system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why is it that TV shows which make profit require release forms, whereas news broadcasts do not; yet they also make profit?

It bothers me a little bit.
gpt
The two things you describe are Commercial and Editorial. 

Commercial works require a release from the person on the screen. These can be works of fiction. Their main goal is to provide entertainment in a fictional manner. 

Editorial works do not require a release and are generally for telling the "facts", like reporting the news.