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===Television Sets===
{{Main|Television/The Sims}}
===Channels===
All the television sets included in ''[[The Sims]]'' base game are functionally identical, thus they all receive the same TV channels. These are:
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*Action
*Romance
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*News
*Entertainment
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===Note===
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*Sometime in the lifecycle of ''The Sims'', an image of a man and a house found on the cartoons channel was replaced with a white anthropomorphic cat with anime-looking eyes.{{confirm}}
==The Sims 2
{{Infobox object
|name = Television
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===Television Sets===
{{Main|Television/The Sims 2}}
===Channels===
;[[The Sims 2|Base Game]]
*'''Sims Broadcasting Network (SBN):''' Local Channel mainly for [[Adults]]. Watching this channel builds enthusiasm for the [[Film and Literature]] hobby
**The Pleasant family drama at [[List of empty Pleasantview lots#113 Wright Way|113 Wright Way]] in [[Pleasantview]], although that is not their house.
**A show, probably meant to be a soap opera, set in a hospital, which shows doctors kissing and operating. This is similar to the popular soap opera ''[[wikipedia:General Hospital|General Hospital]]''.
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**What appears to be a Simlish version of "Survivor".
**News reports appear frequently and include the sounds "Glarn", which may be the name of the reporter in the field, and "Sophie Kanarf", which may be the presenter's name. News reports include a fire, a political speech, and helicopter reporting over a city. The helicopter reports seem to show the destruction sequences from KidzTube.
[[File:Kidztube.jpg|thumb|right|A Sim watching "KidzTube"]]
*'''KidzTube:''' Children's Channel for [[Child|Kids]]. Children who watch this channel will gain Fun very quickly. Watching this channel builds enthusiasm for the [[Film and Literature]] hobby. The programs are:
**A giant [[Servo]] from ''[[The Sims]]'' destroying a city from SimCity 4.
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**A man who rents 3 hula dancers and tries to flirt with them, but always fails. His attempts to make them happy includes flirting, dancing together, and dancing to Shicka Zicka Soom.
**A group of women dancing together, pretending they are inside a night club.
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**A group of three men jumping on the couch listening to heavy metal.
**A woman playing the piano to "Smoove" during the season changes.
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*'''The Yummy Channel:''' Cooking channel mainly for [[Elders]]. Watching this channel builds enthusiasm for the [[Cuisine]] hobby. Sims gain [[cooking]] skill from watching. The logo for the Yummy Channel is an outline of a globe, topped by a chef's hat. The programs are:
**A cooking challenge which resembles [[wikipedia:Iron Chef|Iron Chef]], the show stops after the contender's kitchen catches on fire.
**What ''appears ''to be
**A barbecue cooking show with an [[Elder|old man]] who apparently has an outside kitchen. He grills and burns hot dogs, whereafter he takes a nap at a recliner near the kitchen until the evening.
;[[University]]
*'''SimStation Sports''' Channel mainly for [[young adult]]s. It uses the football news report from Sims Broadcasting Network. Watching this channel builds enthusiasm for the [[Sports]] hobby
;[[The Sims 2: Pets|Pets]]
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;[[The Sims 2: Seasons|Seasons]]
*'''The Weather Station:''' Gives a pop-up message forecasting the weather for the upcoming hours, although the weatherman mostly utters something completely unrelated instead. Watching this channel builds enthusiasm for the [[Science]] hobby.
* New commercials which show seasonal activities.
;[[The Sims 2: Freetime|FreeTime]]
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===Notes===
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*Sometimes, what appears to be a promo for a program on one channel will appear on another channel.
*With ''[[FreeTime]]'', the television can be used to build [[enthusiasm]] in the [[Cuisine]], [[Sports]], [[Film and Literature]], [[Music and Dance]], [[Science]], [[Tinkering]], and [[Fitness (hobby)|Fitness]] hobbies. With a video game system it can also build [[Games]] enthusiasm.
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==The Sims 3==
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===Television Sets===
{{Main|
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===Channels===
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'''Basic''' (Old Timey Tele / Zeemuth Television Set / Retro-tastic TV / Have-It-All Entertainment Center)
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*Romantic Rendezvous: Shows a black and white [[romance]] movie and a [[wedding]] from part of the trailer for ''[[The Sims 2: Celebration! Stuff]]''.
*Sports Universe: Shows a sports commentary program about football and winter sports and a news reporter freezing to death.
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'''Basic Plus''' (Channel Troller 27" Deluxe TV / Mastodon Television by Standard Issue)
*Terror TV: Shows a [[vampire]] movie and a stalker film (with a twist ending). [[Coward]], [[Over-Emotional]] or [[Neurotic]] Sims will become [[List of moodlets|scared]] for several hours if they watch this channel.
*Cookin' Cable: Shows a parody of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Chef Iron Chef] and a cooking show with a chef who's manner of speaking resembles the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Chef Swedish Chef]. This show uses music from ''[[The Sims: Unleashed]]''. The chef could be a The Sims 2 version of [[Chet R. Chase]]. Watching this channel will increase a sim's [[Cooking]] skill, but only if the sim watching has already gained at least one level in Cooking prior to this. Sims can also learn new recipes by watching this channel.
*Got Garden: Shows a movie of a woman making flower bouquets and, later on, being eaten by a [[cowplant]], it increases the [[Gardening]] skill.
'''Premium''' (ÜberVison Panoramic from Landgraab Industries)
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==The Sims 4==
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===Television Sets===
{{Main|Television/The Sims 4}}
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===Channels===
Televisions in ''The Sims 4'' have 9 pre-made channels, which have footage created using ''The Sims 3'', similar to how ''The Sims 3'' itself used ''The Sims 2'' for footage. This isn't the case with the weather forecast channel and the unique '''New Year's Eve''' channel from ''[[The Sims 4: Seasons|Seasons]]'', as well as the Dream Home Decorator Network channel from ''[[Dream Home Decorator]]'', which
'''[[The Sims 4|Base Game]]'''
*'''Cooking Channel''': Watching it raises the [[Cooking]] skill, and Foodie Sims will gain [[Inspired]] +1 from watching it for long enough.
**'''Top Chef''': A parody on [[:wikipedia:Iron Chef|Iron Chef]], a Japanese cooking show. Similar to it, the 2 chefs fighting are of the Asian ethnicity and cook to compete for the winning place.
**'''Cooking Show''': A cooking show where an [[elder]] woman shows the recipe for cooking chicken, and then cooks it. A possible reference to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Childhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Childhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Childhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Child Julia Child].
*'''Action''': Watching it raises Fun.
**A parody on the [[wikipedia:Indiana Jones (franchise)|Indiana Jones]] movies, which tells the story of an adventurer that ventures in a pyramid, then has to escape multiple traps. Afterwards, he is saved from a close call by a female, but then a mummy comes out and they both scream in fear. The movie ends on that note.
**'''Drav Lord''': A movie about a martial arts master that wants to acquire a treasure, and then sneaks into the palace with it at night. She is then caught by the guard, and they fight for it. While the fight is going on, another fighter runs off with the treasure.
**'''Wolf Guy: The Living:''' A movie showing some Sims turn into wolves.
**'''The Fighterman:''' A movie that starts off showing a fire department rabbit hole, then a firetruck goes to a house on fire, with the firefighters rescuing a toddler/child in the burning house.
*'''Comedy: '''It raises Fun quicker than most channels, and raises the Comedy skill. Watching it for long enough grants a [[Playful (emotion)|Playful]] +1 Moodlet.
**'''Corah''': A stand-up comedian tries to tell jokes, but most of them fall flat. He then leaves the scene.
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*'''Sports:''' It raises Fun (faster for [[Active (trait)|Active]] Sims), and Sims with the [[Bro]] trait gain a [[Confident]] +1 Moodlet from watching it. The program shown on this channel is similar to [[:wikipedia:SportsCenter|SportsCenter]], and consists of highlights of the following events:
**An association football game in which one team scores a goal before the next sequence.
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**A basketball match, in which a player tries to dunk into the basket but fails. The other player fails the throw too, possibly resulting in a tie.
**A ping-pong match.
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*'''Kids Network:''' It raises Fun for Children and Sims with the [[Childish (The Sims 4)|Childish]] Trait; the latter earn a Playful +1 Moodlet after watching for long enough. This is the default channel for [[toddler]]s.
**'''KFun Sho''': A bunch of mascots singing. Mascots include a hotdog, a shark, a skeleton, a bee and a dinosaur.
*'''Fireplace Channel:''' As the name implies, it simply shows a fireplace. Only unlocked after the TV Upgrade. Its only use is to help to solve [[Tense]] moodlets and provide [[Fun]], albeit at a slower rate.
*'''Music TV: '''Unlocked after the TV [[Upgrade]], this channel mainly shows music clips. It provides Fun and Sims with the Music Lover trait can get [[Inspired]] from watching it.
'''[[Get to Work]]'''
*'''!#*%&$@%''': Unlocked as an [[alien]], or with an upgraded [[satellite dish]]. It portrays aliens being attacked by Sims, a family sitcom, a flying superhero stunt that ends with one of the aliens crashing, and a lobster cooking show.
'''[[The Sims 4: Kids Room Stuff|Kids Room Stuff]]'''
*'''BEtween:''' Features a cartoon based on ''[[MySims|MySims Agents]]'' as well as other shows for more mature kids. [[Child]]ren watching the channel gain a +1 Happy moodlet.
'''[[City Living]]'''
* '''Civic Public Access:''' Can grant the "Public Access Weirdness" moodlet, which gives +1 Playful.
* '''PolitiSim:''' Broadcasts political debates and campaigns.
* '''World Culture Network:''' Features documentaries about [[Champs Les Sims]], [[Al Simhara]] and [[Shang Simla]].
'''[[The Sims 4: Vintage Glamour Stuff|Vintage Glamour Stuff]]'''
* '''TV Classics:''' Shows old black and white TV shows and soap operas.
'''[[The Sims 4: Seasons|Seasons]]'''
*'''Weather Forecast:''' One of
*'''New Year's Eve:''' One of
'''[[Dream Home Decorator]]'''
*'''Dream Home Decorator Network:''' One of three channels so far that uses footage of ''The Sims 4''. It plays two home renovation shows, and can be used to make [[Architecture|interior decorators]] feel [[confident]] before work. Sims who do not work in that career will instead feel [[inspired]]. It also teaches Sims the [[handiness]] skill.
===Movies===
''[[The Sims 4: Movie Hangout Stuff|Movie Hangout Stuff]]'' introduces ten movies that can be watched on any television set. Like most other channels, they use footage from ''The Sims 3''.
*'''College Cram:''' A raunchy school comedy.
*'''Diamonds are for Sims:''' A heist thriller, which mainly shows a robber trying to steal a diamond, then gets caught and arrested.
*'''Lost Dog's Journey Home:''' A "lost pet" movie a la ''Homeward Bound''.
*'''Moonlight Massacre III:''' Based on the Teen Horror genre (e.g. ''Scream'').
*'''Roaring Vice:''' Based on the Film Noir genre.
*'''Simder:''' A supernatural romance, starring a woman trying to find Sims on her phone.
*'''Sims of the Dead:''' A zombie flick a la ''Night of the Living Dead''.
*'''SuperKids: Cortex Catastrophe:''' A kid-friendly action thriller a la ''Spy Kids''.
*'''The Adventures of Spaceship Simulation:''' A
*'''The Khlumzee Sisters:''' A black-and-white slapstick comedy based on films from the Silver Screen days.
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==The Urbz: Sims in The City==
The Television appears in the Urbz. There are three channels that show various static images. The channels are UTV, Reality and Gearheads.
===Television Sets
===Scrounged TV
{{Infobox object
|name = Scrounged TV
|image =
|game = The Urbz: Sims in
|buy = Buy mode
|price = §500
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It can be bought at Gasoline Row.
{{clr}}
===Boob Tube===
{{Infobox object
|name = Boob Tube
|image =
|game = The Urbz: Sims in
|buy = Buy mode
|price = §700
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It can be bought in Kicktail Park.
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===Excesutive Plasma TV Plasma TV===
{{Infobox object
|name = Excesutive Plasma TV Plasma TV
|image =
|game = The Urbz: Sims in
|buy = Buy mode
|price = §4,000
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It can be bought on Cozmo Street.
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===Wall-mounted TV===
{{Infobox object
|name = Wall-mounted TV
|image =
|game = The Urbz: Sims in
|buy = Buy mode
|price = §5,000
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It can be bought at Diamond Heights.
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==The Sims 2 & The Sims 2 Pets for Console==
Televisions reappear in Sims 2 for console with the channels slightly being modified from The Urbz. There are three channels that are somewhat identical to the Urbz originals, but with different audio.
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{{Infobox object
|name = Pure TV
|image =
|game = The Sims 2 (
|buy = Buy mode
|price = §500
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}}<blockquote class="note">High definition? Try the V-hold. Plasma screen? Be glad you got glass screen. No cable, no video "in," none of that hype and clutter...just good old pure "TV" the way it was meant to be.</blockquote>
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===Cheapovision Television Set===
{{Infobox object
|name = Cheapovision Television Set
|image =
|game = The Sims 2: Pets (
|buy = Buy mode
|price = §500
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'''Price:''' §500<br />'''Fun:''' 3<br />'''Room:''' 2
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===Trottco MultiVid Television===
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|name = Trottco MultiVid Television
|image =
|game = ''[[The Sims 2 (
|buy = Buy mode
|price = §2,250
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'''Price:''' §2,250<br />'''Fun:''' 4<br />'''Room:''' 2
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===Blade Vision VERY High HD TV===
{{Infobox object
|name = Blade Vision VERY High HD TV
|image =
|game = ''[[The Sims 2 (
|buy = Buy mode
|price = §3,500
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'''Price:''' §3,500<br />'''Fun:''' 5<br />'''Room:''' 2
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==Trivia==
*In ''[[The Sims 2]]'', some channels such as the Sims Broadcasting Network use video clips from ''SimCity 4'' as well as clips from ''[[The Sims 2]]'', which all channels use.
* On the ''Channel Trowler 27Deluxe TV ''and the'' Trottco 27" MultuVid IV Television, ''the word'' "Maxis" ''can be seen on the DVD box
*In ''[[The Sims 3]]'', the TVs use video clips from ''[[The Sims 2]]'' for their channels (except for the exercise channel which uses ''The Sims 3'', Halls of History, ''The Sims 2'' and elements from ''SimCity Societies'').
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*In ''The Sims 2'', if the [[time]] is sped up and a television is on, the television won't speed up, but go at normal speed instead. However, in ''The Sims 3'', if the time is sped up and a television is on, the television will speed up.
*In ''The Sims 3'', all channels lack commercials.
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*In ''The Sims 2'', users could place their own video clips in a special directory (much like custom Music) and these would play instead of the default clips. Clips had to be in AVI format to work.
*In ''The Sims 2,'' the ''KidzTube'' program featuring Social Bunnies show a [[Placeholder box|Placeholder Box]] in the background of many of its clips.
*In ''The Sims 3'', Sims as young as toddlers can watch TV.
*Many programs on the television in ''The Sims 2'' and ''The Sims 3'' show [[Easter eggs]]{{clarify}}
*If you look closely at the second [[Money|cheapest]] television from ''The Sims 3'' (the old CRT TV), you can see games such as ''[[SimCity]]'', ''[[The Sims]]'', and ''[[MySims]]''. Amusingly, [[The Sims 2: Castaway]] can also be seen thrice, one of which is placed upside down.
*The music heard from the gardening channel (Got Garden?) was Rumba Sal sul, one of the songs from the radio.
* On the console version of ''The Sims 3'', sometimes when a Sim switches on the TV, the TV will make no noise and there will be a static picture of the program they are watching, similar to ''The Sims''. However, the fun motive will still go up as normal.
* In ''The Sims 4'', text in the end credits of some of the in-game shows translate to "Made by the genious{{sic}} creators of Plumbob Pictures at Electronic Arts Redwood".
== The Sims FreePlay ==
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|§5,500
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=== Shows ===
* News - A Sim, another Sim talking in the background, talking about what appears to be an alien invasion.
* Show - Two Sims talking in the burger bar in the Sunset Mall. They start off peaceful before they start arguing.
* Documentary - Same as Show.
* Movie - Same as News.
* Movie Marathon - Same as Show and Documentary.
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