The analysis of hybridization in television program genres in the context of game shows: Varmisin Yokmusun

The concepts related with the television broadcasting and television content such as the flow, the narrative structure, the genres, the genre traditions and television formats are transformed in parallel with the social and technological developments. The hybridization of television genres that were dealt within this study, can be considered as a result of such developments. One of the formats in which hybridization seems to appear is the game shows. Recently increasing in numbers, the game shows not only have remarkable ratings but also are the genres that are mostly preferred by the advertisers, with regard to their different contents and presentations in varying formats. At the same time, the samples that include more than one genre and genre traditions have been noteworthy during 2000?s. `Var mısın Yok musun? is a game show that includes more than one genre traditions. In this study the broadcasted episodes of `Var mısın Yok musun? during 2008 was analysed with the qualitative case study. This analysis also includes to what extent `Var mısın Yok musun? reflects the features of tradition of game show genre and which other genre traditions `Var mısın Yok musun? covers.