TV scheduling.

The schedule for each day can be broken down into clear segments. How would you categorise these segments?

• Breakfast.
• Daytime.
• Childs.
• Peaktime (family) 7pm - 9pm.
• Adults 9pm.

Who are the target audience for these segments?

• Catering for a spread of audiences. Depending on each channel.
• Homemakers, unemployed, students.
• Children.
• Family.
• Adults.

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

• News.
• Soap operas.
• Sitcoms.
• Game shows.
• Films.
• Reality shows.
• Dramas.

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

• BBC1 - everyone ( mass broadcasting). Direct competatives with ITV1.
• BBC2 - educated audience (minority). Direct competatives with channel 4.
• ITV1 - everyone (mass broadcasting). Direct competatives with BBC1.
• Channel 4 - Young adults/teenagers and educated adults. Direct competatives with BBC2.
• Five - everyone (mass broadcasting).

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

• Rare to get repeats at prime-time viewing. It is cheap as well.

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

• Channel 4 - USA - everybody loves Raymond.
• Five - USA - CSI. Austrailia - Neighbours.

What do you understand by the term 'the watershed' and where does this occor in the scheldules?

• 'Shed' audience - get rid of kids.
• More adult viewing.
• It is 9pm technically but has shifted to 10pm.