Federal Legislature, from a more comprehensive analysis on the cultural genres of television programming in Latin America. Empirical data, relating to the timing of two stations, are discussed in light of the concepts of authors lined up to cultural studies, especially those taking the Latin American television as an object of study. Concludes that the programming mix of the two broadcasters elements inherited from the two main arrays of television genres in Latin America: a dramatic symbolic-matrix (which prioritizes the images of conflict and polarization) and matrix rational-Enlightenment (which emphasizes the public debate and content for stimulate reflection).
