Weekly Media Assignment #2

Reality
-6/12/08 10pm
-Music Television (MTV)
-MTV Networks, Viacom
-watched on tv

-Show is called Americas Best Dance Crew
-The goal is to find Americas Best Dance Crew via viewer vote.
-The show's host is Mario Lopez, and the three Judges are JC Chasez, Lil' Mama, Shane Sparks
-The program airs on MTV, the live auditions have been syndicated as re-runs
-The show is geared for viewers of MTV. From ages 14-30.
-Randy Jackson
-The first show of the first season aired in February of 2008
-The dancers are mostly black, white and asian. They are all dance crews that are supposed to portray an urban vibe from whichever major city they come from.
-The Real World Re-run airs following ABDC


Local News
-News 9 at 10
-6/12/08
-Channel 53
-Cable Channel
-Watched on TV

-KWTV, Owned by Griffin Communications LLC
-CBS
-Leslie Moonves, Chairman of CBS
-Kelly Ogle, Amy McRee
-Anchors are male and female. one of each
-Both are white, and all of the reporters in today's show were white
-Oklahoma City Metro, Little Sioux IA, Oklahoma Weather, Durant, Edmond,
-The show was geared more toward national news, and major events around the state. There wasn't much of anything concerning race and gender during the broadcast. They showed Tiger Woods playing in his first tournament since surgery. He was portrayed in a very positive light. Tiger seems to be the model minority for sports. He was portrayed as such.




Entertainment
-6/12/08 1:30am
-Cartoon Network
-Cable Network

-The Entertainment show of choice for me was Family Guy.
-Comedy
-The Griffin Family: Peter, Meg, Chris, Stewe, Lois, and Brian the Dog.
-January 31st, 1999
-FOX, TBS, Cartoon Network
-The show comes on during Adult Swim on Cartoon Network, and in primetime on FOX. I would assume that it is geared towards adults and late teens.
-The show goes through the daily antics of a middle class family.
-Peter Griffin is a goofy fun-loving guy. Blue-collar working character with a group of friends who all live in the neighborhood.
-Lois Griffin is a stay at home mom who also teaches piano.
-Meg Griffin is the daughter of Peter and Lois, often the butt of the jokes and teased for being unpopular.
-Chris Griffin is a younger version of his dad Peter. He is very stupid, and often lacks problem solving skills
-Stewie Griffin is an evil child that plots to kill his mother. He can talk, but the dog is the only person in the house that can
understand him
-producer(s) Lolee Aries, David A. Goodman, Seth MacFarlane, Daniel Palladino, David Zuckerman
-21st Century FOX
-Advertising is mainly for shows on the network, upcoming movies, food commercials.
-Robot Chicken