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

Usage[edit]

Unnamed parameters:

{{TV Guide movie | ID }}
{{TV Guide movie | ID | TITLE }}

Named parameters:

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

Instructions[edit]

  1. Go to TVGuide.com and search for the movie you want.
  2. Click on the correct link to go to the movie's page. Be sure you're getting the right movie.
  3. The page URL should look like:
    https://www.tvguide.com/movies/movie-title/#######
    where "#######" indicates a number.
  4. Add this text to the External links section:
    {{TV Guide movie | ####### | Title }}
    where "#######" is the number you've copied
    and "Title" is the movie's title (default is article name).

Examples[edit]

Current ID number (10 digits)[edit]

Usage in the article The Carpetbaggers (film), with article name as link text:

* {{TV Guide movie | 2000278087 }}
* {{TV Guide movie | id= 2000278087 }}

Usage with name parameter as link text:

* {{TV Guide movie | 2000278087 | The Carpetbaggers }}
* {{TV Guide movie | id= 2000278087 | name= The Carpetbaggers }}

Output:

URL in template:

https://www.tvguide.com/movies/-/2000278087/

Full URL:

https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-carpetbaggers/2000278087/

Former ID number (6 or 7 digits)[edit]

Usage in the article The Carpetbaggers (film), with article name as link text:

* {{TV Guide movie | 110402 }}
* {{TV Guide movie | id= 110402 }}

Usage with name parameter as link text:

* {{TV Guide movie | 110402 | The Carpetbaggers }}
* {{TV Guide movie | id= 110402 | name= The Carpetbaggers }}

Output:

URL in template:

https://www.tvguide.com/movies/-/110402/

Full URL:

https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-carpetbaggers/110402/

Former URL (different ID):

http://www.tvguide.com/Movies/database/showmovie.asp?MI=12037 (archive)

No ID in template[edit]

Usage:

* {{TV Guide movie}}

Output:

See also[edit]