EXPAND to a Bigger Size?-lol No more small easy to handle size TV guide, it will be changing more into a Magazine type format. Why can't things never stay the way they are? This will start on October 17th which means after a month, I no longer will be interested in purchasing TV Guide

Hopefully, it will be better this way than is has been for the past several years. TV Guide's "improvements" of late have been horrendous. It's almost impossible to read the listings anymore.

If it is more "story" oriented, it might be better. The listings are the pits.

If I read the blurb in the latest issue correctly, the listings are going to be "national." I interepreted this as no more local/regional issues that list local stations; just one national issue. This is certainly not good news if it's the case.

If I read the blurb in the latest issue correctly, the listings are going to be "national." I interepreted this as no more local/regional issues that list local stations; just one national issue. This is certainly not good news if it's the case.

Yeah what a waste. Thank God for TiVo!!

I bought TV Guide faithfully for over 30 years until I got satillite. Now I just click on to their TV menu guide. When I first subscribed to TV Guide way way back in the early 70's each issue cost only 20 cents! :lol: After the cost rose over $1.50(in the 90's) I canceled. After I got Direct TV about 3 years ago I found that I didn't even want TV Guide anymore. What is the cost per copy nowdays? I haven't checked it out lately! :confused: :lol:

I went to Canada last year and got a Canadian TV Guide for the heck of it and noticed it was bigger than the American one but it was not as big as a regular magazine.

I bought TV Guide faithfully for over 30 years until I got satillite. Now I just click on to their TV menu guide. When I first subscribed to TV Guide way way back in the early 70's each issue cost only 20 cents! :lol: After the cost rose over $1.50(in the 90's) I canceled. After I got Direct TV about 3 years ago I found that I didn't even want TV Guide anymore. What is the cost per copy nowdays? I haven't checked it out lately! :confused: :lol:

Im not sure but it seems when I bought the fall preview last year it was well over $2.

I bought TV Guide faithfully for over 30 years until I got satillite. Now I just click on to their TV menu guide. When I first subscribed to TV Guide way way back in the early 70's each issue cost only 20 cents! :lol: After the cost rose over $1.50(in the 90's) I canceled. After I got Direct TV about 3 years ago I found that I didn't even want TV Guide anymore. What is the cost per copy nowdays? I haven't checked it out lately! :confused: :lol:


TV Guides are $3.00 now. And with the new Size, probably $3.50

It's not a problem for me, I just use the guide on my cable box or Yahoo TV listings.

TV Guides are $3.00 now. And with the new Size, probably $3.50


$3.00? Whoa! I'll stick to my satillite listings thank you very much! :lol:

$3.00? Whoa! I'll stick to my satillite listings thank you very much! :lol:

Yep!! Once again, thank God for Tivo! :)

EXPAND to a Bigger Size?-lol No more small easy to handle size TV guide, it will be changing more into a Magazine type format. Why can't things never stay the way they are? This will start on October 17th which means after a month, I no longer will be interested in purchasing TV Guide
You know, with the channel info/guide I have on my cable service, I haven't the need for TV Guide. The last TV Guide I bought was when Stewie from Family Guy was on the cover. Souvenir.
Anyways, TVGuide has been S**T for the longest time. I remember when it used to GIVE YOU ALL THE INFO ABT TV SHOWS. Now, it just gives the titles. Only the major shows, primetime stuff and a little afternoon stuff is given, but that's it. I hate the way they compacted it (the information) it's impossible to read. And now, they are gonna make it bigger!!!! Why???? So stupid. I had read somewhere that was going to happen.

You know, with the channel info/guide I have on my cable service, I haven't the need for TV Guide. The last TV Guide I bought was when Stewie from Family Guy was on the cover. Souvenir.
Anyways, TVGuide has been S**T for the longest time. I remember when it used to GIVE YOU ALL THE INFO ABT TV SHOWS. Now, it just gives the titles. Only the major shows, primetime stuff and a little afternoon stuff is given, but that's it. I hate the way they compacted it (the information) it's impossible to read. And now, they are gonna make it bigger!!!! Why???? So stupid. I had read somewhere that was going to happen.



I just buy it because I like to read what's going on the New and Old Tv Shows. With the Internet and Digital cable, you defintely don;t need to buy TV guide to read what time a show is coming on or what the episode is about.

Hopefully, it will be better this way than is has been for the past several years. TV Guide's "improvements" of late have been horrendous. It's almost impossible to read the listings anymore.

If it is more "story" oriented, it might be better. The listings are the pits.



I agree

Frank Costanza would be upset, very upset!

I bet the only real reason why they are doing this is because sales are probably way down. If it wasn't broke, why fix it?

I bet the only real reason why they are doing this is because sales are probably way down. If it wasn't broke, why fix it?And the reason sales are way down is because they scaled the listings way back. They only use grids for non-primetime listings, and even in primetime, they only list select stations/shows.

Spokane used to have its own local edition; now we share one with the entire Eastern Washington area, so we get listings for a bunch of stations we don't have. I'm sure many areas across the country can say the same.

And, of course, now they're scaling back even further. There will only be two editions - one for the Eastern Time Zone and another for Pacific. It's really pathetic. They're cutting off their nose to spite their face.

Frank Costanza would be upset, very upset!

Serenity Now!!!

To be honest, I haven't purchased or even looked at a TV Guide in a whole lot of years. It will seem odd to see the publication the size of a regular magazine on the newstand, though...

A thought just came to me: grocery stores, and maybe other stores, have racks at the check-out stands to fit the small magazine that has been TV Guide for ages. This new size won't fit. Many stores have these things attached to the check-out stands themselves. My, but this could be costly... for TV Guide. They will either have to provide new racks (including installation), or have their new magazine buried among all of the other publications, away from the check-out. Out of sight, out of mind.

:p

Frank Costanza would be upset, very upset!

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