dramedy
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‘The Bear’ returns for its final season, Olivia Wilde directs a dinner-party dramedy, Woody and Buzz face down a tablet in ‘Toy Story 5,’ and much, much more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Many unique ingredients make “The Bear” unlike any other TV dramedy, but the ones I’ll miss the most reduce to a single concept: balance.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
“Usually in live-action, when you think about dramedy, your head goes to like, well, not too funny and not too dramatic. And my shows are kind of the opposite,” he laughs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
‘Project Hail Mary’ gets a soaring film adaptation, Steve Carell plays a meddling dad, Amanda Peet stars in an off-beat dramedy, and much, much more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
To the audience, it’s a heartening buddy dramedy about two boys choosing to forge a brighter path and quickly realizing they make each other better people.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026
For both teen dramedies, we'll have to wait another season for highly anticipated answers – unless of course that question remains unresolved or recycled in some way to keep the tension alive.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2021
“Mythic Quest” has some of the slick satire of “Silicon Valley,” but it also has a surprisingly emotional side, reminiscent of pensive, auteur-y dramedies.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2021
Of the countless small-stakes, big-hook dramedies written by Fountains of Wayne co-founder Adam Schlesinger — who died Wednesday from COVID-19 complications, at the age of 52 — ”Utopia Parkway” is hardly among the best known.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2020
The iconic actress will forever be cemented in cinematic history as the queen of the '80s teen romance dramedies.
From Fox News ● Feb. 18, 2020
The frank jocularity of the wisecracks bumps up against rogue jolts of cutesiness and a slightly dirty realism, familiar from Sundance dramedies.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 5, 2018
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