MGMT 470 - Television Vocabulary

Streaming TV

Today's alternative to Cable TV is streaming with a wide range of choices (Netflix, Amazon, Apple TV, Hulu, and host of others).

table reading

when actors sit around a table to read the show, without the presence of an audience

reruns

when episodes are played again after they've already played for the first time

single-camera shooting

A technique of remote shooting that involves only one camera and is most often used for event recording.

Television Pitch

A concise verbal (and sometimes visual) presentation of an idea for a film or TV series generally made by a screenwriter or film director to a film producer or studio executive.

three camera shoot

In a basic type of shoot, all three cameras will have either one focal point with three different angles or three different focal points.

Carriage fee

Monthly fee per subscriber, which is normally paid by pay-TV service providers/platform operators to the channels they carry.

Broadcast TV

Television sent over airwaves as opposed to over cables.

cable TV

Television signals carried to households by cable and paid by subscription.

Showrunner

The person responsible for the day-to-day operation of a television series, often also the series creator and sometimes its chief scriptwriter as well.

Television Pilot

a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell the show to a television network

limited television series

a television show with a predetermined number of episodes telling a complete story arc, usually longer than a miniseries.

Scripted Television

all content that's produced with a script.

unscripted television

all content that's produced without a script.

premium cable

cable television channels offered to viewers for a fee above the cost of their basic subscription

Syndication

leasing TV stations or cable networks the exclusive right to air TV shows. Usually occurs after 100 first-run episodes of a TV show.

First run episodes

television show that is available for public viewing for the first time.

white schedule

the schedule that include, scene, actors and locations for an entire season of a show.