Genres of quiz shows

Genre is a type of category for media production content. For quiz shows, there are many different genres, these can range from Comedy to TV, and from Sport to Music.

Their are many different types of quiz shows such as:

A League Of Their Own (Sport)
Mock The Week (Comedy)
Never Mind The Buzzcocks (Music)

Each quiz show tries to target a specific audience, for example A League Of Their Own would try and target sport fanatics, even though the creator of the quiz show was quoted saying "this is a comdey show for those who don't like sport".

Never Mind The Buzzcocks is produced for a niche market as it targets modern music lovers. Mock The Week however is produced for mass market as it targets anyone, because the show is a comedy designed show anyone who has a sense of humour is targeted for this show.

Each quiz show is distributed through different TV Channels. Quiz shows are normally created through a specific channel. The channels will see which type/genre of target audience they want to appeal to and they will start to plan the quiz show from their. For example comical quiz shows are usually replayed on Gold and Dave. BBC One and BBC 2 distribute a lot of different types of quiz shows, they have a quiz show for music (Never Mind The Buzzcocks), a sport quiz show (A Question Of Sport), and Comical Quiz show (Mock The Week) to name but a few of their genres. The BBC produce a lot of different genres of quiz shows as they want to attract as many viewers as possible, so that they beat the competition.

Different types of quiz shows require different types of lighting and technology. For example a sports show like A League Of Their Own requires videos for some questions, and the videos will need to be edited for the show, as they have questions which include a mixture of videos. The lighting for the show will need to be bright as the audience will want to see the different presenters and celebrities on the show.