Hmm - the author of this one certainly seems confused:
The Vampire Comedy 'Dark Shadows' Is Getting A Reboot On The CW
A new adaptation of the American cult series is now on the cards.
I'm not sure which country this site is in, but they do use the European method for dates (the article is dated 12/09/2019) so perhaps they can be forgiven for only knowing the Depp/DS film. But still, they manage to claim the original series was a comedy, which it obviously wasn't...
We-l-l-l-l, it actually says "a mix of soap opera and the comedy typical of the era." That's pretty close to me as when I started viewing the original. I thought, "Wait, that person cracked a joke! I can't remember ever hearing this kind of humour on a soap opera before." Of course I was growing up on things like 'Eastenders' and 'Another World' (sorry), and other ones I saw were always dead-serious in tone. Then, with 'Dark Shadows', things like Carter's issue with his mustard on ham from the deli came up. That seemed to be really important to him over the details of Roger's accident.
At first I was thinking, "Maybe they are considering the era as the 1960's for having humour," but the only semi serious drama I can (at present) remember with that went back to the 1950's on radio, X Minus One, which had quite a bit of humour at times that kept me interested over other science fiction stories. I've often wondered if there was a window of time in broadcast and silver screen where humour was expected or natural as a basic cushion, whereas "comedy" in label might be more in keeping with never ending gags piling up.