Science Fiction USENET newsgroups
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Subject: TV Discussion Groups, Etc. (monthly posting)
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[Changes since last posting - [Added alt.tv.talkshows.daytime, and
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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
Internet Majordomo 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.* - Heirarchy of newsgroups (anime, anime.info,
anime.marketplace, anime.stories) for 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, .reviews, .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.aeffle.und.pferdle - Discussion of German cartoon characters
alt.animation.warner-bros - Discussion of Warner Brothers cartoons
alt.comedy.british - Discussion of British TV sitcoms, etc.
alt.comics.batman - Includes discussion of Fox show Batman
alt.comics.superman - Includes discussion of ABC show Lois and Clark
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.goons - Discussion of British TV and radio classic The
Goon Show
alt.fan.howard-stern - Fans of the nationally syndicated TV/radio host
alt.fan.letterman - Fans of CBS TV host David Letterman
alt.fan.monty-python - Discussion of television shows and movies done
by the British comedy troupe Monty Python
alt.fan.q - Fans of the Star Trek character Q
alt.fan.rush-limbaugh - Fans of the nationally syndicated TV/radio host
alt.startrek.creative - Fan-produced fiction, parodies, art, etc. about
Star Trek (old and new) and discussion of same
alt.startrek.klingon - Discussion of Klingon language, culture, etc.
alt.toys.transformers - Discussion of Transformers -- the toy, the tv
show, etc.
alt.tv.animaniacs - Discussion of syndicated show Animaniacs
alt.tv.babylon-5 - Discussion of syndicated show Babylon 5
alt.tv.barney - Discussion of PBS kid's show Barney
alt.tv.beakmans-world - Discussion of CBS kid's science show Beakman's
World
alt.tv.beavis-n-butthead - Discussion of MTV cartoon Beavis and Butt-head
(This group's name is illegal. The dot-separated
part of a name should be 14 characters or less.
Some sites may not be able to carry it.)
alt.tv.bh90210 - Discussion of Fox show Beverly Hills, 90210
alt.tv.game-shows - Discussion of various game and quiz shows.
alt.tv.infomercials - Discussion? about half hour sales pitches
alt.tv.kids-in-hall - Discussion of CBC (etc.) show Kids in the Hall
alt.tv.la-law - Discussion of NBC show L.A. Law
alt.tv.mash - Discussion of American TV classic M*A*S*H
alt.tv.melrose-place - Discussion of Fox show Melrose Place
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.mwc - Discussion of Fox show Married With Children
alt.tv.northern-exp - Discussion of CBS show Northern Exposure
alt.tv.prisoner - Discussion of the British show The Prisoner
alt.tv.red-dwarf - Discussion of the British show Red Dwarf
alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy - Discussion of Nickelodeon animated show Ren
and Stimpy
alt.tv.rockford-files - Discussion of old NBC show The Rockford Files
alt.tv.saved-bell - Discussion of NBC show Saved by the Bell
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 Simpsons show with a show
The Itchy and Scratchy Show
alt.tv.snl - Discussion of NBC show Saturday Night Live
alt.tv.talkshows.daytime - Discussion of Oprah, Geraldo, and their
ever-changing ilk even if they show late at
night on a TV station near you.
alt.tv.talkshows.late - Discussion of late night TV talk shows including
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show
with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan
O'Brien, The Arsenio Hall Show, etc.
alt.tv.tiny-toon - Discussion of syndicated show Tiny Toons
alt.tv.tiny-toon.fandom - Fans of syndicated show Tiny Toons.
Note: some (ok, much) discussion is of an
"adult" nature.
alt.tv.twin-peaks - Discussion of ABC show Twin Peaks and its movie
followups
alt.tv.x-files - Discussion of Fox show The X Files
------------------------------
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.
Blake's 7 blake7-request@lysator.liu.se
NOTE: If subscribing with address you are mailing from, please specify
"subscribe" as the only line in the message to invoke automatic script.
Otherwise your message will be hand processed by the list owner.
Beauty and the Beast tullise@indy.navy.mil
Cheers cheers-request@Colorado.EDU
Class of '96 class96-request@dream.saigon.com
NOTE: Please include your full name and net-address and mention
where you heard of the list.
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
Mystery Science Theater 3000 scottder@ids.net
NOTE: To subscribe, send a message with "LPBN subscribe" as the
subject. To submit an article, its subject should be
"LPBN submission". The Load Pan Bay News consists primarily
of articles of information, reviews, polls and episode
trading requests.
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@net.bio.net
NOTE: Bidirectional gateway to alt.tv.simpsons.
Space: 1999 space-1999-request@quack.kfu.com
Thirtysomething 30something-request@fuggles.acc.virginia.edu
World News Now wnn-request@world.std.com
------------------------------
Subject: Internet Majordomo Lists
Majordomo is a program which automates maintenance of Internet mailing
lists. Each Majordomo server can support many mailing lists, much like
BITNET LISTSERVs. To subscribe to a Majordomo list, send mail to the
Majordomo address given below containing the single line:
subscribe listname
A mail message will be returned to you explaining how to signoff the list
and how to submit articles to it.
Listname Majordomo address Description of List
90210 Majordomo@tcp.com Beverly Hills 90210 discussion
clarissa Majordomo@tcp.com Clarissa Explains It All
discussion
melrose-place Majordomo@tcp.com Melrose Place discussion
shadows Majordomo@sunee.uwaterloo.ca Dark Shadows discussion
shadows-updates Majordomo@sunee.uwaterloo.ca Dark Shadows synopses
------------------------------
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
B5-REVIEW-L LISTSERV@cornell.edu Babylon 5 reviews
DRWHO-L LISTSERV@sol1.uel.ac.uk Dr. Who discussion
FORKNI-L LISTSERV@psuvm.psu.edu Forever Knight discussion
FILMUS-L LISTSERV@iubvm.ucs.indiana.edu Film & TV music discussion
FKFIC-L LISTSERV@psuvm.psu.edu Forever Knight fiction
HIGHLA-L LISTSERV@psuvm.psu.edu Highlander discussion
SCREEN-L LISTSERV@UA1VM.BITNET Film & TV Studies discussion
STREK-L LISTSERV@PCCVM.BITNET Star Trek discussion
TREK-REVIEW-L LISTSERV@cornell.edu Star Trek reviews (gatewayed
to rec.arts.startrek.reviews)
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
From: "Melissa Wauford, UTCC" <MWAUFORD@UTKVX.UTCC.UTK.EDU>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.answers,news.answers
Subject: TV Discussion Groups, Etc. (monthly posting)
Supersedes: <tv/groups_756018013@GZA.COM>
Followup-To: rec.arts.tv
Date: 14 Jan 1994 00:00:33 -0500
Organization: Univ of Tennessee Computing Center
Lines: 261
Sender: faqserv@security.ov.com
Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.edu
Expires: 27 Feb 1994 05:00:11 GMT
Message-ID: <tv/groups_758523611@GZA.COM>
Reply-To: mwauford@utkvx.utk.edu (Melissa Wauford)
NNTP-Posting-Host: pad-thai.aktis.com
X-Last-Updated: 1994/01/14
Xref: bloom-beacon.mit.edu rec.arts.tv:33584 rec.arts.sf.tv:16133 rec.answers:3727 news.answers:14078
Archive-name: tv/groups
[Last change - 01/13/93]
[Changes since last posting - [Added alt.tv.talkshows.daytime, and
B5-REVIEW-L LISTSERV list.]
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
Internet Majordomo 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.* - Heirarchy of newsgroups (anime, anime.info,
anime.marketplace, anime.stories) for 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, .reviews, .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.aeffle.und.pferdle - Discussion of German cartoon characters
alt.animation.warner-bros - Discussion of Warner Brothers cartoons
alt.comedy.british - Discussion of British TV sitcoms, etc.
alt.comics.batman - Includes discussion of Fox show Batman
alt.comics.superman - Includes discussion of ABC show Lois and Clark
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.goons - Discussion of British TV and radio classic The
Goon Show
alt.fan.howard-stern - Fans of the nationally syndicated TV/radio host
alt.fan.letterman - Fans of CBS TV host David Letterman
alt.fan.monty-python - Discussion of television shows and movies done
by the British comedy troupe Monty Python
alt.fan.q - Fans of the Star Trek character Q
alt.fan.rush-limbaugh - Fans of the nationally syndicated TV/radio host
alt.startrek.creative - Fan-produced fiction, parodies, art, etc. about
Star Trek (old and new) and discussion of same
alt.startrek.klingon - Discussion of Klingon language, culture, etc.
alt.toys.transformers - Discussion of Transformers -- the toy, the tv
show, etc.
alt.tv.animaniacs - Discussion of syndicated show Animaniacs
alt.tv.babylon-5 - Discussion of syndicated show Babylon 5
alt.tv.barney - Discussion of PBS kid's show Barney
alt.tv.beakmans-world - Discussion of CBS kid's science show Beakman's
World
alt.tv.beavis-n-butthead - Discussion of MTV cartoon Beavis and Butt-head
(This group's name is illegal. The dot-separated
part of a name should be 14 characters or less.
Some sites may not be able to carry it.)
alt.tv.bh90210 - Discussion of Fox show Beverly Hills, 90210
alt.tv.game-shows - Discussion of various game and quiz shows.
alt.tv.infomercials - Discussion? about half hour sales pitches
alt.tv.kids-in-hall - Discussion of CBC (etc.) show Kids in the Hall
alt.tv.la-law - Discussion of NBC show L.A. Law
alt.tv.mash - Discussion of American TV classic M*A*S*H
alt.tv.melrose-place - Discussion of Fox show Melrose Place
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.mwc - Discussion of Fox show Married With Children
alt.tv.northern-exp - Discussion of CBS show Northern Exposure
alt.tv.prisoner - Discussion of the British show The Prisoner
alt.tv.red-dwarf - Discussion of the British show Red Dwarf
alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy - Discussion of Nickelodeon animated show Ren
and Stimpy
alt.tv.rockford-files - Discussion of old NBC show The Rockford Files
alt.tv.saved-bell - Discussion of NBC show Saved by the Bell
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 Simpsons show with a show
The Itchy and Scratchy Show
alt.tv.snl - Discussion of NBC show Saturday Night Live
alt.tv.talkshows.daytime - Discussion of Oprah, Geraldo, and their
ever-changing ilk even if they show late at
night on a TV station near you.
alt.tv.talkshows.late - Discussion of late night TV talk shows including
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show
with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan
O'Brien, The Arsenio Hall Show, etc.
alt.tv.tiny-toon - Discussion of syndicated show Tiny Toons
alt.tv.tiny-toon.fandom - Fans of syndicated show Tiny Toons.
Note: some (ok, much) discussion is of an
"adult" nature.
alt.tv.twin-peaks - Discussion of ABC show Twin Peaks and its movie
followups
alt.tv.x-files - Discussion of Fox show The X Files
------------------------------
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.
Blake's 7 blake7-request@lysator.liu.se
NOTE: If subscribing with address you are mailing from, please specify
"subscribe" as the only line in the message to invoke automatic script.
Otherwise your message will be hand processed by the list owner.
Beauty and the Beast tullise@indy.navy.mil
Cheers cheers-request@Colorado.EDU
Class of '96 class96-request@dream.saigon.com
NOTE: Please include your full name and net-address and mention
where you heard of the list.
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
Mystery Science Theater 3000 scottder@ids.net
NOTE: To subscribe, send a message with "LPBN subscribe" as the
subject. To submit an article, its subject should be
"LPBN submission". The Load Pan Bay News consists primarily
of articles of information, reviews, polls and episode
trading requests.
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@net.bio.net
NOTE: Bidirectional gateway to alt.tv.simpsons.
Space: 1999 space-1999-request@quack.kfu.com
Thirtysomething 30something-request@fuggles.acc.virginia.edu
World News Now wnn-request@world.std.com
------------------------------
Subject: Internet Majordomo Lists
Majordomo is a program which automates maintenance of Internet mailing
lists. Each Majordomo server can support many mailing lists, much like
BITNET LISTSERVs. To subscribe to a Majordomo list, send mail to the
Majordomo address given below containing the single line:
subscribe listname
A mail message will be returned to you explaining how to signoff the list
and how to submit articles to it.
Listname Majordomo address Description of List
90210 Majordomo@tcp.com Beverly Hills 90210 discussion
clarissa Majordomo@tcp.com Clarissa Explains It All
discussion
melrose-place Majordomo@tcp.com Melrose Place discussion
shadows Majordomo@sunee.uwaterloo.ca Dark Shadows discussion
shadows-updates Majordomo@sunee.uwaterloo.ca Dark Shadows synopses
------------------------------
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
B5-REVIEW-L LISTSERV@cornell.edu Babylon 5 reviews
DRWHO-L LISTSERV@sol1.uel.ac.uk Dr. Who discussion
FORKNI-L LISTSERV@psuvm.psu.edu Forever Knight discussion
FILMUS-L LISTSERV@iubvm.ucs.indiana.edu Film & TV music discussion
FKFIC-L LISTSERV@psuvm.psu.edu Forever Knight fiction
HIGHLA-L LISTSERV@psuvm.psu.edu Highlander discussion
SCREEN-L LISTSERV@UA1VM.BITNET Film & TV Studies discussion
STREK-L LISTSERV@PCCVM.BITNET Star Trek discussion
TREK-REVIEW-L LISTSERV@cornell.edu Star Trek reviews (gatewayed
to rec.arts.startrek.reviews)
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
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