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Comparison Of TV Shows And Jeopardy

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In 1928, the first T.V. show The Queen’s Messenger aired. Since then, television has flourished and still continues to grow. Eighty-seven years ago, shows consisted of one genre and only lasted a couple of episodes. Only the classic drama, comedy, romance, action, and adventure genres existed. Today, television shows portray a little bit of every classic genre and some new ones. Game, put-your-hands-up, science fiction, and medical shows consist of a few of the on television. Game shows are the ones that maximize mental engagement. These shows will have a “teacher” that asks questions or hosts the show. The “students” consist of the contestants that have to either figure out the answer or choose the best answer offered. In the show Jeopardy, …show more content…

The put-your-hands-up shows are about the dramatized lives of cops. These shows solve crimes by figuring out what happened, who committed the crime, and the motive behind it. Basically all the put-your-hands-up shows fit into the same plot line, but the area upon which the crime happens in is different for each show. For example, in NCIS the show happens around the death of sailors. In Rizzoli and Isles, crime in Boston makes up the show. Other shows in this category include Castle, Criminal Minds, Law and Order, and all types of …show more content…

Vampires, werewolves, zombies, ghosts, demons, angels, time lords, hybrids and witches make up of a few of the many creatures in this category. These shows blew open a whole new type of scary, creepy monsters to have nightmares about. The creators of these shows try to make the monsters seem as real as possible. The existence of the monsters fits in with stories and tales told in reality. Normally these shows will have anywhere between three to twelve seasons. Not only do these shows have sci-fi genres, but also romance and drama are intertwined throughout all of the seasons. In Supernatural, the main characters live their lives as hunters who travel around the United States hunting demons, angels, and any other creature the show’s creators can come up with. Vampire Diaries tells the love-triangle tale of two brothers, Damon and Stefan, and a young girl, Elena, who happens to have a doppelganger the brothers fell in love with a few centuries before the brothers met Elena. More examples of this category consist of Teen Wolf, Being Human, Doctor Who, Merlin, The Walking Dead, and

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The “I Love Lucy” show and “The Andy Griffith Show” are two older TV shows that have some similarities, but are generally very different from one another. Both of these TV shows were very popular and both ranked among the top most-watched TV shows in the United States. These television series’ have had a major impact on the television industry and the countless people that have watched them. “I Love Lucy” began in 1951 and lasted for 6 years, until 1957. Even to this day, this black and white film is still a very popular and influential TV show back from the 50's.

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Television today is basically unrecognizable compared to 40-50 years ago and in the best way possible. In the article, “From Wasteland to Wonderland: TV’s Altered Landscape”, Jeff Greenfield discusses his opinion on how TV has evolved through the years. He proves his points using many different forms of rhetoric. In this article which is aimed towards the American people who own a TV, he discusses, with a passionate tone, the history of TV and how it has changed over the years and through doing this he explains how it has literally gone from a wasteland to a wonderland. There are 2 main forms of rhetoric that Greenfield uses to get his point across which include his tone throughout the article and his use of appeals such as pathos, ethos and

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