AMERICAN TELEVISION

What do you already know?

• Can you name some American TV shows?

• Can you name some TV genres?

Sitcom (situational comedy)

• Scripted

• Funny

• Characters share a common environment (home, work, etc)

• Sometimes filmed in front of live audience

• Sometimes has a laugh track

Sitcom (situational comedy)

• Friends

• Big Bang Theory

• How I met Your Mother

• Family Guy

• The Simpsons

• Seinfeld

Drama

• Scripted

• Serious (not funny)

• Usually about a specific problem (i.e The Walking Dead —> Zombies)

Drama

• Breaking Bad

• Lost

• Grey’s Anatomy

• House of Cards

• Mad Men

Reality TV

• Not scripted

• Lots of drama

• Sometimes competition based

• One cast-member eliminated each episode

• Constant filming

Reality TV

• American Idol

• The Bachelor

• Big Brother

• Jersey Shore

• America’s Got Talent

• Survivor

• The Real World

Documentary TV

• Informational/educational

• Not usually funny

• Teaches about a specific subject

Documentary TV

• How It’s Made

• Cosmos

• Planet Earth

• Frontline

• Deadliest Catch

Children's TV

• Made for Children

• Often animated

• Usually educational in some way

Children’s TV

• Dora the Explorer

• Hannah Montana

• Spongebob Squarepants

• Scooby Doo

• Monster High

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America’s Got Talent

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOXmd7D9vAg