2. Genres:
• Science fiction – Star Trek, The Next Generation
• · Paranormal – X-Files
• · Hidden camera
• · Drama - serious TV movies about real problems in life
• · Crime – Sopranos
• · Cops and Robbers (policemen and criminals) – Hill
Street Blues, Cagney and Lacy, SWAT,
• · Fantasy – Dungeons and Dragons
• · Sports – Football, Basketball; Super Bowl, Sunday
Night Football
3. •
· Situation comedy "sitcom" - Frasier,
Cheers, Friends; Malcolm in the Middle
• · (Tabloid) talk show, Interview – Oprah Winfrey, Jay
Leno, David Letterman (Br. Chat show)
• · Medical drama - Dr. House, Grey’s anatomy
• · Superhero – Heroes, Hulk
• · Reality TV - Big Brother, The Fly on The Wall
• · Soap opera – Dallas, Gossip Girl, General Hospital
• · Variety show – Saturday Night Live, i.e. A theatrical
entertainment consisting of successive unrelated acts, such as
songs, dances, and comedy skits.
4. • Serial drama - Lost
• · Cartoons – Tom & Jerry, Mickey Mouse
• · Documentary – National Geographic, History
• · News – CNN, BBC World, Voice of America
• · mini-series - A televised dramatic production, as of
a novel or film, shown in a short number of episodes.
• Travel or holiday programmes
• Makeover
• Cookery ·
• Fishing and hunting
5. Other vocabulary
words:
• ·A commercial - an advertisement on TV
• · A couch potato - a person who watches TV all day on the sofa.
• · Flip through the channels, channel hop – to change channels frequently
• · prime-time – the best time to watch TV, between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM every
night
• · to broadcast - To transmit (a radio or television program) for public or general
use.
• · Episode - A separate program that is part of a television or radio series.
• · Anchorman> news presenter (also known as newsreader, newscaster,
anchorman or ... a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio
or the Internet.
• · Talk show host - A person, such as Jay Leno, David Letterman or Oprah
Winfrey, who is the main speaker of a talk show.
• · Leading actors - The main actors in a TV series.
6. Speaking
• How many types of TV programmes can you
name in English?
• Which type do you like best?
• What is one of your favourite TV shows?
• What do you usually watch on TV?
• What kind of TV shows do you not like? Why?
• Do you think TV is educational?
7. • Do you think we spend too much time watching TV?
• What do you think of TV shows that are designed to "discover
new talents?
• Does TV make a person passive? Does TV take away a
person's ability to think for himself or herself?
• Do you think it is good for children to watch TV?
• Could you live without TV for a week?
• If you couldn't watch TV at home but had to stay there, what
would you do?
• What TV commercials do you like? Why?
A presentation by Dulce Rosales
SOURCE: http://www.madridteacher.com/English/television-speaking.htm
