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Browse the guide, free

TV guide by countryEvery channel listed148 Channel directoryLogos, owners, launch years31,564 Where to watchLive sport and its channels155,405 Shows and episodesEpisode guides back to 190890,413

How deep it goes

HistoryListings from 2023, episodes from 1908 FreshnessWithin a second of a change Fill by countryTitles, descriptions, episodes Coverage ledgerWhat we hold, country by country

Popular guides

United KingdomFreeview, Sky and BBC regions United StatesNetworks and local stations GermanyPublic and Sky channels South KoreaCable and satellite, from 2023
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71.8M listings

Every country's schedule under one key, one shape and one set of ids.

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Schedules

ListingsBy channel, country and dayFree key Now and nextEvery channel, this minuteFree key ArchivePast schedules, day by dayPaid

Things on air

ChannelsRegistry, logos, factsFree key Shows and episodesSeasons, numbers, air datesPaid EventsFixtures and every channelPaid Free to viewFree-to-air per countryNew

Ways in

REST APIJSON on api.tvguideapi.com MCP serverFrom Claude or ChatGPT Bulk exportsXMLTV per country or channelPaid Agent skillTeach any agent the API
Try it now

GET /v1/now

What every channel in a country is showing this minute, with the next programme after it.

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Start here

Quick startFirst call in two minutes AuthenticationYour key, headers, rotating Plans and limitsQuotas, rate limits, headers Errors and paginationCodes, cursors, pages SupportFAQ and tickets

Reference

API referenceEvery endpoint with Try it Countries and channelsIds and how to find them Times and time zonesLocal days, UTC timestamps Events guideFixtures to channels

For agents and tools

MCP serverSet up and the tool list Agent skillOne file that teaches an agent OpenAPIDownload the full spec ManualThe whole API as one file
Changelog
Times corrected on 15 feeds7 OctEpisode numbers on listings6 OctChannel facts6 Oct
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Tools you can run

What is on nowA terminal guide for any country Where to watchEvery channel showing a match XMLTV builderA guide file for a media player

Clients

Python clientpip install, every endpoint PHP clientComposer or one file Ask the guidePlain questions answeredNew

Ideas built on it

Bar and pub screensTonight's sport, by venue Watchlist alertsWhen a show is next on Travel TVWhat is on where you are going
Open source

MIT, no lock-in

Every lab tool reads only the public API with your own key, so it runs on the free key.

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Right now

APIapi.tvguideapi.comWorking Websitetvguideapi.comWorking MCP server/mcpWorking

Last 30 days

API uptimefrom the monitorIncidentsfrom the monitor

Keep informed

Incident historyEvery incident and its fix status.jsonFor your own monitoring
All systems

Working normally

Checked every minute from outside our own servers.

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MCP tools

Every tool the MCP server offers, with its inputs.

ToolInputsAnswers with
whats_on_nowcountry or channelsNow and next on each channel
channel_daychannel, date, tzA channel's day, slot by slot
find_channelname, countryMatching channels with their ids
where_to_watchteam or event, countryEvery channel showing it, live or repeat
next_airingshow, countryWhen and where a show airs next
venue_tonightcountry, sports, channelsTonight's screens, live first
coveragecountryHow full the data is for a country
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