When a particular TV show is shown determines what type of show it is, its audience, ratings.
'PRIME TIME’ this is the time most broadcasting companies fight for. This is between 7pm and 10pm.
Things that they think will attract big audiences e.g. soaps, talent shows & series dramas are often on in this time, when companies are fighting for bigger audience numbers.
TV shows with a niche (small) audience will be on at a different time of day when less people are likely to be watching TV. This is done so they don’t lose a mass of the audience who may not be interested in the topic of the TV show
‘Daytime’ TV is shown between the hours of 10am-4.30pm daytime TV is often slated as not being very good, but companies do it so that the good shows are on when people are free to watch TV and they can gain the bigger audience.
Magazines like the TV times publish the TV schedule so more people would be persuaded to buy the magazine so that is too types of media combined. 
Some good initial observations. Could you develop further, using sites like Radio Times and BARB to examine what kind of audiences are watching when, and what numbers of people are watching certain programmes each week. Consider the role of smaller channels and how the viewer of drama on BBC One may differ from the viewer of drama on BBC Three or ITV, or Yesterday. Are TV schedules still relevant in an age of on-demand viewing and the multi-channel environment?
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