Shiny-floor show

{{Short description|Television program broadcast from a studio}}

A shiny-floor show is a light entertainment television program that is recorded in or broadcast from the floor of a television studio, often in front of a live audience. The name derives from the flat floor of the studio, which is typically covered in a shiny temporary self-adhesive plastic overlay.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/archive/media/ten-questions-for-adrian-swift/story-fna103qq-1226327144962|title=Ten questions for Adrian Swift|last=Brook|first=Stephen|date=April 16, 2012|website=The Australian|publisher=|access-date=23 April 2016}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020|fix-attempted=yes}} Modern studios may have a laser-levelled black resin floor to allow multi-camera tracking.{{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Paul |last2=Jevons |first2=Laura |last3=Hooker |first3=Ben |last4=Jackson |first4=Tim |title=Cost model: Film and TV studios |url=https://www.building.co.uk/cost-model-film-and-tv-studios/5106486.article |website=Building |access-date=27 February 2021 |language=en}}

Examples of shiny-floor shows include studio-based celebrity competition shows such as the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing,{{Cite web|url=http://schott.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/shiny-floor-shows/|title=Shiny Floor Shows|website=Schott’s Vocab Blog|access-date=2016-04-23|date=April 1, 2010|publisher=The New York Times}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/jun/21/mondaymediasection1|title=A step in the right direction?|last=Wells|first=Matt|date=2004-06-20|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-04-23}} game shows such as BBC's The Weakest Link,{{Cite web|url=http://basca.org.uk/basca-events/behind-the-music-of-the-shiny-floor-tv-shows/|title=Behind the Music of the Shiny Floor TV Shows|website=BASCA {{!}} British Academy of Songwriters Composers and Authors|language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-23}} and talent shows such as The Voice and The X Factor.{{Cite web|url=http://mumbrella.com.au/mixed-results-for-tent-pole-programming-258270|title=Analysis: Shiny floor talent show audiences tumble while renovations hold firm|website=mUmBRELLA|language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-23|date=October 23, 2014}}