What is a TV network?

• A. A local station that only serves a city
• B. A centralized operation that provides programming to multiple television stations around the country
• C. A streaming service
• D. A production company for local ads

Answer: (B)

A TV network is a centralized organization that distributes programming to a group of television stations so audiences in many markets can watch the same shows on a coordinated schedule. The best choice describes that centralized operation feeding programming to multiple stations around the country, which is exactly how networks operate: they create or curate content and deliver it to affiliate stations that air it nationwide.

The other options don’t fit as well. A single local station serves one city and isn’t network-wide. A streaming service delivers content over the internet directly to viewers rather than distributing it through a traditional network of affiliated broadcast stations. A production company for local ads focuses on creating commercials, not on distributing full programming across a network of stations.