TV Guide Channel To Drop Program Listings
2 April 2009 2:34 AM, PDT

TV Guide Channel is going the way of the magazine on which it was founded -- doing away with its scrolling listing of shows and becoming a more-or-less traditional basic cable outlet, perhaps even dropping the name "TV Guide" altogether, Advertising Age reported on its website Wednesday.

The channel, acquired by Lionsgate last January, will reportedly feature programming from Lionsgate, other studios, or developed on its own.

But AdAge observed that some cable operators may demand that the terms of their carriage deals with Lionsgate be renegotiated if the studio goes too far in altering its programming.

One unnamed cable exec told AdAge: "We have the expectation from people that when we sign deals with them that they hold up their end of the bargain. ... They have carved out a niche and we pay for that niche."

-IMDB News

Well the name change is something that will end up happening.......how many niche channels stay niche channels? very few.

What the hell? TV Guide Network dropping the TV Guide?-LOL. Sometimes people are just too stupid for their own good ;) :crazy:

Go figure.

It's like the Weather Channel dropping the weather listings, in favor of shows about weather (oh, wait, they already do that :lol: )

My Comcast provider dropped TV Guide Network from our basic package about a month ago. At least I still get the weekly TV Book in the mail.

I don't even use that channel anymore. I don't even know what channel it's on I just use the Comcast guides that go up on the different channels on your screen.

Seems like in this day and age, everyone is forced to make NEW MOVES-LOL

That's good maybe they'll gain viewers now

That's good maybe they'll gain viewers now
I think the channel has outlived it's usefullness. I never even paid attention to the programs they had above the grid. They were just a big distraction IMO.

Well I guess this move makes sense since we can all go to the Cable Guide.

It's pretty pointless now anyway, so good for them.

I agree that the channel has become useless nowadays but still - it's nostalgic and nice just to know it's still there, you know?

My cable company drooped The TV Guide Channel from there line up because we have like a Star Sight Guide that comes with out Cable BOX

I haven't had tv guide channel for a while anyways becaue my cable company dropped it in favor of Zap2it Tv Guide that shows nothing but tv listings 24/7.

When did your cable Company drop TV Guide Channel.

When did your cable Company drop TV Guide Channel.I would say in 2004.