This document provides an overview of factual programming for television. It begins by defining factual programming as including TV news broadcasts, documentaries, reality TV, chat shows, panel shows, magazine shows, review shows, and makeover shows. It notes that factual programming takes up the majority of broadcast TV schedules. It then discusses some key elements of TV news broadcasts, including studio news readers who present the news, field reporters who report from the field, interviews with different types of contributors, actuality footage of events, and cutaway footage used to fill time. The document emphasizes that the core of factual programming and news broadcasts is providing a glimpse of reality and current or unfolding events. It suggests exploring how different elements are used in a news broadcast