tvrage.rb

require "rubygems"
require "hpricot"
require "open-uri"
class TvRage
 
  def self.full_schedule(country='US')
    doc = self.fetch_xml('http://services.tvrage.com/feeds/fullschedule.php', 'country' => country, '24_format' => '1')
    p "full_schedule - #{doc.class}"
    doc.search('//show').each {|show| process_show(show) }
  end
 
  def self.fetch_xml(url, params={})
    uri = url
    unless params.empty?
      uri << '?' + params.to_a.collect { |param| param.join('=') }.join('&')
    end
    doc = open(uri) do |file| Hpricot::XML(file) end
    p "fetch_xml - #{doc.class}"
    return doc
  end
 
  def self.process_show(show_node)
    p show_node.to_s
  end
 
end
TvRage.full_schedule

why.txt

Output: different, but seems to work