TV Scheduling

 

 

TV Scheduling

 

The schedule for each day can be broken down into clear segments. How could you catagorize these segements?

• Morning
• Daytime
• Primetime
• Evening

Who are the target audience for these segments?

 

Morning - Parents, People who go to work

Daytime - Older Audience

Primetime - Mature Adults

Evening - The younger adult/ Teens

 

What would you say are the most popular genres on television?

• Soaps
• Drama's
• Documentaries
• Reality TV

Who is the target audience of each terrestial channel? Give examples of scheduled programmes to support your views.

BBC 1 - Targets everyone as an audience an example of this would be "The One Show"
BBC2 - Older more mature audience as it shows documentaries mainly historical pieces i.e "The 70's"
ITV1 - More Mature Audience as it heavily shows soaps during primetime hours such as "Emmerdale" and "Coronation Street"
Channel 4 - Young Adults/ Teens Shows more relatable programmes like "Educating Yorkshire" & "The Fried Chicken Shop"
Channel 5 - Male Audience showing programmes such as worlds strongest man and the gadget show also actions films such as the punisher or point break

Roughly what percentage of each channel's schedules is taken up with repeats? Why do you think this is?

BBC One 0-5%
BBC Two 10%
ITV1 - 10%
Channel 4 10%
Channel 5 30%

The terrestrial BBC Channels would show less repeats as it is tax funded so they would want to provide the audience new programmes to watch on a regular basis.

Which channels have more imported programmes in their schedules? Why do you think this might be?

Channel 5 are known for importing most of their programmes as other channels are more established and attempt to provide viewers with top US Drama's to try and get an edge over the other terrestrial channels.

What do you understand by the term 'the watershed' and where does this occur in the schedules?

 

The watershed is the time of the evening (9pm) where swearing and matured themed programmes can be shown with no legal repercussion.