"of IGN disliked the previous season but said that season 5 ""is far more balanced""; Busch gave season 5 episodes ratings between 5.5 and 9, with an average rating of 8.0. She also noted that the show has ""matured"" by including other women in the main cast. Tom Gliatto from ""People"" gave the season 3 out of 4 stars, stating that it is ""bright and obvious as a cartoon, yet written with a clean, precise patter of jokes"". At the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, ""The Big Bang Theory"" was nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series, but ""Modern Family"" on ABC won."
"television genre. The first such show was the 2003 American series ""The Joe Schmo Show"". Other examples are ""My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss"" (modeled after ""The Apprentice""), ""My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance"", ""Hell Date"" (modeled after ""Blind Date""), ""Superstar USA"" (modeled after ""American Idol""), ""Bedsitcom"" (modeled after ""Big Brother""), ""Space Cadets"" (which convinced the hoax targets that they were being flown into space), ""Invasion Iowa"" (in which a town was convinced that William Shatner was filming a movie there) and ""Reality Hell"" (which featured a different target and premise every episode). Other hoax shows are not intended for comedic effect"
"U.S. television science fiction U.S. television science fiction is a popular genre of television in the United States that has produced many of the best-known and most popular science fiction shows in the world. Most famous of all, and one of the most influential science-fiction series in history, is the iconic """" and its various spin-off shows, which comprise the Star Trek franchise. Other hugely influential programs have included the 1960s anthology series ""The Twilight Zone,"" the internationally successful ""The X-Files,"" and a wide variety of television movies and continuing series for more than half a century. The first popular"
"the other genres on the major U.S. networks. Examples include ""The Bachelor"", its spin-off ""The Bachelorette"",""Temptation Island"", ""Average Joe"", ""Flavor of Love"" (a dating show featuring rapper Flavor Flav that led directly and indirectly to over 10 spinoffs), ""The Cougar"" and ""Love in the Wild"". In ""Married by America"", contestants were chosen by viewer voting. This is one of the older variants of the format; shows such as ""The Dating Game"" that date to the 1960s had similar premises (though each episode was self-contained, and not the serial format of more modern shows). In this category, the competition revolves around"
"in 2004. U.S. television science fiction U.S. television science fiction is a popular genre of television in the United States that has produced many of the best-known and most popular science fiction shows in the world. Most famous of all, and one of the most influential science-fiction series in history, is the iconic """" and its various spin-off shows, which comprise the Star Trek franchise. Other hugely influential programs have included the 1960s anthology series ""The Twilight Zone,"" the internationally successful ""The X-Files,"" and a wide variety of television movies and continuing series for more than half a century. The"
"as police, crime, detective dramas, horror, or thriller shows. As well, there are also other variants of the drama genre, such as medical dramas and daytime soap operas. Science fiction shows can fall into either the drama or action category, depending on whether they emphasize philosophical questions or high adventure. Comedy is a popular genre which includes situation comedy (sitcom) and animated shows for the adult demographic such as ""South Park"". The least expensive forms of entertainment programming genres are game shows, talk shows, variety shows, and reality television. Game shows feature contestants answering questions and solving puzzles to win"
"""The Big Bang Theory""). In France, the series premiered to 4.9 million viewers (a 21 percent audience share) and averaged 3.1 million viewers during its first season. According to a ""Business Insider"" report, ""Quantico"" was the 12th-most popular TV show of 2016 based on ratings, peer-to-peer sharing, social-media chatter and viewer demand. By winning the People's Choice Award for Favorite Actress in a New TV Series at the 42nd People's Choice Awards, Chopra became the first South Asian to win a People's Choice Award. Quantico (TV series) Quantico is an American television drama thriller series which aired on the American"
"Tyson states that the new series will contain both new material and updated versions of topics in the original series, but primarily, will service the “needs of today’s population"". “We want to make a program that is not simply a sequel to the first, but issues forth from the times in which we are making it, so that it matters to those who is this emergent 21st century audience.” Tyson considered that recent successes of science-oriented shows like ""The Big Bang Theory"" and """", along with films like ""Gravity"", showed that ""science has become mainstream"" and expects ""Cosmos"" ""will land"
"list. In 2011, IGN named ""Arrested Development"" the ""funniest show of all time"". Its humor has been cited as a key influence on later single-camera sitcoms such as ""30 Rock"" and ""Community"". ""How I Met Your Mother"" was a sitcom which aired from 2005 to 2014 on CBS, lasting 9 seasons. The show won 9 Emmy awards and 18 awards in general, while being nominated for 72 awards. It became successful in many places across the world. ""The Big Bang Theory"" is a sitcom named after the scientific theory. It began airing in 2007 on CBS and is currently on"
"The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom serve as executive producers on the series, along with Steven Molaro. All three also serve as head writers. The show premiered on CBS on September 24, 2007. The twelfth and final season which will run through 2018–19 premiered on September 24, 2018, consisting of 24 episodes. The show originally centered on five characters living in Pasadena, California: Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper, both physicists at Caltech, who share an apartment; Penny, a waitress and aspiring actress who"
"the 18–34, 18–49 and 25–54 demographics, with either network alternating in placing first in either of these groups by very close margins. ""NCIS"", which has been the flagship of CBS's Tuesday lineup for much of its run, became the network's highest-rated drama by the 2007–08 season. The 2010s saw additional hits for the network including drama series ""The Good Wife""; police procedurals ""Person of Interest"", ""Blue Bloods"", ""Elementary"", ""Hawaii Five-0"" and ""NCIS"" spin-off """"; reality series ""Undercover Boss""; and sitcoms ""2 Broke Girls"" and ""Mike & Molly"". ""The Big Bang Theory"", one of several sitcoms from veteran writer/producer Chuck Lorre,"
"anthology series brought British productions to American television. In 2011, ""American Horror Story"" debuted a new type of anthology format in the U.S. Each season, rather than each episode, is a standalone story. Several actors have appeared in the various seasons, but playing different roles -- in an echo of the ""Four Star Playhouse"" format. The success of ""American Horror Story"" has spawned other season-long anthologies such as ""American Crime Story"" and ""Feud"". Anthology series An anthology series is a radio, television or book series that presents a different story and a different set of characters in each episode or"
"the arrest or conviction of a perpetrator at the end of the episode. Modern examples of this genre are the ""Law & Order"", """" & ""NCIS"" franchises. ""House"" is an example of a non-crime-related procedural. Procedural (genre) A procedural is a cross-genre type of literature, film, or television program involving a sequence of technical detail. A documentary film may be written in a procedural style to heighten narrative interest. In television, ""procedural"" specifically refers to a genre of programs in which a problem is introduced, investigated and solved all within the same episode. These shows tend to be hour-long dramas,"
"show's pilot episode premiered on September 25, 2017. Subsequent weekly episodes began airing on November 2, 2017 following the broadcast of the 237th episode of ""The Big Bang Theory"". The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom serve as executive producers on the series, along with Steven Molaro. All three also serve as head writers. The show premiered on CBS on September 24, 2007. The twelfth and final season which will run through 2018–19 premiered on September 24, 2018, consisting of 24 episodes. The show"
"Reality television Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents supposedly unscripted real-life situations, and often features an otherwise unknown cast of individuals who are typically not professional actors. Reality television exploded as a phenomenon in the late 1990s and early 2000s with the global success of the series ""Survivor"", ""Idols"", and ""Big Brother"". These shows and a number of others (usually also competition-based) became global franchises, spawning local versions in dozens of countries. The genre has various standard tropes, including ""confessionals"", or interview segments, used by cast members to express their thoughts, which often double as the"
"by this movement, and Capote's ""In Cold Blood"" is arguably the most famous example of the genre. Some docudrama examples for American television include ""Brian's Song"" (1971), and ""Roots"" (1977). ""Brian's Song"" is the biography of Brian Piccolo, a Chicago Bears football player who died at a young age after battling cancer. ""Roots"" depicts the life of a slave and his family. This list is ordered by release date. Docudrama A docudrama (or documentary drama) is a genre of radio and television programming, feature film, and staged theatre, which features dramatized re-enactments of actual events. On stage, it is sometimes"
"""The Big Bang Theory"", second on its timeslot and fourth for the night in the 18-49 demographics, behind ""Grey's Anatomy"", ""Two and a Half Men"", and ""The Big Bang Theory"". ""Masquerade"" received mostly positive reviews from critics. Phil Dyess-Nugent of ""The A.V. Club"" gave the episode a ""A-"" grade and wrote, """"Person Of Interest"" has even managed to add a faithful dog to its regular cast without making me gag. Considering how much talent goes into the average hour of television, and what networks pay people to exercise their talents, meat-and-potatoes genre fare as satisfying as ""Person Of Interest"" is"
"sitcom behind CBS's ""The Big Bang Theory"" and ""Two and a Half Men"". The season also ranked first among DVR viewers. The third-season premiere became ABC's top-rated season premiere in six years. The series' success in ratings has also led it to being credited for reviving sitcoms. In 2016, a ""New York Times"" study of the 50 TV shows with the most Facebook Likes found that ""Modern Family""s ""audience pattern is the prototypical example of a city show — most popular in liberal, urban clusters in Boston, San Francisco, and Santa Barbara, Calif., and least popular in the more rural"
"often used to establish a character's high level of intelligence or a technical background; for example, in the novel ""Contact"" by Carl Sagan, Eleanor Arroway holds a Ph.D. in radio astronomy from there. On television, all four male lead characters in the sitcom ""The Big Bang Theory"" are employed at the Institute. Caltech is also the inspiration, and frequent film location, for the California Institute of Science of ""Numb3rs"". On film, the Pacific Tech of ""The War of the Worlds"" and ""Real Genius"" is based on Caltech. In nonfiction, two 2007 documentaries examine aspects of Caltech: ""Curious"", its researchers, and"
"soon moved to Sundays in order to avoid spoilers with dramatizations of stories simultaneously appearing in the magazine. Radio drama anthology series include: Radio anthology series provided a format for science fiction, horror, suspense, and mystery genres (all produced in the USA, unless noted): The final episode of ""Suspense"" was broadcast on September 30, 1962, a date that has traditionally been seen as marking the end of the old-time radio era. However, genre series produced since 1962 include: In the history of television, live anthology dramas were especially popular during the Golden Age of Television of the 1950s with series"
"for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Design for the 49th Primetime Emmy Awards for their contributions to the series. A science-fiction drama, ""The Burning Zone"" is about a task force that investigates biological and chemical emergencies. Funded by the United States government, the team includes a virologist, a geneticist, a security specialist, and a bureaucrat. The series is set during a global rise in lethal diseases, referenced as ""The Plague Wars"". The hard science storylines are resolved through spiritual and religious solutions, such as the efficacy of prayer and the power of a ""healthy soul"". Critics had"
"TV format A TV format is the overall concept and branding of a copyrighted television program. The most common type of formats are those in the television genres of game shows and reality shows, many of which are remade in multiple markets with local contestants. Recent examples include ""Survivor"", ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"", ""Pop Idol"" and ""Big Brother"" that have all proved successful worldwide. Particular models in the genre of sitcoms are often sold as formats, enabling broadcasters to adapt them to the perceived tastes of their own audience. An example is ""The Office"", a BBC sitcom which"
"in the Middle"", ""The King of Queens"", ""Arrested Development"", ""How I Met Your Mother"", ""Scrubs"", ""Curb Your Enthusiasm"", ""The Office"", ""Entourage"", ""The New Adventures of Old Christine"", ""Rules of Engagement"", ""Two and a Half Men"", ""The Big Bang Theory"", ""It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"", and ""30 Rock"", among many others. A trend seen in several sitcoms of the late 2000s was the absence of a laugh track. The decade also saw the rise of premium cable dramas such as ""The Sopranos"", ""Deadwood"", ""The Wire"", ""Battlestar Galactica"", ""Breaking Bad"" and ""Mad Men"". The critic Daniel Mendelsohn wrote a critique of ""Mad"
"Genius (U.S. TV series) Genius is an American anthology period drama television series developed by Noah Pink and Kenneth Biller that premiered on April 25, 2017 on National Geographic. The first season follows the life of Albert Einstein, from his early years, through his time as a patent clerk, to his later years as a physicist who developed the theory of relativity; the season is based on the 2007 book ""Einstein: His Life and Universe"" by Walter Isaacson. In April 2017, National Geographic renewed the series for a second season, which follows the life and artistry of Pablo Picasso and"
"Do It (Science Channel) Law And Order, Tommie Copper Infomercial, Parental Discretion (Nick Jr,) The Tragic Side Of Comedy, Bayou Billionaires (CMT,) Cedar Grove (Hallmark,) Big Brooklyn Style (TLC), Home Delivery, Breaking Amish, Bill Cunningham, Wife Swap (Lifetime), The Today Show, Fashion`s Night Out, Hollywood Exes (VH1,) Underground Poker NYC (Nat Geo,) Couples Therapy, Nightmare Next Door (ID Channel), Saved (Animal Planet,) Haunted (Animal Planet,) Beverly`s Full House, Sanya`s Glam & Gold, Shipmates, Maury Povich, Celebrity Expose, Unique Whips(Speed), Jersey Shore, Beavis And Butthead, The Injustice Files ( OWN,) The District, LA Ink, Dateline NBC, 48 Hours Mystery, A Shot"
"American television shows that are currently popular in the United Kingdom include ""The Big Bang Theory"", """" series, ""Family Guy"", ""Friends"", ""Modern Family"", ""Scrubs"", ""The Simpsons"", and ""South Park"". The BBC airs two networks in the United States, BBC America and BBC World News. The American network PBS collaborates with the BBC and rebroadcasts British television shows in the United States such as ""Doctor Who"", ""Keeping Up Appearances"", ""Masterpiece Theatre"", ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"", ""Nova"". The BBC also frequently collaborates with American network HBO, showing recent American mini-series in the United Kingdom such as ""Band of Brothers"", ""The Gathering Storm"","
"American TV's top 10 credits sequences, as selected by readers. The series, in order of first to tenth, were: ""The Simpsons"", ""Get Smart"", ""The Mary Tyler Moore Show"", the original ""Hawaii Five-O"", ""True Blood"", ""The Big Bang Theory"", ""Dexter"", ""The Brady Bunch"", ""Mad Men"", and ""The Sopranos"". The animated introduction, attract mode, title screen, and title sequence have been a major part of video games for decades. However, it is only recently that game title sequences have been able to match the quality and fidelity of film and television titles. """" by Eidos Montréal and ""The Last of Us"" by"
"fantastic elements that do not qualify the program as fantasy, such as the giant talking avian Big Bird of the popular PBS series ""Sesame Street"". Nevertheless, some critics classify certain children's programs that feature traditional fantasy elements such as barbarian characters, wizards, and magic swords as part of the genre. See, for example, ""He-Man and the Masters of the Universe"". Programs for general audiences may also be difficult to classify. The program ""The Twilight Zone"" presented a series of unrelated stories, some of which were works of science fiction and some of which were tales of fantasy. The more generic"
"part of screenwriters or film-makers to rewrite or change the stereotype, in pursuance of some revisionist agenda, but that it has simply fallen back a generation. Despite this, the concept of the Jewish mother while declining in film can still be seen in popular culture. One use of the Jewish mother stereotype-trope can be seen in the popular television program ""The Big Bang Theory"", which premiered in 2007, and was played by the character of Howard Wolowitz's mother who is only heard as a voice character. Mrs. Wolowitz is loud, overbearing, and over-protective of her son. In the television show"
"docudrama. Other examples of subgenres include the courtroom- and trial-focused drama known as the legal drama, which is a subtype of drama. Types of fiction which may seem unrelated can also be combined to form hybrid subgenres, such as the melding of horror and comedy in the ""Evil Dead"" films. Other popular combinations include the romantic comedy and the action comedy film. Alan Williams distinguishes three main genre categories: narrative, avant-garde and documentary. Genre movies are ""commercial feature films which, through repetition and variation, tell familiar stories with familiar characters and familiar situations"". Genre affects how films are broadcast on"
"revenue, making ""Star Trek"" one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time. ""Star Trek"" is noted for its cultural influence beyond works of science fiction. The franchise is also noted for its progressive civil rights stances. ""The Original Series"" included one of television's first multiracial casts. ""Star Trek"" references may be found throughout popular culture from movies such as the submarine thriller ""Crimson Tide"" to the animated series ""South Park"". As early as 1964, Gene Roddenberry drafted a proposal for the science-fiction series that would become ""Star Trek"". Although he publicly marketed it as a Western in outer space—a"
"overarching mystery that receives focus in many episodes. The more serialized its storytelling, the less likely a show is to fare well in repeats. The format places a demand on episodes to be run in order, without which story arcs stretching over many episodes may be difficult for new viewers to delve into. ""Desperate Housewives"" also falls into the category while each season involves a new mystery that spans an entire season (and on one occasion, half the season) while planting hints throughout the episodes until the climax in the finale. To a lesser extent, series such as ""House"" and"
"become a crutch for the writers to lean on"". Jesse Schedeen of ""IGN"" criticized the storylines, writing that ""The entire episode was pretty much predicated on two jokes ... But those two jokes had enough mileage in them to last a full 22 minutes"". The Big Bang Theory (season 6) The sixth season of the American sitcom ""The Big Bang Theory"" aired on CBS from September 27, 2012, to May 16, 2013. The series crossed the 20 million viewer mark for the first time with this season's ""The Bakersfield Expedition"", which along with ""NCIS"", made CBS the first network to"