WAdventures in a TV Nation is a book by American author and film director Michael Moore and his producer and then-wife Kathleen Glynn.
WAtresplayer Premium is a Spanish paid subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service of Atresmedia.
WA bible, also known as a show bible or pitch bible, is a reference document used by screenwriters for information on characters, settings, and other elements of a television or film project.
WA camera operator, is a professional operator of a film camera or video camera as part of a film crew.
WClosing credits or end credits are a list of the cast and crew of a particular motion picture, television program, or video game. Where opening credits appear at the beginning of a work, closing credits appear close to, or at the very end of a work. A full set of credits can include the cast and crew, but also production sponsors, distribution companies, works of music licensed or written for the work, various legal disclaimers, such as copyright and more.
WA debate show is a television show genre based around a debate. Usually it is hosted by a moderator.
WDivithura is a 2019 Sri Lankan reality thriller teledrama broadcast on Hiru TV. The series is directed by Chamara Jayaweera, produced by Hiru TV and created by Kaushalya Pathirana. It was released on 23 April 2021 and continues in every weekday from Monday to Friday at 8:00 pm to 8:30 pm.
WFinding Serenity: Anti-heroes, Lost Shepherds and Space Hookers in Joss Whedon's Firefly is a compilation of essays edited by Jane Espenson with Glenn Yeffeth. The book was released in late 2004 following the cancellation of the television show Firefly. Jane Espenson was a writer for the show and the book contains a series of essays that discuss the show from a variety of viewpoints, some scholarly, others with a comedic note.
WFriends ...'Til the End: The One with All Ten Years is the official companion book to Friends, one of the world's most successful sitcoms. It includes exclusive interviews with the six main cast members, the complete story of all ten seasons and a special section on the series finale. It was written by American author David Wild and was published in May 2004 by Headline Book Publishing.
WGamane Yaa is a 2021 Sri Lankan thriller teledrama broadcast by Sri Lanka Rupavahini, directed by Senaka Edirisighe, produced by Chandana Krishantha, and music composed by Tharaka Sandaruwan. It was released on 16, January 2021 and continues every weekend at 8:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Minneriya Army Infantry Training Center has been taken for the shootings. The teledrama indicates the lives style of army soldiers.
WThe Glass Teat: Essays of Opinion on Television is a compilation of television reviews and essays written by Harlan Ellison as a regular weekly column for the Los Angeles Free Press from late 1968 to early 1970, discussing the effects of television upon society. The title implies that TV viewers are analogous with unweaned children. Discussion of television is frequently interspersed in the essays with lengthy asides about Ellison's personal life, experiences and opinions in general.
WGlued to the Box, is a 1983 book featuring the third and final collection of television criticism that Clive James wrote for The Observer.
WThe International Television & Video Almanac is an annual almanac of the television and video industry that has been published under various titles since 1929.
WAn isolation booth is a cabinet used to prevent a person or people from seeing or hearing certain events, usually for television programs or for blind testing of products.
WLocal News on Cable, or LNC5, was a joint venture between WVEC-TV, Cox Communications, and The Virginian-Pilot. LNC5 was owned by the Belo Corporation. Launched on February 24, 1997 as LNC4 on Cox Cable channel 4. It later moved to channel 5 after the launch of independent station WSKY-TV). LNC5 was available only on Cox Communications in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia.
WThe Long Slide: Thirty Years in American Journalism is a nonfiction book by journalist and political commentator Tucker Carlson. Published by Simon & Schuster, the publisher says The Long Slide "delivers a few of his favorite pieces — annotated with new commentary and insight — to memorialize the tolerance and diversity of thought that the media used to celebrate instead of punish." The book will also attack its own publisher regarding the controversy surrounding their withdrawal from publishing Missouri Senator Josh Hawley's The Tyranny of Big Tech earlier in the year.
WA news program, news show, or newscast is a regularly scheduled radio or television program that reports current events. News is typically reported in a series of individual stories that are presented by one or more anchors. A news program can include live or recorded interviews by field reporters, expert opinions, opinion poll results, and occasional editorial content.
WA premiere or première is the debut of a play, film, dance, or musical composition.
WSunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America is a 2020 book by David Kamp about Sesame Street and other progressive educational programs for children developed in the 1960s and 1970s, such as Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, The Electric Company, Free to Be... You and Me, and Schoolhouse Rock! It was published by Simon & Schuster on May 12, 2020.
WTabloid Baby is a 1999 memoir and exposé by veteran journalist and television news producer Burt Kearns detailing his years as producer of the leading tabloid television shows of the 1990s: A Current Affair and Hard Copy. Published shortly before broadcast news was displaced by cable, the book is notable for its argument that “tabloid television” was co-opted by network news shows such as CBS’s 48 Hours which premiered in 1988 and NBC's Dateline which premiered in 1992, as well as demonstrating the emerging audience psychology that would lead to the explosion of reality shows in the 2000s and the openly subjective reporting that would find its apotheosis in Fox News and MSNBC on cable.
WTelevision addiction is a proposed addiction model associated with maladaptive or compulsive behavior associated with watching television programming. The most recent medical review on this model concluded that pathological television watching behavior may constitute a true behavioral addiction, but indicated that much more research on this topic is needed to demonstrate this. The compulsion can be extremely difficult to control in many cases. The television addiction model has parallels to other forms of behavioral addiction, such as addiction to drugs or gambling, which are also forms of compulsive behavior.
WTiny TV was a brand name used by Turner Broadcasting for a slate of international programming blocks that targeted preschool-age children. The block primarily aired on Cartoon Network in countries such as Australia, India, and Southeast Asia. In addition, Tiny TV also ran on Cartoon Network and Boomerang in Latin America and Southeast Asia, as well as on POGO in India.
WTop of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV is a 2013 non-fiction book by the American journalist Brian Stelter. The book was first published on April 23, 2013, through Grand Central Publishing and centers on the world of morning television. A lengthy excerpt appeared in The New York Times Magazine in the week before publication.
WTV Acres was a website collecting information about characters, places, and things that have appeared on American television programs broadcast from the 1940s through today. The website and its publishing imprint, TV Acres Books, was established by Jerome Holst, a former librarian who now lives in Stockport, Ohio. The website was named a "hot site" by USA Today in 2003.
WA TV aerial plug is a connector used to connect coaxial cables with each other and with terrestrial VHF/UHF roof antennas, antenna signal amplifiers, CATV distribution equipment, TV sets and FM / DAB-radio receivers.
WTVLine is a website devoted to information, news, and spoilers of television programs.
WVisions Before Midnight is a selection of the television criticism written by Clive James during his first four years (1972–1976) as The Observer's weekly television critic. The selection begins with a piece on the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, and ends with a piece on the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. It was first published in 1977. The title derives from Sir Thomas Browne: Dreams out of the ivory gate, and visions before midnight.
WWe're Going To Make You a Star is a 1975 book by Sally Quinn detailing her brief time with the CBS Morning News. In this book, she discusses the CBS failure and reflects on her adolescence and how it, among other things, led to her failure as a television news anchor.