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tvje · 10-14-2005, 06:38 PM

What you think about TV Guides new magazine side and the elmination of the local listings?

I don't like the fact they got rid of local listings, that is whole point of TV Guide, reading the local listings.

spunkygirl · 10-14-2005, 08:10 PM

I don't like it, they should call it TV Magazine, cause that's what it now, there's more articles now than there was in the old format. I hope they go back to the old format.

Scoobiedoo30 · 10-14-2005, 09:15 PM

Can some please show us what The New Listing Looks Like
On The New TV Guide.

Madness · 10-14-2005, 11:38 PM

It's nice but I prefer the original. I liked the local listings and the actual pictures for a show's episode telling you what it was about(i.e Lilith returns to Frasier's life, with a pic of Kelsey Grammer with his eyes bugged out)

boechsner · 10-15-2005, 12:43 PM

I prefer the old format. I actually cancelled my subscription because it no longer caters to my needs.

gilligan fanatic · 10-15-2005, 06:06 PM

I didn't know they don't have the local listings anymore, thats stupid.

tvje · 10-15-2005, 06:11 PM

Not having the local listings in TV Guide. Is like the local newspaper not reporting the local news.

Coffeecup · 10-18-2005, 02:58 PM

After 53 odd years of having it the small size, I find it hard to put it on a small surface. I measured it. You can put two small sized editions (binding to binding) on one new sized editon. The listing printing is bigger but since I have paid my subscription til sept 2011, I will live with the changes. Who knows, maybe by then the company will be out of business.

cpmaz · 10-18-2005, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by tvje

What you think about TV Guides new magazine side and the elmination of the local listings?

I don't like the fact they got rid of local listings, that is whole point of TV Guide, reading the local listings.

I think TV Guide is doing its part to increase sales of Sunday papers all over the country. I know that I'll definitely be getting it more often now that TV Guide is just a glossy version of the TV listings insert in the paper (and at least that insert has local listings!)

GoldenFamilyTies · 10-18-2005, 04:16 PM

I love the changes... it's much better now.

slackermonkey · 10-18-2005, 06:33 PM

I love it. There are so few entertainment magazines dedicated exclusively to TV news. I don't care about the lack of local listings because you can always find them in the paper, online or through Tivo.

Dr. Thong · 10-18-2005, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by slackermonkey

I love it. There are so few entertainment magazines dedicated exclusively to TV news. I don't care about the lack of local listings because you can always find them in the paper, online or through Tivo.

They are not exclusively devoted to TV. They have several issues with cover features about theatrical films, which I never understood. And you are right - you can get local listings online at tvguide.com, so I will not renew my subscription once it runs out.

TVFactFan · 10-20-2005, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by boechsner

I prefer the old format. I actually cancelled my subscription because it no longer caters to my needs.

Yeah i heard it's no listings for TV shows in the new format. It says something about check with your cable company-lol

TVFactFan · 10-20-2005, 10:55 AM

I can understand why there are no more local listings thought because u can't find out what's coming on in your area from the Internet or cable. So TV GUIDE realizes that and that's why they are no longer in there. I wasn;t only buying tv guide for Tv articles. For what was coming on I go to the website for my local Tv station or Guide on my Cable service

tv star collector · 10-28-2005, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by tvje

What you think about TV Guides new magazine side and the elmination of the local listings?

I don't like the fact they got rid of local listings, that is whole point of TV Guide, reading the local listings.

This Monday I received in the mail my third issue of the new "improved" TV
GUIDE. When I received my first issue, I sent the following e-mail to some
friends and relatives. My opinion hasn't changed.

Is bigger always better? Not necessarily. Today I received my first issue of the highly-touted new, large-size format TV Guide. True, it is bigger (8" x 10 1/2") -- but it's also much, much thinner (112 pages). Content-wise, think of
it as a cross between the old TV Guide and Entertainment Weekly. Better? Maybe. Different? Definitely. But it's easy to understand that it was no longer profitable for them to publish all those different regional editions (and, in 1960, there were 60 such regional editions) -- averaging about 180
pages -- each week. But what about people's jobs? All those local editions didn't publish themselves, so I imagine there were some massive layoffs by TV Guide throughout the country. A few facts and figures: in 1960, to produce 60 local editions required staffs in 29 cities, and printing presses in 16
cities, to list programs on a total of just 489 channels. Can you imagine what it took in 2005?

So, now we have just one "large-size" national edition (twice as big and half as thick, roughly). So, drink a toast to "progress" ... or to another tradition that bites the dust. Take your pick.

P.S. But, hey, 53 years is a long, proud history. Not many magazines can make that claim. And, for all the drastic changes, it is still TV Guide, with many of the same features (including the crossword puzzle; I think I got 100% on this one). They've even retained the same numbering system.

P.P.S. Biggest disappointment for me: no tribute to the late, great, three-time Emmy-winning comedian Don Adams. Well, maybe next week.

Well, there still has been no tribute to Don Adams (or to Louis Nye, for that
matter). I assume they are going to wait until the end of the year and do
a tribute to all the stars we lost in the past year (as they have been doing
since at least 1998). By the way, I don't miss the local listings because, for
the past few years, I have been subscribing to the DirecTV edition of TV
GUIDE anyway (which is published by TV Guide and is exactly like the regional editions except it excludes
local channels).

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Madness I call it the rocket Senior Member Join Date: May 03, 2000 Posts: 2,047	eh It's nice but I prefer the original. I liked the local listings and the actual pictures for a show's episode telling you what it was about(i.e Lilith returns to Frasier's life, with a pic of Kelsey Grammer with his eyes bugged out)

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slackermonkey the big yellow joint Senior Member Join Date: Oct 05, 2004 Location: Earth Posts: 1,779	I love it. There are so few entertainment magazines dedicated exclusively to TV news. I don't care about the lack of local listings because you can always find them in the paper, online or through Tivo.
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10-14-2005, 08:10 PM	#2
spunkygirl Member Moderator Forum Celebrity Join Date: Apr 26, 2003 Posts: 21,563	I don't like it, they should call it TV Magazine, cause that's what it now, there's more articles now than there was in the old format. I hope they go back to the old format.

10-15-2005, 12:43 PM	#5
boechsner Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 18, 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI Posts: 2,212	I prefer the old format. I actually cancelled my subscription because it no longer caters to my needs.

10-15-2005, 06:11 PM	#7
tvje Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 26, 2002 Posts: 1,402	Not having the local listings in TV Guide. Is like the local newspaper not reporting the local news.

10-18-2005, 02:58 PM	#8
Coffeecup coffeecup. Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 17, 2003 Location: snoozeville Posts: 3,183	After 53 odd years of having it the small size, I find it hard to put it on a small surface. I measured it. You can put two small sized editions (binding to binding) on one new sized editon. The listing printing is bigger but since I have paid my subscription til sept 2011, I will live with the changes. Who knows, maybe by then the company will be out of business.

10-18-2005, 04:16 PM	#10
GoldenFamilyTies Por siempre tú Senior Member Join Date: Jan 15, 2002 Location: United States Posts: 1,329	I love the changes... it's much better now.

10-20-2005, 10:55 AM	#14
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,113	I can understand why there are no more local listings thought because u can't find out what's coming on in your area from the Internet or cable. So TV GUIDE realizes that and that's why they are no longer in there. I wasn;t only buying tv guide for Tv articles. For what was coming on I go to the website for my local Tv station or Guide on my Cable service