Television in the United States
Television in the United States is an important part of the local media landscape and is one of the leading media. 96.7 percent of households in the U.S. own at least one television set.
History
Since the late 1930s, a number of possibilities for television programs have been developed. A broad segment of the population have been made available this early 1950s through the media corporations Radio Corporation of America (a company of NBC) and CBS. After a flood of applications for new broadcasting licenses in the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this was the moment to no more requests, so that the end of the 1950s, only a few dozen stations sent a program, mainly on the areas of the east and west coast. The popularity of television grew explosively after the FCC allowed the applications again. At this time, around 1955, about half of all U.S. households had a television. Most of them were black and white devices, since color televisions were expensive and only sent a few channels in color until the 1960s.
Many of the programs of the time were television adaptations of well-established radio shows of the 1930s and 1940s. Were very popular at that time comedy shows and sitcoms like I Love Lucy, My Little Margie and I Married Joan. This shifted their focus increasingly on television, as it was much easier to represent the joke by use of gestures, facial expressions and situation comedy ( slapstick ). Also, many Short films like Looney Tunes and The Three Stooges originally shown in theaters have been sent. Other popular genres at the time were talk shows (The Jack Paar Show), Western, suspense thrillers ( The Twilight Zone ) and soap operas. The success of the popular genres of the Radio Times Big Band transmissions could while watching TV for the most part not continue. An exception to this was the Lawrence Welk Show, which ran from 1951 to 1982 and is frequently repeated to this day. The popular Saturday morning cartoons were broadcast at that time the first time.
In the early 1980s the concept of pay-TV became increasingly popular. 1987 had 30 percent of all households have a subscription. However, this also led to difficulties, since a growing number of providers also meant a greater distribution of the audience to these and thereby for the suppliers has become increasingly difficult to attract a critical mass of its own. In response, increased the number of popular among spectators soap operas and game shows, while other genres have been increasingly displaced and increasingly disappeared. Also increased the number of "Daily Talk" shows, many of which, however, were again discontinued in the late 1990s and replaced by court shows. At about this time, the range of the television with 98.4 percent was the highest.
Since the beginning of the 21st century come in the television landscape increasingly Reality Shows added, as these are able to produce relatively cheap. Meanwhile, all four major media companies (CBS, NBC, ABC and FOX) in every season at least one long-lived reality show in the program.
Channel
The television program is, at least as far as the daily routine, with most major broadcasters alike.
On weekdays newscasts are shown mainly in the morning. The most famous include at CBS CBS This Morning, The Today Show on NBC, and ABC Good Morning America. The newscasters of these items are prominent in the population and are often known as the "face of the sender ." News magazines like 60 Minutes and 20/20 (ABC) run late in the afternoon in the program.
Other stations show at this time often court shows or repeats known, older shows like I Love Lucy.
During the day the program is different.
Often, game shows are sent who have a high priority in the U.S. and have been partially adapted for German television. The best-known are Family Feud ( Family Feud ), The Price is Right ( The Price is Right ) and Match Game ( frills, dot dot dot ). Even reruns of popular game shows of the 1950s and 1960s such as What's My Line? (What am I? ) Are often shown.
Popular soap operas like General Hospital ( ABC), The Young and the Restless (CBS ) and The Bold and the Beautiful ( also CBS ) are found predominantly in the late morning program the transmitter. These shows are usually very durable ( General Hospital was erstausgestrahlt on April 1, 1963) and thus very important for the audience loyalty of the transmitters.
Late in the afternoon of the television talk shows dominated. There is a distinction between daytime talk shows such as The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Wendy Williams Show and The Queen Latifah Show, in which a host is in talks with most prominent guests, and lifestyle talk shows such as Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil and Steve Harvey show, where the focus is on giving guests and spectators in health, rarer even financial problems advice.
The prime time is determined predominantly by sitcoms. The most famous include The Simpsons, How I Met Your Mother and The Big Bang Theory. Repetitions of already settled sitcoms like King of Queens, That 70 's Show, Seinfeld, Friends, Cheers, Two and a Half Men and The Cosby Show run daily at this time. Many of these shows are synchronized in many other countries and became world- known result. Entertainment programs such as Mythbusters are broadcast at that time.
Late in the evening are the most watched programs late-night shows. The most famous include Late Night with David Letterman and The Tonight Show (both NBC).
On weekends, the program is significantly different. Here are some popular shows like Saturday Night Live, Face the Nation and This Week significantly more viewers than the rest of the television landscape at this time.
Regulation
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC ) is responsible for the regulation of public broadcasters. It issues licenses to the local television stations that meet their public service educational mission in return and must comply with the rules of the FCC. This includes, among other things, that the television station zwischen 6 und 22 clock clock may emit any obscene material. Although the public channels outside these times - and private channels all day - by law are not subject to restrictions on the broadcast content, nudity and profanity on U.S. television are rarely seen because the transmitter feared broadcasting such material could either scare off advertisers, and on the other hand encourage the government to tighten laws and controls. An exception are certain channels such as Playboy TV, in which the content can be seen only at the conclusion of a premium subscription.
Cable television is hardly regulated practically by the FCC. One of the few rules that need to comply with these stations, include the encrypted transmission via cable and satellite, and compliance with the broadcasting rights for the respective contents (Since the copyright laws in the U.S. were comparatively negligent towards the owner until 1976, many programs are now broadcast public domain and can be freely and without special permission ). Moreover, providers, public service broadcasters must also include in their offerings, and assign them low program numbers.