1. SECTION B
TV COMEDY

2. QUESTION ONE
SCHEDULING

3. QUESTION TWO
AUDIENCE PLEASURES

4. Homework
Fill in the audience pleasure tables for Big School and Modern Family
Revise the Big School and Modern Family scheduling information

5. QUESTION ONE SCHEDULING What channel is the programme shown on? Why?
What time is it scheduled?
What day is it aired?

6. QUESTION ONE
SCHEDULING
Modern Family
Vs.
Big School

7. QUESTION ONE
SCHEDULING
Modern Family
Vs.
Big School

8. MODERN FAMILY

9. UK scheduling – Sky 1
Sky 1 is a mainstream channel which broadcasts to a wide audience. The commercial channel competes with the public service broadcasters, BBC1 and ITV1

10. What is the main motive of Sky?

11. Why is this a good day and time to schedule Modern Family?
Sky scheduling
The newest season was aired on Monday at 8pm –
Why is this a good day and time to
schedule Modern Family?

12. Sky scheduling The newest season was aired on Monday at 8pm –
- This is because Sky want to get lots of viewers on Monday night which is not traditionally a big TV watching night.
- They want viewers to tune in when Prime Time starts and stay tuned in until the watershed (9pm). Then there is usually a big popular series on Sky Atlantic.
- 8pm – Pre-watershed – content of program suitable for family audience (i.e. no sexual innuendo)

13. Sky scheduling The newest season was aired on Monday at 8pm –
After most families have eaten dinner so will be free to watch Modern Family together.
It is scheduled after The Simpsons new episode – this way it will inherit the audience from the Simpsons which is extremely popular (on its 26th series). It also appeals across generations.

14. Sky scheduling
Modern Family is now on its 6th series. It is very popular and successful. (24 episodes per series).
7.30 The Simpsons
8.00 The Muppets
8.30 Modern Family (It is hammocked between these programmes – Sky hope that audiences will get hooked by The Simpsons and then continue watching.
9pm Trollied

15. Re-runs
Season 1 of Modern Family is currently re- running on Sky 1 on Thursday at 5pm, Fridays at 5pm, and Sundays at 3pm.

16. Why is this a good day and time to schedule Modern Family?
Re-runs
Why is this a good day and time to
schedule Modern Family?

17. Re-runs
Late afternoon is a perfect time to schedule re- runs of Modern Family on a Thursday and Friday because it is time that most teenage students will be in the house and there is a good chance that their older siblings or their carer might be in the house too which means it can be watched by a wide audience.

18. Re-runs
Sunday at 5pm is another good time to schedule the TV comedy because this is a time when the family is likely to be in the home and therefore the whole family might sit down and watch the programme together.

19. Re-runs
It is scheduled long before the watershed, so it is considered that the content is suitable for children.

20. Homework
Fill in the audience pleasure tables for Big School and Modern Family
Revise the Big School and Modern Family scheduling information