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[[Grand Theft Auto IV]] introduced the ability to watch '''television shows''' in most [[Safehouses in GTA IV|safehouses]], although this feature is | [[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. | ||
== Description == | == Description == | ||
Each | 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 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: | 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: | ||
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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]]. | 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 | GTA IV alludes that two other television networks, [[CCC]] and [[MeTV]], exist in the in-game universe, but they are unviewable. | ||
==Viewable programs== | ==Viewable programs== | ||
===Weazel=== | ===Weazel=== | ||
[[Weazel]] is a parody of [[wp: | [[Weazel]] is a parody of [[wp:Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox Broadcasting Company]]. | ||
*[[The Men's Room]]. | *[[The Men's Room]]. | ||
*[[Split Sides]] (both Ricky Gervais and Katt Williams). | *[[Split Sides]] (both Ricky Gervais and Katt Williams). | ||
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===Public Broadcasting Corporation=== | ===Public Broadcasting Corporation=== | ||
The Public Broadcasting Corporation is a parody of [[wp:PBS|PBS]] | 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. | * [[A History of Liberty City]]. The program comes in two parts: Part I in GTA IV, and Part II in TLAD and TBOGT. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||