Popularity of TV thrillers

 

Popularity of TV Thrillers and audience:

The thriller genre for television in the UK is and has always been popular amongst adult males and females as it provides an edge of the seat viewing experience that is suspenseful. Audiences have watched these programmes and been inspired to create fandoms which are groups of fans who are committed to the tv show and discuss it regularly. For example, on the website Fandom there is a Wiki page dedicated to Line Of Duty and Silent Witness. There are also lots of intertextual references with shows like Magnum P.I referenced in films and other media products in popular culture. Some actors who have portrayed characters in TV thrillers such as Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock have become popular because of their roles and characters are instantly recognizable. These series set up a binary opposition that make us root for the good guys and have a hatred for the bad guys such as ‘H’ in Line Of Duty which their mysterious identity left fans in anticipation for years until their identity was revealed in a series finale. The primary audience of TV thrillers would be middle aged men and women as they are seen as boring by teenagers and to scary for children. However, as the genre evolves, programmes are moving away from the hard-boiled detective narrative and moving towards stories that feature a diverse cast such as passenger which has a black female lead and this engages a younger audience. 

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