Deletion of 1982–1983 United States network television schedule (late night)

Comment: Precedent holds that such information is encyclopedic, and the nominator fails to indicate why this particular grid is unacceptable when there are plenty of other late-night grids ( is not applicable). US television programming schedules are of encyclopedic interest and can be easily sourced. Doesn't violate any policy that I'm aware of, and is in fact covered off by several WIkiprojects, to boot
Stance: keep
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Comment: per  - Wikipedia now catalogues outdated TV Guides, might as well catalogue the up to date ones. Since when the TV schedule of TV stations during some year is notable and worthy for an article? Let's do then foreign TV stations schedule. Oh, wait! We are already doing it... 2007 Australian network television schedule. Why stop there? Let's do cable and radio too. Everything that puts out an schedule we're cataloguing it! I am sorry for the sarcasm
Stance: delete
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Comment: The nomination fails to go beyond . Latenight TV programming from each year in the history of broadcasting has had substantial coverage in multiple reliable and independent sources, easily satisfying . For the 1982-83 season, for the Johnny Carson show see http://news.google.com/archivesearch?as_q=&num=10&btnG=Search+Archives&as_epq=Johnny+carson&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_user_ldate=1982&as_user_hdate=1983&lr=&as_src=&as_price=p0&as_scoring= 2110 Google News archive hits, including Time magazine http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,925800,00.html . The threat to Carson's show from his competition in the schedule is discussed at http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/663198782.html?dids=663198782:663198782&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Feb+08%2C+1982&author=PETER+J+BOYER&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=...CARSON%3A+BUT+IS+THERE+A+FALLING+STAR+AT+NBC%3F&pqatl=google. Carson's competition with Alan Thicke is discussed at http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB29619E27A7796&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Other articles also discuss the competition, Carson's sometimes slipping ratings with respect to the competition, and Joan Rivers becoming a regular guest host. An AP story April 12 1983, presented in NewspaperArchive,com in "The Capital" also discusses the scheduling ot=f the Thicke show against Carson, and Carson's loss of audience to Nightline, CBS movies, and independent stations. "David Letterman" gets 1670 Google News hits for that season http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22David+Letterman%22&btnG=Search+Archives&num=10&as_user_ldate=1982&as_user_hdate=1983 and again many are substantial coverage of the show and of its success in the schedule. "Nightline" gets 935 Google News hits during that season http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22Nightline%22&btnG=Search+Archives&num=10&as_user_ldate=1982&as_user_hdate=1983. This is not at all TV Guide, which tells what is occurring in a particular day's episode of a program. It is a notable part of broadcasting history and a useful navigational aid
Stance: keep
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