# TV Schedule & Shows Scraper (`scrapemint/tv-schedule-scraper`) Actor

Get TV schedules as clean rows: what airs on which network and when, for any country and date. Also streaming release dates and show details with ratings, genres and status. One row per episode or show. Great for TV guides, newsletters and bots. No API key needed.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapemint/tv-schedule-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ken M](https://apify.com/scrapemint) (community)
- **Categories:** Videos, News
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$2.00 / 1,000 episode or show rows

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## TV Schedule & Shows Scraper

Get **TV schedules as clean rows**: what airs on which network and when, for any country and any date. Plus **streaming release dates** (what drops on web services each day, worldwide or per country) and **show lookups** with ratings, genres and status.

Built for **TV guide and entertainment app builders, "what to watch" newsletters, Discord bots and media bloggers**. Schedule a run every morning and always have today's TV lineup as structured data; or pull a month of schedules in one go.

### What you get for each episode

- **show** and **episodeName**, with season and episode number
- **airtime** and **airstamp**: local air time plus an exact timestamp
- **channel**: the network or streaming service, with its country
- **genres**, **showRating**, **showStatus**: for filtering what matters

Show lookup mode gives one row per show instead: status (running or ended), premiere and end dates, network, genres, rating, runtime, language, a short summary, official site and IMDb id.

### Example output

```json
{
  "date": "2026-07-14",
  "airtime": "00:35",
  "airstamp": "2026-07-14T04:35:00+00:00",
  "show": "Late Night with Seth Meyers",
  "episodeName": "Anne Hathaway, Alan Ritchson",
  "season": 2026,
  "episode": 68,
  "channel": "NBC",
  "channelCountry": "US",
  "genres": [],
  "showRating": 6.1,
  "showStatus": "Running"
}
```

### Three modes

- **Broadcast TV schedule**: pick a country (US, GB, DE, AU...) and a date or range — one row per episode airing on TV networks.
- **Streaming releases**: what comes out on web and streaming channels that day. Leave the country empty for worldwide.
- **Show lookup**: search shows by name, get the best matches with full details.

### Pricing

**$0.002 per row.** Days with nothing airing, bad country codes and shows that match nothing are **free**, and the first 2 rows of every run are free. A full US broadcast day (about 100 episodes) costs about $0.20; a daily morning run for a month is about $6, versus commercial TV listing APIs that start around $100 per month.

### How to run it via API

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapemint~tv-schedule-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"dataType": "schedule", "country": "GB", "startDate": "2026-07-15"}'
```

### Frequently asked questions

**Which countries work?** Any country whose networks are tracked by the TVMaze community catalogue — the US and UK have the deepest coverage, and most of Europe, Australia, Canada, Japan and others are well covered.

**Is this movies too?** No, television and streaming shows only. For where movies and shows stream, see our [Streaming Availability Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapemint/streaming-availability-scraper).

**How current is it?** Schedules update continuously; a run reflects the catalogue at that moment. Future dates work as far as networks have announced.

**Where does the data come from?** The public [TVMaze](https://www.tvmaze.com) API, a community-maintained TV database (data licensed CC BY-SA).

### More tools from Scrapemint

- [Streaming Availability Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapemint/streaming-availability-scraper): where to watch any movie or show.
- [Music Charts Tracker](https://apify.com/scrapemint/music-charts-tracker): top songs and albums by country.
- [Podcast Charts Tracker](https://apify.com/scrapemint/podcast-charts-tracker): top podcasts by country and category.

# Actor input Schema

## `dataType` (type: `string`):

Broadcast schedule: one row per episode airing on TV networks. Streaming releases: one row per episode released on web and streaming services. Show lookup: one row per show matched from your searches.

## `country` (type: `string`):

2 letter country code (US, GB, DE, AU...) for the schedule. Leave empty in Streaming mode to get worldwide releases. Ignored for Show lookup.

## `startDate` (type: `string`):

First day to fetch, YYYY-MM-DD. Leave empty for today. Ignored for Show lookup.

## `endDate` (type: `string`):

Last day to fetch, YYYY-MM-DD. Leave empty for a single day. Ranges are capped at 31 days per run. Ignored for Show lookup.

## `queries` (type: `array`):

For Show lookup mode: show names to search, one per line.

## `maxResultsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

How many best matches to return per show search.

## `maxRows` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many rows in total (protects your budget on date ranges).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "dataType": "schedule",
  "country": "US",
  "queries": [
    "severance"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 1,
  "maxRows": 1000
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "country": "US",
    "queries": [
        "severance"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapemint/tv-schedule-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "country": "US",
    "queries": ["severance"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapemint/tv-schedule-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "country": "US",
  "queries": [
    "severance"
  ]
}' |
apify call scrapemint/tv-schedule-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrapemint/tv-schedule-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/mvWqzeQs3uZKF01oS/builds/Vu57mCTxh7wVqXkgw/openapi.json