Greek television runs on a rhythm set by the evening news and the talk show that follows it. The country has a handful of major commercial networks competing with the public broadcaster, plus a thick layer of regional stations and a pay-TV sector built around sports and movies. What distinguishes Greece from its European neighbours is how political the screen gets. Prime-time current-affairs panels are genuinely combative, with journalists and politicians talking over each other while the host referees. It's a contact sport, and viewers watch it the way other countries watch football. Drama is the other pillar. Greek households consume a steady stream of domestic series -- family sagas, crime procedurals, and comedies set in specific neighbourhoods -- usually scheduled after the news. Imported series arrive subtitled rather than dubbed, which is the norm here and keeps the original audio intact. Children's programming is the main exception, often dubbed into Greek. Live sport is a national event, but the broadcast map is split: domestic league football and international tournaments tend to sit behind premium sports networks, while the public broadcaster keeps rights to major multi-sport events and the national team. Music channels fill the late-night hours with Greek pop, laiko and entekhno, and they matter more than in most markets because the domestic music scene is strong and locally specific. What ties it together is a small-market intensity. With fewer outlets than Italy or Spain, Greek TV is more personal, more argumentative and more locally rooted -- and that's exactly why it travels well with the diaspora.