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- From: mwauford@UTKUX1.UTK.EDU (Melissa Wauford)
- Subject: TV Discussion Groups, Etc. (monthly posting)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec1.003515.21092@utkux1.utk.edu>
- Followup-To: rec.arts.tv
- Sender: usenet@utkux1.utk.edu (USENET News System)
- Reply-To: mwauford@utkvx.utk.edu (Melissa Wauford)
- Organization: Univ of Tennessee Computing Center
- Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1992 00:35:15 GMT
- Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.edu
- Expires: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 00:00:00 GMT
- Lines: 193
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- Archive-name: tv/groups
-
- [Last change - 11/30/92]
- [Changes since last posting - [Checked all mailing list addresses and
- deleted Moonlighting (bluemoon-request%itchy
- @dsd.es.com) and Reasonable Doubts
- (rd-request@caesar.cs.montana.edu) because
- of bounced mail. (Please contact me if you
- have working addresses for these lists.)
- Also updated email address for Beauty and
- the Beast fanzine. Added three new mailing
- lists: Babylon 5, Blake's 7, and Northern
- Exposure. Added rec.arts.anime and
- alt.tv.tiny-toon.plucky-duck. Began cross-
- posting to rec.arts.sf.tv.]
-
- 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
- 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 - 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, .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.comedy.british - Discussion of British TV sitcoms, etc.
- 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.letterman - Fans of NBC TV host David Letterman
- alt.fan.monty-python - Discussion of television shows and movies done
- by the British comedy troupe Monty Python
- alt.startrek.creative - Fan-produced fiction, parodies, art, etc. about
- Star Trek (old and new) and discussion of same
- alt.tv.dinosaurs - Discussion of ABC show Dinosaurs
- alt.tv.fifteen - Discussion of Nickelodeon show Fifteen
- alt.tv.la-law - Discussion of NBC show L.A. Law
- 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.northern-exp - Discussion of CBS show Northern Exposure
- alt.tv.prisoner - Discussion of the British TV show The Prisoner
- alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy - Discussion of Nickelodeon animated show Ren
- and Stimpy
- 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 show-within-a-show Itchy and
- Scratchy on The Simpsons
- alt.tv.tiny-toon - Discussion of syndicated show Tiny Toons
- alt.tv.tiny-toon.plucky-duck - Discussion of Tiny Toons spinoff The Plucky
- Duck Show
- alt.tv.twin-peaks - Discussion of ABC show Twin Peaks and its movie
- followups
-
- ------------------------------
-
- 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.
-
- Babylon 5 b5-request@iastate.edu
-
- Beverly Hills 90210 90210-request@ferkel.ucsb.edu
-
- Blake's 7 blake7-request@lysator.liu.se
-
- Cheers cheers-request@Colorado.EDU
-
- Clarissa Explains It All clarissa-request@ferkel.ucsb.edu
-
- 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
-
- Melrose Place melrose-place-request@ferkel.ucsb.edu
-
- 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@cs.widener.edu
- NOTE: Bidirectional gateway to alt.tv.simpsons.
-
- Tequila and Bonetti sallylb@netcom.netcom.com
-
- Thirtysomething 30something-request@fuggles.acc.virginia.edu
-
- ------------------------------
-
- 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
-
- SCREEN-L LISTSERV@UA1VM.BITNET Film & TV Studies discussion
- STREK-L LISTSERV@PCCVM.BITNET Star Trek discussion
- 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
-
- --
-
- Melissa
- mwauford@utkvx.utk.edu
-
-