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- Subject: TV Discussion Groups, Etc. (monthly posting)
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-
- There are many sources of discussion and information about television
- (shows not hardware). General discussion takes place in the USENET
- newsgroup rec.arts.tv, but there are also other USENET groups, alternate
- hierarchy groups, and mailing lists which discuss more specialized topics.
- This posting attempts to provide a single source of information about those
- groups.
-
- Please send any additions, deletions, and corrections to
- mwauford@utkvx.utk.edu.
-
- This posting is divided into the following sections:
-
- USENET Newsgroups
- Alternate Hierarchy Groups
- Internet Mailing Lists
- Internet Majordomo Lists
- BITNET LISTSERV Groups
- Other Sources
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: USENET Newsgroups
-
- The following newsgroups should be available at all sites which receive the
- full USENET newsfeed. If your site receives only a partial feed, you may
- have to talk to your News Administrator about accessing these groups.
-
- rec.arts.tv - General discussion about television shows
- rec.arts.animation - Discussion of various kinds of animation
- including animated television shows
- rec.arts.anime.* - Heirarchy of newsgroups (anime, anime.info,
- anime.marketplace, anime.stories) for discussion
- of Japanese animation on tv and in movies
- rec.arts.drwho - Discussion of the British program Dr. Who
- rec.arts.sf.tv - Discussion of tv shows which can be classified
- as speculative fiction (fantasy, science
- fiction, horror, etc.)
- rec.arts.startrek.* - Hierarchy of newsgroups (.current, .fandom,
- .info, .misc, .reviews, .tech) which discuss
- various aspects of Star Trek, old and new
- rec.arts.tv.soaps - Discussion of daytime and nighttime soap operas
- rec.arts.tv.uk - Discussion of British television programs
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: Alternate Hierarchy Groups
-
- The following newsgroups are carried on the "alt" feed. Because of the
- controversial nature of some alt groups as well as the vast size of the
- feed, many sites do not receive the alt feed or only carry parts of it.
- Talk to your News Administrator if you need access to one of these groups
- and do not currently have it.
-
-
- alt.aeffle.und.pferdle - Discussion of German cartoon characters
- alt.animation.warner-bros - Discussion of Warner Brothers cartoons
- alt.comedy.british - Discussion of British TV sitcoms, etc.
- alt.comics.batman - Includes discussion of Fox show Batman
- alt.comics.superman - Includes discussion of ABC show Lois and Clark
- alt.fan.disney.afternoon - Discussion of Disney afternoon animated
- shows including Gummi Bears, Ducktales,
- Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers, Tale Spin,
- Darkwing Duck, etc.
- alt.fan.goons - Discussion of British TV and radio classic The
- Goon Show
- alt.fan.howard-stern - Fans of the nationally syndicated TV/radio host
- alt.fan.letterman - Fans of CBS TV host David Letterman
- alt.fan.monty-python - Discussion of television shows and movies done
- by the British comedy troupe Monty Python
- alt.fan.q - Fans of the Star Trek character Q
- alt.fan.rush-limbaugh - Fans of the nationally syndicated TV/radio host
- alt.startrek.creative - Fan-produced fiction, parodies, art, etc. about
- Star Trek (old and new) and discussion of same
- alt.startrek.klingon - Discussion of Klingon language, culture, etc.
- alt.toys.transformers - Discussion of Transformers -- the toy, the tv
- show, etc.
- alt.tv.animaniacs - Discussion of syndicated show Animaniacs
- alt.tv.babylon-5 - Discussion of syndicated show Babylon 5
- alt.tv.barney - Discussion of PBS kid's show Barney
- alt.tv.beakmans-world - Discussion of CBS kid's science show Beakman's
- World
- alt.tv.beavis-n-butthead - Discussion of MTV cartoon Beavis and Butt-head
- (This group's name is illegal. The dot-separated
- part of a name should be 14 characters or less.
- Some sites may not be able to carry it.)
- alt.tv.bh90210 - Discussion of Fox show Beverly Hills, 90210
- alt.tv.game-shows - Discussion of various game and quiz shows.
- alt.tv.infomercials - Discussion? about half hour sales pitches
- alt.tv.kids-in-hall - Discussion of CBC (etc.) show Kids in the Hall
- alt.tv.la-law - Discussion of NBC show L.A. Law
- alt.tv.mash - Discussion of American TV classic M*A*S*H
- alt.tv.melrose-place - Discussion of Fox show Melrose Place
- alt.tv.mst3k - Discussion of Comedy Channel show Mystery
- Science Theatre 3000
- alt.tv.muppets - Discussion of Henson Muppet shows and movies
- including Sesame Street, The Muppet Show,
- and Fraggle Rock
- alt.tv.mwc - Discussion of Fox show Married With Children
- alt.tv.northern-exp - Discussion of CBS show Northern Exposure
- alt.tv.prisoner - Discussion of the British show The Prisoner
- alt.tv.red-dwarf - Discussion of the British show Red Dwarf
- alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy - Discussion of Nickelodeon animated show Ren
- and Stimpy
- alt.tv.rockford-files - Discussion of old NBC show The Rockford Files
- alt.tv.saved-bell - Discussion of NBC show Saved by the Bell
- alt.tv.seinfeld - Discussion of NBC show Seinfeld
- alt.tv.simpsons - Discussion of FOX animated show The Simpsons
- alt.tv.simpsons.itchy-scratchy - Discussion of Simpsons show with a show
- The Itchy and Scratchy Show
- alt.tv.snl - Discussion of NBC show Saturday Night Live
- alt.tv.talkshows.daytime - Discussion of Oprah, Geraldo, and their
- ever-changing ilk even if they show late at
- night on a TV station near you.
- alt.tv.talkshows.late - Discussion of late night TV talk shows including
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show
- with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan
- O'Brien, The Arsenio Hall Show, etc.
- alt.tv.tiny-toon - Discussion of syndicated show Tiny Toons
- alt.tv.tiny-toon.fandom - Fans of syndicated show Tiny Toons.
- Note: some (ok, much) discussion is of an
- "adult" nature.
- alt.tv.twin-peaks - Discussion of ABC show Twin Peaks and its movie
- followups
- alt.tv.x-files - Discussion of Fox show The X Files
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: Internet Mailing Lists
-
- Internet mailing lists provide discussion on various topics via e-mail.
- Send subscription add and drop requests and other inquiries to the
- subscription address given in the list below. The list administrator will
- provide you with the submission address for the list. (Typically the
- submission address is the same as the subscription address without the
- -request suffix or owner- prefix.)
-
- The following addresses have been confirmed as of November 1992. If you
- have reason to believe that a mailing list is no longer active, please
- write to mwauford@utkvx.utk.edu.
-
- Blake's 7 blake7-request@lysator.liu.se
- NOTE: If subscribing with address you are mailing from, please specify
- "subscribe" as the only line in the message to invoke automatic script.
- Otherwise your message will be hand processed by the list owner.
-
- Beauty and the Beast tullise@indy.navy.mil
-
- Cheers cheers-request@Colorado.EDU
-
- Class of '96 class96-request@dream.saigon.com
- NOTE: Please include your full name and net-address and mention
- where you heard of the list.
-
- Disney Afternoon ranger-list-request@taronga.com
- NOTE: Discussion, information, etc. about Disney afternoon animated
- shows including Gummi Bears, Ducktales, Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers,
- Tale Spin, Darkwing Duck, etc.
-
- Eerie Indiana owner-eerie-indiana@sfu.ca
-
- MacGyver shari@cc.gatech.edu
-
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 scottder@ids.net
- NOTE: To subscribe, send a message with "LPBN subscribe" as the
- subject. To submit an article, its subject should be
- "LPBN submission". The Load Pan Bay News consists primarily
- of articles of information, reviews, polls and episode
- trading requests.
-
- Northern Exposure trebuchet-request@noao.edu
-
- Parker Lewis flamingo-request@lenny.corp.sgi.com
- NOTE: aka The Flamingo Digest. When joining, mention whether you'd
- like to subscribe through the reflector (each submission comes under
- separate cover) or the digest (submissions are batched up into one
- large daily letter).
-
- Quantum Leap leapers@netcom.netcom.com
- NOTE: Information only. No discussion.
-
- Seinfeld seinfeld-request@cpac.washington.edu
-
- Simpsons, The simpsons-request@net.bio.net
- NOTE: Bidirectional gateway to alt.tv.simpsons.
-
- Space: 1999 space-1999-request@quack.kfu.com
-
- Thirtysomething 30something-request@fuggles.acc.virginia.edu
-
- World News Now wnn-request@world.std.com
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: Internet Majordomo Lists
-
- Majordomo is a program which automates maintenance of Internet mailing
- lists. Each Majordomo server can support many mailing lists, much like
- BITNET LISTSERVs. To subscribe to a Majordomo list, send mail to the
- Majordomo address given below containing the single line:
-
- subscribe listname
-
- A mail message will be returned to you explaining how to signoff the list
- and how to submit articles to it.
-
- Listname Majordomo address Description of List
-
- 90210 Majordomo@tcp.com Beverly Hills 90210 discussion
- clarissa Majordomo@tcp.com Clarissa Explains It All
- discussion
- melrose-place Majordomo@tcp.com Melrose Place discussion
- shadows Majordomo@sunee.uwaterloo.ca Dark Shadows discussion
- shadows-updates Majordomo@sunee.uwaterloo.ca Dark Shadows synopses
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: BITNET LISTSERV Groups
-
- BITNET LISTSERVs are centralized servers which maintain many mailing lists.
- To subscribe to a LISTSERV list, send mail to the LISTSERV address given
- below containing the single line:
-
- SUBSCRIBE listname "Your Real Name Here"
-
- A mail message will be returned to you explaining how to signoff the list
- and how to submit articles to it.
-
- Listname LISTSERVer address Description of List
-
- B5-REVIEW-L LISTSERV@cornell.edu Babylon 5 reviews
- DRWHO-L LISTSERV@sol1.uel.ac.uk Dr. Who discussion
- FORKNI-L LISTSERV@psuvm.psu.edu Forever Knight discussion
- FILMUS-L LISTSERV@iubvm.ucs.indiana.edu Film & TV music discussion
- FKFIC-L LISTSERV@psuvm.psu.edu Forever Knight fiction
- HIGHLA-L LISTSERV@psuvm.psu.edu Highlander discussion
- SCREEN-L LISTSERV@UA1VM.BITNET Film & TV Studies discussion
- STREK-L LISTSERV@PCCVM.BITNET Star Trek discussion
- TREK-REVIEW-L LISTSERV@cornell.edu Star Trek reviews (gatewayed
- to rec.arts.startrek.reviews)
- TV-L LISTSERV@TREARN.BITNET General TV discussion
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: Other Sources
-
- The following entries are TV-related, but don't fit in the other
- categories.
-
- Beauty and the Beast Not a mailing list, but a fanzine (a fan-
- produced magazine, containing artwork,
- stories, poetry, etc.). Contact Susan
- Gavula (sjgavula@css.ltd.umich.edu),
- 3143 Homestead Commons #3, Ann Arbor,
- MI 48108
-
-