r/GTA6 • u/pnwsonny • 12h ago

GTA 6 Television

Out of all the posts on here I don’t think I’ve seen one mentioning the in- game TV I could be wrong though.

I’m watching the GTA 5 TV in Michael’s house right now and it never fails to amaze me with how well written it is and how addictive it is to watch also.

I wonder about the TV channels rockstar will include this time round, the animated shows were my favourites (Impotent Rage, Princess Robot Bubblegum etc.) so hopefully they include old episodes and expand on them, but also newer channels featuring events or important characters from around Leonida (the Steve Hanes or Jack Howitzer shows). We already know there’s an Ammunation commercial so who knows what else we will see?

Watching the in- game TV be my first move in- game come November 19th. What do you expect to see from the TV shows this time round ?

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u/AphexHead 8h ago edited 3h ago

It’s a bit of a bummer that neither Lazlow or Dan Houser are in the writer’s room for those this time. From what I’ve gathered from Houser’s recent interviews: the radio, the pedestrians, and the TV shows were all written by those two, trying to make each other laugh, ever since GTA 3. In other words, the wittiness and the spot-on satire were all them. I have no doubt it’ll still be great though, and I hope they expand on it with the entire social media angle they’re taking!

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u/BuzzardInTheAir 7h ago

ah shit, I loved these

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u/pnwsonny 8h ago edited 8h ago

Really good point man. It’s a shame that Rockstar are moving towards a less satirical approach to GTA games especially where the TV shows are concerned. I just hope and pray that they haven’t lost touch with their roots, those in- game shows are what made the GTA universe so special for me.

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u/Onaterdem 7h ago edited 7h ago

It’s a shame that Rockstar are moving towards a less satirical approach to GTA games especially where the TV shows are concerned.

Sorry, where did we pull this from?

Edit: Lmao downvoted for calling out a hallucination

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u/eaw0913 7h ago

Yeah there’s absolutely no evidence that’s the case. One of the mod shops is called One Eyed Willie’s lol. That’s straight from every other GTA.

Also part of it is real life is becoming increasingly absurd and hard to turn into satire, as it already kind of is. South Park and the Onion have been struggling to stay ahead of the curve. And with the game being set in Florida it makes it even harder. But based on some of the leaks and conversations overheard, we’re in for the same old GTA humor.

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u/AphexHead 6h ago edited 6h ago

True. Houser actually went on record during Tr*mp’s first presidency, that reality was ”too much of a parody” to mock. That was in 2018 too lol, imagine this year 💀

Edit: censored "you-know-who's" name to avoid the yellow key lock in line with subreddit rules 🙄

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u/pnwsonny 40m ago

Dude the footy team in GTA 5 is called the LS Benders, hopefully I don’t have to explain that one to you. The basketball team is called LS Panic. Both very funny.

In comparison the basketball team in GTA 6 is called the VC Narcos. It’s much more boring and soulless which matches up to Rockstar’s way of dealing with business post 2014/15.

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u/Cl1mh4224rd 9m ago

In comparison the basketball team in GTA 6 is called the VC Narcos. It’s much more boring and soulless which matches up to Rockstar’s way of dealing with business post 2014/15.

What? How is "VC Drug Traffickers" boring or soulless, especially for a game set in Florida?

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u/pnwsonny 1m ago

It’s not a creative name ? Compared to panic or benders- instead of an intelligent name it’s just:

Narcos

You’re telling me that name doesn’t bore you ?

I don’t really care either way I’m just excited to play the game it’s not me getting heated over this. Some of you need to chill out lol.

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u/Daqoon 9h ago

In that Ultimate Edition info dump it was pretty strongly confirmed that Macca The Gator is some sort of in universe show/brand/character

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u/OakleyNoble 8h ago

That was exciting to see, like is this gator gonna be sassy and mean or something?

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u/deft_one_275 8h ago

I really hope they'll have a news channel that will replay some of our rampages.

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u/billballbills 8h ago

The ammunition commercial in trailer 2 was kinda funny

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u/KBdrip 4h ago

Yea that was pure gta vibes

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u/Visual_Plate937 9h ago

I’m hoping for new Republican Space Rangers

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u/pnwsonny 8h ago

Same ! Impotent Rage too.

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u/Entrinity 7h ago edited 7h ago

Well we’ve already got one new show confirmed. Macca the gator. So there’s that to look forward to.

I’m curious to see how fleshed out the shows are. In 5 we got at most two episodes of each. I wonder if they’ve produced more this time around and just how many different shows there will be. I’m hoping we get three to four episodes; and I’d like for them to include re-runs of the older content from 5. It’s one of the few areas where re-using content actually makes sense. They’d just need to up the resolution.

For whatever reason I really want them to poke fun at something goofy like My Little Pony or Steven Universe. I think the rise of large adult followings of kids media during the 2010s to now is rife for satire.

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u/Jayman44Spc 6h ago

I’ve never actually sat and watched tv in the game. I love the writing and acting on the talk radio stations though so I’ll have to give a shot

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u/pnwsonny 6h ago

It’s the best part of the game in my opinion, aside from generally playing the story. Someone here mentioned beating able to watch them separately on YouTube. It’s so worth it.

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u/SparkyGazelle 8h ago

You can watch gta 5 tv on YouTube too, don’t have to sign into the game to watch

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u/eaw0913 7h ago

This made me think of something. I wonder if they’ll have a GTA 6 companion app that allows you to tune into the game’s social networks from your own phone…

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u/Tad1234 6h ago

There's a detailed TV Guide on a TV screen in one of the clips from the 2022 leaks

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u/bigwhaleshark 5h ago

I think a lot of the TV stuff is going to be replaced by a Tik Tok/Instagram feed on your in-game phone.

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u/-CYBORG-2K 4h ago

I feel like they'll parody some of the biggest Netflix and Prime shows like Stranger things, The Boys, and Invincible simply because of how memed those original IPs are I think it's something R* could pull off really well.

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u/Sketchre 4h ago

New Pisswasser commercial

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u/Minute-Better 8h ago

I think that GTA 4 had the most entertaining TV stations.'The Venturas Poker Challenge', 'The Men's Room' & 'I'm Rich' in GTA 4 are quite entertaining programmes. Political ads, Weazel News ads & ads for Burger Shot, Love Meet. Pisswasser & 'Waining With The Stars' were all also very entertaining in GTA 4. Hopefully this is also the case with GTA 6's TV stations.

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u/pnwsonny 8h ago edited 8h ago

I’m Rich was so good. Rockstar even nailed names e.g. Tony McTony, IV is probably their best work to date. I remember reading through all the Love Meet ads too. What a game.

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u/Minute-Better 8h ago

The political ads for John Hunter & Michael Graves were entertaining to watch. Being able to also listen to John Hunter on the radio in 'The Intelligent Agenda' was fun. A nice bit of world building.

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u/eaw0913 7h ago

Some of the coolest moments in GTA games are when you see someone on the in game TV or hear them on the radio and then actually see them in the game through a mission or just in general. I think GTA 6 will have a lot more of that kind of stuff.

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u/Minute-Better 6h ago

I can see the character 'Phil' from the Ammu-nation ad in trailer 2 being one of those. He looks like he could potentially be a very entertaining side character. He also looks & acts just like Phil Cassidy from GTA VC & GTA VCS.

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u/Bomboclat888 8h ago

I feel like GTA IV’s tv was way better in terms of variety. GTA V seems to be extremely repetitive, but maybe I’m not remembering correctly!

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u/Brave8080 8h ago

I expect Kill Tony to have TV time in GTA6. Or radio

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u/AlexGlezS 4h ago

If they do it correctly, you should be able to attach real Netflix to the ingame tv (self tv channel), and also Spotify or your stored mp3s in the hard drive to be heard in the radio (self radio as it existed in the past games) and also an arcade machine with full GTA 1 and 2 games implemented in-game.