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TVFactFan · 10-26-2012, 07:29 PM

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/...d.php?t=304833

AKA · 10-26-2012, 07:33 PM

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

Mr. Television · 10-26-2012, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Brad

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.

AKA · 10-26-2012, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Stuck In The '70's

Hey I still use both.

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

Mr. Television · 10-26-2012, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Brad

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

TVFactFan · 10-26-2012, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Brad

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

AKA · 10-26-2012, 08:38 PM

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."

TVFactFan · 10-26-2012, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Brad

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

AKA · 10-26-2012, 10:10 PM

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.

ajgenard · 10-26-2012, 10:22 PM

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.

TVFactFan · 10-26-2012, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ajgenard

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

Dr. Jazz · 10-26-2012, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Brad

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.

Mr. Television · 10-26-2012, 11:34 PM

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.

Dr. Jazz · 10-26-2012, 11:37 PM

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

Mr. Television · 10-26-2012, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Jazz

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

10-26-2012, 07:29 PM	#1
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,035	TV Guide is officially over and this thread made me cancel my subscription 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/...d.php?t=304833

10-26-2012, 07:33 PM	#2
AKA Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 17, 2001 Posts: 15,746	Really, TV Guide has been "over" for years. I'm looking forward to your thread commemorating the end of audio cassettes.

10-26-2012, 08:38 PM	#7
AKA Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 17, 2001 Posts: 15,746	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."

10-26-2012, 10:10 PM	#9
AKA Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 17, 2001 Posts: 15,746	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.

10-26-2012, 10:22 PM	#10
ajgenard Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 09, 2011 Location: PA Posts: 369	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.

10-26-2012, 11:34 PM	#13
Mr. Television 23 Years at Sitcoms Online Forum Icon Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Location: Somewhere you're Not Posts: 62,132	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.

10-26-2012, 11:37 PM	#14
Dr. Jazz The Evil Empire. . . . Forum Star Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Posts: 11,085	I collected all of the TV Guides for over 20 years but stopped shortly after they went to regular magazine size.