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Police Ask That You Not Call 911 For TV Listings

IMPORTANT: Please Don't Call 911 To Find Out What's On TV
Ed Mazza
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Overnight Editor, HuffPost

This image provided by Cox Communications shows a program guide for television set-top boxes to make it easier to find programs available live or on demand. Itￃﾃￂﾭs an important development for cable TV companies, as they face criticisms for providing hundreds of channels that customers donￃﾃￂﾭt watch. Making shows easier to find helps the companies justify all those channels. (AP Photo/Cox Communications)
This image provided by Cox Communications shows a program guide for television set-top boxes to make it easier to find programs available live or on demand. Itￃﾃￂﾭs an important development for cable TV companies, as they face criticisms for providing hundreds of channels that customers donￃﾃￂﾭt watch. Making shows easier to find helps the companies justify all those channels. (AP Photo/Cox Communications)

If you want to know what's on TV tonight, there are plenty of places to look. You can even search the channel listings right here at HuffPost TV.

But whatever you do, don't call 911.

A dispatcher at the Norwood, Mass., police department said an elderly person, who was hard of hearing, called the emergency line on Tuesday to find out what was on TV. And while the incident might be a little amusing, the authorities in Norwood want to make sure the message gets out: 911 is for emergencies.

Finding out what's on TV isn't an emergency.

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