The Melodrama...

Definition from Google: "A sensational dramatic piece with exaggerated characters and exciting events intended to appeal to the emotions"

Examples:

• Play
• TV show/ soap opera
• Telanova
• Legal drama
• Writing/ poetry
• Movie/ film
• Books
• Music

Characteristics:

• Faint when they hear bad news
• Exaggerated emotions - hurt over the simplest things
• Dramatic behavior
• Cheap overacting
• Dramatic difference in social class
• Hero and villain
• Overemotional 
• Acting like it's the end of the world/ the best thing to ever happen
• Coincidences
• Curious for characters reactions

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/cliffsnotes/literature/what-is-melodrama

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melodrama