] and pulp mystery novels, the overarching plot straight out of epic poetry (particularly the Bible), and much of the character development for one of the main duo in the later seasons coming from a platonic love story.
* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' combined spy thriller, sci-fi, family/workplace drama, romantic comedy, sitcom, mystery, and even musical (courtesy of Jeffster!). Really, was there any genre it ''didn't'' try out at least once?
%% A bit more context on the below examples, please.
%%* ''Series/LifeOnMars'' is, at its core, a cop show that also has an OntologicalMystery plot.
%%* ''Series/AshesToAshes2008'' contains much more prevalent themes of the Supernatural and Sci-Fi, especially Season 3.
* ''Series/BreakingBad'' is simultaneously a crime saga, a family drama, a BlackComedy, a psychological thriller and [[NewOldWest a modern-day Western]], all featuring a realistic ScienceHero (well, Science ''Anti''-Hero) in the lead, in one of the few examples of the trope that you'll find outside of a science-fiction work.
* ''Series/Warehouse13'' is an X-Files-esque procedural which combines fantasy, science fiction, and occasional horror with Steampunk elements, all mixed together with a heaping dose of comedy
* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' similarly is an X-Files-esque procedural which mixes GovernmentConspiracy stories with a wide variety of science fiction plots, including MadScience, alternate universes, aliens (well, actually [[spoiler: hyper-evolved humans from the future]] but they're treated essentially like aliens), shape-shifting robots, and time travel, often with heavy dollops of action. About one episode a season also ended up being something completely different: these include a fairy tale, an animated episode, and an AlienInvasion episode which jumps 20 years into the future where [[spoiler: the Observers]] are ruling the planet [[spoiler: which turned out to be a preview for the plot of the next season]]
* The Series/BBCHistoricalFarmSeries is part live-action historical crafts recreation documentary, part edutainment reality show starring and featuring ''actual experts'' on a specific historical period and the lifestyle of each era. It presents the concepts of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_history living history]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_archaeology experimental archaeology]] in a very accessible, enjoyable and informative way, within a virtually period-enclosed visual experience, and without any sort of pandering to the audience or dumbing down of the overall presentation. No mean feat for what could have been an otherwise bog-standard documentary series.
* ''Series/JessicaJones2015'' is part character-focused drama and part neo-noir detective story, as well as a psychological thriller with horror elements, black comedy, and a deconstruction of superheroes. It's a show about a retired superhero turned private detective with PTSD, and is set in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse but very deliberately Not Like The Avengers.
* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' is a time travel action ensemble show with a heavy dose of comedy due to our protagonists being FishOutOfWater. It is also a {{Superhero}} show concerning these RagTagBandOfMisfits averting TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
* ''Series/StrangerThings'' plays with this in that overall it's a 1980s throwback sci-fi/horror/adventure blend, but in the first season each of the main sets of characters experience a different ''kind'' of sci-fi/horror/adventure until they all end up joining forces in the last few episodes;
** Mike and his friends are going through a supernatural ComingOfAge adventure story; think along the lines of a slightly darker version of early Spielberg/Amblin Entertainment movies like ''Film/{{ET}}'', ''Film/TheGoonies'', and so forth;
** Chief Hopper is tangling with a GovernmentConspiracy straight out of something like ''Series/TheXFiles'';
** Joyce is trapped in a paranormal psychological horror / ghost story like ''Film/{{Poltergeist|1982}}'';
** Nancy and Jonathan's experiences, where they're hunting/being hunted by an impassive and remorseless killer with borderline teleportation abilities, could almost have come from a SlasherMovie like ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984'';
** Eleven's experiences place her as the protagonist in a Creator/StephenKing-style story about an outcast with supernatural abilities battling to hold on to her humanity in the face of evils both supernatural and human (think ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'', ''Literature/{{Firestarter}}'', a bit of ''Literature/TheShining'', etc);
** Steve, for his part, has a bit of WrongGenreSavvy going on in that he seems to think he's just in a typical Creator/JohnHughes-style high school drama, until events quickly prove otherwise and dump him in the SlasherMovie Nancy and Jonathan are involved in.
* ''Series/TheMandalorian'' The climax of "[[Recap/TheMandalorianS2E5Chapter13TheJedi Chapter 13: The Jedi]]" features a western-styled ShowdownAtHighNoon between Lang and Din, while at the same time in the courtyard Ahsoka and Elsbeth have an eastern styled {{Samurai}}-like duel. Both duels draw very heavily from classic Samurai and Western genre films.
* ''Series/BehindHerEyes'' starts out as a psychological thriller and then transforms into [[spoiler: a paranormal BodySnatcher story]] in the final episodes.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'' is spy story combined with SpaceOpera combined with Lovecraftian tropes combined HighFantasy combined with political drama.
* ''Series/{{Castle}}'', like ''Series/{{Bones}}'' above, is a PoliceProcedural romantic dramedy. They also like staging episodes around particular subcultures and bringing in various tropes of particular other genres as well; there's been a vampire episode, an alien abduction episode, a few political-spy thrillers, and so forth. Beckett's mother's arc is also a conspiracy thriller in most of the later episodes.
* Series/{{Community}} is definitely a sitcom. With every other genre mixed in with it.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' is a fantasy/horror/drama/dark comedy with the classic MonsterOfTheWeek episodes playing like combination [[PoliceProcedural police procedurals]] and pulp mystery novels, the overarching plot straight out of epic poetry (particularly the Bible), and much of the character development for one of the main duo in the later seasons coming from a platonic love story.
* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' combined spy thriller, sci-fi, family/workplace drama, romantic comedy, sitcom, mystery, and even musical (courtesy of Jeffster!). Really, was there any genre it ''didn't'' try out at least once?
%% A bit more context on the below examples, please.
%%* ''Series/LifeOnMars'' is, at its core, a cop show that also has an OntologicalMystery plot.
%%* ''Series/AshesToAshes2008'' contains much more prevalent themes of the Supernatural and Sci-Fi, especially Season 3.
* ''Series/BreakingBad'' is simultaneously a crime saga, a family drama, a BlackComedy, a psychological thriller and [[NewOldWest a modern-day Western]], all featuring a realistic ScienceHero (well, Science ''Anti''-Hero) in the lead, in one of the few examples of the trope that you'll find outside of a science-fiction work.
* ''Series/Warehouse13'' is an X-Files-esque procedural which combines fantasy, science fiction, and occasional horror with Steampunk elements, all mixed together with a heaping dose of comedy
* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' similarly is an X-Files-esque procedural which mixes GovernmentConspiracy stories with a wide variety of science fiction plots, including MadScience, alternate universes, aliens (well, actually [[spoiler: hyper-evolved humans from the future]] but they're treated essentially like aliens), shape-shifting robots, and time travel, often with heavy dollops of action. About one episode a season also ended up being something completely different: these include a fairy tale, an animated episode, and an AlienInvasion episode which jumps 20 years into the future where [[spoiler: the Observers]] are ruling the planet [[spoiler: which turned out to be a preview for the plot of the next season]]
* The Series/BBCHistoricalFarmSeries is part live-action historical crafts recreation documentary, part edutainment reality show starring and featuring ''actual experts'' on a specific historical period and the lifestyle of each era. It presents the concepts of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_history living history]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_archaeology experimental archaeology]] in a very accessible, enjoyable and informative way, within a virtually period-enclosed visual experience, and without any sort of pandering to the audience or dumbing down of the overall presentation. No mean feat for what could have been an otherwise bog-standard documentary series.
* ''Series/JessicaJones2015'' is part character-focused drama and part neo-noir detective story, as well as a psychological thriller with horror elements, black comedy, and a deconstruction of superheroes. It's a show about a retired superhero turned private detective with PTSD, and is set in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse but very deliberately Not Like The Avengers.
* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' is a time travel action ensemble show with a heavy dose of comedy due to our protagonists being FishOutOfWater. It is also a {{Superhero}} show concerning these RagTagBandOfMisfits averting TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
* ''Series/StrangerThings'' plays with this in that overall it's a 1980s throwback sci-fi/horror/adventure blend, but in the first season each of the main sets of characters experience a different ''kind'' of sci-fi/horror/adventure until they all end up joining forces in the last few episodes;
** Mike and his friends are going through a supernatural ComingOfAge adventure story; think along the lines of a slightly darker version of early Spielberg/Amblin Entertainment movies like ''Film/{{ET}}'', ''Film/TheGoonies'', and so forth;
** Chief Hopper is tangling with a GovernmentConspiracy straight out of something like ''Series/TheXFiles'';
** Joyce is trapped in a paranormal psychological horror / ghost story like ''Film/{{Poltergeist|1982}}'';
** Nancy and Jonathan's experiences, where they're hunting/being hunted by an impassive and remorseless killer with borderline teleportation abilities, could almost have come from a SlasherMovie like ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984'';
** Eleven's experiences place her as the protagonist in a Creator/StephenKing-style story about an outcast with supernatural abilities battling to hold on to her humanity in the face of evils both supernatural and human (think ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'', ''Literature/{{Firestarter}}'', a bit of ''Literature/TheShining'', etc);
** Steve, for his part, has a bit of WrongGenreSavvy going on in that he seems to think he's just in a typical Creator/JohnHughes-style high school drama, until events quickly prove otherwise and dump him in the SlasherMovie Nancy and Jonathan are involved in.
* ''Series/TheMandalorian'' The climax of "[[Recap/TheMandalorianS2E5Chapter13TheJedi Chapter 13: The Jedi]]" features a western-styled ShowdownAtHighNoon between Lang and Din, while at the same time in the courtyard Ahsoka and Elsbeth have an eastern styled {{Samurai}}-like duel. Both duels draw very heavily from classic Samurai and Western genre films.
* ''Series/BehindHerEyes'' starts out as a psychological thriller and then transforms into [[spoiler: a paranormal BodySnatcher story]] in the final episodes.
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* ''Series/BehindHerEyes'' starts out as a psychological thriller and then transforms into [[spoiler: a paranormal BodySnatcher story]] in the final episodes.episodes.
* ''Series/{{Yellowjackets}}'' is promoted as being a mix of different genres. Among these are survival horror, teen sports drama, adult drama, thriller, mystery and even some dark comedy.
* ''Series/{{Yellowjackets}}'' is promoted as being a mix of different genres. Among these are survival horror, teen sports drama, adult drama, thriller, mystery and even some dark comedy.
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* ''Series/PsychopathDiary'': Half of the series is a thriller about a serial killer. The other half is a comedy about a guy who mistakenly thinks he's a serial killer. The two genres sometimes combine to provide plenty of BlackComedy.
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* ''Series/TheMandalorian'' The climax of "[[Recap/TheMandalorianS2E5Chapter13TheJedi Chapter 13: The Jedi]]" features a western-styled ShowdownAtHighNoon between Lang and Din, while at the same time in the courtyard Ahsoka and Elsbeth have an eastern styled {{Samurai}}-like duel. Both duels draw very heavily from classic Samurai and Western genre films.
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* ''Series/TheMandalorian'' The climax of "[[Recap/TheMandalorianS2E5Chapter13TheJedi Chapter 13: The Jedi]]" features a western-styled ShowdownAtHighNoon between Lang and Din, while at the same time in the courtyard Ahsoka and Elsbeth have an eastern styled {{Samurai}}-like duel. Both duels draw very heavily from classic Samurai and Western genre films.films.
* ''Series/BehindHerEyes'' starts out as a psychological thriller and then transforms into [[spoiler: a paranormal BodySnatcher story]] in the final episodes.
* ''Series/BehindHerEyes'' starts out as a psychological thriller and then transforms into [[spoiler: a paranormal BodySnatcher story]] in the final episodes.
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** Joyce is trapped in a paranormal psychological horror / ghost story like ''Film/{{Poltergeist}}'';
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** Joyce is trapped in a paranormal psychological horror / ghost story like ''Film/{{Poltergeist}}'';''Film/{{Poltergeist|1982}}'';
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* ''Series/TheMandalorian'' The climax features a western-styled ShowdownAtHighNoon between Lang and Din, while at the same time in the courtyard Ahsoka and Elsbeth have an eastern styled {{Samurai}}-like duel. Both duels draw very heavily from classic Samurai and Western genre films.
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* ''Series/TheMandalorian'' The climax of "[[Recap/TheMandalorianS2E5Chapter13TheJedi Chapter 13: The Jedi]]" features a western-styled ShowdownAtHighNoon between Lang and Din, while at the same time in the courtyard Ahsoka and Elsbeth have an eastern styled {{Samurai}}-like duel. Both duels draw very heavily from classic Samurai and Western genre films.
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** Steve, for his part, has a bit of WrongGenreSavvy going on in that he seems to think he's just in a typical Creator/JohnHughes-style high school drama, until events quickly prove otherwise and dump him in the SlasherMovie Nancy and Jonathan are involved in.
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** Steve, for his part, has a bit of WrongGenreSavvy going on in that he seems to think he's just in a typical Creator/JohnHughes-style high school drama, until events quickly prove otherwise and dump him in the SlasherMovie Nancy and Jonathan are involved in.in.
* ''Series/TheMandalorian'' The climax features a western-styled ShowdownAtHighNoon between Lang and Din, while at the same time in the courtyard Ahsoka and Elsbeth have an eastern styled {{Samurai}}-like duel. Both duels draw very heavily from classic Samurai and Western genre films.
* ''Series/TheMandalorian'' The climax features a western-styled ShowdownAtHighNoon between Lang and Din, while at the same time in the courtyard Ahsoka and Elsbeth have an eastern styled {{Samurai}}-like duel. Both duels draw very heavily from classic Samurai and Western genre films.
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* ''Series/CrazyLikeAFox'' is one part MysteryOfTheWeek, one part {{Sitcom}}. Not so surprising when you realize that it was co-created by the minds behind ''Series/ThreesCompany'' and ''Series/{{NCIS}}''. Warden was even nominated twice for an Emmy in Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy.
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** Nancy and Jonathan's experiences, where they're hunting/being hunted by an impassive and remorseless killer with borderline teleportation abilities, could almost have come from a SlasherMovie like ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet'';
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** Nancy and Jonathan's experiences, where they're hunting/being hunted by an impassive and remorseless killer with borderline teleportation abilities, could almost have come from a SlasherMovie like ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet'';''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984'';
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** Steve, for his part, has a bit of WrongGenreSavvy going on in that he seems to think he's just in a typical Creator/JohnHughes Creator/JohnHughes-style high school drama, until events quickly prove otherwise and dump him in the SlasherMovie Nancy and Jonathan are involved in.
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** Steve, for his part, has a bit of WrongGenreSavvy in that he seems to think he's just in a typical Creator/JohnHughes high school drama, until events quickly prove otherwise and dump him in the SlasherMovie Nancy and Jonathan are involved in;
** And the town of Hawkins, while apparently in Indiana, has enough darkness both supernatural and human lurking under its seemingly idyllic surface that it could comfortably form part of [[Creator/StephenKing Derry, Maine]].
** And the town of Hawkins, while apparently in Indiana, has enough darkness both supernatural and human lurking under its seemingly idyllic surface that it could comfortably form part of [[Creator/StephenKing Derry, Maine]].
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** Steve, for his part, has a bit of WrongGenreSavvy going on in that he seems to think he's just in a typical Creator/JohnHughes high school drama, until events quickly prove otherwise and dump him in the SlasherMovie Nancy and Jonathan are involved in;
** And the town of Hawkins, while apparently in Indiana, has enough darkness both supernatural and human lurking under its seemingly idyllic surface that it could comfortably form part of [[Creator/StephenKing Derry, Maine]].in.
** And the town of Hawkins, while apparently in Indiana, has enough darkness both supernatural and human lurking under its seemingly idyllic surface that it could comfortably form part of [[Creator/StephenKing Derry, Maine]].
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* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' is a time travel action ensemble show with a heavy dose of comedy due to our protagonists being FishOutOfWater. It is also a {{Superhero}} show concerning these RagTagBandOfMisfits averting TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
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* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' is a time travel action ensemble show with a heavy dose of comedy due to our protagonists being FishOutOfWater. It is also a {{Superhero}} show concerning these RagTagBandOfMisfits averting TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
* ''Series/StrangerThings'' plays with this in that overall it's a 1980s throwback sci-fi/horror/adventure blend, but in the first season each of the main sets of characters experience a different ''kind'' of sci-fi/horror/adventure until they all end up joining forces in the last few episodes;
** Mike and his friends are going through a supernatural ComingOfAge adventure story; think along the lines of a slightly darker version of early Spielberg/Amblin Entertainment movies like ''Film/{{ET}}'', ''Film/TheGoonies'', and so forth;
** Chief Hopper is tangling with a GovernmentConspiracy straight out of something like ''Series/TheXFiles'';
** Joyce is trapped in a paranormal psychological horror / ghost story like ''Film/{{Poltergeist}}'';
** Nancy and Jonathan's experiences, where they're hunting/being hunted by an impassive and remorseless killer with borderline teleportation abilities, could almost have come from a SlasherMovie like ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet'';
** Eleven's experiences place her as the protagonist in a Creator/StephenKing-style story about an outcast with supernatural abilities battling to hold on to her humanity in the face of evils both supernatural and human (think ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'', ''Literature/{{Firestarter}}'', a bit of ''Literature/TheShining'', etc);
** Steve, for his part, has a bit of WrongGenreSavvy in that he seems to think he's just in a typical Creator/JohnHughes high school drama, until events quickly prove otherwise and dump him in the SlasherMovie Nancy and Jonathan are involved in;
** And the town of Hawkins, while apparently in Indiana, has enough darkness both supernatural and human lurking under its seemingly idyllic surface that it could comfortably form part of [[Creator/StephenKing Derry, Maine]].
* ''Series/StrangerThings'' plays with this in that overall it's a 1980s throwback sci-fi/horror/adventure blend, but in the first season each of the main sets of characters experience a different ''kind'' of sci-fi/horror/adventure until they all end up joining forces in the last few episodes;
** Mike and his friends are going through a supernatural ComingOfAge adventure story; think along the lines of a slightly darker version of early Spielberg/Amblin Entertainment movies like ''Film/{{ET}}'', ''Film/TheGoonies'', and so forth;
** Chief Hopper is tangling with a GovernmentConspiracy straight out of something like ''Series/TheXFiles'';
** Joyce is trapped in a paranormal psychological horror / ghost story like ''Film/{{Poltergeist}}'';
** Nancy and Jonathan's experiences, where they're hunting/being hunted by an impassive and remorseless killer with borderline teleportation abilities, could almost have come from a SlasherMovie like ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet'';
** Eleven's experiences place her as the protagonist in a Creator/StephenKing-style story about an outcast with supernatural abilities battling to hold on to her humanity in the face of evils both supernatural and human (think ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'', ''Literature/{{Firestarter}}'', a bit of ''Literature/TheShining'', etc);
** Steve, for his part, has a bit of WrongGenreSavvy in that he seems to think he's just in a typical Creator/JohnHughes high school drama, until events quickly prove otherwise and dump him in the SlasherMovie Nancy and Jonathan are involved in;
** And the town of Hawkins, while apparently in Indiana, has enough darkness both supernatural and human lurking under its seemingly idyllic surface that it could comfortably form part of [[Creator/StephenKing Derry, Maine]].
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%%* ''Series/AshesToAshes'' contains much more prevalent themes of the Supernatural and Sci-Fi, especially Season 3.
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* Although we never ''hear'' it, Rastabilly Skank in ''Series/RedDwarf'' sounds like it ''should'' be a cross between reggae, rockabilly, ska and punk. These four being the soundtrack of skinheads of all political stripes, the mix appearing somewhere, sometime isn't as unlikely as it sounds. "Skabilly" is the closest real thing.
*** We do in fact hear it in the show very briefly: one track that Lister is playing in the bunk room, and the lines that Lister and Ace Rimmer sing ("'do you like rastabilly?'C'mon Dave, sing!").
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%%* ''Series/{{Tokusatsu}}'' can do this.
* Creator/JossWhedon seems to enjoy this trope as evidenced by his past creations: a [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Drama/Comedy about Teenaged Monster Hunters]] and a [[Series/{{Firefly}} Space Western]].
** He did this on purpose with ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}''. Ostensibly a sci-fi show, but dipping into pretty much every genre out there including ''romantic comedy.''
* ''Series/TheWire'': A crime show, a political drama, a black comedy, and in its late seasons, a grim coming-of-age tale and an exposé of the news media.
* ''Series/{{Bones}}'' is a [[PoliceProcedural forensics procedural]] romantic dramedy.
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' is similar, but with little romance and more comedy. It's also very unusual for a procedural because of how heavily character-focussed it is even as it doesn't take itself terribly seriously and the actual personal arcs the characters get are limited. It's primarily about how their personalities affect their job and vice versa rather than how the cases are solved. The plots making sense can arguably be considered secondary.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' can quite literally be whatever genre it wants to be when it wakes up in the morning. In series 4 alone it went through comedic romp, family drama, military drama, historical fiction, GenteelInterbellumSetting murder mystery, steampunk, disaster film and horror, all mixed with sci-fi and fantasy fairy-tale elements.
** And sometimes ''not'' mixed with sci-fi, back in the era of pure historical stories (at least, if you exclude the obvious TimeTravel element).
*** And Series 5 throws in a SitCom episode.
** Even when they were promoting the first half of Series 7, they basically described the whole thing as five individual movies. In order, you had an Action-Adventure ("Asylum of the Daleks,") Sci-fi ("Dinosaurs On A Spaceship,") a Spaghetti Western ("A Town Called Mercy,") a low-key Disaster Film ("The Power Of Three,") and a psychological thriller with traces of a detective-noir mystery ("The Angels Take Manhattan.")
* ''Series/QuantumLeap'' is basically the trope basically being about a guy who's continually moving through any kind of story the writers feel like.
* While ''Franchise/StarTrek'' is undoubtably science fiction (it could be said to be ''the'' Science Fiction), it has, like ''Series/DoctorWho'', also been able to mix in many, many other genres on a episode-by-episode basis. Several episodes (especially in ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]]'') are only science fiction because of the occasional tricorder or phaser.
** And of course, Gene Roddenberry pitched it as Horatio Hornblower in space. This influence was picked up more heavily by Nicholas Meyer for the second movie which set the tone for the rest of the series.
* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfBriscoCountyJr'' was a science fiction/western with a lead who was best known for horror/comedies.
* ''Series/TheXFiles'' took archetypes and conspiracies from espionage shows and crime dramas, inserted them into plots about scifi and supernatural phenomena, and filmed it in horror/suspense style.
* ''Series/PushingDaisies'' classified itself as a 'forensic fairy tale,' with elements of fantasy, procedural mystery, romantic comedy, musical, and, well, what genre WASN'T it?
* ''Series/BabylonFive'' is spy story combined with SpaceOpera combined with Lovecraftian tropes combined HighFantasy combined with political drama.
* ''Series/{{Castle}}'', like ''Series/{{Bones}}'' above, is a PoliceProcedural romantic dramedy. They also like staging episodes around particular subcultures and bringing in various tropes of particular other genres as well; there's been a vampire episode, an alien abduction episode, a few political-spy thrillers, and so forth. Beckett's mother's arc is also a conspiracy thriller in most of the later episodes.
* Series/{{Community}} is definitely a sitcom. With every other genre mixed in with it.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' is a fantasy/horror/drama/dark comedy with the classic MonsterOfTheWeek episodes playing like combination [[PoliceProcedural police procedurals]] and pulp mystery novels, the overarching plot straight out of epic poetry (particularly the Bible), and much of the character development for one of the main duo in the later seasons coming from a platonic love story.
* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' combined spy thriller, sci-fi, family/workplace drama, romantic comedy, sitcom, mystery, and even musical (courtesy of Jeffster!). Really, was there any genre it ''didn't'' try out at least once?
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%%* ''Series/LifeOnMars'' is, at its core, a cop show that also has an OntologicalMystery plot.
%%* ''Series/AshesToAshes'' contains much more prevalent themes of the Supernatural and Sci-Fi, especially Season 3.
* ''Series/BreakingBad'' is simultaneously a crime saga, a family drama, a BlackComedy, a psychological thriller and [[NewOldWest a modern-day Western]], all featuring a realistic ScienceHero (well, Science ''Anti''-Hero) in the lead, in one of the few examples of the trope that you'll find outside of a science-fiction work.
* ''Series/Warehouse13'' is an X-Files-esque procedural which combines fantasy, science fiction, and occasional horror with Steampunk elements, all mixed together with a heaping dose of comedy
* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' similarly is an X-Files-esque procedural which mixes GovernmentConspiracy stories with a wide variety of science fiction plots, including MadScience, alternate universes, aliens (well, actually [[spoiler: hyper-evolved humans from the future]] but they're treated essentially like aliens), shape-shifting robots, and time travel, often with heavy dollops of action. About one episode a season also ended up being something completely different: these include a fairy tale, an animated episode, and an AlienInvasion episode which jumps 20 years into the future where [[spoiler: the Observers]] are ruling the planet [[spoiler: which turned out to be a preview for the plot of the next season]]
* The Series/BBCHistoricalFarmSeries is part live-action historical crafts recreation documentary, part edutainment reality show starring and featuring ''actual experts'' on a specific historical period and the lifestyle of each era. It presents the concepts of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_history living history]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_archaeology experimental archaeology]] in a very accessible, enjoyable and informative way, within a virtually period-enclosed visual experience, and without any sort of pandering to the audience or dumbing down of the overall presentation. No mean feat for what could have been an otherwise bog-standard documentary series.
* ''Series/JessicaJones2015'' is part character-focused drama and part neo-noir detective story, as well as a psychological thriller with horror elements, black comedy, and a deconstruction of superheroes. It's a show about a retired superhero turned private detective with PTSD, and is set in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse but very deliberately Not Like The Avengers.
* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' is a time travel action ensemble show with a heavy dose of comedy due to our protagonists being FishOutOfWater. It is also a {{Superhero}} show concerning these RagTagBandOfMisfits averting TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
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* Although we never ''hear'' it, Rastabilly Skank in ''Series/RedDwarf'' sounds like it ''should'' be a cross between reggae, rockabilly, ska and punk. These four being the soundtrack of skinheads of all political stripes, the mix appearing somewhere, sometime isn't as unlikely as it sounds. "Skabilly" is the closest real thing.
*** We do in fact hear it in the show very briefly: one track that Lister is playing in the bunk room, and the lines that Lister and Ace Rimmer sing ("'do you like rastabilly?'C'mon Dave, sing!").
!!Examples from GenreBusting not yet sorted:
%%* ''Series/{{Tokusatsu}}'' can do this.
* Creator/JossWhedon seems to enjoy this trope as evidenced by his past creations: a [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Drama/Comedy about Teenaged Monster Hunters]] and a [[Series/{{Firefly}} Space Western]].
** He did this on purpose with ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}''. Ostensibly a sci-fi show, but dipping into pretty much every genre out there including ''romantic comedy.''
* ''Series/TheWire'': A crime show, a political drama, a black comedy, and in its late seasons, a grim coming-of-age tale and an exposé of the news media.
* ''Series/{{Bones}}'' is a [[PoliceProcedural forensics procedural]] romantic dramedy.
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' is similar, but with little romance and more comedy. It's also very unusual for a procedural because of how heavily character-focussed it is even as it doesn't take itself terribly seriously and the actual personal arcs the characters get are limited. It's primarily about how their personalities affect their job and vice versa rather than how the cases are solved. The plots making sense can arguably be considered secondary.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' can quite literally be whatever genre it wants to be when it wakes up in the morning. In series 4 alone it went through comedic romp, family drama, military drama, historical fiction, GenteelInterbellumSetting murder mystery, steampunk, disaster film and horror, all mixed with sci-fi and fantasy fairy-tale elements.
** And sometimes ''not'' mixed with sci-fi, back in the era of pure historical stories (at least, if you exclude the obvious TimeTravel element).
*** And Series 5 throws in a SitCom episode.
** Even when they were promoting the first half of Series 7, they basically described the whole thing as five individual movies. In order, you had an Action-Adventure ("Asylum of the Daleks,") Sci-fi ("Dinosaurs On A Spaceship,") a Spaghetti Western ("A Town Called Mercy,") a low-key Disaster Film ("The Power Of Three,") and a psychological thriller with traces of a detective-noir mystery ("The Angels Take Manhattan.")
* ''Series/QuantumLeap'' is basically the trope basically being about a guy who's continually moving through any kind of story the writers feel like.
* While ''Franchise/StarTrek'' is undoubtably science fiction (it could be said to be ''the'' Science Fiction), it has, like ''Series/DoctorWho'', also been able to mix in many, many other genres on a episode-by-episode basis. Several episodes (especially in ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]]'') are only science fiction because of the occasional tricorder or phaser.
** And of course, Gene Roddenberry pitched it as Horatio Hornblower in space. This influence was picked up more heavily by Nicholas Meyer for the second movie which set the tone for the rest of the series.
* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfBriscoCountyJr'' was a science fiction/western with a lead who was best known for horror/comedies.
* ''Series/TheXFiles'' took archetypes and conspiracies from espionage shows and crime dramas, inserted them into plots about scifi and supernatural phenomena, and filmed it in horror/suspense style.
* ''Series/PushingDaisies'' classified itself as a 'forensic fairy tale,' with elements of fantasy, procedural mystery, romantic comedy, musical, and, well, what genre WASN'T it?
* ''Series/BabylonFive'' is spy story combined with SpaceOpera combined with Lovecraftian tropes combined HighFantasy combined with political drama.
* ''Series/{{Castle}}'', like ''Series/{{Bones}}'' above, is a PoliceProcedural romantic dramedy. They also like staging episodes around particular subcultures and bringing in various tropes of particular other genres as well; there's been a vampire episode, an alien abduction episode, a few political-spy thrillers, and so forth. Beckett's mother's arc is also a conspiracy thriller in most of the later episodes.
* Series/{{Community}} is definitely a sitcom. With every other genre mixed in with it.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' is a fantasy/horror/drama/dark comedy with the classic MonsterOfTheWeek episodes playing like combination [[PoliceProcedural police procedurals]] and pulp mystery novels, the overarching plot straight out of epic poetry (particularly the Bible), and much of the character development for one of the main duo in the later seasons coming from a platonic love story.
* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' combined spy thriller, sci-fi, family/workplace drama, romantic comedy, sitcom, mystery, and even musical (courtesy of Jeffster!). Really, was there any genre it ''didn't'' try out at least once?
%% A bit more context on the below examples, please.
%%* ''Series/LifeOnMars'' is, at its core, a cop show that also has an OntologicalMystery plot.
%%* ''Series/AshesToAshes'' contains much more prevalent themes of the Supernatural and Sci-Fi, especially Season 3.
* ''Series/BreakingBad'' is simultaneously a crime saga, a family drama, a BlackComedy, a psychological thriller and [[NewOldWest a modern-day Western]], all featuring a realistic ScienceHero (well, Science ''Anti''-Hero) in the lead, in one of the few examples of the trope that you'll find outside of a science-fiction work.
* ''Series/Warehouse13'' is an X-Files-esque procedural which combines fantasy, science fiction, and occasional horror with Steampunk elements, all mixed together with a heaping dose of comedy
* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' similarly is an X-Files-esque procedural which mixes GovernmentConspiracy stories with a wide variety of science fiction plots, including MadScience, alternate universes, aliens (well, actually [[spoiler: hyper-evolved humans from the future]] but they're treated essentially like aliens), shape-shifting robots, and time travel, often with heavy dollops of action. About one episode a season also ended up being something completely different: these include a fairy tale, an animated episode, and an AlienInvasion episode which jumps 20 years into the future where [[spoiler: the Observers]] are ruling the planet [[spoiler: which turned out to be a preview for the plot of the next season]]
* The Series/BBCHistoricalFarmSeries is part live-action historical crafts recreation documentary, part edutainment reality show starring and featuring ''actual experts'' on a specific historical period and the lifestyle of each era. It presents the concepts of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_history living history]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_archaeology experimental archaeology]] in a very accessible, enjoyable and informative way, within a virtually period-enclosed visual experience, and without any sort of pandering to the audience or dumbing down of the overall presentation. No mean feat for what could have been an otherwise bog-standard documentary series.
* ''Series/JessicaJones2015'' is part character-focused drama and part neo-noir detective story, as well as a psychological thriller with horror elements, black comedy, and a deconstruction of superheroes. It's a show about a retired superhero turned private detective with PTSD, and is set in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse but very deliberately Not Like The Avengers.
* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' is a time travel action ensemble show with a heavy dose of comedy due to our protagonists being FishOutOfWater. It is also a {{Superhero}} show concerning these RagTagBandOfMisfits averting TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
