teleplays
Scripts for TV
Teleplays are scripts written specifically for television production.
Like screenplays for film, they include dialogue, stage directions, and scene descriptions, but follow conventions suited to episodic formats, commercial breaks, and smaller-screen storytelling: She won an Emmy for her teleplay adaptation of the novel.
One who leads
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- productionMaking or generating something
- castingShaping through liquid form
- actorsThose playing roles
performance · live-action · showrunner · series · costume · lighting · set · blocking
Television's highest-viewership period
- networksInterconnected groups or channels
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- airtimeScheduled transmission period
syndication · pilot · episodes · seasons · ratings · viewership · Nielsen · scheduling
Sequence of fictional events
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- subplotSubordinate narrative strand
- arcCurved line segment
- characterizationDescribing distinctive qualities
protagonist · antagonist · climax · denouement · exposition · conflict · resolution · theme
Strokes connecting two points
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
repartee · quip · delivery · subtext · exposition · voice-over · narration · catchphrase
director
One who leads
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- productionMaking or generating something
- castingShaping through liquid form
actors · performance · live-action · showrunner · series · costume · lighting · set · blocking · filming
primetime
Television's highest-viewership period
- networksInterconnected groups or channels
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
airtime · syndication · pilot · episodes · seasons · ratings · viewership · Nielsen · scheduling · commercials
storyline
Sequence of fictional events
characterization · protagonist · antagonist · climax · denouement · exposition · conflict · resolution · theme · flashback
lines
Strokes connecting two points
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
exchange · repartee · quip · delivery · subtext · exposition · voice-over · narration · catchphrase · one-liner
script
Written words for performance
outline · synopsis · logline · formatting · three-act · scene · sequence · act · dialogue · adaptation
- dramaTV drama, acting, drama school, character study, acting class
- dialogue-drivenvisual novels, adventure games, talk shows, interviews, debates
- television drama topicsplot twists, cliffhangers, character arcs, showrunners, screenwriting
- TV historygolden age, streaming era, Nielsen ratings, sitcoms, drama series
- TV showsTV shows, sitcom, The Office, cartoon, Modern Family
- theaterplays, stage, onstage, acting, auditorium
teleplaysstage plays
Dramatic works for theaters
theatrical scripts · theater scripts · stage scripts · screenplays · radio plays