Template:TV Guide movie

{{{title}}} at TV Guide

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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

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

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

Current ID number (10 digits)

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:

• The Carpetbaggers at TV Guide

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)

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:

• The Carpetbaggers at TV Guide

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

Usage:

* {{TV Guide movie}}

Output:

See also

• {{TV Guide show}} which uses Wikidata property TV Guide show ID (former scheme) (P3804)
• {{TV Guide person}} which uses Wikidata property TV Guide person ID (former scheme) (P3845)

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