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Popular TV Series W e all grow up watching Hollywood films. We watched them on TV and in theaters. I can remember the times we rented movies from stores to watch, but that all went away since the Internet became more popular. Now we are able to watch films on our computers by downloading them. Besides, the rise of the Internet brought us other benefits. We can all watch the American and European series easily. I believe it affects us more than films for those who follow more than one series loyally because we watch them every week. Sometimes we can even watch series that aren’t airing anymore. These series give us the opportunity to improve our English skills as well as the chance to be entertained. Nowadays, some of these series have become very popular. We can split them into two categories. One is approximately 20 minutes per episode. These kinds of series are usually sit-coms, such as “How I Met Your Mother”, “The Big Bang Theory” and so on. There are also some sit-coms bee writer ITU Writing Center Student Magazine that have finished, but are called legends, such as “Friends” or “Seinfeld," by their former audience. The other kind has more types of series actually. They are usually 45 minutes per episode and they can be fictional, tragic or many other genres. In the fictional category, “Game of Thrones” is the most popular one. It takes place in a fictional world and tells about the intrigue between four families who want to possess the “Iron Throne”. We can also mention “The Walking Dead” as a fictional series which tells the story of a sheriff, Rick Grimes, and his group’s life during a zombie apocalypse. “Supernatural” includes the story of two brothers fighting against monsters, devils, vampires and even angels to save humanity and take their vengeance for their parents. 9