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Shameless Characters
The following is a list of fictional characters from the English Comedy drama, comedy-drama ''Shameless (British TV series), Shameless'', created by Paul Abbott, which was on Channel 4 between 2004 and 2013. The programme is set on the fictional Chatsworth Estate in suburban Manchester and surrounding area, primarily following the lives of the List of Shameless (British TV series) characters#Gallagher family, Gallagher family, the neighbouring List of Shameless (British TV series) characters#The Maguire family, Maguire family, and their friends and neighbours in the town's shops and local pub, The Jockey. The first series focuses on layabout Frank Gallagher (Shameless), Frank Gallagher and the lives of his six children, #Fiona McBride, Fiona and her boyfriend #Steve McBride, Steve, #Lip Gallagher, Lip, Ian Gallagher, Ian, Carl Gallagher, Carl, #Debbie Gallagher, Debbie and #Liam Gallagher, Liam, and next-door neighbours, #Kev Ball, Kev and #Veronica Ball, Veronica. When the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical hour-long legal or medical drama, but exhibit far fewer jokes-per-minute as in a typical half-hour sitcom. In the United States Examples from United States television include: ''M*A*S*H (TV series), M*A*S*H'', ''Moonlighting (TV series), Moonlighting'', ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'', ''Northern Exposure'', ''Ally McBeal'', ''Sex and the City'', ''Desperate Housewives'' and ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs''. The term "dramedy" was coined to describe the late 1980s wave of shows, including ''The Wonder Years'', ''Hooperman'', ''Doogie Howser, M.D.'' and ''Frank's Place''. See also *List of comedy drama television series *Black comedy *Dramatic structure *Melodrama *Seriousness *Tragicomedy *Psychological ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |