Why do people enjoy watching Crime Dramas?

Why do people enjoy watching Crime Dramas?

Crime drama is one of the most enduring, popular genres, not just on TV but also novels, films and theatre. Its engaging narrative offers a space for debates about policing, criminality, gender, race and social and cultural issues. Long running TV crime dramas will have a variety of sub-plots over time that help build relationships between characters which is why crime drama lovers enjoy this type of genre.

In my opinion, the main reason for people enjoying crime dramas would be because the audience would find the storyline to the drama fascinating and they may be able to relate to the story from experience or may just enjoy it because they want to find out what happens next. Due to crime dramas being quite realistic, when one episode ends the audience will not be able to wait until the next episode purely because they want to know what happens next, usually because it finishes with an interesting ending to make people go back and watch the following episode.

Due to crime being a serious issue than ever before, lots of different dramas are created to relate to the current issues going on in the world so the audience can understand what and how these crimes go on. Another reason for the audience enjoying these dramas such as: Walking the Dead (cold case narratives), Cracker and Silent Witness (Specialist criminologists), and also a famous, well loved crime drama, The Bill (Police Soap Series) would be because there is lots that the audience can debate about because they would all have different opinions on the situation and story that goes on in the drama.

Corruption and betrayal are common in today’s crime series. There is an increasing polarization today between the series that present shocking images, often in the form of still photographs taken at the scene of a crime or in reconstructions of the event. This often interests crime drama lovers because they are intrigued about the story/event and want to know more. Dramas such as Prime Suspect and Walking the dead have resorted in using even more graphics, gruesome depictions of killings and torture, others, like Inspector Morse and Midsomer Murders have moved away from this, offering the audiences the pleasure of observing the slow solution to the mystery from the perspective of a comfortable safety zone.

In conclusion, the main reason for people enjoying a good crime drama is because they are interested in the plot of the drama and are always excited and intrigued to find out what happens next. They also enjoy them because they can debate with other crime drama lovers because they would often have different opinions on the storyline of who is guilty/innocent and more. Due to corruption and betrayal being common in today’s crime series, people would enjoy maybe relating to the story from previous, similar experiences or purely because they love a realistic storyline that is totally different to other dramas such as Soap Operas like Coronation Street which doesn’t contain my crime if any at all.