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This would be useful information. Unless you've seen previews for them, or spent time and possibly money to watch the first episodes, you would not necessarily get any inkling that, as some examples, Merlin (TV series) and Terra Nova (TV series) are heavily geared toward teens, as opposed to either kids or adults (sometimes farcically so, like the teen sister in Terra Nova's pilot being more interested in flirting with the cute military grunt than in finding her missing brother who is probably being eaten by dinosaurs; but of course that's just my POV). Contrast Camelot (TV series), which is nothing like Merlin, but a adult-themed period piece along the lines of The Tudors (TV series) and Spartacus: Blood and Sand. I'm not talking about ratings by some censorship body saying what is "appropriate" for what age group, I'm talking about authorial, directorial, editorial, and marketing intent. This can generally be gleaned from entertainment industry publications and reviews as sources. — SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ʕ(^Õل^ō)ˀ Contribs. 19:05, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is something that can be written in the lead, I don't see how this is appropriate for the infobox. 117Avenue (talk) 05:08, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If you have to "glean" it from "from entertainment industry publications and reviews" that would be OR &/or synthesis. Besides, often the creators of a show state it is one thing when many viewers and critics categorise it otherwise. For instance, many shows that are clearly fantasy, involving magic and the supernatural, are described straight-facedly by their networks simply as "dramas". And some shows like Doctor Who, ostensibly a children's show, have a large adult audience. Trying to boil all that down into a single label would often be impossible and contentious. Barsoomian (talk) 08:09, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss, a made-for-TV film, should be using the Television infobox, then should the chronologically "preceded by" and "followed by" films by Jean Shepherd be listed? I think so, but another editor seems to think not. The directions for the infobox seem to refer mainly to related series, not films. --Lexein (talk) 22:47, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is a televised event but isn't a TV show and so some things like "Starring" and "No. of Episodes" don't really go along with it and should really be "Host(s)" and "No. of events" (or something). The same applies to the Infobox I want to create on the Sydney New Year's Eve page but I'm not sure what to do, other than to add "Host(s)" etc. to the list of hidden commands. Any suggestions? AnimatedZebra (talk) 08:34, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's already there, there is the 'presenter' option. BTW. i don't think a television box needs to be the info box for an article as that. I suggest moving it to the "Television coverage" part of the article. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 08:53, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure if this has been discussed before, but can we add a "casting_director" parameter to this template? --Thorwald (talk) 01:03, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That doesn't strike me as an important enough detail for the infobox. It isn't supposed to be a complete credits list. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 11:14, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In the past, some game show fans have said they don't like the fact that announcers are credited as "narrators". Is there a way to make it so that the "narrated" field can be changed to "announced" for any show with a de facto announcer (e.g. game shows, most talk shows, etc.)? Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 23:33, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Or we could just add a |announcer=, if someone wants to decide where exactly in the list it should go. And should the label be "Announced by", or just "Announcer"? Anomie⚔ 04:51, 22 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What's the context here? I would have thought that any announcer notable enough to be listed in the infobox would be credited as a presenter. Do we really need to list the guy who announces the prizes? Disabling as this needs further discussion. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 11:13, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The website links should avoid using display text — per the last paragraph of WP:LINKS#Syntax, as the URL itself is the important data and for better printability. Please change the last four lines within the template call from:

| data45      = {{#if:{{{website|}}}|[{{{website}}} {{{website_title|Website}}}]}}
| class45     = url
| data46      = {{#if:{{{production_website|}}}|[{{{production_website}}} Production website]}}
| class46     = url

to

| data45      = {{#if:{{{website|}}}|Website<br>{{{website}}} }}
| class45     = url
| data46      = {{#if:{{{production_website|}}}|Production website<br>{{{production_website}}} }}
| class46     = url

as is the case with other infoboxes. — OwenBlacker (Talk) 23:53, 27 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]