Explain what is meant by the notion of ‘generic hybridity’ and the increasing role it plays in contemporary television.

Television Genre

‘It is pointless to insist on generic purity in relation to television programmes. Television genres and programming formats are notoriously hybridised and becoming more so’ (Neale, 2008). Taking examples of your own choice, explain what is meant by the notion of ‘generic hybridity’ and the increasing role it plays in contemporary television.

*Steve Neale (2008), ‘Generic Hybridity and Mutation’ in Glen Creeber (ed.), The Television Genre Book, 2nd Edition, London: BFI: 8