Template:TV Guide show/doc

Template:TV Guide show displays an external link to a page for a television show at the TV Guide website. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage

Unnamed parameters:

{{TV Guide show | ID }}

{{TV Guide show | ID | TITLE }}

Named parameters:

{{TV Guide show | id= ID }}

{{TV Guide show | id= ID | title= TITLE }}

Using Wikidata property (P3804):

{{TV Guide show}}

{{TV Guide show | title= TITLE }}

Instructions

1. Go to TVGuide.com and search for the show you want.
2. Click on the correct link to go to the show's page. Be sure you're getting the right show.
3. The page URL should look like:

   https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/show-title/#######

   where "#######" indicates a number.

4. Add this text to the External links section:

   {{TV Guide show | ####### | Title }}

   where "#######" is the number you've copied

   and "Title" is the television show's title (default is article name).

Examples

Current ID number (10 digits)

Usage in the article NCIS (TV series), with article name as link text:

* {{TV Guide show | 1030367572 }}

* {{TV Guide show | id= 1030367572 }}

Usage with name parameter as link text:

* {{TV Guide show | 1030367572 | NCIS }}

* {{TV Guide show | id= 1030367572 | title= NCIS }}

Output:

• NCIS at TV Guide

URL in template:

https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/-/1030367572/

Full URL:

https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/ncis/1030367572/

Former ID number (6 or 7 digits)

Usage in the article NCIS (TV series), with article name as link text:

* {{TV Guide show | 100320 }}

* {{TV Guide show | id= 100320 }}

Usage with name parameter as link text:

* {{TV Guide show | 100320 | NCIS }}

* {{TV Guide show | id= 100320 | title= NCIS }}

Output:

• NCIS at TV Guide

URL in template:

https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/-/100320/

Full URL:

https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/ncis/100320/

ID in Wikidata

Usage in the article Ugly Betty:

* {{TV Guide show}}

* {{TV Guide show | name= Ugly Betty }}

Output:

• Ugly Betty at TV Guide Error creating thumbnail: File missing

URL in template:

https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/-/281127/

Full URL:

https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/ugly-betty/281127/

No ID in template or Wikidata

Usage:

* {{TV Guide show}}

Output:

• TV Guide show/doc at TV Guide

See also

• {{TV Guide person}} which uses Wikidata property (P3845)
• {{TV Guide movie}}
• Selected filmography … examples of other templates