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Jim Show 2020

This document categorizes and defines different subgenres of factual TV programming such as reality shows, news, documentaries, makeover shows, review shows, chat shows and magazine shows. It provides examples for each subgenre like Big Brother for reality shows, BBC News for news, Blue Planet for documentaries, and Top Gear for review shows. It then compares and contrasts the expectations for bias, accuracy and obligations to viewers for different types of shows like comedy shows, news programs and review shows using The Graham Norton Show, BBC News and Top Gear as examples.

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Jim Show 2020

This document categorizes and defines different subgenres of factual TV programming such as reality shows, news, documentaries, makeover shows, review shows, chat shows and magazine shows. It provides examples for each subgenre like Big Brother for reality shows, BBC News for news, Blue Planet for documentaries, and Top Gear for review shows. It then compares and contrasts the expectations for bias, accuracy and obligations to viewers for different types of shows like comedy shows, news programs and review shows using The Graham Norton Show, BBC News and Top Gear as examples.

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Subgenres of factual TV: Reality, News,

Documentary, Make over show, Review Show,


Chat Show, Magazine show, Discussion.

Reality: X-Factor, Big Brother, Come Dine with Me

News: BBC News, C4 News, Sky News, RTE


News

Documentary: Blue Planet, The Great War,


Britain From Above

Make over show: Hoarder Next Door, The Great


Interior Design Challenge, Grand Designs

Review show: Top Gear, The Gadget Show,


Master Chef

Talk show: Jeremy Kyle Show, Room 101

Magazine show: Graham Norton Show, Jonathan


Ross Show, Alan Carr Chatty Man
Graham Norton vs BBC News vs Top Gear
Bias, Accuracy, Contract with Viewer

Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show


does not have to be too concerned about bias as
the show is a comedy show so therefore can joke
around certain subjects and people on the show
are allowed to be bias in their opinion. Accuracy as
well isn't taken too serious as long as the
inaccuracies are clearly used in the context of a
joke. The contract with the viewer on this show is
also not taken as serious as the viewers are not
watching the show for any reason other than
entertainment, so the show does not have to be
too concerned about providing the viewer with
facts or current affairs.

BBC News – BBC News is a news channel so it


has to be extra careful around the three topics, the
presenter is not supposed to be bias as the news
is meant to report facts, same goes with accuracy
news channels should not take sources from
inaccurate sources. The most important thing
about the news is the contract with the viewers as
the viewers support the news channel in exchange
the news provides the viewers with facts and
reliable sources.

Top Gear – Top Gear is in the middle ground of all


of these topics as the hosts of the show often joke
around and don’t things all that serious, but on the
other hand it is a review show and to honour the
contract with the viewers they have to review the
cars in an accurate way and try to be unbiased in
doing so.

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