Comedy-drama topic

Comedy-drama, also called dramedy and dramatic-comedy, is a style of television and movies in which there is an equal, or nearly equal balance of humor and serious content. Traditional western theatre, beginning with the ancient Greeks, was divided into comedy and tragedy. A tragedy typically ended with the death or destruction of a fictional or historical hero, whereas a comedy focused on the lives of middle to lower class characters and ended with their success. The term "drama" was used to... full article at wikipedia