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I took this from a site on non-traditional source citing in APA format:

A Television Broadcast

1!. Reference list citation format:

Last Name, First Initial of Authority (Title of Authority)!. (Year, Month Day of broadcast)!. Title of Show

[Television broadcast]!. Location of broadcasting company: Broadcasting company!.!.

2!. Reference list citation example:

Riker, David (Director)!. (2005, February 11)!. The City: La Ciudad [Television broadcast]!. Alexandria:

Public Broadcasting Service!.

3!. In-text citation format:

(Last Name of Authority, Year of Broadcast)

4!. In-text citation example:

(Riker, 2005)

5!. Note: The authority listed in the entry could be the executive producer, producer, or director!. One or both may be included!. A citation including both the producer and director would use the format in the following example:




A Television Series


1!. Reference list citation format:

Last Name, First of authority (Title of Authority)!. (Year of series first season)!. Title of Series
[Television series]!. Location of broadcasting company: Broadcasting company!.

2!. Reference list citation example:

Bright, K!.S!. (Executive Producer)!. (1994)!. Friends [Television series]!. New York:

National Broadcasting Company!.

3!. In-text citation format:

(Last Name of Authority, Year of series first season)

4!. In-text citation example:

(Bright, 1994)

5!. Note: See note related to authority name and title under the example for citing A Television Broadcast!. also, if discussing a specific season of a television program, the authority and date in the citation may change depending on focus!.




A Single Episode from a Television Series


1!. Reference list citation format:

Last Name, First Initial of Writer (Writer), & Last Name, First Initial of Director (Director)!.

(Year of broadcast)!. Title of episode [Television series episode]!. In First Initial Last

Name of Producer (Producer), Title of Series!. Location of broadcasting company:

Broadcasting company!.

2!. Reference list citation example:

Reich, A!., Cohen, T!. (Writers), & Bright, K!.S!. (Director)!. (2003)!. The one after joey and rachel

kiss [Television series episode]!. In K!.S!. Bright (Producer), Friends!. New York:

National Broadcasting Company!.

3!. In-text citation format:

(Last Name of Writer & Last Name of Director, Year of broadcast)

4!. In-text citation example:

(Reich, Cohen, & Bright, 2003)Www@QuestionHome@Com

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