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References 

Twilight Zone (1959) (TV Series)
A for Andromeda (1961) (TV Series)
Doctor Who (1963) (TV Series)
Star Trek (1966) (TV Series)
The Flying Nun (1967) (TV Series)
Network (1976)
Dallas (1978) (TV Series)
Superman (1978)
Seinfeld (1990) (TV Series)
Stargate (1994)

Referenced in 

Mystery Science Theatre 3000: Devil Doll (1997) (TV Episode)
"Sounds like the aliens haven't got in touch with Jodie Foster"
South Park: Tom's Rhinoplasty (1998) (TV Episode)
A character says "Did you ever see that movie Contact?"
StarCraft (1998) (Video Game)
StarCraft: Brood War (1998) (Video Game)
South Park: Cancelled (2003) (TV Episode)
"That's like in that stupid movie Contact"
Doom³ (2004) (Video Game)
At some point you'll come across a 'reactor' kinda machine which has 'borrowed' not only its look, but particularly its sound from the 'machine' from 'Contact'. 'Teleportation', 'portals' and the machinery to do it play a big part in the game, again referencing the 'purpose' of the machine in Contact
Happy Feet (2006)
The opening sequence is an "inverse" version of the one in Contact, zooming in from the universe to earth. The soundtrack follows this as well
All Our Variant Futures (2007) (Video)
Poster visible in editing room
Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1: Laser Lenses (2008) (TV Episode)
Shake mentions seeing this movie
Family Guy: The Former Life of Brian (2008) (TV Episode)
mentioned in dialogue
South Park: Pinewood Derby (2009) (TV Episode)
Contact is referenced by name.
Family Guy: Three Kings (2009) (TV Episode)
Stewie compares the plot of Brian's novel to the plot of this movie
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #18.4 (2010) (TV Episode)
mentioned by Jay in a list of Matthew McConaughey's films
House: Black Hole (2010) (TV Episode)
Opening sequence and certain effects emulate the visual style
Super Eruption (2011) (TV Movie)
Kate says, "Have you seen the film Contact?" and Claire replies, "Why, do you think aliens are trying to call you?"
Warehouse 13: 3... 2... 1 (2011) (TV Episode)
Pete Mentions the Movie
Conan: The Postman Always Rings Ten Times. What's His Problem? (2011) (TV Episode)
Title mentioned during Fan Correctoins segment
Hank Cochran: Livin' for a Song (2012)
In the Hank Cochran doc, there's a DVD of Contact on the shelf behind one of the interviewees.
The Nostalgia Critic: To Boldly Flee: Part I (2012) (TV Episode)
Paw receiving the alien transmission in front of a satellite dish is similar to Jodie Foster receiving the transmission in that movie.
To Boldly Flee (2012) (Video)
The opening sequence is a reference to this movie
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: Magical Mystery Cure (2013) (TV Episode)
Twilight Sparkle's dialog with Princess Celestia resembles the scene with Eleanor and her father

Features 

Larry King Live (1985) (TV Series)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) (TV Series)

Featured in 

Siskel & Ebert: Men in Black/Wild America/Out to Sea (1997) (TV Episode)
Clips are shown in the teaser for the next week's show.
HBO First Look: Contact (1997) (TV Episode)
clips
The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1998) (TV Special)
clips
The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2013) (TV Movie)
Clips.
AFI's Master Class: The Art of Collaboration: Robert Zemeckis and Don Burgess (2013) (TV Episode)
film clip shown and discussed

Spoofed in 

Family Guy: Da Boom (1999) (TV Episode)
Peter parodies the movie, saying "No words... should have sent... a poet..."
The Simpsons: On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister (2005) (TV Episode)
At the end of the opening title sequence, the "camera" zooms out into space, past planets, stars and galaxies, like at the start of Contact, except that we also see the green tentacled aliens, shipwrecked.
South Park: Tsst (2006) (TV Episode)
Cartman's face gets a ghost and you can hear what he's going to say just before he actualy does, a direct spoof to what happened to Ellie
The Venture Bros.: Twenty Years to Midnight (2006) (TV Episode)
The alien appearing as Rusty's father spoofs the ending of this film.

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