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 A '''Television''' (or '''TV''' for short) refers to a large (and sometimes small) device that is used for watching shows and news and for playing video games (although they require the use of a console in order to achieve this). In relation to the [[Grand Theft Auto]] series, the TV has long been a traditional "platform" for GTA games (although they require the use of a console in order to play them on the TV).
-==In-Game Use==
+==Description==
-===GTA III Era===
+=== Pre-GTA IV ===
-Televisions appear in-game in the Grand Theft Auto series although they are unusable (although they might be animated in cutscenes and certain missions). Various TV shows can be seen advertised in [[Liberty City]], [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]] and [[State of San Andreas|San Andreas]] however, they cannot be watched, since the TV cannot be used.
+Televisions appear in-game in the Grand Theft Auto series although they are unusable (although they might be animated in cutscenes and certain missions). Various TV shows can be seen advertised in GTA III, GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas, GTA Liberty City Stories and GTA Vice City Stories; however, they cannot be watched, since the TV cannot be used.
-===GTA IV Era===
+=== GTA IV ===
+{{main|TV Shows in GTA IV}}
-[[Grand Theft Auto IV]] introduced the ability to watch '''television shows''' in most [[Safehouses in GTA IV|safehouses]], although this feature is largely useless in actual gameplay and is more of a minor feature used to pass time.
+Televisions in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] appear as interactive devices that allowing the player to watch [[TV Shows in GTA IV|television shows]], although they have very little bearing to actual gameplay. Each safehouse in in GTA IV has a television, as is the case in GTA IV's episodic packs, [[The Lost and Damned]] and [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]]; in TLAD however, access to televisions becomes unavailable upon completion of the storyline as only one safehouse, which is disabled in the end, is the only location where a television should be available.
-Each television allows the player to watch up to three simultaneously running channels ([[Weazel]], [[CNT]], and the Public Broadcasting Corporation); however, the channels are not numbered, so finding a show is more or less coincidental. Most of the shows are running time-shifted, so while "I'm Rich" may be almost over on one channel, for example, it may just start on another.
+The design of the safehouses' televisions in both GTA IV and its episodes vary according to the condition of the safehouse. Shabby safehouses often feature olden CRT televisions which also have television channels that are purely static; more upscale housing are usually equipped with widescreen LCD/plasma televisions that are either freestanding or wall-mounted.
-The feature is carried over to its episodic titles, including [[The Lost and Damned]] and [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]], with new shows and advertising added in. However, depending on whether the player opted for downloading episodic DLC or obtaining [[GTA IV Episodes|Episodes from Liberty City]], the availability of shows and ads from GTA IV in both episodic titles, like [[Radio Stations in GTA IV|radio stations]], varies between DLCs and Episodes from Liberty City:
-* In DLCs, existing programming and advertising from GTA IV and a DLC purchased earlier will be present in the new episodic title, and vice versa.
-* In EFLC, only programming and advertising from TLAD and TBOGT will be available in both episodic titles, as much of GTA IV's content is not included in the stand-alone compilation.
-While there is one television for each [[Safehouses in GTA IV|safehouse in GTA IV]], the player can only watch TV at the [[Lost MC Clubhouse]] in [[The Lost and Damned]] until "[[Get Lost]]", to which point the player has no legal means of watching television; in [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]], one TV is available in [[Luis' Apartment|Luis' safehouse]].
-GTA IV alludes that two other television networks, [[CCC]] and [[X]], exist in the in-game universe, but are unviewable.
-===Viewable programs===
-====Weazel====
-[[Weazel]] is a parody of [[wp:Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox Broadcasting Company]].
-*[[The Men's Room]].
-*[[Split Sides]] (both Ricky Gervais and Katt Williams).
-*[[Republican Space Rangers]] (Episode 6 is added in TLAD).
-*[[Venturas Poker Challenge]].
-*[[Weazel News]] (Special report on the Motorcycle Menace) (TLAD).
-====CNT====
-[[CNT]] is a play on [[wp:CNN|CNN]] or [[wp:TNT|TNT]], possibly a combination of both as CNT also has a news program.
-*[[I'm Rich]].
-*[[The Serrated Edge]].
-*[[Princess Robot Bubblegum]] (TBOGT).
-'''CNT''' is a refererence to "cunt", a term for vagina.
-====Public Broadcasting Corporation====
-The Public Broadcasting Corporation is a parody of [[wp:PBS|PBS]], or possibly the BBC, as the latter is an acronym for British Broadcasting Corporation
-* [[A History of Liberty City]]. The program comes in two parts: Part I in GTA IV, and Part II in TLAD and TBOGT.
-===Televisions===
 ==Gallery==
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 Image:Brown_Television_(2).jpg|A brown television.
 Image:Silver_Television.jpg|A silver television.
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