CA2007 INTRODUCTION TO NEW MEDIA AND

BROADCASTING

EPISODE 3

TELEVISION PROGRAMMING

OVERVIEW

_ Television genres

_ Television program format

_ Television Program Proposal

What is genre?

[ˈʒɑnrə]

definition: kind / type / category

“Audience expectation”

television genres

Fiction/ entertainment-based programs

• sit-com

• soap opera / drama series

• game show

• talk show

• reality show

• sport

• music show

Non-fiction/ informative-based programs

• news

• documentary

news

BBC firstly broadcasted news on radio since 1922

news

NEWS VALUES

1. immediacy

2. proximity

3. prominence

4. unusualness

5. human interest

news

NEWS FORMAT

1. news program

2. breaking news

3. news interview

4. news analysis

5. news talk

documentary

Zoo Quest (1954)

Civilisation (1969)

The Family (1974)

documentary

DOCUMENTARY VALUES

1. human/ animal/subject matter

2. fact

3. education

4. seriousness

documentary

DOCUMENTARY FORMAT

1. Fly on the Wall (observational documentary)

2. Participatory documentary

3. Drama documentary

4. Expository documentary

sit-com

situation-comedy

Radio

Sam and Henry (USA, 1962)

Television

Pinwright’s Progress (UK, 1946)

Mary Kay and Johnny (USA, 1947)

I Love You Lucy (USA, 1951)

sit-com

SITCOM FORMAT(Taflinger, 1996)

1. Action sitcom

2. Domestic sitcom

3. Dramatic sitcom

soap opera/drama series

soap sponsorship daytime soap / series primetime soap / series

1930s Radio soap opera

The War of the Worlds (USA, 1938)

Television

As the World Turns (USA, 1956-present)

Coronation Street (UK, 1960-present)

General Hospital (USA, 1963-present)

soap opera/drama series

SOAP/SERIES FORMAT(Glen Creeber, 2001)

1. Western series

2. Teen series

3. Action drama

4. Medical drama

5. Sci-fi series

game show

1930s Radio game show

Targeting housewives

Television

Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (UK, 1999)

game show

GAME SHOW COMPONENTS

1. Contestants

2. Game

3. Prize

game show

GAME SHOW FORMAT

1. Quiz show

2. Stunt show

3. Performance show

4. Agony show

5. Dating show

talk show

1948 Radio talk show

talk show

TALK SHOW COMPONENTS

1. Host

2. Guest

3. Issue

talk show

TALK SHOW FORMAT

1. Hard talk

2. Soft talk

reality show

Radio

Candid Microphone (USA, 1947)

Candid Camera (on television)

Audience participation on Television

America’s Most Wanted (1988)

America’s Funniest Home Videos (1989)

Survivor (UK, 1992)

Big Brother (Netherlands, 1999)

reality show

REALITY SHOW COMPONENTS

ORDINARY PEOPLE + CONSTRUCTED SITUATION

= REALITY SHOW

reality show

RALITY SHOW FORMAT

1. Reality-document

2. Reality-competition

3. Reality-make over

4. Reality-experiment

sports program

Radio

1921 Jack Dempsey vs George Carpentier LIVE BROADCAST

Television

1937 Wimbledon LIVE BROADCAST

sports program

SPORTS PROGRAM VALUES

1. Authentic visual appeal

2. Dramatic

3. Audience engagement

sports program

SPORTS PROGRAM FORMAT

1. sport event

2. sport journalism

3. sport promotion

music program

1940s Concert LIVE BROADCAST

1950s Video Deejay Program

1980s MTV

THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT

PRODUCTION ELEMENTS

1. TV Host and Participants

2. Shots

3. Graphics

4. Sound

CONTENTS

1. Concept

2. Mood and Tone

3. Target audience