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Hello.

I'm wondering if there is a preferred way to sequence shows within the same year? It seems like within each section of the template -- for instance within the "1960s–1980s debuts" and then within the "PBS" block, generally the pattern seems to be that shows are listed with the earliest release year first and then descending through the list going by later and later dates.

But where there are shows with the same debut year, how are shows supposed to be ordered? at first I just thinking like a dewy decimal user and assumed it would be alphabetical after the displayed numerical value (year) in the template, but that does not seem to be the case. Are we supposed to go look at the specific day of release and continue in the sequence in order of month and day of release?

For instance there are :

• Rebop (1976–1979)
• Once Upon a Classic (1976–1980)

Why does Rebop precede Once Upon a Classic? I looked at each and it turns out they both premiered the exact same day, Oct 9, 1976. Does Rebop come first because it ran shorter, ending in 79 and OUAC comes later because it continued running farther into the future to 1980?

In particular, once I understood how the Terms "PBS Original" and "Syndicated" are being used in the catagory, I realised that even though The Secret City (1985) was produced with private funds, in terms of first run broadcast network for distribution, it belongs in the PBS Original group, not the Syndicated group -- so I'm wondering if it goes before or after OWL/TV. I found a reliable source and added a release date of November for OWL/TV so now I know that The Secret City debuted (in September 85) prior to OWL/TV's debut.

Also, The Secret City re-ran the some one season of the original 65 episodes for several years following the release, but it seems like in the Template we are only supposed to list the years of original release of new first run episodes -- so just 1985 for Secret City, not 1985-1991 reflecting the years of re-runs?

Thanks for any input!

WillArms (talk)19:16, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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