The rec.arts.tv FAQL:

Last updated:  February 1, 2004.
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Section 2.1: "Where can I find resources on the Internet for TV [show(s)]?"

Answer: Funny you should ask, becuase that is exactly one of the questions this FAQ tries to answer. This Part of the FAQ, together with the other parts, are posted monthly to this newsgroup, rec.arts.tv. The information in this FAQ can also be found at this website, starting here.

There are many resources for TV on the Internet. Perhaps the 3 most common resources are the following, which are dealt with in the sections below: 

         1) World Wide Wed sites
         2) Usenet Newsgroups & Mail Lists
         3) FTP archives (less common these days)

But besides the resources in those sections, here are some of the other resources useful for information on TV, and for putting together an episode guide - the first one, the EpGuides.com/TVTome.com site, is worth looking at for formating ideas (and to see if a guide for the show you're interested in is already out there):

         1) The EpGuides.com/TVTome.com web site       (see Websites for TV Ep. Guides & Section 2.2) 
         2) The Internet Movie Database (covers TV)    (see General TV websites)
         3) The TV.Zap2It web site                     (see News websites for TV)
         4) The TV networks themselves                 (see Section 3.1 & 3.2
                                                        and Broadcast TV Networks Page)
         5) The TV production company for a show       (TV Production Companies Page)
         6) "TV Guide", recent and back issues         (see Section 3.10)
         7) "Broadcasting & Cable Magazine"            (see Section 3.11)
         8) U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress

The last in that list, The U.S. Copyright Office of the Library of Congress, has some useful copyright information, which can be obtained by obtained by searching the Copyright records (http://www.copyright.gov/records/), including using the LOCIS system (telnet://locis.loc.gov/). Once reached, navigate to the copyright database and search for the (script) title of the episode or the title of the show you are interested in. Unfortunately, it's not very complete.


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