<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article discusses the production of live television formats, as they have developed in Europe during the past decade. The analytical examples are taken from entertainment as well as factual television, and from public service as well as commercial contexts. In the article, it is argued that there has been an approximation between the textual features and generic and narrative structures of entertainment and factual live television, and a model is presented that is supposed to account for these narrative patterns.</p></abstract>

The article discusses the production of live television formats, as they have developed in Europe during the past decade. The analytical examples are taken from entertainment as well as factual television, and from public service as well as commercial contexts. In the article, it is argued that there has been an approximation between the textual features and generic and narrative structures of entertainment and factual live television, and a model is presented that is supposed to account for these narrative patterns.

Television Textuality

Ph.d., Professor, School of Media, Art and Philosophy, Södertörn University College

Nordicom Review

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The article discusses the production of live television formats, as they have developed in Europe during the past decade. The analytical examples are taken...

Television Textuality

Published Online: Feb 07, 2017

Page range: 37 - 53

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nor-2017-0137

Keywords
television production, formats, narration, genre, entertainment, factual programs, Sweden, election nights, Eurovision Song Contest

© 2009 Göran Bolin, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Television Textuality

Published Online: Feb 07, 2017

Page range: 37 - 53

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nor-2017-0137

Keywordstelevision production, formats, narration, genre, entertainment, factual programs, Sweden, election nights, Eurovision Song Contest

© 2009 Göran Bolin, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
television production, formats, narration, genre, entertainment, factual programs, Sweden, election nights, Eurovision Song Contest