These shows tend to be hour-long dramas, and are often (though not always) police or crime related.
An hour-long drama, The Lieutenant explores the lives of enlisted Marines and general officers alike.
"The X-Files" typically used more instrumental music score than most hour-long dramas.
Emulating the style of hour-long dramas, this half-hour show was shot on film instead of video.
The first series debuted on BBC Three as the channel at this time was trying to break out into hour-long dramas.
Syfy initially planned to develop Three Inches as an hour-long drama.
It was resurrected in the fall of 1959 as an hour-long drama, which ran from 1959 to 1963.
The United States Steel Hour is an anthology series which brought hour-long dramas to television from 1953 to 1963.
It was an hour-long drama, broadcast live, as was most television of the era.
By the end of its eighth season, it had surpassed Charmed and Girlfriends as the longest running hour-long drama featuring all female leads.
