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Ian J. Ball's TV Archive Page:
My TV FAQs & Episode Guides:
This TV site was last updated: June 30, 2005.
On the web since 1995!
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This site has undergone an overhaul. This is what
is going on:
- This page will no longer be the main "portal" into my TV
website - this page will now become my "TV Archives"
page. Recent TV news will no longer be reported out of
this page. Instead, this page will host my library of older
TV FAQs & Episode Guides.
- My "main" TV page, for recent TV news, etc., will now be
My TV Blog.
- See also: The rec.arts.tv FAQ,
my TV Shows Status Page
and my Commentary Page.
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Before you ask any questions about this TV-related
site, please read the FAQ for
this website which will answer many of these questions!
Questions about obtaining TV series on DVDs. tapes, etc. should
be directed to the usenet newsgroup
rec.arts.tv,
or to other TV related newsgroups or web sites, or (for current shows) to
the network that airs
the show or to the production company
that produces the show.
Welcome to my TV page (provided through
Mac.com)!
My TV Web site has been created so that people may
access my several TV FAQ's and episode guides (including
the rec.arts.tv FAQ) in their most up-to-date forms.
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The text versions of all of my TV FAQs and episode guides can also be
obtained from my this site:
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The text version of rec.arts.tv FAQ can be found
via this README
file.
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The text version of Saved by the Bell FAQ can be found via this
README file.
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The text version of my various episode guides can
be found via this README file.
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The rec.arts.tv FAQ was last updated: January 1, 2005.
This version of the rec.arts.tv FAQ: 8.00aa
The WWW/html version of the FAQL/FAQ for the newsgroup,
rec.arts.tv.
It includes an html version of the rec.arts.tv FAQL (Part
1 of the text version of the rec.arts.tv FAQ),
and links to the known internet resources for television
(including network websites, etc.), as well as links to other
important TV-related websites and newsgroups (Parts
2 & 3 of the text version of the rec.arts.tv FAQ).
The text version of this FAQ can be obtained from
here.
The following links will take you to the main sections
of the rec.arts.tv FAQ:
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The
TV Commentary page includes links
to my TV
Shows Status Page, my Summer TV pages, my
Proposed Fall Schedules over the years, and my various Mid-Season
& Season-End Reviews going back to 1996.
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The combined listings of (known) internet resources
for TV shows. Subdivided into listings for all "current" first-run
TV shows and listings for "classic" TV shows. Combines the information
in Parts 2 & 3 of the text version of the
rec.arts.tv
FAQ. Primarily, this contains links to important TV websites,
and the main TV-related usenet newsgroups.
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The FAQL
for rec.arts.tv
The Frequently Asked Questions List
for the usenet group
rec.arts.tv:
made up of a list of some of the most commonly asked questions
for rec.arts.tv (imagine that!). Included are the definition
of some terms, a list of TV show abbreviations used in
rec.arts.tv (and other TV groups), and a list of TV network
addresses & phone numbers for rec.arts.tv.
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The TV Archive:
Back in the day, when I was starting Grad
School (c. 1993), and I first discovered the usenet newsgroups,
I soon realized that several of the oddball shows that I watched
(e.g. Saved by the Bell, which
I got heavily addicted to during my first year of Grad School)
were lacking episode guides, and so many people had no idea how
many episodes of some of these shows they had seen and how many
that had yet to see. That is what got me started writing things
like the Saved by the Bell FAQ & Episode Guide, and the
rec.arts.tv FAQ.
Since those days, I have graduated Grad School,
and moved on to the adult world, and I've pretty much given up
on writing episode guides (though I may still do a "Grading the
Episodes" guide/review of any show that catches my fancy).
In any
case, what follows are the Episode Guides and Reviews that I
finished during those days. They are divided into five sections:
The Saved by the Bell FAQ & Episode Guide,
the "Grading the Episodes" Reviews
section, the Episode Guides for long-running
(Primetime) series,
the Episode Guides for "One-Season Wonders",
and finally the Episode Guides for "Teen
TV Sitcoms". Have fun with them!
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The SbtB site was last updated: July 2, 2004.
This version of the SbtB FAQ: 2.35
The original website for Saved by the Bell
(the result of that first year of Grad School addiction I
was talking about...) can be found via The
SbtB Home Page - this
SbtB site includes the following (as well as info about the
recent DVD releases of SbtB,tOS):
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Includes an
episode guide of all the episodes for
Good Morning, Miss Bliss (Disney Channel: 1987), and
Saved by the Bell, the original series (NBC/T-NBC: 1989-93),
as well as the Hawaii TV Movie. Also containts
the history of the show
(including "continuity errors") selected trivia;
the words to the theme song;
and a list of other TV and movie roles that each of the main
actors has been in.
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Includes an
episode guide, series information,
the history of the
Saved by the Bell: The College Years (NBC: 1993-94)
TV show, as well as
the Wedding in Las Vegas TV Movie.
Also includes a list of the other roles of the actors
in SbtB's primetime sequel.
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Includes a
partial episode guide
(it covers only the first two seasons)
and series history and
cast information for SbtB's Saturday morning spin-off,
Saved by the Bell: The New Class (NBC/T-NBC: 1993-2000).
NOTE: As stated above, the guide only covers the first
two seasons - I never
liked The New Class (not original! not funny!),
so I
gave up on the show after
its second season.
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This part of my TV website contains
individual episode reviews (with
each episode having a graded score), rather than generic "episode
guides" with individual episode plot synopses. As a result, these
two sites are more liable to conatin plot Spoilers...
Roswell:
Grading the Episodes
Last updated: October 26, 2003.
This version: 3.00
This grades and reviews the episodes of
The WB/UPN Sci-Fi drama Roswell (1999-2002).
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Last updated: December 1, 2001.
This version: 4.50
This grades and reviews the episodes of
The WB/UPN supernatural drama Buffy The Vampire Slayer
(1997-present), but only for seasons #1-4.
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The following are the episode guides sites
for Primetime TV shows
that lasted longer than a season (see below, for the separate section devoted
to My "One Season Wonder" Guides):
Last updated: March 11, 2001.
This version: 5.01
An episode guide for
the USA (and CTV) spy & pyschological action-drama
La Femme Nikita (1997-2001).
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Last updated: November 6, 2004.
This version: 6.05
An episode guide for the former CBS comedy The Nanny (1993-99).
Also includes a list of other roles for the actors and a list of
directors and writers for the episodes.
(NOTE: "The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember",
and will air on Lifetime on Monday,
December 6 at 8PM (7PM Central).)
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The Renegade
Episode Guide
Last updated: December 4, 2004.
This version: 5.07
An episode guide for the former syndicated/USA
network action show Renegade (1992-97). Also includes a
list of other roles for the actors, and other shows by producer Stephen
J. Cannell.
(NOTE: Season #1 of Renegade is
coming out on DVD in
January, 2005 - see Home Page for details.)
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Last updated: July 15, 2001.
This version: 2.01
An episode guide for The WB romantic dramedy
Jack & Jill (1999-2001).
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Networks, in their infinite wisdom, inevitably pull the plug
on some of their best shows after just one season (or less),
despite the fact that these shows are better than most other
network fare, and despite the fact that the networks usually
kill these shows themselves by placing them in bad timeslots.
But at least some of these shows will
not be forgotten! (at least if I have anything to say about it!). Right
now, I have guides for 3 "One Season Wonders"
from 1993, 1994 and 1996 (there are 2 other "one season wonder" guides
that can be found in the Teen TV Shows
section, below).
The Cobra
Episode Guide
Last updated: Jan. 1, 1998.
This version: 1.55
An episode guide for
the cancelled syndicated show Cobra (1993-94),
a Stephen J. Cannell show. Also
includes a list of other roles for the actors,
and other shows by producer Stephen J. Cannell.
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Last updated: Jan. 1, 1998.
This version: 1.12
An episode guide for the cancelled CBS
comedy The Five Mrs. Buchanans (1994-95), which
also includes a list of other roles for the actors.
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Last updated: Feb. 7, 1999.
This version: 1.02
An episode guide for the
cancelled CBS "film noir" cop drama Under Suspicion (1994-95),
which also includes a list of other roles for the actors.
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"What's with all these episode guides
for 'teen' sitcoms?!" you ask; see my
TV FAQ for the
answer. However, I should note that when California Dreams ended
its run on NBC in 1997, I discontinued all of my guides for the various T-NBC shows.
Basically, after the first season of Hang Time and the end of the
run of California Dreams,
the remaining shows on T-NBC did not yield nearly enough entertainment
value to justify watching them regularly. So, at
this time, I am not doing any guides for any 'teen' TV shows. Will
I start another one soon? Eh, probably not...
The main draw in this genre is probably my Saved by the Bell FAQ,
which was (believe it or not) the original Saved by the Bell site
on the web.
The following episode guides can be found
here:
Last updated: July 2, 2004.
This version: 2.35
As stated above, the Saved by the Bell Home
Page can be found here - this includes the episode guides,
and other FAQ information, for Saved by the Bell (NBC/T-NBC:
1989-93).
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Last updated: March 28, 2004.
This version: 5.06
The California Dreams Home Page
(NBC/T-NBC: 1992-1997), which includes the episode guide
and FAQ information for the show.
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Last updated: June 3, 2000.
This version: 1.03
An episode guide for the Disney
Channel/ABC teen comedy (and "One Season Wonder"!)
Flash Forward (1996-97).
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Last updated: October 27, 2002.
This version: 3.00
The episode guide for the former NBC/T-NBC
Saturday morning dramedy, Just Deal (2000-2002).
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Last updated: February 7, 1999.
This version: 1.52
The episode guide for the cancelled NBC/T-NBC
Saturday morning comedy (and "One Season Wonder"!),
Running the Halls (1993-94).
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The USA High
Episode Guide
Last updated: March 12, 2000.
This version: 2.04
The episode guide, for the
USA network teen comedy, USA High
(1997-99).
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Last updated: December 31, 2003.
This version: 2.70
A partial
episode guide (it covers only the first two seasons)
and series history and
cast information for SbtB's Saturday morning spin-off, Saved
by the Bell: The New Class (NBC/T-NBC: 1993-2000).
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The Hang Time
(incomplete) Episode Guide
Last updated: July 15, 2001.
This version: 2.60
The episode guide (for only the first
2 seasons (1995-97) of) the NBC/T-NBC Saturday morning comedy, Hang
Time (1995-2001).
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