dramedy
nounUK /ˈdɹɑːmədi/ · US /ˈdɹɑmədi/
Etymology Blend of drama + comedy.
1
Broadcasting, Film, Media, Television A genre of film or television that lies somewhere between drama and comedy.
2
A film or television programme belonging to this genre.
- ”Fleabag,” Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s critically acclaimed British dramedy, featured a young woman whose strongest character trait — being horny — was decidedly not male.2019 December 13, Tracie Egan Morrissey, “The Year Women Got ‘Horny’”, in New York Times:
- Last year, the Daily Mail found that Emily in Paris, a bubblegum dramedy starring Lily Collins, plugged 37 brands throughout 10 episodes.2025 October 29, Alaina Demopoulos, “What’s with the sponcon slop in Nobody Wants This? Netflix, nobody wants this”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
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- The online platform [OnlyFans] […] has been a plot point in “Industry” and “Euphoria,” was a sideline for some subjects of the docuseries “Neighbors” and is now central to a new Apple TV dramedy, “Margo’s Got Money Troubles.”2026 April 15, James Poniewozik, “Review: ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ Will Make an OnlyFan of You”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- Related terms
- seriocomic, tragicomedy