TV

A TV, or television, is an item of furniture obtainable in the Animal Crossing series. Like in real life, TVs broadcast an assortment of programs when turned on, such as game shows, cartoons, or plays. TVs also feature weather forecasts that tell the player the weather of the following day. In Animal Crossing, TVs play one show that can be viewed only on a certain TV.

Televisions

Programming

Programs come on at certain times of day, although in Animal Crossing, TVs show the same program depending on which type of TV it is. The following programs can be found on TV throughout the day in all games but Animal Crossing:

Wild World & City Folk

News

The newswoman tells about some sort of speech in one report and some sort of fire, inter-spliced with a field interview of a man, as K.K. D&B play in the background. In Happy Home Designer, the fire disaster was changed to a nighttime fairground display.

Weather

The Weatherman tells explains about the weather while acoustic versions of K.K. Love Song, Café K.K. and K.K. Swing play in the background. This program will also display what the weather will be like tomorrow, making it useful for planning out activities that depend on the weather (such as catching certain kinds of bugs and fish).

Soap Opera

What seems to be a young man and a woman talk at some sort of house, likely confessing their love with each other. It's likely the show Sable watches, and she calls it Pointed Love. The music from The Roost in Wild World & City Folk can be heard.

Nature

The view switches from various landscapes, while the sound of nature and a narrating voice can heard.

Action

A superhero, based on Kamen Rider and Super Sentai (adapted into Power Rangers), is seen running at the front and posing while Go K.K. Rider can be heard playing. Go K.K. Rider's cover art and musical style is inspired by the original Kamen Rider TV show.

Comedy

A man and a woman are showing at a stage, with the woman telling jokes while the man seems to be annoyed with it, likely referring to the manzai style of comedy. For some reason, one scene has them both speaking in unison. A varied instrumentation of K.K. Ragtime is played.

Quiz

Four contestants are challenged to answer questions. The man who gives the answer gets it wrong, while the girl gets the question right.

Ball Game

There is a soccer match going on, with two teams being pitted against each other.

Music

What seems to be either a live concert or a music video shows a girl with a band singing to a rendition of K.K. Jazz.

Movie

A person with a gun attempts to make their way through the building. Afterwards, they notice someone and try to shoot them as the building bursts into flames.

Test Pattern

A test card is shown, while a long beeping noise can be heard. The test card resembles the SMPTE Color Bars in the Japanese and North American version, while the Philips PM5544 test pattern is used in the European version.

Static

All is shown is static, as the daily run for the television broadcast is over.

Introduced in New Leaf

Aerobics

A calisthenics program based on Rajiou Taiso plays to the tune of the Morning Aerobics theme from Animal Crossing. Like Rajiou Taiso, this program only airs in the early morning.

Cooking

It shows a chef making some unknown food for a hungry woman. K.K. Etude plays in this show,

Talk Show

As the music from inside the Happy Room Academy Headquarters from City Folk plays at the beginning, there's a woman talking to a man, likely expressing their feelings.

Cartoon

A cat and a mouse chase each other around in a pastiche of the Tom and Jerry animated short films while K.K. Rockabilly plays in the background.

UFO

A strange alien transmission that appears from 3:33 AM to 3:34 AM on Sunday and Monday. It seems to be delivering a message of some sort. The alien is seen moving closer and farther from the viewer.

New Horizons

In New Horizons, the television programs have been almost completely reworked, whilst having the schedule change in order to compliment with the new style.

News

Two news reports and interviews with human civilians are shown, with K.K. Technopop being played in the background.

Weather

In the morning, a lady delivers the weather report for the day. In the evening the weather report shows what you can expect tomorrow. (Unlike the original game, the same song plays on loop rather than fading out or starting over.)

Cartoon

A cartoon of a dog chasing a cat up a building, before the dog eventually falls down and the cat gets away. Just like in New Leaf, K.K. Rockabilly is used as background music.

Talk

Just like the Comedy show, K.K. Ragtime is used as background music.

Tennis

A tennis match is played between two women. Applause and commentary can be heard. Occasionally, the screen shows two audience members that resemble celebrities.

Action

A mechanical robot fights a Godzilla-like monster, while K.K. Metal is used. The Zap Suit jingle is played at the end.

Drama

A drama show with scenes depicting men and women talking, and two hands reaching for a book.

Nature

The program is now a safari outing rather than scenes of nature, with K.K. Safari as the theme song. Hypno K.K. plays at the end.

Concert

A pop idol group performs a rendition of K.K. Disco and Bubblegum K.K..

UFO

A strange alien broadcast that appears from 3:33 a.m. at 3:34 a.m. on Saturday. He appears to be delivering a message of some kind, and displays a UFO while speaking.

Commercials

There are six new commercials introduced in New Leaf.

Introduced in New Leaf

Soft Drink

One of them is for a drink as the startup theme from Animal Crossing (specifically the one played when booting up a copy of the game without any town data present) is played in the background.

Detergent

Exercise Bike

Other commercials

Three other commercials are slightly modified versions of the programs that would perpetually play on the Retro TV, the Apple TV, and the Snowman TV (respectively labelled "girl", "apples", and "snow" in the schedule below) in Animal Crossing series.

Introduced in New Horizons

Abs Machine

A commercial for an ab toning device with a muscular man. Rockin' K.K and K.K. House play in the background.

Windmills

A commercial for Windmills with a Man.

Cat Food

A commercial with someone pouring cat food into the bowl, while I Love You plays in the background.

Fruits

A commercial for a ficitous brand featuring dancing fruits with a rendition of K.K. Parade.

Cars

A commercial for a red car.

Schedule

In Wild World and City Folk

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
6am	News	News	News	News	News	News	News
6:45	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather
7:00	News	News	News	News	News	News	Action
7:45	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather
8:00	Soap	Soap	Soap	Soap	Soap	Comedy	Nature
8:30	Nature	Nature	Nature	Nature	Nature
9:00						Nature	Quiz
10:00	Action	Action	Action	Action	Action	Action	Comedy
11:00	News	News	News	News	News	News	News
11:45	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather
12pm	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Action
1:00	Soap	Soap	Soap	Soap	Soap		Ball Game
1:30	Comedy			Comedy
2:00			Comedy			Nature
3:00	Nature	Nature	Nature	Nature	Weather	Ball Game	Quiz
4:00	Action	Action	Action	Action	Action		Nature
5:00	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy
6:00	News	News	News	News	News	News	News
6:45	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather
7:00	Comedy	Ball Game	Action	Comedy	Ball Game	Quiz	Ball Game
8:00	Quiz		Music	Nature		Comedy
9:00	Soap	Soap	Soap	Soap	Soap	Movie	Movie
10:00	News	News	News	News	News
10:45	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather
11:00	Comedy	Nature	Quiz	Comedy	Quiz	News	News
11:45						Weather	Weather
12am		Nature	Comedy		Music	Test	Test
1:00	Movie	Music	Ball Game	Nature	Movie	Static	Static
2:00
3:00	Test	Test	Test	Test	Test
4:00	Static	Static	Static	Static	Static
5:00	Test	Test	Test	Test	Test	Test	Test

In New Leaf

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
6am	News	News	News	News	News	News	News
6:15	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather
6:30	Aerobics	Aerobics	Aerobics	Aerobics	Aerobics	Aerobics	Aerobics
6:59 CM	Detergent	Gym	Soft Drink	Gym	Detergent	Soft Drink	Detergent
7:00	News	News	News	News	News	News	Action
7:29 CM							Snow
7:30							Action
7:59 CM	Gym	Gym	Gym	Gym	Gym	Gym	Apples
8:00	Soap	Soap	Soap	Soap	Soap	Soap	Cartoon
8:19 CM	Gym	Gym	Gym	Gym	Gym	Gym
8:20	Nature	Nature	Nature	Nature	Nature	Nature
8:29 CM							Girl
8:30							Cartoon
8:59 CM							Apples
9:00							Quiz
9:18 CM	Detergent	Detergent	Detergent	Detergent	Detergent	Detergent
9:19 CM	Gym	Gym	Gym	Gym	Gym	Gym
9:20	Nature	Nature	Nature	Nature	Nature	Nature
9:29 CM							Detergent
9:30							Quiz
9:59 CM	Gym	Gym	Gym	Gym	Gym	Gym	Soft Drink
10:00	Action	Cartoon	Action	Action	Cartoon	Action	Comedy
9:29 CM	Soft Drink	Soft Drink	Detergent	Detergent	Soft Drink	Detergent	Detergent
10:00	Action	Cartoon	Action	Action	Cartoon	Action	Comedy
9:59 CM	Soft Drink	Gym	Soft Drink	Soft Drink	Gym	Soft Drink	Soft Drink
11:00	Cooking	Cooking	Cooking	Cooking	Cooking	News	News
11:29 CM	Detergent	Detergent	Detergent	Detergent	Detergent
11:30	News	News	News	News	News
11:45	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather
11:59 CM	Apples	Gym	Gym	Gym	Gym	Gym	Gym
12pm	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Talk
12:29 CM	Soft Drink	Soft Drink	Soft Drink	Soft Drink	Soft Drink	Soft Drink	Soft Drink
12:30	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Talk
12:59 CM	Detergent	Gym	Gym	Gym	Gym		Gym
1:00	Soap	Soap	Talk	Soap	Soap	Ball Game
1:30	Comedy		Comedy
2:00				Comedy			Nature
3:00	Aerobics	Aerobics	Aerobics	Aerobics	Aerobics	Ball Game	Quiz
3:59 CM	Soft Drink	Soft Drink	Girl	Soft Drink	Soft Drink	Soft Drink	Soft Drink
4:00	Action	Action	Cartoon	Action	Action	Ball Game	Cooking
5:00	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy
6:00	News	News	News	News	News	News	News
6:45	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather
7:00	Comedy	Ball Game	Cooking	Cartoon	Ball Game	Quiz	Ball Game
8:00	Quiz		Music	Nature		Comedy
9:00	Soap	Soap	Soap	Soap	Soap	Movie	Movie
9:57 CM	Gym	Gym		Gym	Gym
9:58 CM	Soft Drink	Soft Drink		Soft Drink	Soft Drink
9:59 CM	Gym	Gym	Gym	Detergent	Gym
10:00	News	News	News	News	News	News	News
10:45	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather
11:00	Comedy	Nature	Quiz	Comedy	Quiz	News	News
11:29	News	Soft Drink	Detergent	News	Soft Drink	Detergent
11:30	Comedy	Nature	Quiz	Comedy	Quiz	Cooking
11:55	Girl	Apples	Snow	Girl	Apples	Snow	Snow
12am	Nature	Test	Music	Test	Music	Test	Test
12:57	Gym	Gym	Gym	Gym	Gym
1:00	Movie	Music	Ball Game	Nature	Movie	Static	Static
2:00
2:45 CM	Gym	Gym	Gym	Gym	Gym
3:00	Test	Test	Test	Test	Test
3:33						UFO	UFO
3:34						Static	Static
4:00	Static	Static	Static	Static	Static
5:00	Test	Test	Test	Test	Test	Test	Test
5:55 CM	Girl	Apples	Snow	Girl	Apples	Snow

In New Horizons

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	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
5:00	Test	Test	Test	Test	Test	Test	Test
6:00	News	News	News	News	News	News	News
6:15	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather
6:30	Aerobics	Aerobics	Aerobics	Aerobics	Aerobics	Aerobics	Aerobics
6:59 CM	Abs	Fruit	Car	Abs	Fruit	Car	Fruit
7:00	News	News	News	News	News	News	Action
7:29 CM							Fruit
7:30							Action
7:45	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather
7:49 CM	Abs	Abs	Abs	Abs	Abs	Car	Cat Food
8:00	Drama	Drama	Drama	Drama	Drama	Comedy	Cartoon
8:29 CM	Abs	Abs	Abs	Abs	Abs	Windmills	Car
8:30	Nature	Nature	Nature	Nature	Nature	Comedy	Cartoon
8:59 CM						Cat Food	Cat Food
9:00						Nature	Quiz
9:18 CM	Car	Car	Car	Car	Car
9:19 CM	Fruits	Fruits	Fruits	Fruits	Fruits
9:20	Nature	Nature	Nature	Nature	Nature
9:29 CM						Abs	Abs
9:30						Nature	Quiz
9:29 CM	Abs	Abs	Abs	Abs	Abs	Abs	Cat Food
10:00	Action	Cartoon	Action	Action	Cartoon	Action	Comedy
10:29 CM	Fruit	Fruit	Cat Food	Cat Food	Cat Food	Fruit	Cat Food
10:30	Action	Cartoon	Action	Action	Cartoon	Action	Comedy
10:59 CM	Windmills	Windmills	Windmills	Windmills	Windmills	Windmills	Windmills
11:00	Cooking	Cooking	Cooking	Cooking	Cooking	News	News
11:29 CM	Fruit	Car	Fruit	Car	Fruit
11:30	News	News	News	News	News
11:45	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather
11:59 CM	Car	Abs	Car	Abs	Car	Abs	Abs
12:00	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Talk
12:29 CM	Fruit	Fruit	Fruit	Fruit	Fruit	Fruit	Cat Food
12:30 PM	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Talk
12:59 CM	Abs	Abs	Abs	Abs	Abs	Abs	Abs
1:00	Drama	Drama	Drama	Drama	Drama	Talk	Tennis
1:29 CM	Windmills	Windmills	Windmills	Windmills	Windmills		Abs
1:30	Talk	Talk	Talk	Talk	Drama		Tennis
1:58 CM	Fruit				Fruit
1:59 CM	Cat Food	Windmills	Windmills	Windmills	Windmills	Windmills
2:00	Comedy	Nature	Comedy	Comedy	Talk	Nature
2:29 CM	Fruit	Car	Fruit	Fruit	Cat Food	Cat Food
2:30	Comedy	Nature	Comedy	Comedy	Talk	Nature
2:58 CM			Car
2:59 CM	Abs	Abs		Abs	Car	Car	Car
3:00	Aerobics	Aerobics	Aerobics	Aerobics	Aerobics	Tennis	Quiz
3:29 CM	Windmills	Cat Food	Fruit	Cat Food	Fruit		Cat Food
3:30	Aerobics	Aerobics	Aerobics	Aerobics	Aerobics		Quiz
3:59 CM	Car	Car	Car	Car	Car		Car
4:00	Cartoon	Action	Cartoon	Action	Action		Cooking
4:29 CM	Cat Food	Cat Food	Cat Food	Cat Food	Cat Food		Cat Food
4:30	Cartoon	Cooking	Cartoon	Action	Action		Cooking
4:59 CM	Windmills	Windmills	Windmills	Windmills	Windmills	Car	Fruit
5:00	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy
5:29 CM	Car	Cat Food	Fruit	Cat Food	Cat Food	Cat Food	Car
5:30	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy	Comedy
5:58 CM					Fruit
5:59 CM	Fruit	Fruit	Car	Fruit	Car	Windmills	Windmills
6:00	News	News	News	News	News	News	Cartoon
6:30	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather
6:45						Weather
6:59 CM	Windmills	Windmills	Windmills	Windmills	Windmills	Windmills
7:00	Comedy	Tennis	Cooking	Cartoon	Tennis	Quiz	Tennis
7:29 CM	Car		Car	Car		Car
7:30	Comedy		Cooking	Cartoon		Quiz
7:57 CM					Abs
7:59 CM	Cat Food		Cat Food	Cat Food		Cat Food
8:00	Quiz		Concert	Nature	Tennis	Comedy
8:29 CM	Fruits		Car	Car
8:30	Quiz		Concert	Nature	Tennis
8:57 CM	Fruit	Fruit	Cat Food	Cat Food	Windmills	Fruit	Windmills
8:58 CM	Car	Abs	Windmills	Windmills	Cat Food	Car	Cat Food
8:59 CM	Windmills	Car	Abs	Abs	Car	Cat Food	Car
9:00	Drama	Talk	Drama	Drama	Concert	Movie	Movie
9:29 CM	Car	Windmills	Car	Windmills	Windmills
9:30	Drama	Talk	Drama	Drama	Concert
9:59 CM	Fruit	Cat Food	Cat Food	Windmills	Fruit
10:00	News	News	News	News	News
10:44 CM						Car	Cat Food
10:45	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather	Weather
10:59 CM	Abs	Car	Abs	Car	Car
11:00	Comedy	Nature	Quiz	Comedy	Quiz	News	News
11:29 CM	Windmills	Windmills	Windmills	Cat Food	Fruit	Abs
11:30	Comedy	Nature	Quiz	Comedy	Quiz	Cooking
11:55 CM	Abs	Abs	Abs	Abs	Windmills	Windmills	Car
12:00	Talk	Nature	Comedy	Comedy	Test	Concert	Comedy
12:57 CM	Abs	Abs	Abs	Abs		Abs	Abs
1:00	Movie	Nature	Tennis	Nature	Static	Nature	Nature
2:00
2:45 CM	Abs	Abs	Abs	Abs		Abs	Abs
3:00	Test	Test	Test	Test		Test	Test
3:33					UFO
3:34					Static
4:00	Static	Static	Static	Static		Static	Static

Commercials

Commercials

Trivia

• Most TVs in the Animal Crossing series series appear to be based on CRT monitors (which were standard among households from the late 1940's to the late 2000's), with only a select few based on HD LED monitors (which have been standard among households since the late 2000's).

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