#local TV

[arconinternet]

rAw TiMe (Videos, 90s-00s)

You can watch clips from this Austin, Texas public access TV show here, including compilations here and here (also including cips from CapZeyeZ).

[taxi-davis]

1987 KCNC TV Local Denver Commercials

[sl33py-g4m3r]

it feels like a complaint but idk~~ hope it's not~~~ i kind of worry me telling anybody about anything is a complaint somehow~~

but saw something on a local PBS channel that I don't understand~~

are so many people into being the omnivores we think we are; to find lampooning a swordfish being hideously barbaric, watching it die in the boat with it's blood everywhere, and then throwing it on ice to be sent to local restaurants.... they think it's absolutely barbaric~~

I forget the word they used, disgusting/disturbing or something of the sort, it was yesterday and I don't remember~~

and at the same time EATING AND ENJOYING IT ANYWAY~~

I don't understand~~ you see that, are revolted by it, yet eat it anyway?

a little light doesn't click on in your head and goes "we aren't supposed to be killing and eating animals if we are disgusted/disturbed by it?"

true omnivores would see a feast of that fish~~ or any slaughterhouse really~~~ and yet humans are so disgusted/disturbed by it that we hide them from plain sight and make the act of slaughter hidden from view~~

if people are so disturbed by seeing their food be produced; then why and how can we see it as food to begin with?

I've been vegetarian so long that I no longer see meat as a viable food source and get genuinely confused when other people actually do, despite the slaughter and bloodshed witnessed....

like how can you still eat it and not be turned off by it? there are more compassionate ways of eating that don't involve taking the sentient life of another being~~

also unrelated thing that makes me feel really old for saying it to begin with; my 24 hour news station had inexplicably been replaced with another instance of a 24 hour shopping channel, and I don't understand... it is the exact same as the one a channel over..... ???

BRING MY 24 HOUR NEWS CHANNEL BACK DARN IT~~~!! WE DON'T NEED 2 OF THE SAME EXACT SHOPPING CHANNEL ON LOCAL TV~~~ I DON'T CARE~~~ I JUST WANT MY NEWS STATION

[silence-of-autumn42]

It's fascinating to me how much of the analogue horror genre is bound up in the idea of local TV channels. The idea of local TV is bizarre to me, as they've never really been a thing here in Australia. From what I've found, the only local channels are for really remote rural or Indigenous communities, definitely a far cry from the small suburban town style popularised in the genre. The closest we have here that I know of are local radio stations, but you can't really work those into a video horror series the same way you can fake TV broadcasts. Still, it might be fun to try.

[boscofuller]

[gwarden123]

On the one hand, found a cool local show that is sort of a western with a cool aesthetic for the sort of antagonists that is more interesting than any billion dollar Disney show.

On the other hand, because it's local, there are next to no images for it online (in places where I know to look), so I can't show you the cool aesthetic.

The gunfights are a little funny when you notice that the kickback of the guns aren't quite what they should be, although they did have a good old-fashioned petrol tank exploding, which makes up for a lot.

Good use of costuming to tell the story, too. There's a clear split between the cattle farmers wearing modern clothes and using a variety of guns, and the cattle rustlers wearing more traditional clothes and using AK-47s and a bolt action rifle for the sharpshooter. Good way of squaring the circle on who the audience might be sympathetic too, since the cattle rustlers are, um, not South African. I'm not sure it's entirely without its issues (we've had a simmering "immigrants are stealing our jobs" thing for at least ten to fifteen years) but it's significantly better than I was expecting when I read the plot description.

[schlock-luster-video]

Remembering horror host Lawson J. Deming -- better known Sir Graves Ghastly -- on the anniversary of his date of birth.

R.I.P. (1913 - 2007)

[united-under-skyfall]

leverage is so fucking funny. man manages to find the most mentally ill and neurodivergent group of thieves on the market + an even more mentally ill guy whose literal job description was trying to chase all of them, and forces them into a found family speed-run by trying to blow them all up. they lowkey stage a full fucking country wide coup and are like eh 🤷 just another wednesday. this might be a fun place to vacation tho i guess. sophie shows up to her own funeral twice. they're so good at convincing people of their shit that they make a guy's body start reacting to an illness he doesn't have because it isn't real. go completely out on a limb and basically hand this one guy a new password for his computer so they can get into it and he goes with it. parker and hardison have straight up just "fake it 'till you make it"d into the fbi without even attempting to cover their tracks beyond just These Two Guys. half their clients never asked to be their clients and don't know they're their clients, and the other half are random people who find them who fuckin knows how, meanwhile no government agency can track them down without selling their soul to sterling. they make a point to have a dramatic scene w a Big Bad Shadowy Government Guy who doesn't actually get caught or brought to justice or anything telling them he's going to hunt them all down, and in any other show this would probably earn at least a minor arc later on but he literally never shows up again. an entire season finale hinged on a cake and a bunch of clams. they accidentally made eliot a celebrity not once, not twice, but three times. parker blew up her foster parents' house when she was like. nine. and it's hardly a footnote. hardison is just casually an artistic prodigy but it's only ever brought up for the most background of background gags. eliot's biggest beef with parker and hardison for like two and a half seasons is that they won't stop making weird food with lasers and refuse to realize they can't make a decent beer to save their lives. sophie's immediate response to being shot is to call her shooter a wanker. there's a character who has literally killed a man with a mop and they had the audacity to only put her in one episode.

[pictureviewer-universe]

This is quite the list of Local superheroes from different countries from around the world and has some nice details about them. I Hope you continue this list cause it feels like you only scratched the surface of regional superhero TV shows!

Fantastic heroines, and where to find them (part four)

And so, finally, to the last instalment in our list of unusual superheroine tv shows that can now be seen, for free, on web streaming services. As before, all of these shows are non-English, all of them feature superheroines as a lead or leading character, and all of them are available in their entirety (or their overwhelming majority) to watch for free.

Included in this batch is the infamous Indonesian Supergirl series. Yup, that’s the one that notoriously features a rather familiar costume.

Super Ma’am (Philippines, 2017)

Super Ma’am starred Marian Rivera as mild mannered school teacher Minerva Henerala, who protected school children from the demons and monsters that lurked in her local community by using a magic whip to transform herself into the superheroine, Super Ma’am. Jackie Lou Blanco played the wealthy and power hungry Greta Segovia, who may be connected with the recent monster appearances. The series mixed humour, romance, and lashings of whip-cracking, to create a family friendly action/adventure show.

Super Ma’am – all 95 episodes available at the GMA Network YouTube channel.

Supergirl (Indonesia, 2011)

Supergirl (sometimes referred to online as Supergirl Manohara) starred Manohara Odelia Pinot as Loli, a young woman who discovers a magic costume in a cave while trying to find somewhere to shelter from a rainstorm. The costume (which may look familiar to fans of Marvel comics) gives her the ability to climb walls, glide on air currents, and fire energy blasts from her hands. Half way through its 25 episode run, the lawsuit-baiting red/yellow outfit got replaced by a more sombre blue/black affair. In her Supergirl guise, Loli faced off against a range of foes, but her main enemy was Julia Perez as Melinda, another woman with a magical costume.

Supergirl (Supergirl Manohara) – most episodes available in fragments at the Lucu Aja Boleh YouTube channel, and via this tag search.

Ruby Princess (Indonesia, 2001)

Putri Ruby (Ruby Princess) was a supporting superheroine character who guest starred in the latter part of season one of Panji Manusia Millenium, then returns as a regular character in season two. Alongside solid martial arts and acrobatics skills, she has a utility belt full of grenade-style weapons she can deploy during a fight. Her secret identity appears to be Venna, a local business woman, although Venna’s identical twin sister, Vonny, may really be behind the mask.

Panji Manusia Millenium – most of the 115 episodes are available at MVP Hits YouTube channel, 77 episodes from season one, and 21 of the 38 episodes from season two (although episodes 2 to 5 are mistakenly copies of seasons one episodes, so only 17 in truth.)

More heroines

Part one: Varga (Philippines, 2008), Dragonna (Philippines, 2008), Serpent Girl (India, 2020)

Part two: Krystala (Philippines, 2004), Fire Goddess (Thailand, 2019), Saras (Indonesia, 1998)

Part three: Super Twins (Philippines, 2007), Devi (India, 2015), Supermak (Malaysia, 2011)

[arconinternet]

Cartoon Town aka BJ's Bunch aka The BJ and Dirty Dragon Show (Videos, 1968-1974)

You can watch multiple episodes of this Chicago local children's TV show (and an episode of its successor Gigglesnort Hotel) here. (If the player isn't working yet, the video files can be found under 'DOWNLOAD OPTIONS').

The incomplete multi-part episode can be viewed in full on this YT playlist.

You can watch a documentary about the show here.

You can se my post about the host's 1983 Thanksgiving special here.

[taxi-davis]

1991 Waffles 'N More in Spokane

[kply-industries]

[bisclavaret]

📺💥💕💕

[chimaeraonwards]

no ai generated content will ever compare to the absolutely cartoonishly evil plot to cut down trees to prevent workers from striking to get livable wage.

[happyvoltz]

lucy doodles

[theinfinitedivides]

'somebody kiss this man so i don't have to' ykw what we call that in this house. we call those some famous last f*cking words, Eliot Spencer sir