After reading Pages 128-135 of the researve reading you should be familiar with the following vocabulary:

Audience flow
Lead-off
Lead-in
Hammock
Block
Tentpoling
Counterprogramming
Blunting
Stunting

 

Here are some thoughts and questions that may inspire a Mini-Writing paper or Wiki post from Pages 128-135 of the researve reading.

1. See how familiar you are with the term anchor show. See if you can identify the anchor show for a particular broadcast network for each night of the week.

2. Can you find examples of all the primetime programming strategies listed above? Provide them in the wiki-post or expand on how networks use them in a mini-writing.