In the fight for ratings, the advantage of particular American broadcasting timeslots has always been the key factor for bargaining. In television, the network with the “prime time slot” audience grabber is usually the network to gain the most endorsements via advertising, famous names and, etc. The broadcasting networks employ thousands of individuals each year, to examine the demographics of their television programs. These investigations include the genre, gender significance, racial proportion, age class, economic representation, attractiveness of actors/actresses and, most importantly the time of broadcast. These important factors, when analyzed equip the networks with a foundation of data which they can efficiently use to discover what the Television viewer’s desire or have an excess of, in their television programming. In today’s broadcasting industry, a networks inability to distinguish between popular television trends such as reality television programming as well as, classical television broadcasting such as those programs found in the Soap Opera genre, determine the success of a networks ratings. In an attempt to level the competitiveness and, censor certain programming, the television networks in collaboration with the Federal Communications Commission established, a system referred to by the general public as “time slots”.

While television broadcasts are suffering a great ratings loss due to the influx of more accessible and convenient technology, television networks have not completely given up the battle of the ratings and time slots.

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