Ch 15

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Unscripted Shows

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Candid Camera, Talent Scouts (predecessor to American Idol), Quiz Shows

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Reality TV

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The start of "Survivor"Based off The Discovery Channel show called Eco-Challenge a documentary-like show where "real people" challenged Mother Nature and often got the worst of itMark Burnett and Conrad Riggs meet with Ghen Maynard at CBS“comfort television”Comfort television is "safe" TV; non-violent or non-offensive

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Mark Burnett

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Creator of Survivor

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Simon Cowell

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creator of American Idolthe most successful artist-and-repertoire (A&R) man currently working in Britain.

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Simon Fuller

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the most successful manager of music acts in the U.KManaged The Spice Girls teamed up with Cowell to pitch American Idol

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What are unscripted shows? What is the name often associated with unscripted television? Name the different types of unscripted shows as explored in your reading?

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Unscripted - A show with concealed cameras and filming ordinary people who don't know they are being filmed.The different types: Candid Camera, Talent Scouts (predecessor to American Idol), Quiz Shows

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During which decade did networks first broadcast unscripted television?

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1947, the 1948-1949 season there were a lot of unscripted shows, however it was later revealed that most of them were rigged despite the audience's knowledge. this caused reality shows to disappear until the 70s

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What was the unscripted series that debuted on CBS in 2000 and quickly became a huge success for the network? Who was the British producer who co-created the American series? What are some of the characteristics that distinguish this series?

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Survivor. The British producer to create the series was Mark Burnett. It had 16 stranded contestants that were marooned on an island, it was a cross between " who wants to be a millionaire and "Lord of the flies"

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When CBS scheduled the debut of their first unscripted series, ABC countered with a new episode of their #1 unscripted series. What was the name of ABC’s series? Who won the head-to-head challenge based on ratings? And why was the “losing” series still a winner in the eyes of its network?

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CBS Survivor. ABC countered with Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Although CBS got more ratings Stu Bloomberg, an ABC Executive defended their move saying that they had to do something to counter their reality show programming. However ABC plan backfired and survivor CBS continued to get the top ratings

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Because of Fox’s PR fiasco with their unscripted special Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire (2000), what were the networks learning about the advantages and challenges of unscripted programming versus scripted/narrative series?

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networks were discovering that reality TV while cheaper to produce, and much of the time wildly original, it is also much tougher to control and monitor. The genre's spontaneity was both the bane and the beauty of every series. While shows could appear fresh and original, there was always the chance that contestants or stunts could go wrong and the series would blow up in the networks face.

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What is “comfort television”? What tragedy prompted networks to discuss the need for “comfort television” until America recovered?

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Comfort television is "safe" TV; non-violent or non-offensive. The tragedy was 9/11

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Who was the producing team behind Fox’s breakout hit, American Idol? In which country was their concept first launched? And what was the major flaw discovered when the series was adapted to American broadcasting? What was the solution, and why was this solution a boon for Fox?

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Simon Cowell and Simon Fuller. They originally pitched and sold the show in the UK as Pop Idol. The flaw revolved around how to schedule the weekly "vote" Eng: pop idol had no problem with participation, UK was contained in a single time zone, and they could announce the winner within the two hour voting block available. However for the US, there was no block like this, the news was on at 10 pm, and the US also had time zones to contend with. This meant that the west would never be able to vote, since they were three hours behind the east coast. The solution was: the network chose to run the show two nights a week. One night for the performance night and one night for the results. This turned out to be a prime time boon

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What were the names of the two drama series, premiering within two weeks of each other in fall 2004, that received equal credit for turning around ABC’s quarter-century of declining fortunes?

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Lost & Desperate Housewives

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation was, at heart, a murder mystery. However, in what ways had this CBS runaway hit challenged previous television mystery/detective series? (What were some of its unique approaches?)

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rather than initiating gunplay, car chases, and the normal run of physical interaction with suspects that audiences were accustomed, crime scene investigators in the series used the crime scenes physical evidence to solve their grisly murders, in unusually graphic fashion

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What are the names of the two CBS series that CBS moved to Thursday in 2001 to “steal” Thursday from NBC?

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Survivor and CSI

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In 2009, NBC became the first U.S. broadcast network in decades to broadcast the same show every weekday during prime time hours. What was the name of this show? What were the factors that led to the decision by NBC to cancel the show?

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The Jay Leno Show. NBC failed to grasp that The Jay Leno Show was no longer a late night series but a prime time series, it had a responsibility to 'lead-in' for the local newscasts that followed the show. It was obvious to all that if O'Brien continued hosting at 11:30 it would cause NBC to lose money and affiliates, thus in January 2010 NBC announced the canceling of The Jay Leno Show citing complaints from many disgruntled affiliates whose local newscasts significantly dropped in the ratings as a result of the change.

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What did HBO’s On-Demand do in 2001 to launch a new way of watching television?

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Premium cable viewers didn't always have the time to watch shows during the hours of 8 and 11. Hbo allowed to select series episodes that had aired earlier and replay them hours later.

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Perhaps the finest of HBO’s original programming, what ultimately sidelined the 2005 series Rome after only two seasons?

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Ultimately, it was too expensive to produce for television

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A basic cable network, AMC soon joined the original programming trend with dramatic series. The network’s catchphrase “Story Matters” was borne out by its first two most successful series—two of the finest series to hit the airwaves during the last decade. What are the names of these two AMC series?

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Mad Men and Breaking Bad

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What are the major technological advances that have enhanced television viewing since the 1950s?

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The invention of the video tape (late 1950s), color and larger-screen tv sets, the remote control. VHS recorders (early 1980s), then DVDs. the 2 most formidable challenges network programmers have faced: DVRs and Internet streaming.

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In what ways are advertisers using the Internet and programming to market their products?

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advertisers are now using the Internet to create and produce new short-form content of their own that marries sales message with entertainment. advertisers design their entertainment to appeal to their consumers and embed their message seamlessly into the entertainment itself.