Is TV going overboard with major character deaths? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 02-10-2015, 03:03 AM

http://variety.com/2015/tv/columns/t...rs-1201426466/

The Walking Dead isn't the only show where beloved characters are frequently killed off. As Debra Birnbaum, "While crime rates are plummeting nationally, they're skyrocketing on our screens. Vampire Diaries. Revenge. Supernatural. Game of Thrones. Nowadays, showrunners use major character deaths as a narrative shorthand to prove that a series has so-called 'high stakes,' but it's a law of diminishing returns. Audiences have become desensitized — the unexpected has frankly become the expected."

Blackout · 02-11-2015, 05:54 PM

they killed Brian off Family Guy

that was nuts!

king of comedy · 02-11-2015, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Blackout

they killed Brian off Family Guy

that was nuts!

They brought him back. I wished he had stayed dead.

02-10-2015, 03:03 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,449	Is TV going overboard with major character deaths? http://variety.com/2015/tv/columns/t...rs-1201426466/ The Walking Dead isn't the only show where beloved characters are frequently killed off. As Debra Birnbaum, "While crime rates are plummeting nationally, they're skyrocketing on our screens. Vampire Diaries. Revenge. Supernatural. Game of Thrones. Nowadays, showrunners use major character deaths as a narrative shorthand to prove that a series has so-called 'high stakes,' but it's a law of diminishing returns. Audiences have become desensitized — the unexpected has frankly become the expected."

02-11-2015, 05:54 PM	#2
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