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"Dramedy" is a neologism formed from a combination of the words Drama and Comedy to describe a genre of film and television, such as Mash, blurring genre lines to combine comedy and drama elements in a consistent fashion. Though this has become popular in recent times, one of the first times the two genres were ever combined was in the Charlie Chaplin film The Kid, making this Older Than They Think.

Dramedies sometimes make use of Magic Realism. Due to its nature, the genre is especially vulnerable to Mood Whiplash. Despite Dramedies often having serious plotlines, expect to see them get lumped in with the sitcoms come award season.

Examples of Dramedy include:

Adventureland
Ally McBeal
Amateur Surgeon, for all his gags and parodies, has a dark and deep storyline uderneath.
Aqui No Hay Quien Viva
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Being Human (UK)
The Big C
Bittersweet Candy Bowl: Begins lighthearted, now a very dark drama.
Bones—started as straight Police Procedural, but is definitely a dramedy now.
Boston Legal
Burn Notice - and in fact pretty much all USA original series
Burn Notice: the Fall of Sam Axe - a telemovie spinoff
Castle
Chuck
Community
Crownies
Daria
Dead Last
Dead Like Me
Desperate Housewives
The Dilemma
Doc Martin
Doogie Howser, M.D.
The Dreamer
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Due South
Ed
El Cazador de la Bruja
El Goonish Shive
Eli Stone
Elizabethtown
Family Ties—Some episodes, the Very Special Episodes in particular, can be so painfully serious at times. Notably, the 2-parter from 1987 about Alex P. Keaton reflecting on his past to a psychiatrist while mourning the death of his friend Greg, which still keeps some of the comedic tone.
Fairly Legal
The Finder
Firefly
Frankling And Bash
Franks Place
Freaks and Geeks
Fruits Basket
Futurama - several episodes and sideplots can qualify, especially, ironically enough, the Comedy Central episodes.
GCB
Gilmore Girls
Glee
Greek
Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left
Hellcats
Hill Street Blues
House
How I Met Your Mother
I Love You Phillip Morris
Kaboul Kitchen
The Kid - One of the first times the two genres were ever blended, at least on film.
Knockin On Heavens Door
La que se Avecina: It fails on the "drama" part, though.
Las Lindas
Leverage
Lilyhammer
Love Monkey
Mash—believed by its actors and writers to be the first televised dramedy.
Misfits
Monk
Moonlighting
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
The entire MOTHER series. There's a reason why the tagline is "No crying until the end".
Mr. Brain
NCIS
Northern Exposure
One Piece
Parenthood—the 1989 movie.
Parenthood—the TV series on NBC.
Picket Fences
Popular
Psych
Pushing Daisies
Rain
Red Dwarf - during Season 7.
Rescue Me
Rizzoli and Isles
Robson Arms
Round the Twist
Royal Pains
Scrubs
The Shoebox Project, a rare fanfiction example.
Shut Up Flower Boy Band
Los Simuladores
Slayers
The Sopranos - described as a dramedy when it premiered.
South Park (since season 5, some episodes, especially the multi-part ones, tend to be more serious while not dropping the overall comedic tone)
Total Drama Island
- Total Drama Action
- Total Drama World Tour
Sports Night -and in fact just about anything from Aaron Sorkin.
Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip
Tinsel
The Truman Show
Twin Peaks
Ugly Betty
Veronica Mars
Waitress
Weeds
The West Wing
The Wonder Years
Wonderfalls

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 * ''[[Adventureland]]''
 * ''[[Ally McBeal]]''
+* ''[[Amateur Surgeon]]'', for all his gags and parodies, has a dark and deep storyline uderneath.
 * ''[[Aquí No Hay Quien Viva|Aqui No Hay Quien Viva]]''
-* ''[[La que se Avecina|Laqueseavecina]]''
 * ''[[Auf Wiedersehen, Pet]]''
 * ''[[Being Human (UK)]]''
 * ''[[The Big C]]''
-* ''[[Bittersweet Candy Bowl]]''
+* ''[[Bittersweet Candy Bowl]]'': Begins lighthearted, now a very dark drama.
 * ''[[Bones]]''—started as straight [[Police Procedural]], but is definitely a dramedy now.
 * ''[[Boston Legal]]''
-* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' - and in fact virtually all of [[Joss Whedon]]'s oeuvre (see below)
 * ''[[Burn Notice]]'' - and in fact pretty much all USA original series
 * ''[[Burn Notice: the Fall of Sam Axe]]'' - a telemovie spinoff
@@ Line 59: / Line 58: @@
 * ''[[The Kid]]'' - One of the first times the two genres were ever blended, at least on film.
 * ''[[Knockin' on Heaven's Door|Knockin On Heavens Door]]''
+* ''[[La que se Avecina]]'': It fails on the "drama" part, though.
 * ''[[Las Lindas]]''
 * ''[[Leverage]]''
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 * ''[[Moonlighting]]''
 * ''[[Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears]]''
+* The entire ''[[MOTHER]]'' series. There's a reason why the tagline is "No crying until the end".
 * ''[[Mr. Brain]]''
 * ''[[NCIS]]''
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 * ''[[Los Simuladores]]''
 * ''[[Slayers]]''
-* ''[[The Sopranos]]'' - described as a dramady when it premiered.
+* ''[[The Sopranos]]'' - described as a dramedy when it premiered.
 * ''[[South Park]]'' (since season 5, some episodes, especially the multi-part ones, tend to be more serious while not dropping the overall comedic tone)
 * ''[[Total Drama Island]]''
 ** ''Total Drama Action''
 ** ''Total Drama World Tour''
-* ''[[Sports Night]]'' -and in fact just about anything from Aaron Sorkin
+* ''[[Sports Night]]'' -and in fact just about anything from Aaron Sorkin.
 * ''[[Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip]]''
 * ''[[Tinsel]]''