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Bookmark http://www.gnudawn.co.uk/mission/ to keep up to date with the latest Mission: Impossible information. The M:I site is hosted by TalkTalk, and the actual address is http://www.gnudawn2.talktalk.net/mission/index.html, but the address given above will be pointed at the current URL, even if it changes.
TV Shows on TV says that Paramount has announced that season 5 will be released in Region 1 on 7 October. Paramount Nordic have confirmed to Lars-Erik Wikberg that the Swedish release date will be in November.
The list price is $49.99, but you could pre-order from amazon.com for $34.99, the last time I looked.
The first four seasons are now available in regions 1, 2 and 4.
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Mission: Impossible in the UKBelow is the result of a search of DigiGuide's database for any Mission: Impossible broadcasts to the UK over the next few days: five US The UK digital channel five US is showing M:I (season 2) daily at 16:00 for a week. five US is available on Freeview channel 35, Sky 180 & Virgin TV 185; five US +1 is on Sky 181.
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Radio Times: Mission: Impossible in North AmericaUSAAmericanLife TV Network are showing M:IThey seem to be showing the programmes in production order, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8 pm ( more details in Kymberleigh Richards' report below). See their complete schedules at www.goodtv.com/schedule.php Tim Laird has written to tell me that: Mission:Impossible is back at midnight on Sunday nights (actually very early Monday mornings!) on MeTV out of Chicago.
The URL for MeTV's website is: www.metvchicago.com Equity Broadcasting NetworkKymberleigh Richards has written to say: I’ve gotten access to a database used by media ad buyers and have used it to determine what stations (some apparently affiliated with the Equity Broadcasting Network/Retro Television Network, others apparently not) are currently airing MI. I cannot guarantee the longevity of any of these scheduled times, although they appear (at least for the moment) to be consistent week-to-week. 15 June 2008 (regular update)
AmericanLife TV Network shows MI Monday/Wednesday/Friday 8:00pm (repeating at 1:00am) Eastern (5:00pm/10:00pm Pacific) and 7:00pm (repeating at 2:00am) Eastern Saturday and Sunday (4:00pm/11:00pm Pacific). K13WI/13, Reno NV, runs AmericanLife as its program feed and carries MI at the Pacific times.
8:00pm weekdays:
WPXS/13 & KUMO/51, St. Louis MO @ KEGS/7 & 63 and KRRI/25, Las Vegas/Reno NV KLBC/2, Laughlin NV/Bullhead City AZ @ $ KTVC/36 & KAMK/53, Eugene OR 9:00pm weekdays:
$ KWCE/27, Alexandria LA WXYZ/7.2, Detroit MI WRAZ/50.2, Raleigh-Durham NC KRXI/11.2, Reno NV KFWD/52, Dallas-Fort Worth TX KYTX/19.2, Tyler TX 11:00pm weekdays:
WSFA/12.3, Montgomery AL KAIL/53.2, Fresno CA KXRM/21.2, Colorado Springs CO WRDQ/27.2, Orlando FL WSB/2.2, Atlanta GA * KWWL/7.3, Cedar Rapids IA $ KDCG/22, Lafayette LA WPBN/7.2 & WTOM/4.2, Traverse City/Cheboygan MI * WJTV/12.3, Jackson MS WTEN/10.3, Albany NY WNWO/24.2, Toledo OH * WHTM/27.2, Harrisburg PA WPXI/11.3, Pittsburgh PA WKPT/19.3, Kingsport TN * KEYE/42.2, Austin TX WSET/13.2, Roanoke VA KIRO/7.3, Seattle WA WBAY/2.3, Green Bay WI Here are the rest of the stations carrying MI:
KKYK/20, 42.2 & 49, Little Rock AR: 5:00pm Sunday KEYT/3.2, Santa Barbara CA: 7:00pm Sunday KDEV/33.2 & 39, Denver CO/Cheyenne WY: 6:00pm weekdays KHHB/5, Hilo HI: 10:00pm weekdays WWME/23 & WCIU/26.2, Chicago IL: Midnight Sunday KGIN/11.2 & KOLN/10.2, Lincoln NE: 4:00pm Sunday * WSFJ/51, Columbus OH: 7:00pm Sunday (four episodes in a row) % WAHU/27.2, Charlottesville VA: 11:00am & Midnight Saturday KFDF/KFFS Fort Smith/Fayetteville AR, WKNO Memphis TN, KUSG Salt Lake City UT, and KQUP Spokane WA have dropped MI from their schedules.
A note about channel numbers: Many of the stations carrying MI — especially the ones affiliated with Retro Television Network — identify on the air with their cable channel number. This list shows them on the channel they actually broadcast on.
* — new/returning station to list
% — timeslot change or additional airings $ — also on KTVC/KAMK at the same time on Sunday; on KWCE at 11:00pm Sunday; and on KDCG at 7:00pm Saturday @ — Monday through Thursday (not on Friday) (For the record, I report Midnight (12:00am) as the last time slot of the night, not the first one of the morning.) Fredric J Einstein has written to say that, with a linear Ku-band satellite dish and an inexpensive MPEG-2 DVB receiver, you can receive Mission: Impossible on a number of free-to-air stations run by the Equity Broadcasting Network (he says there’s nothing illegal about receiving their stations — they are not scrambled in any way). High definition testHDNET, a high-definition channel available via DirecTV, did a test broadcast of one episode (The Hostage) in 2003, to gauge viewers' interest. However, there's no sign of them taking this any further.
Links: CanadaTV LandCanadian TV Land has shown Mission: Impossible in the past, although it doesn't appear in their current schedule. |
Mission: Impossible in AustraliaMichael Smith from Sydney writes to say that Fox Classics have re-vamped their schedule, and no more M:I episodes are scheduled at present.
Links: Thanks again Michael for all that. Mission: Impossible in Mainland EuropeFranceTV Breizh, based in Britanny, are showing Mission: Impossible at present late at night, although their web site is “under construction”, and has no details. Link: www.tv-breizh.com Série-Club TV channel has shown Mission: Impossible in the past, although it doesn’t seem to be on at the moment. Link: www.serieclub.fr GermanyKabel 1 has shown Mission: Impossible in the past, but I don't believe they have it on at the moment. Link: www.kabel1.de/tvprogramm. To find MI, enter Kobra in the search-field (Suchen). DenmarkTvDanmark 1 has shown Mission: Impossible in the past, although they don't seem to be broadcasting it at present. Link: www.tvdanmark.dk The NetherlandsThe Dutch satellite TV channel SBS6 on the Astra satellite, 12.441 V, SBS6, V0523 - A0651, A028B, V020B [encrypted], has shown the 1988-89 series, although they're not doing so at the moment (thanks to Marco Kerk for the update).
Links: SwedenLars-Erik Wikberg has discovered that Swedish televion is planning to broadcast all seasons of MI shortly. Link: www.kanal5.se |
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Magazine ArticleIssue #124, dated March 2000, of the UK Magazine TV Zone had an article on the 6th season episode Encore, with lots of screen shots. |
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This site doesn’t really deal with the Mission: Impossible movies — I think the first one only bore a very slight resemblance to the TV series, and the resemblance is even slighter for the second (M:i-2). However, the films proved popular, with the first taking $454m, and the second $546m. The receipts for the latest film were said to be “disappointing”, although it still managed to gross $48 million for its US opening weekend.
Paramount’s official site at www.missionimpossible.com has information about the third movie M:i:III.
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