There was a story released on SitcomsOnline about the new host of the Today show and once my TV guide came in the mail the same story was inside but it was old news. So I have no choice but to end my subscription because all TV news is released on this site in addition to other online sites


This was the story that was released on here and was old in TV guidie


http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=304833

Really, TV Guide has been "over" for years. I'm looking forward to your thread commemorating the end of audio cassettes. ;)

Really, TV Guide has been "over" for years. I'm looking forward to your thread commemorating the end of audio cassettes. ;)
Hey I still use both. :lol:

Hey I still use both. :lol:
Well, since you're stuck in the '70s, I'd say you're ahead of the curve. ;)

Well, since you're stuck in the '70s, I'd say you're ahead of the curve. ;)
:lol:

Really, TV Guide has been "over" for years. I'm looking forward to your thread commemorating the end of audio cassettes. ;)


Yeah Brad i agree, I was reading a story that this site posted 3 weeks ago:lol:

It's sad, because I used to devour the TV Guide every week. I'd look forward to "new TV Guide day." I gave up on it about a year before they got rid of the local editions. That's when they phased out my local edition (Spokane) and merged it into the "Eastern Washington Edition."

It's sad, because I used to devour the TV Guide every week. I'd look forward to "new TV Guide day." I gave up on it about a year before they got rid of the local editions. That's when they phased out my local edition (Spokane) and merged it into the "Eastern Washington Edition."


And they had a nerve to say the next subscription was $48.00.

TVguide.com it is

From age 8 or 9 until I was about 23, I looked forward to "new TV Guide" day. I would take the new issue into my bedroom every week, read most of the articles, and devour the listings. And when the Fall Preview issue was published? Forget about it; that was like Christmas in September. You wouldn't see me for the rest of the night.

I also used to look forward to my newspaper's local "TV Week" supplement every Sunday.

Yeah. I was a weird kid.

I'm not even familiar with the inside of a TV Guide. Growing up, my parents never subscribed to any magazines and rarely spent money on such things that they deemed frivolous. Instead for me it was the poor man's TV Guide - the free ones included in the Sunday newspaper. I'm assuming they were pretty crummy and barebones compared to TV Guide. That went out the window after we got a set top box with channel guide in the late 90s. By the time I was old enough to take an interest in articles the internet was already at my fingertips. It's a shame because I feel like I missed out on a great part of the past TV culture.

I'm not even familiar with the inside of a TV Guide. Growing up, my parents never subscribed to any magazines and rarely spent money on such things that they deemed frivolous. Instead for me it was the poor man's TV Guide - the free ones included in the Sunday newspaper. I'm assuming they were pretty crummy and barebones compared to TV Guide. That went out the window after we got a set top box with channel guide in the late 90s. By the time I was old enough to take an interest in articles the internet was already at my fingertips. It's a shame because I feel like I missed out on a great part of the past TV culture.


Wow, that's messed up. My grandmom introduced me to the TV guide

From age 8 or 9 until I was about 23, I looked forward to "new TV Guide" day. I would take the new issue into my bedroom every week, read most of the articles, and devour the listings. And when the Fall Preview issue was published? Forget about it; that was like Christmas in September. You wouldn't see me for the rest of the night.

I also used to look forward to my newspaper's local "TV Week" supplement every Sunday.

Yeah. I was a weird kid.


You were not alone Brad. I was the same way with both TV Guide and local TV supplement every week for many many years lol

I always looked forward to "Cheers and Jeers" and the soap opera spotlight pages in The Guide. Since it was no internet or on-screen guides in those days, I looked forward every year for the fall lineups for cable and local TV. It truly was Christmas in September.

Frankly I wonder how long TV Guide will stay in business. I just collect them because I have for the past 29 years. I wish I would have started earlier. I was a senior in HS when I started. Nowadays I mostly just skim through them.

I collected all of the TV Guides for over 20 years but stopped shortly after they went to regular magazine size.

I collected all of the TV Guides for over 20 years but stopped shortly after they went to regular magazine size.
I thought about stopping at that time or only collecting the fall preview editions. I guess I just can't let go. lol

You were not alone Brad. I was the same way with both TV Guide and local TV supplement every week for many many years lol

I always looked forward to "Cheers and Jeers" and the soap opera spotlight pages in The Guide. Since it was no internet or on-screen guides in those days, I looked forward every year for the fall lineups for cable and local TV. It truly was Christmas in September.


I can see Cheers and Jeers on TVguide.com

TV Guide was over a long time ago, it hasn't been the same since it became full size.

That being said, your argument for stopping basically means there's no place for any magazines anymore. Obviously you're not going to read breaking news in a magazine because you just can't do that anymore. But I still subscribe to Time and Entertainment Weekly because I like to read summaries and analysis of top news and entertainment stories.

TV Guide was over for me a long time ago because they stopped making it. I still have the very last edition of the Canadian version of TV Guide with listings for the Toronto area. It is dated November 25, 2006. This is what it looks like:


http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/images4/tvguide.JPG

The magazine has been exclusively online ever since at TV Guide.ca (http://tvguide.ca/home/)

The TV listings are now carried by Zap2It. The site used to have its own listings but the page took too long to load and it took a long time to get through all the channels. I personally like Zap2it better.

I also like their Fall Preview page. Here it is:

TV Guide Fall Preview 2012 (http://tvguide.ca/Special_Features/Fall_Preview_2012/Fall_Preview)

I just cancelled my TV Guide Magazine subscription. The price was way higher than last time, so there was no point.

I just cancelled my TV Guide Magazine subscription. The price was way higher than last time, so there was no point.
That's the problem. The price goes up and the quality goes down. It was just 60 cents a week when I started collecting them.

TV Guide was over a long time ago, it hasn't been the same since it became full size.

That being said, your argument for stopping basically means there's no place for any magazines anymore. Obviously you're not going to read breaking news in a magazine because you just can't do that anymore. But I still subscribe to Time and Entertainment Weekly because I like to read summaries and analysis of top news and entertainment stories.


You can see the summaries on their website? Or is it only available in the magazines?

I just cancelled my TV Guide Magazine subscription. The price was way higher than last time, so there was no point.


They have a nerve to charge $5.00 for "OUTDATED" news LOL

It's not really their fault, the TV climate has changed. Network TV is not as strong as it used to be, so focusing on the daily grind of TV as it did so elaborately was not needed. People have over 500 channels at a clip at their disposal and DVR's rule all.

Honestly, it's a little weird that it took you this long to realize how irrelevant the guide is. You are always on this forum.

I did recently pick up an old copy for an art collage, and I do remember flipping through them as a kid to see what the scenarios would be on Star Trek, and who was playing on Monday Night Football. I was the night owl of the family, and i would underline the mystery movies 6ABC would play during the middle of the night. The TV Guide was very useful in it's day.

Now, the only magazines I buy are for fashion.

It's not really their fault, the TV climate has changed. Network TV is not as strong as it used to be, so focusing on the daily grind of TV as it did so elaborately was not needed. People have over 500 channels at a clip at their disposal and DVR's rule all.

Honestly, it's a little weird that it took you this long to realize how irrelevant the guide is. You are always on this forum.

I did recently pick up an old copy for an art collage, and I do remember flipping through them as a kid to see what the scenarios would be on Star Trek, and who was playing on Monday Night Football. I was the night owl of the family, and i would underline the mystery movies 6ABC would play during the middle of the night. The TV Guide was very useful in it's day.

Now, the only magazines I buy are for fashion.


I know, I realize that now. The TV guide didn't even come this week and I'm not even upset:lol:

They have a nerve to charge $5.00 for "OUTDATED" news LOL

...when you can get it here for free!!

...when you can get it here for free!!


I know, I will never get that $5.00 back I paid 4 weeks ago LOL

It's not really their fault, the TV climate has changed. Network TV is not as strong as it used to be, so focusing on the daily grind of TV as it did so elaborately was not needed. People have over 500 channels at a clip at their disposal and DVR's rule all.

You're right. The tv climate has changed. We are in new world now.

i have not bought a tv guide in years

I have kept the TV Guide subscription going just so the post office people have something to deliver :wave:

I have kept the TV Guide subscription going just so the post office people have something to deliver :wave:


Well they didn't deliver mine last week and I know due to the flooding I won't get one this week LOL

My subscription ends on Nov 13th

Can't forget that the TV Guide Network is still struggling...

It was put up for sale again early this year, and the ratings are terrible. They've tried to evolve, since their original purpose has become obsolete, but it has not been successful for them.

I have kept the TV Guide subscription going just so the post office people have something to deliver :wave:
Aren't you kind.

Can't forget that the TV Guide Network is still struggling...

It was put up for sale again early this year, and the ratings are terrible. They've tried to evolve, since their original purpose has become obsolete, but it has not been successful for them.


Sounds like to need to pick up some better shows lol

Can't forget that the TV Guide Network is still struggling...

It was put up for sale again early this year, and the ratings are terrible. They've tried to evolve, since their original purpose has become obsolete, but it has not been successful for them.That's a shame. It's one of my favorite networks with Early Edition, The Guardian, and Who's the Boss? Plus I was able to see Caroline in the City for the first time in several years. I would remove the listings though.

That's a shame. It's one of my favorite networks with Early Edition, The Guardian, and Who's the Boss? Plus I was able to see Caroline in the City for the first time in several years. I would remove the listings though.


I have 2 TV Guide channels and one has the listings and the other one doesn't

That's a shame. It's one of my favorite networks with Early Edition, The Guardian, and Who's the Boss? Plus I was able to see Caroline in the City for the first time in several years. I would remove the listings though.

They seem rather misguided. It's kind of a weird hodge-podge with the re-runs of shows like Early Edition, WTB?, Designing Women, etc. then re-runs of shows like Ugly Betty and Weeds, then those movies and original series. A lot of their reality series do seem terrible. Their schedule is an odd combination.

I may be alone, but honestly, I think it might be wise for a new owner, whenever they come along, to consider re-naming the network and discontinuing the scrolling listings entirely. A lot of people still associate that name with the scrolling programming grid so they may not pay them much attention.

AT one time the TV guide magazine was the most circulated magazine in America. How is Readers Digest these days which was another magazine with a lot of readers.?

I expect to hear TV Guide go the way of Newsweek pretty soon.

Well I got my next to last TV guide today. My last issue will be the Nov12-18 and then it's over.

Goodbye TV Guide Hello TV Guide.com:lol:

I used to Subscribe to the Tvguide Magazine then once they went to the Big size and strip all the Locals listing from it i end my Subscription once it came up for renewal shortly after the bigger size Magazine.and when i got my Satelite Dish i got a free Subscription to the Directv Tvguide edition but that stop once they went to the big size.

I used to Subscribe to the Tvguide Magazine then once they went to the Big size and strip all the Locals listing from it i end my Subscription once it came up for renewal shortly after the bigger size Magazine.and when i got my Satelite Dish i got a free Subscription to the Directv Tvguide edition but that stop once they went to the big size.


I would read it every week if someone else paid for it but not me:lol:

They seem rather misguided. It's kind of a weird hodge-podge with the re-runs of shows like Early Edition, WTB?, Designing Women, etc. then re-runs of shows like Ugly Betty and Weeds, then those movies and original series. A lot of their reality series do seem terrible. Their schedule is an odd combination.

I may be alone, but honestly, I think it might be wise for a new owner, whenever they come along, to consider re-naming the network and discontinuing the scrolling listings entirely. A lot of people still associate that name with the scrolling programming grid so they may not pay them much attention.
My TV Guide Channels doesn't have the scrolling programming grid anymore. It hasn't for a few years now.

My TV Guide Channels doesn't have the scrolling programming grid anymore. It hasn't for a few years now.


I have 2 TV guide channels, one with the scroll and the other without the scroll

My TV Guide Channels doesn't have the scrolling programming grid anymore. It hasn't for a few years now.
Neither do I. I guess it's pointless on satellite where every subscriber has the on screen guide.

I use to love TVGuide and read every page. I recently resubscribed which is almost over and I don't read through it the articles I've read I seen online first. It's not the same anymore, no more after my subscription ends.

I have kept the TV Guide subscription going just so the post office people have something to deliver :wave:

Thank you!

From age 8 or 9 until I was about 23, I looked forward to "new TV Guide" day. I would take the new issue into my bedroom every week, read most of the articles, and devour the listings. And when the Fall Preview issue was published? Forget about it; that was like Christmas in September. You wouldn't see me for the rest of the night.

I also used to look forward to my newspaper's local "TV Week" supplement every Sunday.

Yeah. I was a weird kid.

You weren't the only one, Brad.

TV Guide was over for me when they went to a magazine-sized format and abandoned the local listings. I can get local listings for free on their website and have been doing so for years.

And besides, TV Guide is no longer a TV-centric magazine. It has been an all-purpose entertainment magazine for well over a decade now.

You weren't the only one, Brad.

TV Guide was over for me when they went to a magazine-sized format and abandoned the local listings. I can get local listings for free on their website and have been doing so for years.

And besides, TV Guide is no longer a TV-centric magazine. It has been an all-purpose entertainment magazine for well over a decade now.


What about the Cheers and Jeers? Is that available on the website?

What about the Cheers and Jeers? Is that available on the website?
TV Guide should have jeered itself when it switched formats. :lol:

TV Guide should have jeered itself when it switched formats. :lol:


Sonny my last issue of TV guide comes this week:(


LMAO

Sonny my last issue of TV guide comes this week:(


LMAO
I'll probably stay with it until it closes down. I've been collecting since I was in High School. I just can't stop.

I'll probably stay with it until it closes down. I've been collecting since I was in High School. I just can't stop.


Well the real reason is because I decided to move and it's no point in having a new subscription come when I will be gone in the next 6 months

I used to have the TV Guide's fall previews and returning series issues until they became the bigger magazine few years ago.

I missed the old version.

Now, we must look at the TV times on the web.

Even the Sunday newspaper doesn't do the weekly/daily TV schedules.

I used to have the TV Guide's fall previews and returning series issues until they became the bigger magazine few years ago.

I missed the old version.

Now, we must look at the TV times on the web.

Even the Sunday newspaper doesn't do the weekly/daily TV schedules.


Well I received my final TV guide last week, it is all over:(