NARRATIVE TERMS
The initial status that drives the plot.
What is a premise?
The most successful spinoff of all time.
What is The Simpsons?
The first sit-com with a gay lead character.
What is Ellen?
The "who" of a narrative.
What are characters?
She had three shows on the same night on ABC.
Who is Shonda Rhimes?
Another word for stereotypes.
What are tropes?
They used to live next-door to Archie Bunker in Queens before movin' on up.
What is The Jeffersons?
The first "made-for-television" U.S. President.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
The lead character in a narrative.
What is the protagonist?
He created many "reflective" sitcoms in the 1970s.
Who is Norman Lear?
Aristotle said narratives should have three of these.
What are acts?
This spinoff is a prequel to one of the most successful dramas of all time.
What is Better Call Saul?
The first show to have a character come out on television.
What is My So-Called Life?
When a show gets our attention by showing us what we want to see.
What is hailing?
Creator of Star Trek.
Who is Gene Roddenberry?
All events and characters within the world of a show, whether shown on-screen or not.
What is story?
She was Mary Richard's BFF on the Mary Tyler Moore Show before getting her own show.
Who is Rhoda?
The first show to write a pregnancy into the narrative.
What is I Love Lucy?
The percentage of television households tunes into a program at a given moment.
What is a rating?
Creator of The Twilight Zone.
Who is Rod Serling?
Only events and characters shown on-screen.
What is plot?
This animated show takes place in flyover country.
What is The Cleveland Show?
The first 30-minute sitcom
What is The Goldbergs?
The percentage of households actually watching television tuned into a show at a given time.
What is a share?
His shows are about nothing.
Who is Larry David?