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Which term best describes the financial arrangement that most TV producers and movie studios enter into to make prime-time TV shows?

A) Insane
B) Above-the-line costs
C) Deficit financing
D) Economy of scale Fill in the Blank

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In its early days, television drama drew on ____________ for many of its ideas, sets, actors, and directors.

A) The movies
B) Radio
C) New York theater
D) The music industry

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All syndicated programming consists of off-network reruns.

Anthologies did not last long on network TV because

Below-the-line costs for a TV program include the

The development of satellites in the 1970s allowed cable to

As a result of the number of cable offerings, the four major TV networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox)no longer attract a majority of the viewing audience, as ABC, CBS, and NBC did in the 1960s and 1970s.

Grey's Anatomy and CSI are both examples of chapter shows.

Which of the following was not a factor in the decline of network control of television?

The development of cable and satellite TV has helped fragment the audience.

In a television situation comedy

The talk show Oprah is an example of

In the landmark Midwest Video case, the U.S.Supreme Court ruled that the cable industry was a form of electronic publishing with the same First Amendment rights as print and broadcast.

In TV history, the "network era" refers to which time period?

An hour-long television newsmagazine show such as Dateline NBC and 60 Minutes costs about twice as much to produce as a typical hour-long drama.

In TV syndication, a barter deal involves exchanging a show for a percent of ad revenue.

The Closer is an example of a(n)

Most television shows live or die by advertising.

An Idaho teenager named Philo T.Farnsworth is credited with transmitting the first TV picture electronically.

Must-carry rules require cable operators to assign channels to and carry all local TV broadcasts on their systems.