Reception Theory

The Midnight Beast



The Midnight Beast is a comedy television show that follows the lives of a YouTube famous band called The Midnight Beast. It is aired on the channel E4 after the watershed.


Preferred Reading: For this television show, people between the ages of 16 and 22 would take a preferred reading. This is because they may understand the jokes and relate to the storyline and characters. They may also be fans of the band from YouTube and therefore, want to watch the television show for this reason.

Negotiated Reading: People who would not go out of their way to watch the show would take a negotiated reading of the television show. These people would be between 22 and 30 and would more than likely watch the television show for entertainment purposes or to fill time. These people may feel as though they have grown out of the humour in the show however can still relate to some aspects of it.

Oppositional Reading: Those that would take an oppositional reading of the show would be people who are not necessarily fans of the band or the humour in the television show. For example: people over the age of 30 from A/B socio-economic groups who would not particularly relate to the story lines. 




Ja'mie 



Ja'mie is an Australian comedy TV series that is about a private school-girl called Jamie. It is shown on BBC 3 at around 10 pm.  


Preferred Reading: I think that the preferred reading for this television show would be taken by people between 16 and 20. I also think that girls are more likely to watch the show, because the main characters are all female and therefore, they can relate more to the storylines and can better understand the language used.