Glossary of Terms

Ok, so I realized I haven't blogged in a few days and figured I'd let you all in on some of the words I may or may not write on here, of course fully expecting you to follow me. So her are some terms I've coined (that doesn't really take rocket science to figure out):

For Commercials:

Network Commercial - commercial that promotes the network (ex. Boom-De-Yadda Discovery Channel commercial)
Product Commercial - commercial that promotes a product [one that can be bought in a store](ex. Tostitos Salsa commercial)
Show Commercial - commercial that promotes a show (ex. House commercial)
Charity/PA Commercial - commercial that promotes a charity (ex. TRUTH commercials)

Some may argue that all commercials are all product commercials cause they are all selling us something whether its a new show or an organization, and I agree...but I think that is generalizing the commercial too much especially since they aim to target different areas of our thinking. Though of course Product Commercials still have further sub divisions.

For TV:

Comedy
Drama
Dramedy - This is a broad term that incorporates your comedic/dramas (Rescue Me), quirky/dramas (Nurse
   Jackie), serio/comedies (Glee) but what i'm excited about in this particular term is that more and more
   shows can consider themselves a part of this grey area category. Life is ALL dramatic or ALL comedic and
   shows that reflect life a definitely refreshing.
Sitcom - usually 30 mins, 4-camera show, though shows like 30 Rock and The Office are breaking the
   standard 4-camera sitcom formula.
Hour-Long - usually a drama but with shows like Weeds (which I would put in the dramedy category) are
   starting to change that formula.
Tear-Jerker - think Grey's Anatomy
Mini Series - John Adams, Rome
Webisode - often a little something extra from a show with its auxiliary characters
Episode
Season

For My Blog (I may make up several words while writing things here):

Minicap- It's like a recap but instead of just doing one show one episode a minicap will include several shows
   spanning several episodes.

I'll continually update this post as I write more and pontificate on what terms and phrases I use to describe what I see.