MAS 101 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND FULLY
CORRECT ANSWERS
Reasons for the television freeze: 1952 to 1958 - ANSWER -Concerns about
frequency interference and the relatively small no. of VHF channels
Cosequences of the tv freeze - ANSWER - In non-tv cities;movie audiences
increased.
-Cities with TV stations, however, saw a 20 to
40 percent drop in movie attendance during this period
-Taxi receipts and nightclub attendance also fell in TV cities, as did
library book circulation.
-Radio listening also declined in TV cities
How Quiz-show scandal happened - ANSWER -most of them rigged;
contestant rehearsed and were given answers to add drama
-most notorious rigging was Twenty-One, a quiz show owned by Geritol;
-A young Columbia University English professor named Charles Van Doren,
won
$129,000 in 1957 during his fifteen-week run on the program;
- then a bunch of contestants from a quiz show called Dotto accused it of being
fixed.
-Doren later admitted to cheating
Consequences of Quiz show scandal - ANSWER -big-money prime-time quiz
shows ended.
-the sponsors' pressure on TV
executives to rig the programs and the subsequent fraud put an end to any role
that major
sponsors had in creating TV content.
,-the fraud undermined
Americans' expectation of the democratic promise of television—to bring
inexpensive
information and entertainment into every household.
-magnified
the division between "high" and "low" culture attitudes toward television.
-After the scandal, quiz shows were kept out of network prime time for forty
years.
Anthology Dramas - ANSWER -presents a different story and a different set of
characters in each episode or season.
- Examples: Studio One, General
Electric Theater, Twilight Zone
Variety Shows - ANSWER entertainment made up of a variety of acts , is
normally introduced by a compère (master of ceremonies) or host.
-examples: Ed Sullivan Show
Sketch Comedy - ANSWER Like SNL
examples: Texaco Star Theater
Situational Comedy or Sitcoms - ANSWER I Love Lucy, Laverne & Shirley
I Love Lucy - ANSWER -1951 - CBS requested that Lucy move her successful
radio show
to television.
-her real life husband played her fictional husband.
-Production took place in Hollywood instead of NY, which at the time was the
center of network production.
-Filmed "live" by 3 cameras before studio audience.
, -Syndicated reruns became feasible.
Domestic Comedy - ANSWER Examples:Leave it to Beaver, Andy Griffith
Show, All in the Family
The Sponsorship system - ANSWER -early TV programs were often
developed, produced, and supported by a single sponsor.
-Having
a single sponsor for a show meant that the advertiser could easily influence the
program's content.
-Sylvester "Pat" Weaver was appointed to head of NBC, and undermined the
sponsors by increasing show times to 30 min or more.
-this made it more expensive to make shows, so a lot of sponsors backed off
Affilate Station - ANSWER stations that contract with a network to carry
its programs
CATV or community antenna television - ANSWER - originated in the
late 1940s in Oregon, Pennsylvania, and New York City, where mountains or
tall buildings blocked
TV signals.
-Served only about 10% of the country and due to early technical and regulatory
limits only had 12 channels.
Two big advatages of cable - ANSWER -by routing and reamplifying each
channel in a separate wire, cable eliminated over-the-air
interference.
-running signals through coaxial cable increased channel capacity.
Use of Geocentric satellites in Cable TV - ANSWER 1) Cable TV signals are
processed at a computerized nerve center, or headend.
CORRECT ANSWERS
Reasons for the television freeze: 1952 to 1958 - ANSWER -Concerns about
frequency interference and the relatively small no. of VHF channels
Cosequences of the tv freeze - ANSWER - In non-tv cities;movie audiences
increased.
-Cities with TV stations, however, saw a 20 to
40 percent drop in movie attendance during this period
-Taxi receipts and nightclub attendance also fell in TV cities, as did
library book circulation.
-Radio listening also declined in TV cities
How Quiz-show scandal happened - ANSWER -most of them rigged;
contestant rehearsed and were given answers to add drama
-most notorious rigging was Twenty-One, a quiz show owned by Geritol;
-A young Columbia University English professor named Charles Van Doren,
won
$129,000 in 1957 during his fifteen-week run on the program;
- then a bunch of contestants from a quiz show called Dotto accused it of being
fixed.
-Doren later admitted to cheating
Consequences of Quiz show scandal - ANSWER -big-money prime-time quiz
shows ended.
-the sponsors' pressure on TV
executives to rig the programs and the subsequent fraud put an end to any role
that major
sponsors had in creating TV content.
,-the fraud undermined
Americans' expectation of the democratic promise of television—to bring
inexpensive
information and entertainment into every household.
-magnified
the division between "high" and "low" culture attitudes toward television.
-After the scandal, quiz shows were kept out of network prime time for forty
years.
Anthology Dramas - ANSWER -presents a different story and a different set of
characters in each episode or season.
- Examples: Studio One, General
Electric Theater, Twilight Zone
Variety Shows - ANSWER entertainment made up of a variety of acts , is
normally introduced by a compère (master of ceremonies) or host.
-examples: Ed Sullivan Show
Sketch Comedy - ANSWER Like SNL
examples: Texaco Star Theater
Situational Comedy or Sitcoms - ANSWER I Love Lucy, Laverne & Shirley
I Love Lucy - ANSWER -1951 - CBS requested that Lucy move her successful
radio show
to television.
-her real life husband played her fictional husband.
-Production took place in Hollywood instead of NY, which at the time was the
center of network production.
-Filmed "live" by 3 cameras before studio audience.
, -Syndicated reruns became feasible.
Domestic Comedy - ANSWER Examples:Leave it to Beaver, Andy Griffith
Show, All in the Family
The Sponsorship system - ANSWER -early TV programs were often
developed, produced, and supported by a single sponsor.
-Having
a single sponsor for a show meant that the advertiser could easily influence the
program's content.
-Sylvester "Pat" Weaver was appointed to head of NBC, and undermined the
sponsors by increasing show times to 30 min or more.
-this made it more expensive to make shows, so a lot of sponsors backed off
Affilate Station - ANSWER stations that contract with a network to carry
its programs
CATV or community antenna television - ANSWER - originated in the
late 1940s in Oregon, Pennsylvania, and New York City, where mountains or
tall buildings blocked
TV signals.
-Served only about 10% of the country and due to early technical and regulatory
limits only had 12 channels.
Two big advatages of cable - ANSWER -by routing and reamplifying each
channel in a separate wire, cable eliminated over-the-air
interference.
-running signals through coaxial cable increased channel capacity.
Use of Geocentric satellites in Cable TV - ANSWER 1) Cable TV signals are
processed at a computerized nerve center, or headend.
