Shows that have a bland cast and one different character? (like House)

Do you know shows that have like a pretty neutral cast to showcase their unique or interesting "main character"?

Shows guilty of this are House MD, The Mentalist... what else?

House doesn't have a bland cast :evil:

it's just that not everybody is quite out on the fringe that House is. Being sane however doesn't make you bland.

Family Matters. There's a reason why people just started calling it "Urkel."

House kind of has a bland cast. They're not static characters, but over the course of six seasons of House, nothing has really changed about them. Chase got punched out and now he's suddenly Mr. Cool. Cameron turned blonde. Of course, not everybody has life-changing experiences, but it's a TV show, and if that's what they call development, then yes, they're bland.

Take Battlestar Galactica, for example. You can probably poke holes in this one, but so many of the characters gradually changed over the four seasons. And it's done believably. Col. Tigh went from a seemingly incompetent drunk (miniseries) to Adama's most loyal and trusted friend. Even a background character like Gaeta had his moments and awesome send off in the last season.

Unfortunately, aside from the antagonists, Dexter is slowly becoming that. I love the show to death but Dexter is starting to become the only reoccurring character I give a **** about.

Dexter. For god's sake, drop the ****ing pointless subplots. sammyjenkis898

I agree with this. Some of the subplots I thought worked fine, but I really don't care at ALL about Batista's love life, or LaGuerta's personal problems.

Family matters is definitely guilty of this, hence why I hate it so much. (Urkel annoys the living hell out of me with his rampant unfunniness.)

[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]Dexter. For god's sake, drop the ****ing pointless subplots. sboyer2

Dexter.

House is not interesting to start with. But yeah...the other cast members are there solely to prop up House...they have no real personality of their own. That said...the show is very formulaic and seeing one show....you've seen them all.LJS9502_basic

...that's the entire point. It's no different than reading a Sherlock Holme's book. There's nothing wrong with it, it's just how the show is developed.

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]House is not interesting to start with. But yeah...the other cast members are there solely to prop up House...they have no real personality of their own. That said...the show is very formulaic and seeing one show....you've seen them all.IzzieWaru

...that's the entire point. It's no different than reading a Sherlock Holme's book. There's nothing wrong with it, it's just how the show is developed.

Family matters is definitely guilty of this, hence why I hate it so much. (Urkel annoys the living hell out of me with his rampant unfunniness.)

TSNAKE617

Hello, Winslows!
woooo! It's Urkle! woooo!
Did I do that?
LOL!!! It's funny because Urkle DID do that!
Got any cheese?
LOL!!! He's so funny when he says that!
I'm wearing you down, baby. I'm wearing you down!
LOL!!! Laura is wearing down! Hahahahaha!
At least no on got hurt.
snicker... giggle... psst, I know what's coming! Wanna know what's coming? Carl's going to say...
Not yet!
OMG LOL!!! I knew it! That's so funny! Carl wants to hurt Urkle! Hilarious!

Derp.

[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]Dexter. For god's sake, drop the ****ing pointless subplots. yabbicoke

I agree with this. Some of the subplots I thought worked fine, but I really don't care at ALL about Batista's love life, or LaGuerta's personal problems.

House doesn't have a bland cast :evil:

it's just that not everybody is quite out on the fringe that House is. Being sane however doesn't make you bland.

Serraph105

How could I forget about Dexter? I knew I was missing something...

[QUOTE="Serraph105"]

House doesn't have a bland cast :evil:

it's just that not everybody is quite out on the fringe that House is. Being sane however doesn't make you bland.

l4dak47

I agree.

If you only watch a handful of shows, it seems rigidly formulaic, but it actually does a great job of developing drama in the relationships between the secondary characters if you keep with it.

Well House is only interesting when I'm plopped up on my favorite lazy chair and feel more relaxed than the himself.

Then it's an okay show that's relatively entertaining to watch. However I'd be bored out of my wits if I watched on the computer, on Hulu or Fox.com

The day House's cast becomes bland is the day I throw away my TV.

[QUOTE="l4dak47"][QUOTE="Serraph105"]

House doesn't have a bland cast :evil:

it's just that not everybody is quite out on the fringe that House is. Being sane however doesn't make you bland.

IzzieWaru

I agree.

If you only watch a handful of shows, it seems rigidly formulaic, but it actually does a great job of developing drama in the relationships between the secondary characters if you keep with it.

Well I guess it's just different tastes for different strokes.

Well I guess it's just different tastes for different strokes.

Safetynetss

[QUOTE="Safetynetss"]

Well I guess it's just different tastes for different strokes.

Martel100

Dexter. For god's sake, drop the ****ing pointless subplots. sammyjenkis898

[QUOTE="TSNAKE617"]

Family matters is definitely guilty of this, hence why I hate it so much. (Urkel annoys the living hell out of me with his rampant unfunniness.)

Oleg_Huzwog

Hello, Winslows!
woooo! It's Urkle! woooo!
Did I do that?
LOL!!! It's funny because Urkle DID do that!
Got any cheese?
LOL!!! He's so funny when he says that!
I'm wearing you down, baby. I'm wearing you down!
LOL!!! Laura is wearing down! Hahahahaha!
At least no on got hurt.
snicker... giggle... psst, I know what's coming! Wanna know what's coming? Carl's going to say...
Not yet!
OMG LOL!!! I knew it! That's so funny! Carl wants to hurt Urkle! Hilarious!

Derp.

[QUOTE="Oleg_Huzwog"]

[QUOTE="TSNAKE617"]

"Family matters is definitely guilty of this, hence why I hate it so much. (Urkel annoys the living hell out of me with his rampant unfunniness.)"

clayron

"Hello, Winslows!
woooo! It's Urkle! woooo!
Did I do that?
LOL!!! It's funny because Urkle DID do that!
Got any cheese?
LOL!!! He's so funny when he says that!
I'm wearing you down, baby. I'm wearing you down!
LOL!!! Laura is wearing down! Hahahahaha!
At least no on got hurt.
snicker... giggle... psst, I know what's coming! Wanna know what's coming? Carl's going to say...
Not yet!
OMG LOL!!! I knew it! That's so funny! Carl wants to hurt Urkle! Hilarious!

Derp."

[QUOTE="clayron"]

[QUOTE="Oleg_Huzwog"]

"Hello, Winslows!
woooo! It's Urkle! woooo!
Did I do that?
LOL!!! It's funny because Urkle DID do that!
Got any cheese?
LOL!!! He's so funny when he says that!
I'm wearing you down, baby. I'm wearing you down!
LOL!!! Laura is wearing down! Hahahahaha!
At least no on got hurt.
snicker... giggle... psst, I know what's coming! Wanna know what's coming? Carl's going to say...
Not yet!
OMG LOL!!! I knew it! That's so funny! Carl wants to hurt Urkle! Hilarious!

Derp."

NintendoLover00

*goes to the TV* Holy c===. :|

[QUOTE="NintendoLover00"]

[QUOTE="clayron"] "Family Matters is also racist, I swear. Watch the show. Every time there is a criminal or some shady person he is white. EVERY. TIME. That bothered me so much as a kid I quit watching it."

Mr_Manikin52

*goes to the TV* Holy c===. :|

[QUOTE="Safetynetss"]

Well I guess it's just different tastes for different strokes.

Martel100

whats sad....is that i have a couple of people in my family in the medical community.....half the stuff they do in the show.....is pointless....the er doctor im related to....he can tell you whats wrong with the patient 4/5 times after 15 minutes.....sad that it take house "the best diagnostic doctor ever" and 55minutes....last 5 being right on....to figure it out