Final Flashcards
6 Companies that own 90% of all media
National Amusements, Disney, TimeWarner, Comcast, News Corp, Sony
Highest paid sitcom actor
Jim Parsons
Two sitcoms with highest paid actors
Modern Family, Big Bang Theory
First Color, coast-to-coast television broadcast
1954 Tournament of Roses Parade
Serial episodic dramas
Stories can span full seasons have to have watched prior episodes. Cliffhangers
Ex. Game of thrones, the wire, walking dead, Boardwalk Empire
Procedural Drama
Same characters across episodes but every episode is individual. Problem is created and solved within 1 episode.
Twilight zone. Law and Order. CSI. NCIS. The Mentalist. Bones
Soap Opera
Female Audience. originally sponsored by household detergent manufacturers.
Top Syndicated shows in other countries from US
Modern Family, Scandal, Blacklist, Big Bang theory
Modern Family Creator
Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan
All in the family creator
Norman Lear
DMA Bozeman butte ranking
Designated Market Areas - 185
Sweep weeks
4 weeks in 4 months February May July November get ratings that determine local ad prices for whole year
5 big programming changes
Cigarette ad ban, PTAR, Finsin rules, Fox network Began, time shifting viewing began to impact programs in 80’s
Four main things programmers consider
Who’s watching during day part, whether time of day belongs to local station or affiliate, what’s on local competing stations, what are resources available to invest in programming
Tv show cancelled by one network and Picked up by another
Futurama dropped by Fox picked up by Cartoon Network
