The show mixed deduction, gritty subject matter and character-driven drama.

"The Poseidon Adventure" inspires this fascination, adherents say, because it's not just another action-adventure movie; it's also a character-driven drama with deep philosophical overtones.

"When I joined the show last season, having known John from 'E.R.,' I thought we'd be doing a character-driven drama."

The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter and character-driven drama.

This is supposed to be a character-driven drama, and I'm finding myself having to look up the names of the characters I'm supposed to care about.

They are screening foreign epics, character-driven dramas, absurdist satires.

The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter and character-driven drama just like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

But all these years later, it seems a prescient exploration of the kind of dislocation, dread and fear of dissolution that are now staples of character-driven drama.

Despite the technology involved, the history of television's creation is a character-driven drama.

A character-driven drama about the racial identity crisis in America.