Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pirate TV (TV series)

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Qwaiiplayer (talk) 14:18, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Pirate TV (TV series)

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All I could find was IMDb, YouTube uploads, and a personal blog. No better sourcing found. Prod contested. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 01:38, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 01:38, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Per TenPoundHammer — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.145.163.110 (talk) 06:43, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
1. Waters, Harry F. (1990-03-19). "Down to the sea in shtik. MTV's undry humor". Newsweek. Vol. 115, no. 12. p. 55. ISSN 0028-9604. EBSCOhost 9003191019.
  The article notes: "Each week "Pirate TV's" scruffy crew. supposedly transmitting from a barge off Manhattan, take aim at the deadliest forms of airwave pollution. Commercials, for openers. Among the products pitched so far are a cat food called Ingmar Bergman's Cries and Whiskers and a fantasy-based video game known as Dungeons and Drag Queens. A spoof of ESPN introduced the Extra-Sensory Perception Network (Filmed highlights of tomorrow's games! Lists of players who are going to be injured!) Semiregular features include "Rastapiece Theater," which presents dreadlock versions of the classics, and "The Above Sea World of Jacques Cousteau," wherein the crew of the Calypso invades dry land to liberate the fish in pet stores. ("Fortunately, Armand's spear gun makes quick work of the would-be slave trader and we are able to free our tiny friends.") ... MTV's programmers are so delighted with "Pirate TV"--it has tripled the ratings for its Friday-night slot--that they're considering moving it to Saturday night to compete with NBC's comedic powerhouse."
2. Takiff, Jonathan. (1990-01-25). "Just When You Thought It Was Boring ... MTV Gets a New Attitude" (pages 1 and 2). Philadelphia Daily News. Archived from the original (pages 1 and 2) on 2022-05-02. Retrieved 2022-05-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  The article notes: "Primo pick of the new MTV litter is "Pirate TV," debuting tomorrow night at 10 with a repeat broadcast at 7 p.m. Spinning of Britain's real-life pirate radio stations — illegal broadcasters headquartered on boats in international waters — this hour-long fantasy imagines a troupe of technocrats commandeering MTV's signal from a beat-up barge off the coast of New York City. Like SCTV, Pirate TV sends up TV shows and commercials with gambits like "The Above Sea World of Jacques Cousteau," wherein our daring, wet-suited explorers venture onto dry land to free the captive animals in a pet store. Maury Povich makes a guest appearance to claim credit for the "Pirate TV" concept (actually, a couple of his former writers now produce this MTV show) and ... "Pirate TV" is so densely packed with gags and mimicry that I can't believe the show can be cranked out on a weekly basis for long."
3. Swift, David (1990-04-04). "Doublespeak, anguished English, life after videos". Jackson Hole News. Archived from the original on 2022-05-02. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  The article notes: "I hope "Pirate TV" shows up, at any rate, because it's the first television show I've seen to come close to matching the sheer energy and irreverence of underground radio in the Sixties. SCTV-style, the "Pirate TV" cast, a collection of ne'er-do-wells, cruises off the coast, in international waters, interrupting normal broadcasting with their version of good television. Among their offerings: [a list with four bullet points]"
4. Miller, Ron (1990-01-22). "Some radical changes at revolutionary MTV". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Archived from the original on 2022-05-02. Retrieved 2022-05-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  The article notes: "I've seen clips from one new show, Pirate TV, which premieres Friday night, and it's truly different from the usual MTV fare. It has a cast of "regulars," bizarre characters who are supposed to be running a pirate TV station in a barge off the coast of New York. They put on parodies of commercials, movie trailers and other short comedy bits. ... Maybe the funniest, though, was the takeoff on the anti-drug ads that show an egg frying in a pan to illustrate what your brain is like on drugs. This shows you what your brain looks like on drugs — with a side of bacon and whole wheat toast."
5. Duffy, Mike (1990-02-04). "Newcomers to MTV are musical — and a whole lot more". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on 2022-05-02. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  The article provides a paragraph of coverage about the subject. The article notes: ""Pirate TV": Floating around on their own barge while transmitting a whacked mix of commercial parodies and weirdo programming, a gang of youthful pirates takes control of MTV for an hour of comedy and videos every week. Program manager Brian, sidekick Skip and a crew of addled assistants create the mayhem. Including such nutcase moments as pro wrestler Sargeant Slaughter singing "Sunrise, Sunset" or tabloid TV star Maury Povich reading "A Current Affair Bedtime Story." Fridays at 10 p.m."
6. Larson, Lanny (1990-02-09). "'Pirate TV' Crew Takes Over MTV". The Fresno Bee. Archived from the original on 2022-05-02. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  The caption provides a few sentences of coverage about the subject. The caption notes: "It looks like MTV until the "pirates," a crew of comics, take over twice each weekend, substituting off-the-wall weirdness and a few videos from the relatively staid programming on the cable music network."
There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Pirate TV to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".
Cunard (talk) 01:35, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 09:22, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 00:16, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep based on sources listed above by Cunard, at the very least it passes WP:GNG. DonaldD23 talk to me 14:38, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Several sources, some dedicated to the show, someone with dedicated coverage about the show in wider article about MTV shows. Passess GNG. I have cited two of Cunard's sources in article to deal with no citations maintained tag. WikiVirusC^(talk) 21:02, 23 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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