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Television Programs and Shows. Television programs and shows are the content of a television broadcast.
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Television Programs and Shows
Television programs and shows are the content of a television broadcast. A
program may be a one-off broadcast or, more usually, part of a
periodically returning television series. A
single instance of a series is called an episode.
The content of television programs may be factual (e.g. documentaries)
or fictional (e.g. comedy or drama). A drama program usually
features a set of actors in a somewhat familiar setting. The program
follows their lives and their adventures.
Many shows, especially
before the 1980s, maintained a status quo where the main characters
and the premise changed little. If some change happened to the
characters lives during the episode, it was usually undone by the
end. (Because of this, the episodes could usually be watched in any
order.) Since the 1980s, there are many series that feature
progressive change to the plot, the characters, or both.
Common TV
program periods include regular broadcasts (like TV news), TV series
(usually seasonal and ongoing with a duration of only a few episodes
to many seasons), or TV miniseries which is an extended film,
usually with a small pre-determined number of episodes and a set
plot and timeline.
Miniseries usually range from about 3 to 10 hours
in length, though critics often complain when programs hit the short
end of that range and are still marketed as "minis." In the United
States, regular television series have 22 episodes per year.
Dramas
usually last 44 minutes (an hour with commercials), while comedies
last 22 (30 with commercials). However, with the rise of cable
networks, especially pay ones, series and episode lengths have been
changing. Cable networks usually feature serieses lasting thirteen
episodes.
Many British series have significantly shorter yearly
runs. Common formats: TV comedy (typically situation comedy or
sketch comedy), TV documentary, TV drama, dramedy, TV talk show, TV
current affairs show, TV cartoon, TV infomercial, TV miniseries,
game shows, soap opera.
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