Weekly TV Listings

By The Non-Sequitur Express

Page last updated mon-08-oct-2001 by a human.

The Non-Sequitur Express began as an e-newsletter to friends and coworkers, and I soon added SF-related TV listings for the US/PA/Philadelphia area -- because that's what most of us watch(ed). Many were the times when a week had passed and I'd worked myself into a tizzy, anxious that if I didn't transmit an updated issue, my possibly-grown-dependent-and-atrophied readers would miss something important ("important" and "atrophied" being relative and specialized terms). Hence, these online listings, which allow me to relax and polish the original material (reviews, analyses, random observations) in each issue.

NSX Listings

mon-08-oct to mon-15-oct-2001 in by show, by network NEW!
fri-05-oct to sat-13-oct-2001 in by show, by network
mon-01-oct to sat-20-oct-2001 in by show, by network
fri-28-sep to sun-07-oct-2001 in by show, by network
mon-24-sep to sun-07-oct-2001 in by show, by network
fri-21-sep to mon-01-oct-2001 in by show, by network
mon-17-sep to sat-31-sep-2001 in by show, by network
thu-13-sep to sat-22-sep-2001 in by show, by network
Guide to TV listings: format, channel and series symbols (rusty)
Raw flatfile show symbol data
Raw flatfile data for apr- to jun-2001
Raw flatfile data for jul- to sep-2001 UPDATED!
Raw flatfile data for oct-2001 UPDATED!

Current Advisories:

fri-05-oct-20:00, 48, "The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne" is now syndicated.
sun-07-oct-12:00, 17, "Andromeda" encores move here from 23:00.
sun-07-oct-18:00, 48, "The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne" encore.
sun-07-oct-11:00, 17, "Earth: Final Conflict" season five premiere.
mon-08-oct-07:00, SFC, 13-ep "Crusade" ~~replaces "Babylon 5" on Mondays~~ marathon.
tue-09-oct-21:00, UPN, "Roswell" season three (from WB) premiere.
wed-10-oct-00:30, TCN, "Gundam: 08th Mobile Suit Team" returns to Midnight Run, replacing "Outlaw Star".
tue-16-oct-21:00, WB, "Smallville" premieres: the hometown life of young Clark Kent, with bald friend Lex Luthor, kryptonite-wearing love interest Lana Lang, and a town devastated by his natal meteor shower.
thu-08-nov, Fox, after long delay, "The Tick" (live action) finally premieres.

Recent Advisories:

On the WB, "Buffy" summer repeats have moved from tue-20:00 to wed-21:00.
On the WB, "Angel" summer repeats have moved from tue to mon-21:00.
wed-18-jul-21:30, Fox, the indecorous animated "Family Guy" returned to the lineup.
sat-21-jul-11:00, Fox, preview double-episode of the latest anime import, "Mon Colle Knights".
mon-23-jul-17:00, TCN, "Tenchi" is replaced by "Mobile Suit Gundam", the original space opera/politics/drama that spawned oodles of successor series. And at 17:30, the "Viewer's Choice" series is "Outlaw Star".
prior to mon-06-aug-00:30, TCN begin airing "8th Mobile Suit Team" (one of many "Gundam" spinoffs) on "Midnight Run".
prior to mon-06-aug-00:00, TCN begin airing encores of "Outlaw Star" on "Midnight Run".
mon-06-aug-22:00, SFC, season one of "Earth: Final Conflict" begins airing, stripped Monday through Thursday.
mon-06-aug-21:00, SFC, CBS's "Now and Again" begins airing, stripped Monday through Thursday. It's the story of a superhuman body built by a secret government agency, and of the brain of the family man killed by a train that the stick into it.
fri-10-aug, TCN, premiere of "Samurai Jack", which is indeed another quasi-anime from Genndy Tartakovsky, the creator of "Power Puff Girls" and "Dexter's Laboratory".
sat-11-aug, WB, new CG for-kids series "Cubix: Robots for Everyone".
tue-14-aug-21:00, WB, new series: "Dead Last" - amateur rock band is stuck with magic amulet, is cursed to help the ghosts attracted to it.
fri-17-aug-21:00, Nik, new ep of "Invader Zim".
sun-19-aug-21:00, SFC, "Wing Commander" (1999) movie (120 min).
mon-20-aug-17:30, TCN, "Dragonball Z" replaces "Outlaw Star" in Toonami. Coming soon: actual new eps. Oh, joy.
mon-20-aug-21:00, SFC, "Now & Again" is replaced with "The Outer Limits". scifi.com/nowandagain doesn't explain why; only 8 of the 22 eps were aired.
tue-21-aug-20:00, UPN, "7 Days" repeats no longer occupy this slot.
tue-21-aug-21:00, TNT, "Witchblade" season one finale.
fri-24-aug-21:00, Nik, another new ep of "Invader Zim".
fri-24-aug-20:00, TCN, premiere of "Grim and Evil", featuring two new shows chosen by viewers: "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy" in which two kids befriend the Grim Reaper, and "Evil Con Carne" in which the preserved brain and stomach of a billionaire are attached to a circus bear. Okay, so the Grim Reaper, a skeleton, takes a dip in the pool -- hello? Lung buoyancy? And the pink brain has eyes on its frontal lobes and lives in a glass bell jar atop the bear's head?
sun-26-aug-21:00, TNT, 13-hour "Witchblade" marathon.
mon-27-aug-20:00, SFC, "Farscape" S1 and S2 stripped (after "B5", followed by "The Outer Limits" and "Earth: Final Conflict").
sat-01-sep-00:00, TCN, one-hour "Toonami Music Videos" pre-empts "08th Mobile Suit Team" and "Outlaw Star"
tue-04-sep-00:00, TCN, "08th Mobile Suit Team" is one hour.
Coming to FoxKids: "Mon Colle Knights" (anime), "Ripping Friends".
Coming to WB: "Jackie Chan Adventures" S2, stripped MTWRF+Z.
sat-01-sep-10:00, Fox, "Digimon" S3, two eps.
sat-01-sep-11:00, Fox, "Medabots" (anime import), two eps.
sun-02-sep-00:00, TCN, "Cowboy Bebop" is the channel's latest anime grab; eps 1 and 2. In tv.excite.com listings, vanishes into the three-hour late-night "Adult Swim" block, sun- and thu-22:00. tvguide.com displays all segments (even the 15-minute shorts) separately, but lacks titles.
mon-03-sep-16:00, UPN, "Tarzan: The Legend Continues" (Disney TV animation).
thu-06-sep-22:00, TCN, new "Adult Swim" block #2, "no one under 17 allowed", sun- and thu-22:00.
fri-07-sep-21:00, Nik, new episodes of "Invader Zim" continue.
sat-08-sep-08:00, Fox, "Transformers: Robots in Disguise" (anime import). NOTE: the eps continue in sequence on weekdays MTWRF-14:30, so sat-15-sep is ep#107, not 102.
sat-08-sep-12:30, Sho, 11-ep S5 "StarGate SG-1" marathon.
mon-10-sep, TCN, new episodes of "Dragonball Z".
mon-10-sep-21:00, 69, "Star Trek: The Next Generation" no longer occupies this MTWRF slot. See VGR.
tue-11-sep, all, due to the NY and DC terrorist attacks, most broadcast and cable channels replace their programming with news coverage, or discontinue it altogether. Certain award shows are delayed indefinitely.
tue-11-sep-00:00, TCN, "08th Mobile Suit Team" is replaced by "Dragonball Z". TV listers are not notified. The Toonami-Midnight Run pair is now one-sixth "Dragonball" and one-half "Dragonball Z".
tue-11-sep-17:00, TCN, "Mobile Suit Gundam" is randomly replaced by "Dragonball". TV listers are not notified. It returns the next day.
tue-11-sep-20:00, 69, "Star Trek Voyager" begins airing stripped TWRF. See TNG.
mon-03-sep-22:00, SFC, "Earth: Final Conflict" is replaced by "Tales from the Crypt". TV listers are not notified. There's no direct link, but scifi.com/efc/ explains that's it's been temporarily pulled for not meeting ratings expectations.
mon-10-sep-14:30, Fox, "Transformers: Robots in Disguise" is stripped MTWRF, plus Saturday; to follow the eps in order, you have to watch all six.
thu-13-sep-17:00, TCN, "Mobile Suit Gundam" is again randomly replaced by "Dragonball". TV listers are not notified -- not tv.excite.com or tvguide.com.
sat-15-sep-11:00, Fox, "Ripping Friends", from Spumco, makers of "Ren and Stimpy". Really muscular guys who think superheroes are wimps because of their supernormal superpowers. Crude flatus jokes.
sat-15-sep-11:30, Fox, "Alienators: Evolution Continues" (based on the movie).
sat-15-sep-9:30, WB, "The Mummy" (apparently replaces this summer's sequel, continuity-wise),
sat-15-sep-11:00, WB, "R.L.Stine's The Nightmare Room" (live-action).
sat-15-sep-11:30, WB, "Yu-Gi-Oh!" (anime)
sat-15-sep-17:00, synd-29, "StarGate SG-1" season 4 premieres.
mon-17-sep to fri-21-sep 17:00-19:00, TCN, "Lockdown", an interactive web-and-TV something-or-other game conducted in the interstices of normal programming, featuring their CGI bumper mascots of Tom-the-robot and the freighter _Absolution_.
sat-22-sep-07:30, WB, US premiere of Mainframe CGI kid-series "Heavy Gear" based on the DreamPod 9 RPG.
sat-22-sep-14:00, fox-29, "StarGate SG-1" #510.
mon-24-sep-03:00, fox-29, "Deep Space 9" assumes an additional 3:00 slot, for two hours a week.
mon-24-sep-16:00 (not 18:00), FX, "The X-Files" cycles over again with the pilot, #1x79. (What sort of production number is *that*?) Stripped MTWRF-18:00 with encores TWRFZ-01:00.
mon-24-sep-19:00, FX, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Stripped MTWRF-19:00 with encores TWRFZ-16:00.
mon-24-sep-21:00, WB, "Angel" season two premiere.
wed-26-sep-20:00, UPN, "Enterprise" (not "Star Trek:") series premiere, two hours.
fri-28-sep-19:00, SFC, tv.excite.com (Tribune Media Services) and tvguide.com both disagree with SFC's "official" website-posted schedule. The former list: "The Chronicle: 101 Pilot", "The Invisible Man: 201 Legends", and "Screamers" (movie). The latter lists: "Prey", "The Invisible Man: 2xx Exposed", "Farscape: 3xx Eat Me", and "Lexx: 410 Magic Baby". (I myself can't confirm this, because my digital cable service has been inactive for ten days now, with the unchanged phone message: "To offer you the best new digital entertainment and high-speed internet services, we are currently rebuilding the cable plant in your area. We apologize for any temporary interruptions in cable service you may experience during the daylight hours. We assure you that your services will be restored by dusk.")
fri-28-sep-20:00, Fox, "Dark Angel" season 2 premiere.
mon-01-oct-00:00, TCN, the day is confused for midnight programming, in their online listings. Until my digital cable returns, I can't confirm whether "Cowboy Bebop" is airing on Sunday or Monday earlymorns (a more accurate term than "late nights").
mon-01-oct-06:00, TCN, "ReBoot" returns.
mon-01-oct-06:30, TCN, "Max Steel" arrives (part of the exchange program between KidsWB and TCN).
mon-01-oct-17:00, TCN, "Gundam: 08th Mobile Suit Team" moves to Toonami.
mon-01-oct-18:30, TCN, "Batman Beyond" comes to Toonami.
mon-01-oct-23:00, TNN, start of five-day "Star Trek: The Next Generation" marathon.
tue-02-oct-20:00, UPN, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" season six (from WB) premiere, two hours.
wed-03-oct-21:00, UPN, "Special Unit 2" season two premiere.
thu-04-oct-20:00, WB, "Charmed" season three premiere, two hours. (Displaced from last week)
sat-06-oct-18:00, 17, "Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda" season two premiere.

Month-but-no-date Advisories:

fall-2001, SFC, season 5 of "StarGate SG-1".
mid-sep-2001-sat, synd-wphl-17-wb, Mainframe CGI "Heavy Gear" by DreamPod 9. Been airing in Australia for some time.
oct-2001, TNN, "Star Trek: The Next Generation" stripped.
New Showtime SF telemovie, "Odyssey 5", in which a shuttle crew witnesses the destruction of the Earth, then timejumps five years back to prevent it. [From corona.bc.ca]
nov-2001, TCN, "Justice League". Look, it's Batman and Superman again. And Superman guest star Green Lantern. And Wonderwoman, et al.
jan-2002, SFC, "Farscape" S3 final eps.
jan-2002, SFC, "The Invisible Man" S2 final eps.
New "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" CG TV series in production by Rainbow Studios and Mirage Studios. [From corona.bc.ca]
Joss Whedon is officially working on a second "Buffy" spinoff series, for the BBC, featuring Giles' post-Watcher life back in England. [From corona.bc.ca]
2002-3 season: new "Battlestar Galactica" two-hour pilot telemovie from USA Studios for Fox. [From corona.bc.ca]

General reference:

"StarGate SG-1" (sym:SG1) on wtxf-29-fox wanders all over the clock, from sat-12:00 to sat-17:00.
SFC will sometimes strip a program like "seaQuest" (sym:SQ) not only vertically (across a week) but also horizontally (a "chain reaction" marathon).
Absent from my listings doesn't necessarily mean absent from TV; I probably overlooked that timeslot. "Pr'emp'd" (for "pre-empted") is a more reliable warning.

Errata:

fri-21-sep-2001, Nik's evening programming ran ten minutes early.
sat-22-sep-2001, "SG1" was not on at 14:00, despite listings.
For week of mon-17-sep-2001, listed WB "Cardcaptors" at 15:30; is actually 15:00.
There's a bug in the 2001-09-03 files I haven't yet tracked, that affects only "Earth: Final Conflict".
The new UPN show is called "Enterprise" not "Star Trek: Enterprise".
The SFC stripped eps of "Farscape" are at 20:00, not 21:00.
The new WB anime import is "Yu-Gi-Oh!" not "Fu-Gu-Yi".
"Now & Again" that way by SFC, but not in TV listings.
Listed the new series "Dead Last" as UPN; it's WB.
Overlooked the change in TCN's "Midnight Run" schedule from DBZ to "8th Mobile Suit Team" and "Outlaw Star".
Overlooked the premiere of CBS's "Now and Again" on SFC on mon-06-aug-21:00.
Briefly mis-listed TCN's "Outlaw Star" as airing at 17:00, "Mobile Suit Gundam's" timeslot.
Haven't looked up the correct season-ep numbers for "The Simpsons".
Haven't updated the Symbols page lately (but see the .txt db instead).

TV Sites

Ambit's Sci Fi on TV-- Movies, new eps (incl. syndicated), networks/cable for the week and today.
ClickTV-- personalizable, magazine
tv.Excite.com-- personalizable
SPACE.com science fiction-- links to daily listings (URL varies); airtime (ET) show channel title blurb.
tvgrid.Student.com-- localizable
TV Guide-- personalizable, magazine
TV-now.com-- magazine
TVNow Science Fiction Movies-- monthly alphabetic listing; title runtime rating date director cast blurb airtimes.
TVNow Computers-- movies/shows featuring computers (in the blurbs, anyway)
TVNow desktop client-- download page; subscribers ($29.95 annual) can download a monthly TV schedule database to browse offline.
100000watts.com-- tech listings of TV stations nationwide, eg Philadelphia; network ID owner website wattage coverage location age.
WebTV for Windows-- with MSWin98/Me and a TV tuner card, receive programs, listings and supplementary/interactive data.

TV Listings Automation Efforts

XMLTV-0.2.4 by Ed Avis.
gtv, MySQL, C and Perl clients by "Goofy".
Potatoe: offline listings in Emacs or browser by "Schani"/Mark Probst.
FAB TV-Guide Editor, a professional MSWindows-based tool.
MisterHouse-- a Perl/browser-based controller for X10 home automation systems; includes features to download TV listings from a ClickTV account and control your VCR.
Easy House-- another X10 system, with a feature to download listings from VisionSoft (US/NC/Greensboro), which seems to be the force behind TVNow.

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