On the Superhighway Tonight

Television, Streaming & Internet Listings for Our Town’s Inaugural Evening — Thursday, September 11, 2026

Compiled by the ENTERTAINMENT DESK • INTERNET, Sept. 11, 2026

All times Central. “Internet” listings indicate content available via the town’s new connection. Check your modem. Times approximate. The Tribune makes no warranty regarding broadcast quality, streaming reliability, or the behavior of Local Channel 4, which has already called us twice about the photo on page A1.

Thursday Evening — September 11

Time	Channel / Venue	Program	Notes
5:00 PM	Local Ch. 4	Opening Day: Extended Coverage	Two-hour special. Full ribbon-cutting footage. Mayor Voss’s remarks in full, including the name-reading portion. Reporter Ellen Gruber hosting.
6:00 PM	Local Ch. 4	Opening Day Special Report	Condensed one-hour recap with interviews. Mayor, factory workers, Rod Black (brief). Rod Black’s written statement will also be read aloud by Ellen Gruber.
6:30 PM	The Internet (Web)	Town Founding Archive — Live	Full unedited video of the morning’s ceremony, posted to theinternetlives.net at 6:30 p.m. Names reading included. Mayor’s office has asked that viewers watch it in full. No fast-forwarding.
7:00 PM	National News	Evening News	National broadcast. Includes brief mention of our town in the “Americana” segment. Reporter got the factory’s name slightly wrong (“Bespoke AI Systems”). Tribune will publish correction tomorrow. The company’s name is “The Internet.” The factory’s name is “Bespoke AI Model.” This distinction matters.
7:30 PM	★ Civic Center	BADGERS vs. Green Bay Harbormasters	Season opener. First game in franchise history. Coach Drewicz says “not an exhibition.” Doors open 6:30. Puck 7:30. Radio: WTRB 1580 AM. Don Pavalko Jr. on play-by-play.
8:00 PM	The Internet	You’ve Got Mail (1998)	Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan. Streaming on the town channel as preview for Saturday’s Civic Center screening. “The obvious opening selection,” per Entertainment Director Nora Pavalko. Don Pavalko (her father, sports) has not commented publicly.
8:30 PM	Channel 7 / PBS	“The Internet, 2026”	PBS documentary. Does not cover our town. Filmed before we existed. Worth watching for context. Contains two factual errors that Rod Black has already noted in the margins of his advance copy.
9:00 PM	★ Foundry Bar	The Dial-Ups (Live)	Four-piece local band. First public performance. $5 cover. “Early-internet-era alt-rock filtered through Great Lakes weather.” No MIDI. The name is ironic. Tribune Entertainment Desk will be present.
9:30 PM	The Internet	Factory Orientation Video	30-min. video on theinternetlives.net/jobs. Voice-over by H.R. Director Dombrowicz. Described by those who have seen it as “surprisingly watchable” and “the most sensible job orientation video I have ever seen,” by a new hire who did not want to be named.
10:00 PM	Local Ch. 4	Late News: Opening Day Wrapup	Badgers score. Weather (Agnes Burkhalter). Rod Black’s written statement, read in full. Gruber will editorialize briefly. This is technically not permitted. It will happen anyway.
10:30 PM	The Internet	Tribune First Edition, Vol. 1, No. 1	Digital edition at http://www.theinternetlives.net. The newspaper you are reading. Available all night. All week. Presumably forever. Read it again. There is an item about Przybylski you may have missed.
11:00 PM	All Local	Sign-off & National Anthem	Local Channel 4 plays the national anthem and signs off, in the old tradition, which we are reviving. The internet stays on. The town goes to sleep for the first time.

This Weekend — Advance Listings

When	Venue / Channel	Event	Notes
Fri., 7 PM	★ Athletic Field	The Foundry vs. County All-Stars	Football. First game in program history. $5 admission. Coach Marthaler asks: arrive before kickoff. “Out of respect for the game.”
Fri., 9 PM	The Dial-Ups (Return)	The Dial-Ups, Night Two	Foundry Bar & Grill. Same band, second night. $5 cover. Presumably slightly more polished. Bassist confirmed for both nights.
Sat., 7 PM	★ Civic Center	“You’ve Got Mail” Screening	$4 tickets. $2 popcorn. Children under 5 free. This is, per Nora Pavalko, “the obvious choice.” Seating begins 6:30.
Sat., 8 PM	The Drip House	Town Open Mic Night, No. 1	45 Main St. Musicians, poets, “prepared statements about the internet.” No cover. Drinks available. Owner Leah Burkiewicz: “Please practice. A little. As a courtesy.”
Sun., All Day	The Internet	Tribune Archive, First Week	All editions of Vol. 1, No. 1, including section pages, available for reading at theinternetlives.net. The crossword will be added by Saturday. Answers: Monday.

This is the Tribune’s first “On the Superhighway Tonight” listing. The name was Rod Black’s idea. He says it is “period-appropriate.” He was asked if it was perhaps too much. He said it was precisely enough.

Listings are compiled from public announcements, press releases, the local cable guide, and, for internet listings, direct checking of the sites in question by Tribune staff between 4 and 5 p.m.

Times are approximate. Errors may be reported to [email protected]. The Tribune will correct genuine errors and ignore complaints about Rod Black’s naming choices.

The Drip House Coffee
45 Main St. • Opens 6 a.m. daily
Open mics, chess nights, free Wi-Fi

Civic Center
200 Arena Dr. • Box office 555-0201
Hockey, films, community events

The Foundry Bar & Grill
89 Commerce Ave.
Live music Fri–Sat. Kitchen open until 11.

Internet Public Library
14 Main St. • Free Wi-Fi, reading room
No shouting. Dewey supervises.

“On the Superhighway Tonight” appears every Thursday. Full weekend listings in Saturday’s Tribune. Corrections: [email protected]. Rod Black has been told the name is “a lot.” He disagrees.