The document discusses several TV shows that could provide inspiration for a new kids TV show focused on a social group in school. It analyzes shows like Waterloo Road, The Big Bang Theory, The Inbetweeners, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, Glee, and High School Musical; noting aspects that align with the goals of the new show such as school/social group setting, age appropriateness, and tone. However, it also identifies differences from the American/musical/older focused nature of some programs that would not directly translate.

1. Kids TV
Influences

2. Waterloo Road
Waterloo road is a UK TV drama set in Rochdale about a
secondary school and counters a multitude of issues.
Waterloo road is shown on BBC 1 at 8 o clock and has a
rating of 12, however the most recent series the rating
was moved up to 15.
Waterloo road is probably the most similar show to the
one we are creating e.g. :Set in school, on before
watershed, lots of teen characters e.c.t.
However there are some differences between our
ideas and waterloo road, with our show being aimed
specifically at tweens and not a wide audience.
Another difference is that we are looking at basing
our show around a specific social group and not a
whole school. There is also the fact that Waterloo
Road covers much more adult issues such as
pregnancy, homophobia and racism that would be
too strong for our show.

3. The Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang theory is an American TV sitcom set in
Pasadena California about four socially awkward
physicists and an attractive blonde women. The
show is based around the lives of the four “geeks”
and especially the chemistry between Leonard and
Penny as well as the antics of Sheldon Cooper. It is
a witty comedy and is shown in the UK on E4, but
its American owners are CBS.
The Big Bang theory has both features that we
want to use and some that wouldn’t be suitable.
First of all the characters are much older than we
want ours and obviously its American and not
based in a school. However we liked the idea of
basing the show around the “Geek” social group.
We also liked the way the show was set up with a
attractive girl as the contrasting dynamic. The show
has a suitable 12 rating which is fine for our show.

4. Inbetweeners
The Inbetweeners is a British TV sitcom set in
a suburb outside of London. It is shown on E4
at 10 and is based around four outcast
teenagers in a sixth form. The shows principles
are nothing more than an laugh out loud
comedy and the show is almost entirely based
around the four lads.
The Inbetweeners has some features that we want
to base our show around such as the fact the series
is based mainly on four characters. The fact that
the characters are social rejects is also a point of
similarity. However the characters are in sixth form
and are too old for our show. The show is on at 10
and rated 18 because of the adult nature of it, but
although it is older than ours will be, we can still
take things out of the show.

5. Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide
Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide was an
American children's TV program about three
friends and their adventures around their school.
The main character (Ned Bigby) formats the show
by giving advice through his school survival guide.
The show was based in James Polk middle school
and was shown on Nickelodeon, this included
some teen issues but was made for pre-teens and
had a U rating.
The aspects of the show that we think we would like to
incorporate into ours include the aspects of school life in
the show, as well as the interesting format that the show
is presented in. We also feel that the age of the show
could also be suitable and match the show that we want
to produce, meaning pre-teens would be our audience.
This is American and the children do not wear uniform
which will obviously differ from our show.

6. Glee
Glee is a musical comedy drama aired on E4 and
Sky one in the UK and FOX in America. Glee is
a unique program that combines a regular
comedy drama with a musical element. It is
based around the McKinley high “glee club” a
bunch of outcast high school students who
perform in show choir and are victimised by
the rest of the school. Glee has a rating of 12
in the UK .
The idea of a marginalised social group is similar to our idea
of a show based around outcasts. The show is also set in a
school and has a rating of 12 which again match our ideas
and target audience. Glee does have some adult content
references although these are quite rare. The main
difference is obviously the musicality of it with our show not
including a cast of singers and dancers.

7. High School Musical
High School Musical is an American musical movie made by
Disney Channel set in Salt lake city, Utah. It is often
compared to a modern adaption of the musical “Greece”
for young people. It’s popularity soared after its release and
became a worldwide smash amongst young people, having
two sequels and producing large amounts of merchandise.
It’s well known for its gentle natured love story, with the
main characters not even kissing during the film
We thought that there were plenty of ideas we
could take out of the film, such as the way
different cliques and groups interact and behave in
high school. This is also an easily transferrable
genre into Kids TV due to the gentle nature of the
show. However the show again contains musical
elements and is American in a school with no
uniforms which again would differ from any idea
we had.