House: Narrative complexity

In the 2000s, some U.S. dramatic television entertained its audiences with increasingly complicated characters. Series such as FX’sThe Shield(2002–2008),Rescue Me(2004–2011), andSons of Anarchy(2008–present) and AMC’sMad Men(2007–present) andBreaking Bad(2008–2013) explored the complicated personal and professional lives of male characters and maximized the possibilities of television’s storytelling attributes for character development. While several of these series can be properly described as character studies, other narrative forms also provided compelling examples for thinking about characterization, narrative strategies, and television storytelling. Series such asCSI,Law & Order,and the..