2007-06-16 17:31:48 · 8 answers · asked by for shizl 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television ➔ Drama
Producers get funding from the studio. The station pays the studio for the show. The advertisers pay the station for airtime during popular shows...thus gaining access to the show's many viewers. The vendor pays the advertising company. The viewers pay the vendor for the products advertised. Everyone wins....the viewers get a good show and some good products, and to afford their wares the public goes to work for the companies who make the products advertised. It's the circle of life in a capitalistic society. It's all about the Bling.
2007-06-16 17:41:14 · answer #1 · answered by Mizz SJG 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
TV is free because of the commercials you see. Those companies give the networks big bucks for their ads to be shown.
If a show has high ratings, it stays on the air because the network gets more offers for ads (because the companies who sell ads know there will be lots of viewers watching their commercials).
If a show has bad ratings, it's pulled. It's a waste of time to have something on the air that hardly anyone is watching.
2007-06-16 17:40:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually shows do not make any money until they are put into syndication, typically right around 100 episodes. Now that shows are being released on DVD, this also makes tons of money. High ratings will get you more money, because advertisers will pay more for commercial space during the show., as opposed to a low rating show (as less consumers would be watching). Therefore this makes the show more money. This is why you hear so much hype about advertisers threatening to pull from show, and why it is important for networks to keep advertisers happy.
2007-06-16 17:39:29 · answer #3 · answered by J S 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The production company gets approval fromt he networks to make the shows. They "sell" the program to the networks, and the netork recoups the costs by charging advertising rates.
Let us say that a 30-second spont on lost costs $1million dollar.
That same spot may "only" be $100,000 on "til Death" for the ratings are not as high
2007-06-16 17:37:05 · answer #4 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Usually a company produces the show, shops it to the networks who committ to buy a certain number of episodes. The networks make money by airing ads and make more money the higher the ratings.
2007-06-16 17:37:09 · answer #5 · answered by Robert W 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tv shows make their money off of sponsors. They sell commercial space during their show's airing. How big the show is determines how much the commercial space is like the super bowl is one of the biggest events of the year and an average commericial is said to cost 2 million just to air it during the super bowl.
2007-06-16 17:35:41 · answer #6 · answered by jack 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A show such as "Ugly Betty" charges a channel like "E4" to put there show onto TV. Then E4 would get money from peoples TV lisence, Completions etc..i think.
2016-05-17 14:47:30 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sponsors buy the air time and show their commericals.
2007-06-16 17:35:07 · answer #8 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋