A news program, news programme, news show, or newscast is a regularly scheduled radio or television program that reports current

events. News is typically reported in a series of individual stories that are presented by one or more anchors. A news program can include live or recorded interviews by field reporters, expert opinions, opinion poll results, and occasional editorial content. A special category of news programs are entirely editorial in format. These host polemic debates between pundits of various ideological philosophies. In the early twenty first century news programs, especially those of commercial networks, tended to become less oriented on hard news, and often regularly included "feel good stories" or humorous reports as the last items on their newscasts, as opposed to news programs transmitted thirty years earlier, such as the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite. !rom their beginnings until around "##$, evening television news broadcasts continued featuring serious news stories right up to the end of the program, as opposed to later broadcasts with such anchors as %atie &ouric, 'rian (illiams, and )iane *awyer. Reality television +also known as reality show, is a television programming genre that presents unscripted and humorous situations, documents actual events and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors. -uch of reality television programming falls into a subcategory as certain collections of shows within the genre use specific themes and focuses or incorporate elements from other genres, i.e., reality documentaries, reality game shows, reality legal programming.."/ 0eality television began in "#12 with Alan !unt3s T4 series &andid &amera..5/ The genre exploded as a phenomenon around "###65777 with the success of such television series as Big Brother and Survivor.."/ 8rograms in the reality television genre are often are produced in a television series. )ocumentaries, television news and sports television are usually not classified as reality shows. 0eality television offers viewers a glimpse into the lives of people that might otherwise not be seen. It can also be seen as a platform for the sub9ects of the programs, to clear up misconceptions, and show their story or struggle. .1/ The genre covers a wide range of television programming formats, from game show or :ui; shows which resemble the frantic, <apanese variety shows produced in <apan in the "#27s and "##7s +such as Gaki no tsukai,, to surveillance or voyeurism focused productions such as Big Brother.."/ 0eality television fre:uently portrays a modified and highly influenced form of day to day life, at times utili;ing sensationalism to attract audience viewers and increase advertising revenue..=/.$/.>/ 8articipants are often placed in exotic locations or abnormal situations,."/ and are often persuaded to act in specific scripted ways by off screen "story editors" or "segment television producers", with the portrayal of events and speech manipulated and contrived to create an illusion of reality through direction and post production editing techni:ues..=/.$/.>/ A miniseries +also mini-series, is a television show production which tells a single story in a limited number of episodes. The number of episodes is variable? however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season +"1 weeks,..citation needed/ 'efore the invention of this term in the @*A, such a production was always known as a "serial". The use of the term "miniseries" is still generally limited to North America. 4arious 'ritish

television productions dating from the "#$7s onwards fit the definition of miniseries, but in 'ritain these are referred to as "serials".
The term "miniseries" is used to refer to a single finite story told in separately broadcast episodes. Before the term was coined, such a form was always called a "serial", in the same way that a novel appearing in episodes in successive editions of magazines or newspapers is called a serial. Several commentators have offered further qualifications. Leslie alliwell and !hilip !urser argue that miniseries tend to "appear in four to si" episodes of various lengths",#$% whilst Stuart &unningham defines them as, "a limited run program of more than two and less than the $'(part season or half (season bloc) associated with serial or series programming."#*% +rancis ,heen states, "Both soap operas and primetime series cannot afford to allow their leading characters to develop, since the shows are made with the intention of running indefinitely. -n a miniseries on the other hand, there is a clearly defined beginning, middle, and end, .as in a conventional play or novel/ enabling characters to change, mature, or die as the serial proceeds."#*%

0 game show is a type of radio or television programming genre in which contestants, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and1or prizes. The contestants are sometimes invited from a pool of public applicants. 2n some shows contestants compete against other players or another team while other shows involve contestants playing alone for a good outcome or a high score. 3ame shows often reward players with prizes such as cash, trips and goods and services provided by the show4s sponsor prize suppliers, who in turn usually do so for the purposes of product placement. 5any of the prizes awarded on game shows are provided through product placement6 although in some cases, they are provided by private organizations or purchased at either the full price or at a discount by the show. There is the widespread use of "promotional consideration", in which a game show receives a subsidy from an advertiser in return for awarding that manufacturer4s product as a prize or consolation prize. Some products supplied by manufacturers may not be intended to be awarded at all, and are instead 7ust used as part of the gameplay .such as the low(priced items used in several !ricing 3ames of The Price Is Right/.

A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with 9okes as part of the dialogue. *uch programs originated in radio, but today, sitcoms are found mostly on television as one of its dominant narrative forms. A situation comedy television programme may be recorded in front of a studio audience. The effect of a live studio audience can be imitated by the use of a laugh track. As opposed to stand up comedy and sketch comedy, a situation comedy has a storyline and ongoing characters in, essentially, a comedic drama. The situation is usually that of a family, workplace, or a group of friends through comedic se:uences.

Traditionally comedy sketches were presented within a variety show and mixed with musical performances, as in vaudeville. The emerging mass medium of radio allowed audiences to regularly return to programmes, so programmes could feature the same characters and situations each episode and expect audiences to be familiar with them. *itcom humor is often character driven and by its nature running gags evolve during a series. Aften the status :uo of the situation is maintained from episode to episode. An episode may feature a disruption to the usual situation and the character interactions, but this will usually be settled by the episode3s end and the situation returned to how it was prior to the disruption. These episodes are then linked by the overarching storyline, driving the show forward.