List of television formats and genres
The following is a list of television formats and genres.
Formats
Television program formats:
- clip
- docufiction
- documentary
- single (one-time) episode
- made-for-TV film
- franchise
- miniseries
- micro-series
- mockumentary
- pilot
- prequel
- reboot
- remake
- segment
- sequel
- serial
- series
- short
- show
- special
- spin-off
- unaired episode/pilot
Television program types:
and combinations thereof.
Genres
- Action Series:
- (Adult content)
- List of adult television channels: (Rated shows)
- Adventure Series:
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- Cartoon series:
- Anthology series:
- Art: shares some of the same traits of art films. Television shows such as David Lynch's Twin Peaks series and BBC's The Singing Detective also have "...a loosening of causality, a greater emphasis on psychological or anecdotal realism, violations of classical clarity of space and time, explicit authorial comment, and ambiguity."
- Children's series: A television show which is aimed at kids and/or children and/or families.
- Cooking show: A type of television show that presents food preparation in a kitchen studio set. Typically, the show's host, who is often a celebrity chef, prepares one or more dishes over the course of an episode. The chef takes the viewing audience through the food's inspiration, preparation, and stages of cooking.
- Daytime television:
- Dramatic programming:
- Documentary: A documentary is a feature-length or near-feature-length film depicting a real-world event or person, told in a journalistic style (if told in a literary narrative style the result is often a docudrama). Examples: Hoop Dreams, The Thin Blue Line (documentary)
- was filmed and aired during jury deliberations.
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- Dramedy
- Courtroom drama
- Medical Drama: A medical drama is based around a team of medics helping patients who have been involved in accidents serious or otherwise. Most commonly, an accident occurs which results in the medics being called to help the injured. Most are usually based around a hospital, however, some are based around a mobile medical team etc. Examples of this genre are Casualty, Holby City and ER.
- Mockumentary:
- Educational: A type of program that helps kids learn their basics to go through school.
- Factual television:
- Fantasy:
- , the players may include celebrities.
- Late night television:
- Music television: A program where people can listen to music on their TV's. This is just like a radio station.
- News show: A television program depicting real, up-to-date events.
- news story.
- Tabloid television:
- Miranda rights. Not quite as dramatic or action-oriented as the Dick Tracy-style of detective shows.
- Prime-time television:
- Public affairs (broadcasting):
- Reality: A purportedly unscripted show (although evidence suggests some scripting or manipulation occurs) featuring non-actors interacting with each other or dealing with invented or contrived challenges, such as competing against others for a prize. Produced in a similar fashion as the documentary film genre, but with more emphasis on the showing of interpersonal conflict, emotional reactions, or unusual occurrences. The genre has numerous widely varying subgenres (see main article).
- Religious: A program produced by religious organizations, usually with a religious message. It can include church services, talk/variety shows, and dramatic movies. Within the last two decades, most religious programming is found on religious television networks.
- Science fiction:
- Serial: A television show which is one continuous story. Each episode picks up from where the last one left off. The story may shift with a new season.
- Comedy:
- Sitcom: Short for Situational Comedy, a generally lighthearted genre which features characters having to deal with odd or uncomfortable situations or misunderstandings.
- Romcom: Short for Romantic Comedy.
- Stand-up comedy:
- Soap opera: A television show which is one continuous story. Usually on every day of the week instead of once a week. Can go on for over 20 years. Examples: All My Children, Days of Our Lives, The Young and the Restless, General Hospital, and Coronation Street
- Sports:
- Telenovela: A television serial melodrama popular in Latin America. They are similar to a soap opera in miniseries format. They often feature Love and Drama, as well as other situations depending on the genre of telenovela. Examples include: Desire (TV series), Fashion House and Wicked Wicked Games.
- Infomercials:
- Variety show:
- Western Series:
See also
References
- ^ McFedries, Paul. "Dramality". Word Spy. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
{{cite web}}: External link in|work= - ^ "Definition of dramality". MacMillan Dictionary. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
{{cite web}}: External link in|work= - ^ Siddle, John (June 13, 2011). "Auditions for Only Way Is Essex-type dramality show filmed in Liverpool". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved November 30, 2011.