As promised, I spent the past week filling in gaps and correcting some errors in the historical TV schedule. I assigned dates/days/times to 1,462 records, bringing the grand total to 120,447 records that you can search.
Right now the trivialTV online database is about 98% correct and complete for the period 1/1/1983 to 4/23/2006. It's about 1% incomplete — you'll still find the occassional empty time slot, and I estimate the error rate is about 1%.
Not bad for free.
Next week I'll add another 530 records for the time period from 4/24/2006 - 5/21/2006 once I finish entering Nielsen Ratings for those four weeks.
trivialTV is now bigger and better at TVTango.com!
On This Date: 29 Nov
(+/-)These series premiered:
(+/-)These telefilms bowed:
(+/-)US Broadcast firsts/lasts:
1953: First broadcast by WSIX-TV (channel 8; Nashville, TN).
1953: First broadcast by KTHE-TV (; Los Angeles, CA).
1948: First televised performance for the NYC Metropolitan Opera.
1948: First broadcast by KKOB-TV (channel 4; Albuquerque, NM) as KOB-TV.
(+/-)TV births, weddings, deaths
1984: Bobby and Betsy Ewing are born on ''Knots Landing''
Upcoming Series Preems
- Today (29 Nov)
- ''Varsity, Inc.'' (ESPN2, 11:00PM)
- ''Mas Vale Tarde con Alex Cambert'' (Telemundo, 11:30PM)
- Tomorrow (30 Nov)
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No series in database.
- Day After (1 Dec)
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No series in database.
- Even Later (2 Dec)
- ''Tin Man'' (SciFi, 9:00PM)
(+/-)And Still Later
- All dates/times tentative.
Top Ten Rated Shows
- Fifteen Years Ago
- (11/23/1992 - 11/29/1992)
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TV Shorty Watch
(+/-)One Airing
(+/-)Two Airings
(+/-)Three Airings
(+/-)Four Airings (just off list)
The TV Shorty List
1, 2,
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''Anchorwoman'' (Fox, 2007)
''Co-ed Fever'' (CBS, 1979)
''Dot Comedy'' (ABC, 2000)
''Emily's Reasons Why Not'' (ABC, 2006)
''Lawless'' (Fox, 1997)
''Public Morals'' (CBS, 1996)
''The Rich Li$t'' (Fox, 2006)
''Secret Talents of the Stars'' (CBS, 2008)
''South of Sunset'' (CBS, 1993)
''Turn On'' (ABC, 1969)
''A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers'' (CBS Cable, 1982)
''Who's Whose'' (CBS, 1951)
''The Will'' (CBS, 2005)
''You're in the Picture'' (CBS, 1961)
''AFP: American Fighter Pilot'' (CBS, 2002)
''Aliens in the Family'' (ABC, 1996)
''America.01'' (ABC, 2001)
''Apple Pie'' (ABC, 1978)
''Backspin'' (Bravo, 2004)
''Big Shamus, Little Shamus'' (CBS, 1979)
''Charlie Lawrence'' (CBS, 2003)
''Clerks'' (ABC, 2000)
''Confessions'' (CourtTV, 2000)
''Danny'' (CBS, 2001)
''ElimiDATE Deluxe'' (WB, 2001)
''The Fifth Corner'' (NBC, 1992)
''Flash Gordon'' (Dumont, 1951)
''Four Corners'' (CBS, 1998)
''girls club'' (Fox, 2002)
''Going Hollywood'' (TLC, 2005)
''The Great American Dream Vote'' (ABC, 2007)
''Guess Again'' (CBS, 1951)
''Head Cases'' (Fox, 2005)
''Imagine That'' (NBC, 2002)
''Inconceivable'' (NBC, 2005)
''Joey Faye's Frolics'' (CBS, 1950)
''Little Muppet Monsters'' (CBS, 1985)
''Love and Marriage'' (Fox, 1996)
''The Mike O'Malley Show'' (NBC, 1999)
''My Guys'' (CBS, 1996)
''One Ocean View'' (ABC, 2006)
''The Paula Poundstone Show'' (ABC, 1993)
''Prince Street'' (NBC, 1997)
''The Princes of Malibu'' (Fox, 2005)
''The Real Roseanne Show'' (ABC, 2003)
''Roxie'' (CBS, 1987)
''Ryan Caulfield: Year One'' (Fox, 1999)
''Sammy'' (NBC, 2000)
''Sleepwalkers'' (NBC, 1997)
''Sunset Beat'' (ABC, 1990)
''Tag the Gag'' (NBC, 1951)
''Take Five'' (CBS, 1987)
''That Was Then'' (ABC, 2002)
''Tuesday Night Book Club'' (CBS, 2006)
''Viva Laughlin'' (CBS, 2007)
''Wind on Water'' (NBC, 1998)
''Wonderland'' (ABC, 2000)
''You're the One'' (WB, 1998)
''Angel Street'' (CBS, 1992)
''As If'' (UPN, 2002)
''Beyond Westworld'' (CBS, 1980)
''The Book of Daniel'' (NBC, 2006)
''Brats of the Lost Nebula'' (WB, 1998)
''Built to Last'' (NBC, 1997)
''The Chamber'' (Fox, 2002)
''The Court'' (ABC, 2002)
''Daddy's Girls'' (CBS, 1994)
''Doc Corkle'' (NBC, 1952)
''E.A.R.T.H. Force'' (CBS, 1990)
''E.S.P.'' (ABC, 1958)
''First Years'' (NBC, 2001)
''Fish Police'' (CBS, 1992)
''Flatbush'' (CBS, 1979)
''Forbidden Secrets'' (Pax, 2001)
''Get This Party Started'' (UPN, 2006)
''Harsh Realm'' (Fox, 1999)
''Hold It Please'' (CBS, 1949)
''Jokebook'' (NBC, 1982)
''The Legend of Calamity Jane'' (WB, 1997)
''Let's Make a Deal'' (NBC, 2003)
''Life...and Stuff'' (CBS, 1997)
''Love Monkey'' (CBS, 2006)
''The Martin Short Show'' (NBC, 1994)
''Meet the Marks'' (Fox, 2002)
''My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star'' (WB, 2002)
''NBC Sports Spot'' (NBC, 1958)
''On the Air'' (ABC, 1992)
''Once a Hero'' (ABC, 1987)
''100 Grand'' (ABC, 1963)
''Over the Top'' (ABC, 1997)
''Palace Guard'' (CBS, 1991)
''Playing It Straight'' (Fox, 2004)
''Power Play'' (UPN, 1999)
''Profiles from the Front Line'' (ABC, 2003)
''Push'' (ABC, 1998)
''Queens Supreme'' (CBS, 2003)
''Rendezvous'' (ABC, 1952)
''The Roller Girls'' (NBC, 1978)
''Say What?'' (CBS, 1992)
''Scorch'' (CBS, 1992)
''She Spies'' (NBC, 2002)
''Significant Others'' (Fox, 1998)
''The Stones'' (CBS, 2004)
''Strange World'' (ABC, 1999)
''Stressed Eric'' (NBC, 1998)
''Struck by Lightning'' (CBS, 1979)
''Studio 5-B'' (ABC, 1989)
''Sunday Best'' (NBC, 1991)
''Talk to Me'' (ABC, 2000)
''Tall Hopes'' (CBS, 1993)
''3 Lbs.'' (CBS, 2006)
''Trial and Error'' (CBS, 1988)
''The Trouble with Larry'' (CBS, 1993)
''WXO Wrestling'' (Synd, 2000)
''Wasteland'' (ABC, 1999)
''What Happened'' (NBC, 1952)
''Your Big Moment'' (Dumont, 1953)
(+/-)One & Done
(+/-)Two & Through
(+/-)Three & Free
Total Tube Time
(+/-)All genres
- 17.0 ''60 Minutes''
- 16.9 ''Dateline NBC''
- 14.4 ''20/20''
- 8.6 ''Law & Order''
- 8.1 ''Murder, She Wrote''
- 7.7 ''ER''
- 7.1 ''48 Hours''
- 6.8 ''Primetime''
- 5.5 ''CSI''
- 5.4 ''Unsolved Mysteries''
(+/-)Sitcoms
- 4.49 ''Cheers''
- 4.12 ''The Cosby Show''
- 3.90 ''The Simpsons''
- 3.77 ''Friends''
- 3.47 ''Roseanne''
- 3.361 ''Home Improvement''
- 3.356 ''Frasier''
- 3.20 ''Seinfeld''
- 2.91 ''The Golden Girls''
- 2.90 ''Murphy Brown''
(+/-)Dramas
- 8.61 ''Law & Order''
- 8.06 ''Murder, She Wrote''
- 7.66 ''ER''
- 5.45 ''CSI''
- 4.87 ''Matlock''
- 4.24 ''Knots Landing''
- 4.08 ''Dallas''
- 4.06 ''Law & Order: SVU''
- 4.02 ''NYPD Blue''
- 3.94 ''LA Law''
TV Power Ratings
(+/-)2004-05, Top 10
- 2.24 ''American Idol''
- 2.10 ''WWE Smackdown!''
- 1.92 ''NFL Monday Night Football''
- 1.35 ''CSI''
- 1.18 ''Dancing with the Stars''
- 1.04 ''Gilmore Girls''
- 1.01 ''7th Heaven''
- 0.88 ''So You Think You Can Dance''
- 0.70 ''Desperate Housewives''
- 0.70 ''ER''
(+/-)2004-05, Bottom 10
- -4.67 ''My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss''
- -4.64 ''The Benefactor''
- -4.35 ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search''
- -4.28 ''Life of Luxury''
- -4.11 ''The Will''
- -3.86 ''Last Comic Standing''
- -3.77 ''The Office''
- -3.70 ''Father of the Pride''
- -3.56 ''The Mountain''
- -3.55 ''The Cut''
(+/-)2005-06, Top 10
- 2.23 ''American Idol''
- 1.60 ''WWE Smackdown!''
- 1.37 ''Deal or No Deal''
- 1.36 ''CSI''
- 1.23 ''NFL Monday Night Football''
- 1.15 ''CSI: Miami''
- 1.05 ''America's Got Talent''
- 0.83 ''ER''
- 0.82 ''Smallville''
- 0.74 ''Law & Order: SVU''
(+/-)2005-06, Bottom 10
- -4.14 ''Sex, Love & Secrets''
- -3.82 ''One Ocean View''
- -3.65 ''Still Standing''
- -3.65 ''Tuesday Night Book Club''
- -3.63 ''Love Monkey''
- -3.63 ''Scrubs''
- -3.59 ''Head Cases''
- -3.52 ''Kitchen Confidential''
- -3.41 ''Jake in Progress''
- -3.40 ''Yes, Dear''
Vital Stats
- EP VID FINDER
- 45,854 links
- 27,260 unique eps
- 1,426 series
- AWARDS FEATURE
- 59,616 records
- 205 organizations
- TV SCHEDULE SEARCH
- 131,153 records
- trivialTV DATABASE
- 20,608 series
- 11,496 confirmed preem dates
1 comment:
I'm happy that you're enjoying it! Please tell others about it:)
It wasn't easy, and it's been a long project.
I started with Nielsen ratings reports from SF Chronicle, LA Times and other newspapers that simply listed the shows that aired with their networks and household ratings. I didn't originally intend to build this type of database; so I didn't care about times/dates initially--just the week the shows aired.
I cross-referenced this list with: (1) Marsh & Brooks for typical airing times/days for series, (2) Library of Congress d/b, TV Guide, UCLA d/b, tvtome.com, classic tv archive for ep titles and additional airing times/dates,
(3) imdb.com for movie release years,
(4) multiple sports archives for scores,
(5) multiple pageant sites for winners, (6) older records at TheFutonCritic to fill in some gaps for number of viewers, (7) internal consistency checks in the trivialTV d/b to find errors and missing records,
(8) probably many other records that I don't remember now.
To keep current over the past two years, I've used a combination of zap2it (listings), USA Today (viewers) and Broadcasting & Cable (ratings/share). Unfortunately, B&C usually has an error or two; so I also use TelevisionWeek as a corroborating source for ratings/share data. I also use TheFutonCritic to make corrections when a network replaces one show with another at the last minute.
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