Series and network confused by contributors

I stumbled across a news series which seems to be the subject of contributor confusion, as it shares a title with a separate entity. I've tried to do some work in cleaning this up; I added a plot summary which clarifies its status, and deleted the trivia items and most of the photos and movie connections:

I've also submitted reports recommending deletion of the several reviews, which have nothing to do with the title to which they're attached, but I don't know whether anything will be done or how long it takes, having never made such a request before. (Frankly, I suspect most of the user ratings are misapplied as well, but that seems a minor issue.)

Finally, I've submitted requests to revise several of the "episodes" to documentary specials, as they also have nothing to do with the series in question, having aired on a separate network. Nothing's happened, and I don't know if anything will come of this, as there's no means to track these updates; some of them are:

Likewise, two of the episodes belong to entirely different series on two different networks:

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The series itself probably shouldn't even have a page, as it covers different newscasts in various cities. I'd welcome any info from the staff as to how they want this handled, and what's going on with the episode revisions.

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Bethanny

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2 years ago

Hi @scgary66 -

I am sorry but I am not quite understanding the issue here, probably our editors didn't either as most of the submissions (other than the first 3 ones) were not accepted, can you explain without the submissions, maybe with the links on IMDb. You think Fox News should not be listed? or is being confused with what titles specifically?

Thanks!

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scgary66

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@Bethanny The series, Fox News (TV Series 1987– ), is unrelated to the Fox News Channel (one clue is the 1987 date, as the news channel didn't launch until 1996), and consists instead of local news broadcasts on the Fox Broadcating Company network, which launched in 1986, through its Fox Television Stations branch (e.g. KTTV Los Angeles, WNYW New York, WFLD Chicago, etc.). This is also reflected by the listings under Other Companies, which reflect local studios. The reviews are essentially contributors commenting on the cable news channel, not the local news broadcasts. A number of the episodes are documentaries which aired on FNC, but were submitted by contributors who either were unaware of the difference or were just looking for an easy place to add them. A couple of the episodes belong to series on either FNC or Fox Business. The deleted movie connections were instances of characters referring to the news channel, or clips from its programming. As I noted, most of the user ratings are probably intended for the cable channel, not the broadcast network's local newscasts; the same obviously applies to the links to news articles. The one photo I left in place is clearly from a local Los Angeles newscast. And as I said, because this series essentially consists of newscasts at multiple stations in various cities (much like the "Eyewitness News" brand), it probably should have been broken up into separate titles ("Fox 5 News", "Fox 11 News", "Fox 32 News", etc.).

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2 years ago

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