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Panoramic-GTA4-television — CNT channel on a television in *Grand Theft Auto IV*

Television is a new feature introduced in Grand Theft Auto IV, found most in safehouses and like radio stations, is only used to pass time and to discover more about the fictional world of GTA.

Description

Each television allows the player to watch up to three television networks (Weazel, Public Broadcasting Corporation, and CNT); however, the channels are not numbered, so finding a show is more or less coincidental. Most of the shows are running time-shifted; for example, while I'm Rich may be almost over on one channel, 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. However, depending on whether the player opted for downloading episodic DLC or obtaining Episodes from Liberty City, the availability of shows and ads from GTA IV in both episodic titles, like 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 standalone compilation.

While there is one television for each safehouse in GTA IV, the player can only watch TV at the Lost MC Clubhouse in The Lost and Damned. Following "Get Lost," when the clubhouse is burned down, the player has no legitimate means of watching television. In The Ballad of Gay Tony, one TV is available in Luis' safehouse.

Another television channel named CCC is mentioned in game, but the channel cannot be viewed by the protagonist.

Viewable programs

Weazel

Weazel is a parody of the Fox Broadcasting Company and features the following programing:

The Men's Room (With Bas Rutten and Jeremy St. Ives)
Split Sides (both Ricky Gervais and Katt Williams)
Republican Space Rangers (Episode 6 is added in TLAD, "Homecoming" added in TBOGT)
Venturas Poker Challenge
Weazel News Parody of Fox News (Special report on the Motorcycle Menace) (TLAD)

CNT

CNT is a parody of CNN or TNT and features the following programing:

Public Broadcasting Corporation

The Public Broadcasting Corporation is a parody of BBC America and PBS and features the following program:

A History of Liberty City - The program comes in two parts: Part I in GTA IV, and Part II in TLAD and TBOGT

Mentioned Programs

72
Ether
Spittoon
How To Survive When There is A Suitcase Nuke On Your Train
Vinewood Cunts
Vacation Home Sluts
Terror Marathon
Crow Reunion in Iran
Weazel News (GTA IV and EFLC)
Homo Erectus
Waning with the Stars
Undertaker (TBoGT)
American Asshole
America's Next Top Hooker
Bad Girlz: Carwash Fundraiser
Boner
Conjoined Twins (Season 2 in TBoGT)
Drunk Daddy and the Door
Fear The Dark Finger
Funeral Factor
Gold Diggers of Liberty City (TBoGT)
Patriot 500
Shitty Singer Competition
Z Games

Trivia

Most of the commercials and shows appear to be made when the game was in its beta stages.
Some of the shows and commercial contain clips from previous Rockstar games, such as Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Bully, and Red Dead Revolver.
There is a glitch in The Lost and Damned that allows the player to watch television following the end of the game. This can be done by landing a helicopter on the roof of the Lost MC clubhouse and walking around until the pop up for watching television appears. This will then teleport the player into the room where the television is located. Following this, the only way to exit the clubhouse is to commit suicide or reload the game. This glitch is fixed on Episodes from Liberty City.
The ability to watch TV within the game was mocked by Volition, the developers of the Saints Row series in this commercial for Saints Row 2.

Navigation

[ v • e ]Grand Theft Auto IV
Locations	Liberty City (Algonquin \| Bohan \| Broker \| Dukes) \| Alderney
Characters	Characters \| Niko Bellic \| Roman Bellic \| Vlad Glebov \| Mikhail Faustin \| Dimitri Rascalov \| Brucie Kibbutz \| Elizabeta Torres \| Patrick McReary \| Playboy X \| Dwayne Forge \| United Liberty Paper contact \| Ray Boccino \| Jimmy Pegorino
Content	Missions \| Random characters \| Friends \| Girlfriends \| Vehicles \| Weapons \| Clothing \| Internet \| Radio Stations \| Safehouses \| TV Shows
Information	100% Completion \| Achievements and Trophies \| Cheats \| Features \| Trailers \| Multiplayer
Episodes from Liberty City	The Lost and Damned \| The Ballad of Gay Tony
Crossovers	Diamonds \| Heroin \| Impossible Trinity (Museum Piece, Collector's Item, and Not So Fast)

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-[[File:Panoramic-GTA4-television.jpg|thumb|338px|CNT channel on a television in Grand Theft Auto 4]]
+[[File:Panoramic-GTA4-television.jpg|thumb|338px|CNT channel on a television in ''Grand Theft Auto 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, like radio stations, is more of a minor feature used to pass time and to round out the fictional world of GTA.
+'''Television''' is a new feature introduced in ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'', found most in [[Safehouses in GTA IV|safehouses]] and like [[Radio Stations in GTA IV|radio stations]], is only used to pass time and to discover more about the fictional world of ''GTA''.
-== Description ==
+==Description ==
-Each television allows the player to watch up to 2-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagship_%28broadcasting%29 flagship] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-to-air free-to-air] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_television terrestrial] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_networks television networks] such: ([[Weazel]] & [[CNT]]); 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.
+Each television allows the player to watch up to three television networks ([[Weazel]], Public Broadcasting Corporation, and [[CNT]]); however, the channels are not numbered, so finding a show is more or less coincidental. Most of the shows are running time-shifted; for example, while ''I'm Rich'' may be almost over on one channel, 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. 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 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.
+* In ''EFLC'', only programming and advertising from ''TLAD'' and ''TBOGT'' will be available in both episodic titles, as much of ''GTA IV''<nowiki/>'s content is not included in the standalone 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]].
+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''. Following "[[Get Lost]]," when the clubhouse is burned down, the player has no legitimate means of watching television. In ''The Ballad of Gay Tony'', one TV is available in [[Luis' Apartment|Luis' safehouse]].
+Another television channel named [[CCC]] is mentioned in game, but the channel cannot be viewed by the protagonist.
-GTA IV alludes that two other television networks, [[CCC]] and [[X]], exist in the in-game universe, but are unviewable.
 ==Viewable programs==
-In 2-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagship_%28broadcasting%29 flagship] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-to-air free-to-air] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_television terrestrial] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_stations television stations] in [http://gta.wikia.com/Liberty_City_in_GTA_IV Liberty City] such:
 ===Weazel===
+[[Weazel]] is a parody of the {{WP|Fox Broadcasting Company}} and features the following programing:
-[[Weazel]] is a parody of [[wp:Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox Broadcasting Company]] was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language English] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagship_%28broadcasting%29 flagship] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-to-air free-to-air] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_television terrestrial] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_channel television channel] on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHF VHF] in normally tuned to 5 in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_television analog].
-*''[[The Men's Room]]'' (With [http://gta.wikia.com/Bas_Rutten Bas Rutten] and [http://gta.wikia.com/Jeremy_St._Ives Jeremy St. Ives])
+*''[[The Men's Room]]'' (With [[Bas Rutten]] and [[Jeremy St. Ives]])
+*''[[Split Sides]] ''(both [[Ricky Gervais]] and [[Katt Williams]])
+*''[[Republican Space Rangers]]'' (Episode 6 is added in ''TLAD'', "Homecoming" added in ''TBOGT'')
-*''[[Split Sides]] ''(both [http://gta.wikia.com/Ricky_Gervais Ricky Gervais] and [http://gta.wikia.com/Katt_Williams Katt Williams]).
+*''[[Venturas Poker Challenge]]''
-*''[[Republican Space Rangers]]'' (Episode 6 is added in TLAD).
+*''[[Weazel News]]'' Parody of Fox News (Special report on the Motorcycle Menace) (''TLAD'')
-*''[[Venturas Poker Challenge]]''.
-*''[[Weazel News]]'' Parody of fox news (Special report on the Motorcycle Menace) (TLAD).
 ===CNT===
+[[CNT]] is a parody of {{WP|CNN}} or {{WP|TNT (TV channel)|TNT}} and features the following programing:
-[[CNT]] is a parody of [[wp:CNN|CNN]] or [[wp:TNT|TNT]], possibly a combination of both as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Entertainment_Television China Entertainment Television] is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Entertainment_Television China Entertainment Television] was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language English] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagship_%28broadcasting%29 flagship] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-to-air free-to-air] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_television terrestrial] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_channel television channel] on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHF VHF] in normally tuned to 8 in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_television analog].
-*''[[I'm Rich]].''
+*''[[I'm Rich]]''
-*''[[The Serrated Edge]]''.
+*''[[The Serrated Edge]]''
-*''[[Princess Robot Bubblegum]]'' (TBOGT).
+*''[[Princess Robot Bubblegum]]'' (''TBOGT'')
-*''[[A History of Liberty City]]''. The program comes in two parts: Part I in GTA IV, and Part II in TLAD and TBOGT.
+===Public Broadcasting Corporation===
-==List of television stations in [http://gta.wikia.com/Liberty_City_in_GTA_IV Liberty City]==
+The Public Broadcasting Corporation is a parody of {{WP|BBC America}} and {{WP|PBS}} and features the following program:
-In [http://gta.wikia.com/Liberty_City_in_GTA_IV Liberty City], there are 2-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagship_%28broadcasting%29 flagship] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-to-air free-to-air] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_television terrestrial] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_networks television networks] such: [[Weazel]] & [[CNT]].
+*''[[A History of Liberty City]]'' - The program comes in two parts: Part I in ''GTA IV'', and Part II in ''TLAD'' and ''TBOGT''
+==Mentioned Programs==
-In recent years, both [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagship_%28broadcasting%29 flagship] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-to-air free-to-air] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_television terrestrial] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_stations television stations] were allocated new frequency bands and extra bandwidth in addition under analog broadcast to the simulcast frequency band ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-frequency_network multi-frequency]) used for the original 2-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_television analog] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-to-air free-to-air] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_television terrestrial] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_channels television channels].
+*''[[72]]''
-{| class="wikitable"
+*''Ether''
-!Channel № ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_television Analog])
+*''[[Spittoon]]''
-!Video Frequency ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MHz MHz])
+*''How To Survive When There is A Suitcase Nuke On Your Train''
-!Audio Frequency ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MHz MHz])
+*''[[Vinewood Cunts]]''
-!Band
+*''Vacation Home Sluts''
-!Channel Name
+*''Terror Marathon''
-!Channel Content
+*''[[Crow|Crow Reunion in Iran]]''
-!Language
+*''[[Weazel News]]'' (''GTA IV'' and ''EFLC'')
-!Transmission
+*''Homo Erectus''
-!Format
+*''[[Waning with the Stars]]''
-!Status
+*''Undertaker'' (''TBoGT'')
-!Launch Date
+*''[[American Asshole]]''
-|-
+*''[[America's Next Top Hooker]]''
-|5
+*''Bad Girlz: Carwash Fundraiser''
-|175.250
+*''[[Boner]]''
-|180.750
+*''Conjoined Twins'' (Season 2 in ''TBoGT'')
-|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHF VHF]
+*''Drunk Daddy and the Door''
-|[[Weazel]]
+*''[[Fear The Dark Finger]]''
-| rowspan="2"|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-to-air Free-to-air]
+*''Funeral Factor''
-| rowspan="2"|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language English]
+*''[[Gold Diggers of Liberty City]]'' (''TBoGT'')
-| rowspan="2"|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_television Analog]
+*''[[Patriot 500]]''
-| rowspan="2"|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SDTV SDTV]
+*''[[Shitty Singer Competition]]''
-| rowspan="2"|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_television Terrestrial]
+*''[[Z Games]]''
-|1 May 1950
-|-
-|8
-|196.250
-|201.750
-|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHF VHF]
-|[[CNT]]
-|1 May 1951
-|}
-==Notes==
+==Advertisement==
+*[[Burger Shot]]
+*[[Big Paulie Budget Cars]]
+*[[VIP Luxury Ringtones]]
+*[[Whiz]]
+*[[Excelsior]]
+*[[Michael Graves]] campaign ad
+*[[John Hunter]] campaign ad
+*[[VIG Insurance]]
+*[[Pißwasser]]
+*[[Love-meet.net]]
+*[[Super Classy Touch Limo]]
+*[[Karin]] [[Dilettante]]
+*[[Higgins Helitours]]
+*[[Cluckin' Bell]]
+*[[Sully's Auto Mart]]
+*[[Liberty City Police Department (HD Universe)|LCPD]] recruitment
+==Trivia==
-*Most of the TV shows appear to be made when the game was in it's [[Beta|beta]] stages.
+*Most of the commercials and shows appear to be made when the game was in its [[Beta|beta]] stages.
+*Some of the shows and commercial contain clips from previous Rockstar games, such as ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'', ''Bully'', and ''Red Dead Revolver''.
-*There is a glitch in [[The Lost and Damned]] that allows you to watch the TV even after the end of the game. Take a helicopter and land on the roof of [[Lost MC Clubhouse]]. Walk around to where the TV would be inside just under the roof, and you will be prompted to watch the TV. If you do this there is only 2 ways to get outside of the clubhouse: kill yourself, or reload an old save file. This glitch is fixed on Episodes from Liberty City.
+*There is a glitch in ''The Lost and Damned'' that allows the player to watch television following the end of the game. This can be done by landing a helicopter on the roof of the Lost MC clubhouse and walking around until the pop up for watching television appears. This will then teleport the player into the room where the television is located. Following this, the only way to exit the clubhouse is to commit suicide or reload the game. This glitch is fixed on ''Episodes from Liberty City''.
-*Another way to watch TV in both the episodes and the main game if you haven't unlocked the Bohan safehouse. First you must travel over to Niko's Bohan safehouse. The front door will be locked and can't be opened but you can walk to the back entrance to enter the building into the safehouse and watch TV at any time.
+*The ability to watch TV within the game was mocked by Volition, the developers of the ''Saints Row'' series in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVV3MrQ4SpY this] commercial for ''Saints Row 2''.
-*Only in GTA IV, the shows you watch is in 100% HD, no matter what safehouse your in. In Episodes from Liberty City of TBoGT and Lost and Dammed, they aren't in HD. Their blury with static!
-{{gtaiv}}
+==See also==
+*[[Television in GTA V]]
+==Navigation==
+{{Gtaiv}}
 [[de:Fernsehen]]
 [[es:Televisión de Liberty City]]
+[[Category:Media]]
+[[Category:TV]]
 [[Category:TV Shows in GTA IV| ]]
 [[Category:TV Shows in The Lost and Damned| ]]
 [[Category:TV Shows in The Ballad of Gay Tony| ]]
-[[Category:TV]]
+[[Category:TV Shows]]
-[[Category:TV Shows in Episodes from Libery City]]
+[[Category:Features]]
+[[Category:Features in GTA IV]]

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Description

Viewable programs

Weazel

CNT

Public Broadcasting Corporation

Mentioned Programs

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Trivia

See also

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