Template:TV Guide show displays an external link to a page for a television show at the TV Guide website. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage

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Unnamed parameters:

{{TV Guide show | ID }}
{{TV Guide show | ID | TITLE }}

Named parameters:

{{TV Guide show | id= ID }}
{{TV Guide show | id= ID | title= TITLE }}

Using Wikidata property TV Guide show ID (former scheme) (P3804):

{{TV Guide show}}
{{TV Guide show | title= TITLE }}

Instructions

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  1. Go to TVGuide.com and search for the show you want.
  2. Click on the correct link to go to the show's page. Be sure you're getting the right show.
  3. The page URL should look like:
    https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/show-title/#######
    where "#######" indicates a number.
  4. Add this text to the External links section:
    {{TV Guide show | ####### | Title }}
    where "#######" is the number you've copied
    and "Title" is the television show's title (default is article name).

Examples

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Current ID number (10 digits)

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Usage in the article NCIS (TV series), with article name as link text:

* {{TV Guide show | 1030367572 }}
* {{TV Guide show | id= 1030367572 }}

Usage with name parameter as link text:

* {{TV Guide show | 1030367572 | NCIS }}
* {{TV Guide show | id= 1030367572 | title= NCIS }}

Output:

URL in template:

https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/-/1030367572/

Full URL:

https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/ncis/1030367572/

Former ID number (6 or 7 digits)

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Usage in the article NCIS (TV series), with article name as link text:

* {{TV Guide show | 100320 }}
* {{TV Guide show | id= 100320 }}

Usage with name parameter as link text:

* {{TV Guide show | 100320 | NCIS }}
* {{TV Guide show | id= 100320 | title= NCIS }}

Output:

URL in template:

https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/-/100320/

Full URL:

https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/ncis/100320/

ID in Wikidata

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Usage in the article Ugly Betty:

* {{TV Guide show}}
* {{TV Guide show | name= Ugly Betty }}

Output:

URL in template:

https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/-/281127/

Full URL:

https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/ugly-betty/281127/

No ID in template or Wikidata

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Usage:

* {{TV Guide show}}

Output:

  • {{TV Guide show}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.

See also

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