Television Genres

Name: Deepika VajaPaper : Mass Communication & Media Studies.Topic: Television Genres Enrollment no: PG14101031.Year & class: 2014-16 & M.A -2Roll no:04deepikavaja3733@gmail.com Dept. of English M. K. Bhavnagar University

Introduction of Television.• Television means an electric communication medium that allows the transmission of real

time visual images, and also sound.

• Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome means black and white or colored, with or without accompanying sound. “Television” may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming, or television transmission.

• Television is one of the major medium of mass-media. There are a large number of people who cannot read or write for them television is useful tool. It gives us the knowledge about all around the world. There are so many main or sub genre of television.

• Experiments in Television broadcasting were initiated during the 1920s in the United States and Europe.

 Meaning of Genre.• "Genre is the term for any category of literature or other forms of art or culture for example music and in general,any type of discourse, whether written or spoken, audible

or visual, based on some set of stylistic criteria.“

• Television grownup as a great medium for entertainment, knowledge, education, etc. in our language Television means “Doordarshan and now known as TV.

• As we all know in this 21st century the role of technology plays very vital role in every field like, education, business, agriculture, etc. Television is one of the great technological tools for the mass communication.

TV Genres• TV News• TV Documentaries or Features/ Factual Television• Talk Shows• Children’s Programmes• ‘Talent Hunt’ Shows• Reality TV• Religious Programmes• Soap Operas• Tele novella• Other Genres

Education Music Animation Infotainment

Sitcom Entertainment Religion Family

Crime Cartoon Science Soap opera

Thriller Documentary Drama Arts and Culture

Adventure Tele novella News Historical

Comedy Talk show Education Weather

Game show Reality show Shopping Business

Sports Horror Travel Nature

There are many television genres:

TV News• The center of the model represents what Harrison calls

"pure" news. That means news which were covered from every news program like elections or a death of an important person for example like A.P.J.Abdul Kalam.

• Debates, current issues, reality of Society, Voice against violence, help to poor people, shows of education, health advice, entertainment, election, information about government policy, issues etc broadcasting in T.V. News channels agenda.

• News Media has first investigated, what matter happened. It is true or not. Than News channel broadcasting and sharing to people.

• Also very important that Journalist, Report have struggle, those issues, Fact, Truth, affair and analysis of them. Reporter talk News channel and This news broadcasting in Television then we watch what happening in the world…

T.V. News 

News Show 

Entertainment 

Current Affairs/ Documentary Issues in Format 

Critiques in NewEducation & InformationCommon  sense Events, msg, quiz

Talk about Serious Issues.

Debate 

Games, Sports, winner show.

TV Documentaries or Features/ Factual Television

• Documentaries/factual television is a genre of nonfiction television programming that documents actual events and people. These types of programs are also described as documentary, observational documentary, fly on the wall, docudrama and reality television.

• It is sometimes known as documentary theatre. This is related to real life, historical events, Serious issues, fact in society, Wild life issues, Historical death etc. In the core elements of its story a docudrama strives to adhere to known historical facts, while allowing a greater or lesser degree of dramatic license in peripheral details and where there are gaps in the historical record.

• It is all about Dialogue may include the actual words of real life persons, as recorded in historical documents. Docudrama producers sometimes choose to film their reconstructed events in the actual locations in which the historical events occurred. E.g. (Subhashchandra Bose’s Death Revile, Terrorist Attack on Taj Hotel, Film Neerja - Death of Air Hostess, Rape to Nirbhaya as India Daughter ).

Talk Shows• A talk show or chat show is a television programming or

radio programming genre in which one person, group of people discusses various topics put forth by a talk show host.

• Usually, guests consist of a group of people who are learned and who have great experience in relation to whatever issue is being discussed on the show for that episode.

• Other times, a single guest discusses their work or area of expertise with a host or co hosts. It is show of tonight only.

• Many a time, call in show takes live phone calls from callers listening at home. Sometimes, guests are already seated but are often introduced and enter from backstage.

Children’s Programmes• Children's programmes are designed & marked to children normally broadcast

programming scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake.

• They can sometimes run during evening, allowing younger children to watch them are kindergarten or school. The purpose of the shows is mainly to entertainment & sometimes education.

• This program talk about to end show they given moral messages and some things dream world, magical element, fantasy, fairy tales, Animal story, Science fiction, video games etc.

• Children ‘s television series can target a wide Variety of key demographics. This programmes broadcasting several languages.

Magical World

use gazettes  Science 

& fiction 

Dream world 

Fairy Tale 

Given Moral Messag

es

Animal World 

Games & 

videos 

Entertainment  &  

Helping to other 

Talent Hunt’ Shows

• The main concept of this show as to be people, youngster, children have hidden talent came out to this kind of show. It is big stage as they Participated and performs them.

• This is reality/ talent show and it is a hunt for music, dance, Knowledge etc. It is a platform where contestants display their talent to on looking nation and world wide.

• This reality show as nowadays scripted and children, youngster, actor, judges dialogues are scripted and their have not reality but scripted performance.

Reality TV

• The main purpose of this T.V. Show in talk about to real society. A genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors.

• Programming that is unscripted and follows actual ‘real life’ events as they unfold, usually involving members of the public or groups of celebrities.

• The television genre where situations are created by the show’s producers, but the show itself is unscripted. Cameras capture the participants’ natural reactions and responses to the situations created, which are then edited as a programme or series.

• Tonight or Saturday / Sunday Broadcasting.

What is Reality T.V.?

ScheduleTime of day?Day &  week?Channel 24 Hours 

Format & Structure30 mins60 mins

Generic variationDocusoapCelebrity involvement observation 

Themes Talent showHealth, education & Wild life.

Presentation formatHosted VoiceoverPaned based Personality ledCelebrity presented

LocationStudio basedPurpose built

InteractivityRole of Audience Voting processIncentive to Participate

Target Audience AgeGenderClassEthnicityInterest

Religious Programmes• Religious programmes are connected to religious, spirituality etc. Most of Indian

religious channel programmes comprising religious songs, religious debates, traditional treatment, Unani, Yoga, Ayurveda and During festival seasons LIVE telecast programmes in channel.

• Every religious Gurus and their followers watch this programs. Now days Our Great Epic Mahabharata And Ramayana's story, part broadcasting Festival time at Night.

• As we know that Indian Religious point of views are change and how this epic are deconstructed and review that ideas broadcasting in such programmes and channel.

Soap Operas• It is a serial drama on television. It is related to story lines about lives of characters.

The stories usually focus on emotional relationships to the point of melodrama. • The word ‘Soap’ refers to the soap & detergent commercial originally broadcast

during the shows, which were aimed at women who are cleaning their house at time listening and viewing and ‘Opera’ refers to the melodramatic character of the shows. (Emotions, crying Scenes, Romance, Melodrama, Face Expression, fight)

• Indian soap opera are written, produced, filmed in India and character are played episodes broadcasting on T.V. E.g. – ‘Hum Log’ and ‘Balika Vadhu’

Tele novella• Tele novella means it is a type of limited run serial drama and it is originally from

Latin America and Popular on Southeast Asian, Latin American, East Asian, South Asian, Portuguese and Spanish television networks.

• The word combines ‘Tele’ short for television and ‘novella’, a Spanish and Portuguese word for novel. Tele novella comes on television channels and these Tele novellas are based on the some of the novel and their incident.

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Ooltah Chasmah

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Other Genres

Sports channel

Cookery show Wildlife Game Music Fashion

program

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