Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
List of fictional television stations
This is a list of fictional television stations, including fictional television networks.
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United States Stations
- Amfeed - The City (Transmetropolitan graphic novels)
- Cable 10 - Aurora, Illinois community access station, Wayne's World (The public access station in Aurora does exist on channel 10, but is called ACTV.)
- Channel 5, presumably an NBC affiliate - Quahog, Rhode Island (Family Guy) (note: the actual Channel 5 received in Rhode Island is WCVB-TV, an ABC affiliate in Needham, Massachusetts)
- KBBL-TV Channel Six - Springfield (local channel in The Simpsons, probably a Fox affiliate)
- KCCY-TV - Minneapolis, Minnesota (Coach)
- KGIM-TV - Dallas, Texas (Dallas)
- KLXX-TV - California?, channel 70 in The China Syndrome
- KMEX-TV Channel Ocho (Eight) - Springfield (Spanish language channel in The Simpsons, based heavily on real KMEX-TV of Los Angeles, owned by Univisión, which in turn is also a Spanish language channel)
- KMTV MTV Music Videos - video from Janet Jackson's hit song Nasty (There's a real-life KMTV, in Omaha, Nebraska, and it's unrelated with MTV; it is affiliated with the CBS television network and owned by Emmis Communications )
- KMUP - Muppets Tonight
- KORP - Shake, Rattle & Rock TV movie
- KPET - Newshounds web comic
- KQMO-TV - Seattle, Washington (Life or Something Like It ) -- based heavily on real KOMO-TV of Seattle, the logo is barely different.
- KRAY - Raytown, Missouri (Mama's Family)
- KROP - Bubba Ho-Tep
- KRVL - Newshounds web comic
- KQHS Channel 9 - San Diego, California (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy)
- KSVN (K-7) Channel 7 - Lizzie McGuire (probably an ABC affiliate)
- KTMB - California (A Day Without a Mexican)
- KVWN Channel Four - San Diego, California (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy)
- KWHZ - Fawcett City, DC Universe
- SPKF - The City (Transmetropolitan graphic novels)
- U-62 - (UHF)
- WACK - ("Doowatchyalike" video by Digital Underground)
- WBFL-TV - Buffalo Bill TV show
- WBOR - Garfield and Friends
- WGBS - Metropolis television station in the Superman comics, flagship station of the fictional Galaxy Broadcasting System
- WJM-TV - Minneapolis, Minnesota (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
- WKS, public TV - Columbus, Ohio (Family Ties)
- WPBH-TV - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Groundhog Day)
- WPIV - Norwich, Vermont (Newhart)
- WSF - Miami, Florida (The Golden Girls)
- WTOP-TV - 101 Dalmatians: The Series (note: the actual WTOP-TV (in Washington, DC) changed its call sign to WDVM in 1978, and in 1986 to its current call letters, WUSA)
- WWEN - Miami, Florida (Good Morning Miami)
- WYN - Boston, Massachusetts - Goodnight, Beantown
- WZAZ - Airplane (movie), Happy Days and Grease
Canadian Station
- SCTV - Melonville (Second City Television)
United Kingdom Stations
- BBC 3 - Doctor Who (BBC Three now exists, but didn't in 1971)
- BBC 12 - 2001: A Space Odyssey
- British Global Press - Contact (movie)
- GBTV - The Core
- Groovy Channel 27 - Red Dwarf
- KYTV - KYTV
- Outer Hebrides Broadcasting Corporation - Naked Video
- RWT - Rutland Weekend Television
Networks
- 30th Century Fox - future incarnation of 20th Century Fox in Futurama
- BHO - a parody of HBO, The Simpsons
- The Blockbuster Channel - movie channel, The Simpsons
- Cloud Nine - Satellite channel owned by Derek Leech in Kim Newman's fiction (note; there is a Cloud Nine [1] production company [though not a network] in New Zealand)
- CNNBCBS (a joint venture of CNN, NBC and CBS, which is purchased by ABC), in the year 2010 - The Simpsons
- CNNNN - Chaser Non-stop News Network on the Australian news satire CNNNN.
- Continental Network System - Bamboozled
- Continental Sports Channel (CSC) - "SportsNight"
- C-SPAN9 - Futurama
- DinoMusic TeleVision - reference to MTV, Dinosaurs
- EBS - The Stepford Wives (2004)
- Empire Network - The Big Time TV movie (Actual sports network in Western New York)
- ESPN Ocho - Spoof of over-expanding ESPN.
- Federal Broadcasting Company - Desk Set
- Federal Network - Starship Troopers
- FYI News Network - Murphy Brown
- GNB - Less Than Perfect
- Galaxy Broadcasting System - a major television network in the Superman comics that once owned the Daily Planet
- Global News Network - Left Behind
- GlobeLink News - Drop the Dead Donkey
- HBC - a cross between NBC and HBO, South Park
- IBC - Scrooged
- MBC - The Ratings Game
- Meow TV - music videos for cats, Garfield and Friends
- MTV - Mirror Television, the Cats use this to admire their reflections in Red Dwarf.
- Network 23 - Max Headroom
- NTC (probably "National Television Corporation") - network from HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon
- NTV (Norsefire Television) - The fascist government's replacement of BBC in V for Vendetta
- OCP (Omni Consumer Products) - television station (and omnipresent business conglomerate) in Robocop
- Omnicam Corporation - the company which legally adopted Truman Burbank (The Truman Show)
- RBS - Special Bulletin TV movie
- The Reality Channel - The Simpsons
- The Scenery Channel - Broadcasts beautiful views 24 hours a day in the year 2015 (Back to the Future Part II)
- The Tar Channel - Futurama
- The Top Hat Channel - pornography channel, The Simpsons
- UBS-TV (Universal Broadcasting System) - Network
- Univisión in English - Saturday Night Live
- WPCBCN (White People Co-opting Black Culture Network) - (Mr. Show with Bob and David)
- Zoblotnic Broadcasting Company - On The Air
- ZZN - Parody of CNN on JAG
See also
- Archive of fictional things
- List of fictional companies
- List of fictional radio stations
- List of fictional media companies and events
Last updated: 06-04-2005 07:42:00
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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