American Television: Formats, Values and Popularity TV IN
AMERICA
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What Will We Learn? What genres does American Television offer?
What are the most popular Television Networks? What are the most
popular Television shows in all the different genres? What TV shows
are more popular among men, women, teens and children? Are there
any other forms of Television?
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TOP TELEVISION NETWORKS #1 ABC with 5.995 million viewers #2
FOX with 4.919 million viewers #3 CBS with 4.900 million viewers #4
NBC with 4.507 million viewers #5 Univision with 2.136 million
viewers #6 The CW with.878 million viewers
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GENRES Comedy Informational Reality Drama Food Animation Horror
Music Family Late Nite Sports News International
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NETWORKS THAT SHOW ALL GENRES ABC -Greys Anatomy -Dancing With
The Stars -Modern Family NBC -Saturday Night Live -The Voice
-Chicago Fire FOX -Empire -Family Guy -American Idol
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NETWORKS THAT SHOW ALL GENRES CBS -Survivor -The Big Bang
Theory -Criminal Minds The CW -Vampire Diaries -Supernatural -Jane
The Virgin
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COMEDY Comedy Central -South Park -Broad City -Workaholics TBS
-FRIENDS -Seinfeld -American Dad
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DRAMA SHOWTIME -Homeland -Dexter HBO -Game of Thrones -Girls
-True Detective Lifetime/WE -Dance Moms -Devious Maids
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HORROR FX -American Horror Story A&E -Bates Motel
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LATE NITE The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (NBC) The Late
Late Show with James Corden (CBS) Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) Conan
(TBS)
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INFORMATIONAL Discovery -Moonshiners -Naked & Afraid
A&E -Duck Dynasty -Bad Ink TLC -Cake Boss -Long Island
Medium
MUSIC VH1 -Love & Hip-Hop FUSE -Ex Wives of Rock MTV2
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SPORTS ESPN ESPN2 NBCSN NFL NETWORK NHL NETWORK NBA TV MLB
NETWORK
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REALITY E! -Keeping Up With the Kardashians -Eric & Jesse
The Bachelor The Real Housewives The Voice
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ANIMATION Family Guy The Simpsons The Cleveland Show Bobs
Burgers American Dad South Park
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FAMILY ABC Family -The Fosters -Switched At Birth
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NEWS CNN FOX News HLN
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INTERNATIONAL Univision BBC America
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WHAT MEN WATCH Top Shows on Broadcast Netwoks (ABC,NBC,FOX)
-American Idol (FOX) -Family Guy (FOX) -The Simpsons (FOX) Top
Shows on Cable -WWE RAW (USA) -Workaholics (Comedy Central) -Tosh.0
(Comedy Central)
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WHAT WOMEN WATCH American Horror Story The Walking Dead Sons of
Anarchy Pretty Little Liars Veep Scandal
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WHAT TEENS & KIDS WATCH MTV -Awkward -Teen Mom -Catfish
Nickelodeon -Spongebob Squarepants -The Thundermans Disney Channel
-Jessie -Austin & Ally
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OTHER FORMS OF TELEVISION Netflix -Orange Is The New Black -The
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt HULU
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WHAT WE LEARNED/ CONCLUSION ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, The CW, and
Univision are the most popular broadcast networks in America. There
are many varieties of shows for people to watch when they come to
America whether they are interested in comedy, drama, sports, news
or many other topics There is more than one form of watching TV,
including Netflix and Hulu.