Name: It's Only Television
Genre: Documentary, Drama, Family
Released: 1991-11-08
Cast: Linda Ellerbee

The news genre delivers timely and factual information about current events, developments, and issues of public interest. The primary purpose of news content is to inform the audience about what is happening in the world around them, providing them with essential facts, analysis, and context.

The documentary is a form of non-fiction storytelling that aims to present factual information, insights, and perspectives on real-world subjects, events, issues, or people. Documentaries can cover a wide range of topics, including history, science, culture, social issues, nature, biographies, and more.

Dziga Vertov in Man with a Movie Camera (1929)

The drama genre is a broad category that features stories portraying human experiences, emotions, conflicts, and relationships in a realistic and emotionally impactful way. Dramas delve into the complexities of human life, often exploring themes of love, loss, morality, societal issues, personal growth, with the aim to evoke an emotional response from the audience by presenting relatable and thought-provoking stories.

Mahershala Ali and Alex R. Hibbert in Moonlight (2016)

The family genre features stories specifically created to be suitable for a wide range of age groups within a family. Family-oriented content is designed to be enjoyed by both children and adults, often providing entertainment that is wholesome, relatable, and appropriate for all members of a family to watch or experience together.

Drew Barrymore and Pat Welsh in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Teaches kids how to watch TV i.e. "you are smarter than your TV."

Jon Cryer, Gerald Ford, Tony Hawk, Magic Johnson, Nicholas Brown, Linda Ellerbee, Al Gore, Darnell Martin, Jennifer S. Rose, Emeril Lagasse, India Arie, Mia Hamm, Criss Angel, Angela Ruggiero, Riley Brock, Lily Collins, Amir Damascus, Kenny Marquez, Luis Cardenas, Renegade, Tony De La Rosa, Alvin Rosenfeld, Linda Brown, Dudley Edmondson, Matice Wright, Brenna Carnuccio, and Sarah Mott in Nick News (1991)

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