Franchises Reviews

There’s a lot to talk about when it comes to different franchises in the TV world. I haven’t seen all of them or more than one show in a franchise. I figure that I might as well tell you about some of them, if not even all of them that I’ve seen. I will largely only talk about the main shows in the franchise and not any others that happened via crossovers with these main shows, even if they are technically part of the same franchise in some way. I don't have as much as I could have, though.

NCIS franchise overview: People investigate various crimes relating to the Navy or Marines, but it can be a bit more interesting than that as all sorts of crimes can be investigated. There’s enough focus on the characters that the crimes aren’t the main focus even as they are always seen in each episode.

Pros of the franchise: The shows are separate enough that you don’t have to see all of them if you want to watch just one instead. The shows aren’t just carbon copies of the other ones as the characters are different in each one and the shows are different enough that many people could watch the other shows and not just see the same thing over and over again with little telling them that something is different from the other shows.

Cons of the franchise: Its long time on the air can make it drag on in some places and it changes people in the cast often enough to be very annoying in some cases. The general format of most episodes can have an annoying sameness to it as the basic plots are very formulaic.

Verdict: I think that this is a great franchise worth watching as the shows are different enough and all are interesting enough to be good to stay into long term. We’ll see just how long these continue to last as some of them might be ending soon.

Arrowverse franchise overview: Part of a comic book adapted TV series, every show in this franchise has characters, some more notable than others, that are all part of a huge world of interconnected series in the most ambitious and crazy franchises ever made on television. They have a lot going at once and all of the shows are different in their own way.

Pros of the franchise: Every show is different and has different things going on with it making it cool and worth keeping into. Every episode is important in some way making it hard to not keep up with it if you are a fan of just one of these shows.

Cons of the franchise: You have to be a fan of all of these shows in order for it to work and make sense in the end and have to see every episode of all of the shows for everything to make sense. The casts are always changing. Death is almost never permanent which can be annoying. The villains of the seasons can be predictable in some cases and annoying in others.

Verdict: I love this franchise a lot, even if I am often annoyed by it to the point of wondering why they can’t just have any episode every now and again that one can miss without being too important to the story of the show that happens with most other shows. Maybe watch these shows, but only if you have the time for all of them. And if you haven’t started by now, don’t even try to get into it now.

CSI franchise overview: While this franchise is largely defunct at the moment, it did make a notable mark on the television world by lasting as long as it did until CBS ruined it by giving these shows bad timeslots and letting the flame flicker out until it died terribly. But three of the four shows remain quite popular in some ways to this day, all having lasted a long time.

Pros of the franchise: The plots seemed to work and weren’t always the same in some cases. Each of the characters were their own person and had enough interesting parts to them. There were recurring storylines that kept people into the show in great ways.

Cons of the franchise: The three big shows were effectively carbon copies of each other. Even the one that was different was widely ridiculed and poorly watched. The plots could be weak at times and very dark at other times. The main show had too much change in its cast, having three different leads over the course of one series with one leaving during the middle of a season.

Verdict: I think that this is worth watching, although some of them are better than others. These shows were not as connected to each other making them stand better solo, meaning you don't have to see all of the shows. Plus, the shows are often self contained enough at times that you don't have to worry about seeing all of this in the end.

I know that there are a whole lot more franchises to potentially review in this blog, but I won’t be doing that as I want to keep this blog post relatively short or as short as it can be. There are a whole lot more franchises out there in the world, but I figured that I’d just stick with these three. I’m hoping that I will have enough time to write what I need to for future posts.