1. Target Audience
ResearchBy Paige Ward

2. E4
It’s a British digital television channel which was launched on 18 January
2001. The "E" stands for entertainment, and the channel’s target audience
is 15–35. The Channel U.S. channels such as Smallville, Desperate
Housewives, How I Met Your Mother, 90210, One Tree Hill, Ugly
Betty, Scrubs, Revenge and more. Some of the British shows on E4 are
Misfits, Shameless, Hollyoaks, and Made in Chelsea. Some U.S.
programmes, such as Desperate Housewives and Ugly Betty are screened
on E4 up to one week ahead of their Channel 4 broadcasts. Its most
successful broadcast to date was on 11th October 2010, this was when an
episode of The Inbetweeners pulled in over 3.7 million viewers.

3. Reality- TV programmes with real people who are continuously filmed and designed to be
entertaining other than being informative.
For example The Only Way Is Essex, Made in Chelsea and etc… Reality TV Programmes are mainly
watched by teenagers and young adults.
Different TV shows

4. Different TV shows
Drama- TV programmes which tells a story, portray life or a characters
life. Usually includes conflicts and emotions through action and dialog.
For example soaps like eastenders, coronation street and hollyoaks.
Depending on the drama series will depend on the target audience, there is a
range of drama TV programmes which teenagers-elderly watch.

5. Documentary- This is a TV programme which provides a factual record or
report. Some use pictures or interviews with people involved in real events to
provide factual record and report. The target audience is around 40+, even though
some people who are younger would most likely watch it majority of teenagers and
adults wouldn’t find them appealing.
For example 24 hours in A&E, The Secret Millionaire, 16 kids and counting and Jaws:
The great white Myth.
Different TV shows

6. Comedy- This can be comedians consisting jokes intending to make the audience
laugh, they tend to be live shows. Not all comedy programmes are stand up comedians
there are a variety of comedy TV programmes which are on E4 for example
friends, how I met your mother, the big bang theory and etc…
There’s also animated comedy TV programmes on BBC3 for example Family guy and
American dad. The target audience for these TV programmes are teenagers and
young adults.
Different TV shows