Television

""Television tastes funny.""

- Cheese, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

''All about the medium of television, its sub-categories, and TV-specific tropes that cross those divisions. See also Formats.''

Television is traditionally viewed on a television set, though these days people can catch up on their favorite programs via computer and mobile devices. Commercially available since the 1920's, but only really catching on in the 1950's, home televisions were largely big, heavy, and limited to a 4:3 aspect ratio until fairly recently.

Television is what the TV in our name stands for. But you probably already knew that.

Tropes:

 * Ad Bumpers
 * Ad Break Double Take
 * Adored by the Network
 * American Television Stations
 * ANSI Standard Broadcast TV Schedule
 * Appointment Television
 * Automobile Opening
 * Cancellation
 * Channel Hop
 * Color Wash
 * Directed by Cast Member
 * Edited for Syndication
 * Emergency Broadcast
 * Excuse Question
 * Fake Video Camera View
 * Five Year Plan
 * Friday Night Death Slot
 * Iconic Logo
 * Long Runners
 * Marathon Running
 * Network Decay
 * New Content Countdown Clock
 * No Hoper Repeat
 * Not Screened for Critics
 * Once an Episode
 * Once a Season
 * Only Barely Renewed
 * Out of Order
 * Prime Time
 * Ratings
 * Ratings Stunt
 * Rerun
 * Saga Sell (Opening Narration)
 * Safe Harbor
 * Screwed by the Network
 * Second Season Downfall
 * Short Run in Peru
 * Short Runners
 * Show of Theseus
 * Sweeps
 * Syndication
 * Timeshift Channel
 * TV Guide
 * Uncanceled
 * Voiceover Clip Show
 * YouTube
 * Watershed
 * Web Video
 * Wrap It Up

Categories:
 * Anime
 * Animation Tropes
 * Childrens Show Tropes
 * Hanguk Manhwa Aenimeisyeon
 * Home Video Tropes
 * Live Action TV Tropes
 * Networks
 * Producers
 * Series
 * Action Adventure Series
 * American Series
 * ESPN Series
 * Animated Shows
 * Argentine Series
 * British Series
 * Canadian Series
 * Comedy Series
 * Crime and Punishment Series
 * Historical Series
 * Japanese Series
 * Korean Series
 * Multi National Shows
 * Show Genres
 * Crime and Punishment Series
 * Game Show
 * News Broadcast
 * Nonfiction Series
 * Professional Wrestling
 * Reality TV
 * Sitcom
 * Speculative Fiction Series
 * Sports Stories
 * Western Series