Since I spend a lot of time at home working online, I have the TV on for background ambience.

I've gotten a little hooked on some TV shows that I never really watched in the states.

These tv shows come on daily, then disappear for a while, then come back and forth and so on...

I would like to be able to view a schedule online to see what, when, and where (channel) the tv shows are playing.


Anyone know?


Thanks!

Are you asking about any channel or program in particular? Surely each network has website and online schedule.

Saludos, MadridMan

I guess an all in one place. Kinda like cable back in the states. you can go to the website and see all channels and their programs times for the day each day.

http://www.comcast.net/tv/tv-listings/

enter my old zip code= 90036


I don't have cable here, just regular channels, but still would like to see a central place with all listings.

Thanks!

While I'm not positive, I don't think there is an all-in-one TV Guide for Spanish TV - or at least I've never seen one.

Plus, I don't think Cable TV even exists in Spain as we have it in the USA, no fiber-optic underground cables carrying television broadcasts (or internet, for that matter). Here, they only have the new TDT and Satellite.

The only place I remember reading that they had real fiber-optic cable (for internet modems) was in (some of the buildings of) the financial district and the new(is) convention centers of Madrid.

Saludos, MadridMan

Yeah, I'm not looking for cable or satellite. Just a plane tv guide for the normal channels.


I'm sure that I'll stumble upon something someday...


Thanks.

For terrestial , and some digital stations ( canal+ etc.. ) you can get the weekly guides to Tv in a magazine called "Semana" .. It´s been going for years but is a gossip magazine ( good fun ) and then TV guide at the back .

Steve

steve robinson's "The Man"!

You can find the page he's talking about at http://www.semana.es/ and click "televisión". There, you DO get a list SATELLITE shows for the current hour (only) as well as links to the different public/free stations - none of which (currently) work, by the way. I'd guess you could always buy the weekly magazine "SEMANA" for the shows and times, however.

Saludos, MadridMan

Thanks guys! Actually, on the Semana.es site, the links don't work but those links were provided by this site- http://www.miguiatv.com/

which is exactly what I needed! Thanks!



Hey, another question. So, I've been watching Smallville the past couple of months in english, but for some reason, tonight it is was in spanish WITHOUT an english option.
This happened to a couple of other shows yesterday where it was in spanish only, when they normally offered both spanish or english versions.

I did nothing different with my tv settings.


Anyone know why this happened and how to get those shows back in english?


Thanks!

Thanks for the http://www.miguiatv.com/ link! That's very useful!

You haven't told us if you have a traditional (free) antenna TV or the new (and free) TDT (Digital Terrestrial TV). On TDT, if you set up your receiver box, you can choose the default as ENGLISH option - but the English/American shows don't always get broadcasted in English. I've noticed that myself on TeleMadrid which usually plays American movies in English on TDT (with my settings to the ENGLISH default option on the box) but sometimes they're only shown in Spanish.

I'm guessing that if you WERE watching Smallville on (free) TV that you do have TDT on the TV. However, more and more prime time American series are being shown in English with (automatic) Spanish subtitles. They've done this several times with episodes of HOUSE. Did your English-language Smallville episodes have Spanish subtitles? If not, it may be a setting in your TDT converter box - assuming you have TDT.

Does your TV have TDT built-in or do you have a TDT converter box? Take a look at your TDT settings to be sure you get ENGLISH broadcasts when/where available.

Saludos, MadridMan

Why only checking the schedule when you can watch the Spanish TV channel online?. Check out this site: Ver TDT Gratis

I think I have free antenna tv. I don't have a box and this was set up before I moved in.


Smallville has been in English without spanish subtitles. Suddenly, english isn't an option. Hopefully, it changes back.

Pacific Blue was on today and it's still in english, so my settings are fine (I double checked them as well).

Antonio- I can't watch tv or movies online because I am usually working online, all day. I need the screen space. Thanks, though!

colenot, do you have a new-ish flat-panel LCD TV? If so, it may well have free TDT built in already so you wouldn't necessarily know if you had it or regular free antenna TV.

And if you have regular antenna TV I can't imagine having Smallville broadcast to the Spanish public masses - IN ENGLISH without Spanish subtitles. There's a mystery going on here that I'm determined to solve.

HOW many episodes did you say you saw in English before it turned back to Spanish? If only one or two, maybe it was a mistake on the part of the broadcast channel. On WHAT network (not the channel number, please, because this can change depending on your service) are you watching these programs? All on the same channel or on different channels?

Saludos, MadridMan

as in interesting aside in Germany TV guides are big business, you'll usually see a dozen or more at the magizine counter by the check out. The large ones run a full page spread of all the channels with times listed for the whole day, 20.15 is 'prime time' so that gets bigger space on the page.

It's not a flat panel, but one of the big square silver type tv's that were in before flat panels came in.

I've been watching Smallville for about 2 months, before it changed. I believe it was on tv station 2.

There's this new Anne Heche tv show called Men in Trees (on Wednesday 10 pm). I just happen to watch the first 2 or 3 episodes in english, but last week it was in spanish only. It's on tonight at 10pm, so if you happen to catch it, let me know if you can listen to it in english. Who knows, maybe it'll come back in english.

Heroes was on tonight in english. That's good news, because I was never able to catch this show back in the states. So is Two and a Half Men.

I never used to watch this much tv, but working online I need something in the background going.

Anyways, no biggie. It is what it is...

It is always broadcast in both languages, but the english language will dissappear if your reception deterioates. This is also why sometimes it flicks between the two while you are watching it - all caused by interference.

If I had to guess the reason, i'd speculate that the second language on the dual channel is broadcast at a lower strength, or a far lower frequency, making it more prone to interference.

also, if you get a TDT receiver then you can have the all-in-one-place TV guide direct on your TV screen (just like cable TV does).

And, if you live in an area that has cable, then you could always subscribe to the cable TV (and get decent internet instead of having to live with ADSL).

Well, that explains it then. The interference is the the most plausible explanation.

I live in Las Rozes and I'm not sure about the cable in my neighborhood.

Althoug the internet with cable sounds so good compared to adsl, it's probably a good idea that I don't otherwise I'll never get out of the house!

Thanks!

Colenet, I don't live too far from you (Torrelodones) and cable isn't here, but I believe that it is available in Las Rozas, especially the newer parts that were built. You can check availability at the ONO website.

Internet via cable is far better (and faster) than ADSL. You can also get the TV and phone as part of the package.