American Television: Formats, Values and Popularity TV IN AMERICA

What Will We Learn? What genres does American Television offer? What are the most popular Television Networks? What are the most popular Television shows in all the different genres? What TV shows are more popular among men, women, teens and children? Are there any other forms of Television?

TOP TELEVISION NETWORKS #1 ABC with million viewers #2 FOX with million viewers #3 CBS with million viewers #4 NBC with million viewers #5 Univision with million viewers #6 The CW with.878 million viewers

GENRES Comedy Informational Reality Drama Food Animation Horror Music Family Late Nite Sports News International

NETWORKS THAT SHOW ALL GENRES ABC -Grey’s Anatomy -Dancing With The Stars -Modern Family NBC -Saturday Night Live -The Voice -Chicago Fire FOX -Empire -Family Guy -American Idol

NETWORKS THAT SHOW ALL GENRES CBS -Survivor -The Big Bang Theory -Criminal Minds The CW -Vampire Diaries -Supernatural -Jane The Virgin

COMEDY Comedy Central -South Park -Broad City -Workaholics TBS -FRIENDS -Seinfeld -American Dad

DRAMA SHOWTIME -Homeland -Dexter HBO -Game of Thrones -Girls -True Detective Lifetime/WE -Dance Moms -Devious Maids

HORROR FX -American Horror Story A&E -Bates Motel

LATE NITE The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (NBC) The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS) Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) Conan (TBS)

INFORMATIONAL Discovery -Moonshiners -Naked & Afraid A&E -Duck Dynasty -Bad Ink TLC -Cake Boss -Long Island Medium

INFORMATIONAL History Channel -Pawn Stars Animal Planet -Finding Bigfoot -Puppy Bowl Travel Channel -Bizarre Foods -Ghost Adventures

FOOD Food Network -Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives -Chopped Cooking Channel -Rev Run’s Sunday Suppers -Restaurant Redemption

MUSIC VH1 -Love & Hip-Hop FUSE -Ex Wives of Rock MTV2

SPORTS ESPN ESPN2 NBCSN NFL NETWORK NHL NETWORK NBA TV MLB NETWORK

REALITY E! -Keeping Up With the Kardashians -Eric & Jesse The Bachelor The Real Housewives The Voice

ANIMATION Family Guy The Simpsons The Cleveland Show Bob’s Burgers American Dad South Park

FAMILY ABC Family -The Fosters -Switched At Birth

NEWS CNN FOX News HLN

INTERNATIONAL Univision BBC America

WHAT MEN WATCH… Top Shows on Broadcast Netwoks (ABC,NBC,FOX) -American Idol (FOX) -Family Guy (FOX) -The Simpsons (FOX) Top Shows on Cable -WWE RAW (USA) -Workaholics (Comedy Central) -Tosh.0 (Comedy Central)

WHAT WOMEN WATCH… American Horror Story The Walking Dead Sons of Anarchy Pretty Little Liars Veep Scandal

WHAT TEENS & KIDS WATCH… MTV -Awkward -Teen Mom -Catfish Nickelodeon -Spongebob Squarepants -The Thundermans Disney Channel -Jessie -Austin & Ally

OTHER FORMS OF TELEVISION Netflix -Orange Is The New Black -The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt HULU

WHAT WE LEARNED/ CONCLUSION ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, The CW, and Univision are the most popular broadcast networks in America. There are many varieties of shows for people to watch when they come to America whether they are interested in comedy, drama, sports, news or many other topics There is more than one form of watching TV, including Netflix and Hulu.

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