Show:
World of TV
Economics of TV
PBS DVD
TV Genres
Acronyms
100
"to see at a distance"
What is Televsion?
100
The times during which TV has the greatest audience.
What is prime times?
100
Pioneers of Television
What is the PBS DVD viewed?
100
A TV show presenting a drama based on actual events.
What is a docudrama?
100
PBS
What is Public Broadcasting Station?
200
A means of delivering TV signals via underground wires
What is Cable television
200
The percentage of all TV households tuned in to a particular program.
What is ratings?
200
A show that has a prblem that is resolved in 30 minutes.
What is a sitcom--situation comedy?
200
Popular in the '50's to '70's, replaced by the crime/police shows.
What are Westerns?
200
DVD
What is Digital Video Disc?
300
Free stations that deliver programs through the airwaves
What is broadcast TV?
300
A requirement that stations that sell time to one political candidate must sell the same to all.
What is equal time?
300
The first comedy on TV featuring Jackie Gleason...with only 39 episodes.
What is The Honeymooners?
300
Shows with many acts, including music and comedy skits>
What is a Variety Show?
300
VCR
What is Video Cassette Recorder?
400
Spectacular news shows
What is Tabloid TV?
400
A company that gathers information about TV viewing across the U.S.
What is Nielsen?
400
The king of the Late Night Talk Show
Who is Johnny Carson?
400
A serialized program usually dealing with sentimentalized family matters.
What is a soap opera or daytime drama?
400
LOP
What is Least Ojectionable Program?
500
Theory stating that we tend to watch shows that are least offensive to us.
What is LOP -- least objectionable program?
500
Agency that regulates radio and TV advertising?
What is FCC- Federal Communications Commission
500
The creator of Jeopardy?
Who is Merv Griffin?
500
A movie of three or more hours shown on successive nights.
What is a miniseries?
500
A film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event.
What is a documentary?