The following is a list of bullets used in TV Guide, and the symbols used in this site to represent them.
Fonts used in bullets provided by Jim Damm.
[x] -- white-on-black
"x" -- black-on-white
|x| -- single-digit "sandwich"
x|x -- traditional double-digit "sandwich"
|xx| -- Adelphia-style double-digit sandwich (used in Adelphia-style US
TVGs, the Calgary-Edmonton Cable TVG,
TV 7 Jours & TV Hebdo)
(xxx) -- cable channel or regional terrestrial network, either in a form
of abbreviation (ex: (SHO)) or terrestrial channel number (first x
or 2 x's) and a letter (third x if channel # is 2 digits (ex: (10M)),
second x if channel # is one digit (ex: (6M))
=x= white bullet with 3 lines on each side (Commonly found in Canadian
and Adelphia-style US TVGs)
=[x]= black bullet with 3 lines on each side (Commonly found in Canadian
and Adelphia-style US TVGs)
[(x)] white bullet with a circle around the number (used in TV 7 Jours & TV Hebdo only)
Special Notes & Cases:
1. In Mountain Time Zone editions of TVG, there are 2 listings for HBO (the main HBO only); (HBO)(E) denotes HBO's eastern feed, while (HBO)(W) denotes its western feed. Please note that (E) & (W) are just letters in parentheses (in grids, they are no parentheses), and are not special bullets.
2. In Mountain & Pacific editions, special disclaimers are provided on the "Channels Listed" page, reminding viewers that there are 2 feeds available for a particular cable channel. In these cases, Mountain viewers should add 3 hours (or subtract 3 hours, depending on feed listed); Pacific viewers should subtract 3 hours.
The channels affected for both Mountain & Pacific editions are:
Family Channel
Nickelodeon
The channels affected in Mountain editions only are:
Cinemax
Discovery Channel
Disney Channel
HBO (listed as (HBO)(E) & (HBO)(W))
Lifetime
MTV
Showtime
The Movie Channel
USA Network
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