Los Angeles (LAX)1/16The Sopranoscreated by David Chase, Italian-American who grew up in New Jersey and suffered similar ailments as Tony Sopranocontains more feature film techniques than most showsuses similar shots repeatedly (kitchen, Satin Dolls, etc.)uses actors who are not strongly identified in another roleTelevisiontelevision has a lot more facial close-ups than feature filmsviewers develop an intimate relationship with characters on the show as they watch them age over the yearssoundtracks on feature films have much less talking, while television is much more talkativetelevision does not necessarily have an enigma that needs to be solved like feature films; in television there is problematic that occurs amongst the characterswe relate to television actors/actresses personallydiegetic (characters can hear music) vs. non-diegetic (characters cannot hear music1/23Prominent Women in TelevisonThe Carol Burnett Show (1967-1978)Phyllis Diller (1963-1977)Roseanne Barr (1988-1997): stand up comedy and The Roseanne ShowTina Fey: SNL (1997-2006), Mean Girls (2004), 30 Rock, wrote the book BossypantsKristen Wiig: SNL (2005-2012), BridesmaidsDiablo Cody: published book about being a stripper, wrote “Juno” and teamed up with Steven Spielberg to create the show “The United States of Tara”Jenji Kohan: created the show “Weeds” on Showtime (Showtime is known for a greater association with women than HBO)Mindy KalingDaughter of professionals from India (Tamil and Bengali), immigrants, real name is Vera Chokalingam, attended private school in Cambridge and then went on to Dartmouth, wrote a satirical play called “Matt and Ben” about Matt Damon and Ben Affleck about Good Will HuntingBecause of the strength of “Matt and Ben” she was hired to write episodes for “The Office” and played part of Kelly Kapoor, directed by season 6 and received executive producer credit and got a development deal with NBCProducer and star of “The Mindy Project” on FoxLena DunhamProtestant, Mayflower father and Jewish Bohemian mother, attended exclusive New York girls school and Oberlin College for creative writing, produced “Tiny Furniture” which was a huge success at Sundance, teamed with Judd Apatow and Nora Ephron on “Girls” for HBOWhy did HBO and Fox give them these1/30 Friday Night LightsH.G. “Buzz” BissingerAward winning JournalistMoved to Odessa, Texas with his family for the entire year in 1988Sports as the epic story line of our timeWhole community devoted to high school football- few other things to live for in OdessaPoverty and unemploymentRacial tensions in town, on team, deep segregationBisinger’s BooksShattered Glass3 Nights on AugustUnusual deal to save showNBC Universal produces the show for DirectTV for three more seasonsPremiers on DireTV 101 Channel, now audience channel; commercial freeFew months later shown on NBCToday NBC owns Comcast; so unlikely to partner with a satellite channel2/6 Live Event TVTV about TVtelevision has power to manufacture televisable cultural events – event shows have proliferated in the last two decadescultural prizes have long history, but modern televised events emphasize “the nation” watching together across time zones; announcing where talent was born and raisedaward shows are a way of legitimizing Hollywoodalso a performance by the industry for the industryappointment viewing; red carpet; live transmissiontweeting, FB messaging and news feeds; substitute for “live appointment viewing” or enhancementCuriosityValue in events seen live – to conquer time shifting, skipping commercials – how would you characterize ads shown during Emmy’s?Part horserace part runway show – fashion brands everywhere, swag, festivals of consumptionMix of stand up, sketch, and variety showDrama of mishaps, drunkenness, trouble reading teleprompterInterrupted speeches, forgotten thank yousHumble brags…Ceremony/RitualHow does TV alter events? Difference between televise and non-televised athletics?Blackout gives us a great example of thisRitualistic: opening, flag bearing, national anthems on podiumBroadcast provides interpretation and contextualizationAudience shots; technology celebrationIncreased emphasis on mothers, personal bios, overcoming adversity, history of U.S. performance in sportWhat sorts of contexts for athletes are included?The Nielsen Companysells proprietary (privately owned) information (statistical representations of the audience) to broadcast networks, local TV stations, advertising agencies, market research films, cable networks, multi cable systems operators, satellite TV providersskewed to the interests of its clientsproblematicnot a demographically reliable sample, but agreed-upon standard of measurementbetween players in TV industrystandard for Internet measurement uncertainTermsdiary: self reported record of family viewing - cheaper, flawed56 metered marketspeople meter: attached to TV set tuner recording what is watched, when set is on also remote to prompt entry of who is in the room watching (and when everyone has left)Rating is just one of the Nielsen Statsrating based on all the households with a TVrating: estimated percentage of the universe of all TV households watching a program1% of this total number equals 1 rating point1,142,000 = last count August 2012 of TV household in U.S.Nielsen Percentagesshare is based on all the TVs turned on at that time or day partshare (of audience): the percent of households with a television set turned on in a specific area at a specific timeReviewratings are percent of all TV householdsshares are percent if all TV households onMore Data for Scalepublicized "horse race" data tiny subset of what is collected by Nielsensliced and diced for particular target marketsexpensive subscription2/13 Police Siege vs. State of the UnionDrawbacks to Breaking Newscompetitive coveragenational vs. local affiliatesradio/online vs. TVenvironment for advertisinginability to predict scheduleState of the UnionCeremonial live eventAnalyzed like a sporting event – antagonistsLots of pre-game strategySkews olderLike news itself, increasingly personalized storiesFamilies of shooting victims presentRating based on all the households with a TVEstimated percentage of the universe of all TV households watching a program, 1% of this total number is worth 1 rating pointMultiply 1 point times 1,142,000 to get number of households from ratingHouseholds with a TV are always lower than