Generic Conventions of two script examples

I had to read and compare two script examples to establish how they are developing and becoming a successful storyline.

I read the scrips to an episode of the American Sitcom, Friends and an English, reality/drama, Eastenders.

Link for Friends script: http://www.friendstranscripts.tk/
Link for Eastenders script: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts/eastenders_872.pdf

Similarities

Both scripts include stage directions that are within brackets so that they aren't mistaken for monologues.

When a new scene is about to begin, it says ''CUT TO'' or ''CONVERT TO'' to make it clear that a new scene/setting is going to take place.

They are both clearly set in a realistic environment.

Both programmes last up to approximately half an hour.


Differences

The script for Eastenders is all in capital, big font where as the script for Friends is in a lower case and a smaller font.

In Eastenders there is a number of 20+ characters, in each scene there is an average of 3/4 people communicating either via phones or in person. Where as, in Friends there is about 11 characters, 6 of them being the main characters of the sitcom. In each scene within this episode, atleast 2/3 of the main characters participate in it and again, they communicate via telephones and in person.

The script for Friends states when the opening/finishing credits will take place.