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Television Programme Formats

A television programme is a segment of content intended to broadcast on television, other than a commercial, trailer, or any other segment of content not serving as attraction for viewership. It may be a single production or a series of related productions. It is also called a television series. 

A programme can be either recorded, as on video tape or other various electronic media forms, or considered live television. Television programming may be fictional (as in comedies and dramas), or non-fictional (as in documentary, news, and reality television). It may be topical (as in the case of a local newscast and some made-for television movies), or historical (as in the case of many documentaries and fictional series). They could be primarily instructional or educational, or entertaining as is the case in situation comedy and game shows. 

 Television news: A television program depicting real, up-to-date events. Eg: News at Noon- NDTV, 

 Current Affairs: Broadcast journalism where the emphasis is on detailed analysis and discussion of a news story. Eg: Panorama-BBC, 

 Television Documentaries: A documentary is a feature-length or near-feature length film depicting a real-world event or person, told in a journalistic style (if told in a literary narrative style the result is often a docudrama). The aims of documentary are to enlighten, arouse and motivate or simply to entertain. Eg: The Times of Harvey Milk- BBC, Your Rubbish, Our Hope-BBC 

 Interview Programmes: Interview programmes are of various types. Personality interviews are in which the attempt is to probe well known film personalities, literary figures etc. In content interviews message rather than personalities is of prime importance. Eg: Nere Chowe- Manorama News, Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan- Doordarshan 

 Quiz programmes and game shows: These shows are popular because of audience participation. Most of the quiz programmes and game shows are studio oriented. Advertisers sponsors and provides prices for these programmes. Eg: University Challenge- BBC, Deal or No Deal- Surya TV 

 Children’s programmes: They are defined as programmes specially made for and offered to children at certain special times. Cartoons, puppet shows, educational items are some of the items that make up children’s show. Eg: Kutty Pattalam- Surya TV, Cartoon Time- Asianet 

 Programmes for farmers and industrial workers: These cater to the special interests of rural and urban workers, and are largely instructional. Eg: Kissan Krishi Deepam- Asianet, Naattu Pacha- Manorama News 

 Reality shows: A purportedly unscripted show featuring non-actors interacting with each other or dealing with invented or contrived challenges, such as competing against others for a prize. Eg: Big Boss- Colors, D for Dance- Mazhavil Manorama 

 Television serials: A television series that is intended to comprise a limited number of episodes may be called a miniseries or serial. Eg: Ye Hai Mohabattin- Star Plus, Amma- Asianet. Some of the serials extend for years, called mega serials. They are also known as soap operas. 

 Cooking show: A type of television show that presents food preparation in a kitchen studio set. Typically, the show's host, who is often a celebrity chef, prepares one or more dishes over the course of an episode. The chef takes the viewing audience through the food's inspiration, preparation, and stages of cooking. Eg: Magic Oven- Kairali TV 

 Women’s programmes: They are defined as programmes specially made for and offered to women. Eg: Valkannadi-Asianet 

 Discussions and debates: It is the contention in argument, dispute, controversy especially the discussion of questions of public interest. Eg: Kerala Summit- Media One.



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