{"id":4101,"date":"2021-01-29T22:54:26","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T06:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/?p=4101"},"modified":"2021-04-07T16:53:28","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T23:53:28","slug":"magoosh-english-lesson-tv-show-format","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/magoosh-english-lesson-tv-show-format\/","title":{"rendered":"Magoosh English Lesson: TV Show Format"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Welcome to the next lesson in this series of Magoosh\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/free-english-classes-with-magoosh-lesson-index\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">free English classes<\/span><\/a><b>.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This series will advance your English skills while learning about <\/span><b>American Television<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">! In the previous lessons, we explored the mechanics and technical history of how television transmits from a network to a screen. In this lesson, we\u2019ll look at how individual shows are formatted and how those formats evolved over time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Goals:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learn terms related to the world of television<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Explore the format of TV shows and how that came to be<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learn the technical aspects of shooting a TV show<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learn about the use of a parenthesis in grammar<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Difficulty Level: <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Advanced<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Time: <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Approximately <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">20 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>TV Show Format<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At this point, you\u2019ve probably watched a little television before in your lifetime (I certainly hope so as this is the fourth lesson in the series\u2026). What have you watched? Something funny? Dramatic? A <\/span><b><i>game show<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">? The news?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s crazy to think that at one point, none of those shows existed! People first had to think of things that they wanted to show on television. They also had to show things that would <\/span><b><i>draw an audience<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. After all, what\u2019s the point of creating a television show if no one is watching?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Remember, that no matter how boring, stupid, enlightening, or amazing you think a TV show is or was, the life of a tv show is related to one thing: the audience. This is the fundamental purpose of a <\/span><b><i>television show format<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the 1930s, the broadcast range and audiences (number of people with televisions) were extraordinarily small compared to today. So, most broadcasts were of world events where TV technology could be showcased to the masses. The 1936 Olympics, the coronation of King George the VI, and the 1939 World\u2019s Fair in New York City are examples of the types of events broadcasted at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">World War II broke out shortly after the fair, and most television development ceased until after the war. But in 1947, <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/magoosh-english-class-baseball-in-america\/\">The World Series<\/a> inspired many Americans to buy their first television. Not long after, a popular radio show, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Texaco Star Theater<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, was altered into the first televised <\/span><b><i>variety show<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. It was the first show to <\/span><b><i>draw the attention<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of many advertisers and made television a <\/span><b><i>staple <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in American homes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After the variety show, fictional comedic and dramatic shows began airing on a regular basis. Comedy shows were typically based on <\/span><b><i>contemporary<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> situations and eventually became known as <\/span><b><i>sitcoms<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Many dramatic shows were based on historical eras and events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Up until the 1980s, most television shows (except for <\/span><b><i>soap operas<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) stuck to a format where a story was resolved by the end of the show (21 or 42 minutes long before advertisements). The concept of a <\/span><b><i>story arc<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> didn\u2019t arrive until television technology caught up with the medium. This was done so that shows could be broadcast in any order, and the audience would still be able to understand the story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By the year 2000, most tv formatting as we know it today had been done. TV shows run for 20 &#8211; 26 <\/span><b><i>episodes <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">per <\/span><b><i>season <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">with some more expensive productions that run for only 10 12 &#8211; episodes. Each episode is released nearly every week between September and May. There are also <\/span><b><i>miniseries<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><b><i>tv movies<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">that are released from time to time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The newest tv show formatting change came with the arrival of TV streaming. Online networks began releasing entire seasons of tv shows at the same time. This led to the practice of <\/span><b><i>binge watching<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> which is now the new normal in the world of television. But with the evolution of television accelerating every year, it\u2019s anyone&#8217;s guess as to what the next big change in tv show formatting will be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Word Focus<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b><i>Game Show<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">noun<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) &#8211; TV show where contestants compete for prizes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Price is Right is the longest running game show in TV history.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><i>Draw (attention)<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">verb<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) &#8211; to cause a specific response as in attention, attraction or attendance.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 2020 Super Bowl drew 102 million viewers which was up from last year.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><i>TV Show Format<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">noun<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) &#8211; The structure and\/or narrative of a TV show.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is a wide variety of TV show formats that have evolved over the past 90 years.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><i>Variety Show<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">noun<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) &#8211; A TV show consisting of a variety of acts like musical performances, sketch comedy, magic, and acrobatics that is introduced by a host.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">S\u00e1bado Gigante was the longest running variety show in television history. It ran from 1962 to 2015.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><i>Staple <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">noun<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) &#8211; A key, important, or essential element of something.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Milk became a staple of the American diet in the early 20th century.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><i>Contemporary<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">noun<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) &#8211; Happening or occuring in the present time.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many authors write about contemporary issues within a society.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><i>Sitcom<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">noun<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) &#8211; Sitcom is a short word for the term <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Situational Comedy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. A TV genre based on life situations of a fixed set of characters.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Seinfeld, Cheers, and Friends are some of the most popular sitcoms in history.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><i>Soap Opera<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">noun<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) &#8211; A dramatic series that focuses on the daily events of a group of people. The stories continue from episode to episode.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">General Hospital is the longest running soap opera in television history.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><i>Story Arc<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">noun<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) &#8211; A continuous or continuing storyline in an episodic television show.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A story arc in a TV show is revealed over the course of multiple episodes.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><i>TV Episode<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">noun<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) &#8211; A part of a narrative within a larger story. An episode on television is like a chapter in a book.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The most watched TV episode in television history was the final episode of M*A*S*H with over 50 million viewers.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><i>TV Season<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">noun<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) &#8211; A collection of episodes from a TV series that run for a specific time period. The definition of a TV season has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/just-what-is-a-television-season-anyway-5dfc30fb48b7\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">changed over time<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Friends ran for 10 seasons.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><i>TV Miniseries<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">noun<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) &#8211; A TV program that runs for a predetermined and limited number of episodes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Roots was the first miniseries that was a huge success. The finale drew 130 million viewers.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><i>TV Movie<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">noun<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) &#8211; Any full-length motion picture that is created to be released on a television network instead of at a movie theater.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Traditionally, TV movies were lower budget and had lower quality, but in recent years, they\u2019ve grown in stature.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><i>Binge Watching<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">phrasal verb<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) &#8211; Watching multiple episodes of a TV series in one sitting.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">John and I binge watched four seasons of Friends last weekend.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Grammar Center<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Read this sentence from the passage below:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Up until the 1980s, most television shows (except for soap operas) stuck to a format where a story was resolved by the end of the show (21 or 42 minutes long before advertisements).<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The writer uses parentheses twice in this sentence to add additional information. As you read more advanced texts, you\u2019ll find that writers will sometimes want to give a little additional information about a topic (especially in informative texts). See what I mean?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Would the sentence above have been grammatically correct if the writer had used commas instead of parentheses? Let\u2019s see.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Up until the 1980s, most television shows, except for soap operas, stuck to a format where a story was resolved by the end of the show, 21 or 42 minutes long before advertisements.<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes, the sentence is still grammatically correct. However, when read, the sentence is wordy and doesn\u2019t flow. The idea of a parenthesis is to give additional information that could be left out of a sentence and still make sense. Look at the sentence without the information in parenthesis.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Up until the 1980s, most television shows stuck to a format where a story was resolved by the end of the show.<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The sentence makes perfect sense without the additional information, and in fact, that\u2019s how you can read any sentence you see with information in parenthesis. The idea is that you can go back and read the additional information if you choose, but it isn\u2019t necessary to make the sentence grammatically correct.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Up until the 1980s, (most television shows except for soap operas) stuck to a format\u2026 <\/span><\/i><b><i>Incorrect<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Up until the 1980s, most television shows (except for soap operas) stuck to a format\u2026 <\/span><\/i><b><i>Correct<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That\u2019s the first rule of using a parenthesis. The second is that punctuation that applies to the sentence stays outside the parentheses and punctuation that applies to the phrase or statement inside the parentheses remains within.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8230;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a story was resolved by the end of the show (21 or 42 minutes long before advertisements.) <\/span><\/i><b><i>Incorrect<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2026 a story was resolved by the end of the show (21 or 42 minutes long before advertisements). <\/span><\/i><b><i>Correct<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As you advance in your English writing skills, you will eventually need to use parentheses from time to time in order to provide information on a topic. Be sure to bookmark this lesson if you need a reference on how to properly use them in a passage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Quiz<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>1. According to the writer, the life of a tv show is directly related to what?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A. The show<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">B. The story<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">C. The format<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">D. The audience<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Why did networks limit the use of story arcs before the 1980s?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A. They were too complex for viewers.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">B. They wanted to be able to broadcast shows in any order.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">C. They didn\u2019t want to pay the actors.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">D. They only aired live broadcasts at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. What is the key difference between a TV Season and a TV Miniseries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A. The miniseries has a limited, predetermined number of episodes.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">B. A season is aired throughout the year.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">C. A miniseries is a higher-quality production<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">D. A season is for a show guaranteed to have another season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. A story arc involves a storyline that is continuous<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A. False<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">B. True<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Which of the following sentences uses correct punctuation with a parenthesis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A. I didn\u2019t know what to do (as though I ever do)! that day when my mom called.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">B. I didn\u2019t know what to do (as though I ever do!), that day when my mom called.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">C. I didn\u2019t know what to do (as though I ever do!) that day when my mom called.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">D. I didn\u2019t know what to do (as though I ever do!). that day when my mom called.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. A sentence that uses a parenthetical phrase should be grammatically correct if read without the phrase.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A. True<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">B. False<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">D<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">B<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">B<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">C<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the next lesson in this series of Magoosh\u2019s free English classes.\u00a0 This series will advance your English skills while learning about American Television! In the previous lessons, we explored the mechanics and technical history of how television transmits from a network to a screen. 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