TV series

Takin' Over the Asylum

1994–1999 · 1 season

A gentle, humane comedy-drama that finds warmth and humour among people society overlooks, without shying from their pain.

Tagline: We are loonies, and we are proud!
Overview: A salesman starts to run a hospital radio station inside a facility for people with mental heath needs.
How it feels: Warm, melancholic, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Found family, identity, isolation, healing
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Full breakdown

Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: found family
identity
isolation
healing
friendship
Places: hospital
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild