TERMinology
The broadcast time period from 7-10pm.
What is Prime-Time?
They create the schedule of programs to attract an audience.
What are Television Networks?
This miniseries told the story of author Alex Haley's family.
What is ROOTS?
The first 24-hour cable news network
What is CNN?
So-called because of the many high-quality dramas airing at the time.
What is The Golden Age of Television?
Taking pleasure in someone else's misfortune.
This fantasy sitcom represented suburban fears of racial integration.
What is The Munsters? (Also The Addams Family)
This sitcom may have helped end the war in Vietnam.
What is MASH?
This host recently returned to The Daily Show.
Who is John Stewart?
This technology replaced VCR.
What is DVD?
For an additional fee, a cable customer can view a movie or live event.
What is Pay Per View? (Or Video On Demand)
Media viewers interpret meaning in the product via this process.
What is Decoding?
This 1950s hidden camera show dunked ordinary people.
What is Candid Camera?
This former game show host became a US President.
This type of show was created to sell cleaning products to housewives.
What is a Soap Opera?
A shared set of values reflected by television.
What is Ideology?
The amount Mr. Rogers got from congress to save children's television.
What is $20 million?
Blue's Clues and Dora the Explorer encourage this in their youthful viewers.
What is Direct Participation?
Rebroadcasting a program.
What is a rerun?
Introduced in 1953, this technology didn't become popular until the mid 1960s.
What is color television?
Additional layers of textual material surrounding a program.
What is a Paratext?
This children's show was created to help prepare kids for school.
What is Sesame Street?
When streamers spent their money on creating as much original content as possible.
What is Peak TV?
A large cast.
What is an ensemble?
When a film camera shoots the program directly from a TV screen receiving the signal.
What is Kinescope?