FoxPhile

I doubt this is a universal thing. I'm sure many people are dedicated fans of TV shows and really only care about the mystery or the medical drama or the crimes or whatever the show is about. But a lot of people who are regular viewers of a TV show begin to feel like the characters are friends. Hopefully most fans still recognize the difference between the real world and the TV show, but there is a connection to those characters that makes them seem almost real. When you think of the characters as friends or family, you want to know more about them. You want to know what drives them; what are their problems; what are their families like; how did they grow up. You want to know all that backstory.