OrbitTv/docs/channels/after-dark.md

Orbit After Dark (305)

Status: identity agreed with Paul 3 November 2026. Film matching corrected in 0.90.0 (lists name the year where the library has more than one film of a title), awaiting his OK to install.

Identity: Cult and midnight cinema: unusual horror, exploitation, B-movies, strange sci-fi and cult classics.

Softer cult films by day, harder ones from 21:00. Corrected: Halloween (1978), Fright Night (1985), Scream (1996). Weekend traditions: Friday B-Movie Throwbacks; Saturday The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs with full episode runtimes (in the library as a series, so it needs the film schedule to carry a series episode; to be checked); Sunday Cult Classics.

Rest period: films rest 7 days between showings. In a four-week replay, this channel cannot always keep it, because its list runs out of films before the week does, so the film that has waited longest returns early; see VERIFICATION-0.90.0.md.

Built in 0.91.0: B-Movie Throwbacks, Friday 21:00 to 01:00 (27 films), and Cult Classics, Sunday 21:00 to 01:00 (26 films), each a preferred window whose last film runs to its natural end. 39 films are new to After Dark's list, which it now reads in full. In a four-week replay each night had 2 or 3 films with no fallbacks, but some favourites came back weekly (Big Trouble in Little China on three of four Sundays), because After Dark's everyday rotation already runs short of rested films; that belongs to the rest-period investigation. The Last Drive-In waits for its own engine change.

Joe Bob Saturdays (0.92.0): The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, one whole hosted episode each Saturday, in order, from the first slot after 20:00 so it lands around 21:00, running its full length (about 2 to 3 hours). Each episode is one file in Emby with the film and Joe Bob's segments together; season 0 specials are left out. It never appears in the ordinary film rotation, and if it's unavailable Saturday stays films with no gap.