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| Situation comedy | Media genre | Cheers |
A situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. Today, sitcoms are found almost exclusively on television as one of its dominant narrative forms. Sitcoms usually consist of recurring...
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Media genre | MythBusters |
Reality television is a genre of television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors. Although the genre has...
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| Teen drama | Media genre | My So-Called Life |
A teen drama is a television drama series that centers on teenage characters. The genre is relatively new, first appearing in the late 1980s. The shows are usually serial, starting when the characters are well into their teenage years (usually...
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| News | Website Category | Thames Valley Tonight |
News is any new information or information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience. News, the reporting of current information on television and radio, and in newspapers...
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| Radio format | CNN Newsroom | |||
| Industry | Squawk on the Street | |||
| Media genre | Fox & Friends | |||
| Broadcast Genre | America's Newsroom | |||
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Book Subject | Heroes |
Science fiction film is a film genre that uses speculative, science-based depictions of imaginary phenomena such as extra-terrestrial lifeforms, alien worlds, and time travel, often along with technological elements such as futuristic spacecraft,...
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| Computer Game Genre | Salvage 1 | |||
| Literary Genre | The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne | |||
| Website Category | Firefly | |||
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| Comic science fiction | Literary Genre | Mystery Science Theater 3000 |
Comic science fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction that exploits the genre's conventions for comic effect. Comic science fiction often mocks or satirizes standard SF conventions like alien invasion of earth, interstellar travel, or futuristic...
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| Media genre | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | |||
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| Thriller | Film genre | Monsters |
The thriller is a broad genre of literature, film, gaming and television. It includes numerous, often overlapping sub-genre.
Thrillers are characterized by fast pacing, frequent action, and resourceful hero who must thwart the plans of more...
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| Book Subject | Time Bomb 9/11 | |||
| Computer Game Genre | Asian Treasures | |||
| Literary Genre | Lupin | |||
| Game genre | Losing Gemma | |||
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| Cooking show | Turn Up the Heat with G. Garvin |
A TV cooking show is a television program that presents the preparation of food, in a kitchen on the studio set. The host of the show, usually a celebrity chef, prepares one or more dishes over the course of the show, taking the viewing audience...
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| Mockumentary | Film genre | The Office |
Mockumentary (also known as a pseudo-documentary), a portmanteau of mock and documentary, is a film and TV genre, or a single work of the genre. A mockumentary is one of the comedy genres, although there are serious mockumentaries. The mockumentary...
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| Media genre | Operation Good Guys | |||
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| Soap opera |
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Media genre | EastEnders |
A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television or radio. Programs described as soap operas have existed as an entertainment long enough for audiences to recognize them simply by the term soap. The name soap...
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| Adventure |
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Film genre | Supertrain |
Adventure Film is a film genre.
The adventure film reached its peak of popularity in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood, when films such as Captain Blood, The Adventures of Robin Hood and The Mark of Zorro were regularly made with major stars, notably Errol...
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| Media genre | Emergency +4 | |||
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| Children's television series | Media genre | Dora the Explorer |
Children's television series are television program designed for and marketed to child, normally broadcast during the morning and afternoon. The purpose of the shows is mainly to entertain and sometimes to educate the young audience about basic life...
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| Spy-fi | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. |
Spy-fi is a genre of spy fiction that includes elements of science fiction. It often uses a secret agent or superspy whose mission is a showcase of science fiction elements such as technology and ideas used for extortion, plots for world domination...
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| Fantasy |
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Book Subject | Roar |
Fantasy is a genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting. Fantasy is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of technological and...
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| Computer Game Genre | Get a Life | |||
| Literary Genre | Super Inggo | |||
| Website Category | Storm of the Century | |||
| Media genre | The Last Dragon | |||
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| Comedy-drama | Film genre | Boston Legal |
Comedy-drama, also called dramedy and dramatic-comedy, is a style of television and movie in which there is an equal, or nearly equal balance of humor and serious content.
Traditional western theatre, beginning with the ancient Greeks, was divided...
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| Media genre | Sports Night | |||
| Location | Moonlighting | |||
| TV Season | Northern Exposure | |||
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| Documentary | Media genre | Doctor Who Confidential |
A documentary is a creative work of non-fiction, including:
Related terms include:
The word documentary is also an adjective meaning "related to, or based on, document". For example:
Examples of Documentary being used as a title include:
list of...
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| Japanese television drama | Media genre | Orange Days |
, also called dorama (ドラマ), are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including romance, comedies, detective stories, horror, and many others. With a theme, there...
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| Medical drama | Media genre | House |
A medical drama is a television drama in which events center upon a hospital, an ambulance staff, or any medical environment. While not as popular as legal/crime drama, it is still easily identifiable occupational based drama.
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| Television drama series | Heroes |
Television drama series is a genre that deals with generally non-epic situations in a serious, dramatic manner. It has recently regained popularity in many countries of the world.
Drama series are distributed among these subgenres:
Drama
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| Talk show | Website Category | The Oprah Winfrey Show |
A talk show (American) or chat show (Global) is a television or radio program where one person or group of people come together to discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host. Sometimes, talk shows feature a panel of guests, usually...
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| Action-adventure | Computer Game Genre | Hanna-Barbera's World of Super Adventure |
Action-adventure is a genre that can include:
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| Action genre | Book Subject | Superjail |
The action genre is a class of creative works characterised by a greater emphasis on exciting action sequences than on character development or story-telling. The genre encompasses action film, action game and analogous media in other formats such...
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| Computer Game Genre | Manimal | |||
| Media genre | A.T.O.M. | |||
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| Variety show | Media genre | The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour |
A variety show or variety entertainment is an entertainment made up of a variety of acts, especially musical performances and comedy skit, and normally introduced by a compère or host. The variety format made its way from Victorian era stage to...
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| Live television |
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Media genre | All American New Year |
Live television refers to television broadcast in real time or on a short tape delay basis. It is used in the local news.
In general live television was more common for broadcasting content produced specifically for television in the early years of...
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| Interactive television |
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Media genre | Talang 2007 |
Interactive television (generally known as iTV) describes a number of techniques that allow viewers to interact with television content as they view it.
Interactive television represents a continuum from low interactivity (TV on/off, volume,...
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| News broadcasting |
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Media genre | Fox Report |
News broadcasting (also known as newscast or newsbreak) is the broadcasting of various news events and other information via television or radio. The content is usually either produced locally in a newsroom, or by a broadcast network. It may also...
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