tv guide

TV Guide is a weekly national magazine covering scheduled television programming, individualized for every broadcasting market, and feature stories on related subjects. A popular feature has been the crossword puzzle based on all things regarding television viewing. First published in 1953 in digest size, it continues to grow and change to keep up with the times.

As cable became more prevalant in homes in the U.S. and Canada, their at-home subscriptions started to dwindle as many service providers offered scrolling channel guides available to television viewers. To counter-balance that, the shift was made to a standard magazine size and other features were added. They began to list localized cable channels and their programming. A new back-of-the-book section joined the crossword when they added a brief synopsis of all the movies that would be shown on broadcast and cable channels.

While you can still buy the TV Guide in stores and via subscription, it has stretched further to keep current.  There is a television version with program information (date/time/channel) and original content like coverage of red carpet events and a weekly entertainment news magazine.  Online, users can sign in free of charge and personalize their viewing experience with blogs, forums, the ability to program TiVo® DVRs, and more. 

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• Stargate Universe - TV Guide Online: Ask Matt Nov 8 09

  
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  At TV Guide Onlines Ask Matt column by Matt Roush for November 8 09: (Please follow the link for the complete column.) Ask Matt By Matt Roush November 08, 2009 ... Question: So I am on board with wherever V is going to take us, but I have a few thoughts. First off, one of the best things about the first ...
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• Movies, specials, and documentaries airing this week (11/9-11/16) on Christian Television Networks

  
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  Movies, specials, and documentaries airing this week ( 11/9 -11/16) on Christian Television Networks. The grid is below the break and on the “Weekly Grid tab.” Times are indicated in the appropriate column. Please post programs not included here in the comments section. Click on the name of the film for more ...
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• Whats On TV Tonight: Monday, November 9th, 2009

  
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  Tonight on television we get a double-shot of Thicke.   CHECK OUT WHAT TO WATCH AFTER THE JUMP   NOTE: ALL TIMES EASTERN & PACIFIC!!! read more
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• The Turtle Party: Portrait Studio

  
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  Yesterday was prolly THE most lazy day I’ve enjoyed in some time. I spent much of the day in bed watching the first season of Dexter as a refresher of how amazing the series is. I managed to rally by nightfall so that I could meet up with The Turtle Party: Book Club for last week’s rescheduled meeting last ...
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• Whats Your Favorite Show to Watch in Reruns?

  
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  Curb Your Enthusiasm is coming to cable: The TV Guide channel and TV Land have both just acquired the show in a joint effort to run old episodes. Larry David and the gang will first appear on TV Guide starting in February, and TV Land will pick up the show from them starting in 2013. Now, I can feed my rerun ...
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• The Ladies of Television

  
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  The lesbian community has always been slightly more muted than our gay male counterparts. Though our male counterparts dominate in mainstream media, and even LGBT media at that, ladies – I’m here to say that we have something to celebrate this week.  After years of waiting for lesbian visibility in the media, ...
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• NGTV Guide: Monday, November 9

  
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  Wouldn’t be awesome if Gossip Girl and Castle did a crossover episode? I’ll bet Beckett and Castle could unravel all the secret machinations on the Upper East Side in 42 minutes and still have time for witty banter.Gossip Girl – the CW 9/8c“They Shoot Humphreys, Don’t They?” – Not satisfied with just ...
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• Curb Your Enthusiam comes to basic cable; but will it still be funny?

  
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  Well, A&E did it with the Sopranos so we guess the TV Guide channel and TV Land will somewhat successfully be able to pull off running episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm . That’s right, Curb fans: said networks announced today that they have acquired basic cable rights to the HBO mega hit. The show will air ...
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• Curb Your Enthusiasm will be on TV Guide and TV Land

  
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  Curb Your Enthusiasm reruns are coming to basic cable . First they will be shown on the TV Guide Channel next year (doesnt everybody get that channel? I thought it was just a guide to whats on television. They have shows?) and then TV Land in 2013. Any event that brings Larry Davids sense of humor to the masses can ...
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• HBO’s ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ coming to basic cable (AP)

  
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  NEW YORK – TV Land and TV Guide Network say they are jointly acquiring basic cable rights to air " Curb Your Enthusiasm ," the HBO comedy series produced by and starring "Seinfeld" co-creator Larry David . "Curb Your Enthusiasm" will come to TV Guide Network starting next February. TV Land ...
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• Elijah Wood Is the Most Critically-Acclaimed Actor, Freddie Prinze, Jr. the Most Hated [Listicle]

  
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  The lovable high-brows at Miller-McCune did some sort of mathematical voodoo to a zillion movie reviews and figured out critics favorite and least favorite actors, as well as which critics are the nicest and the meanest. Using scores from Metacritic , Miller-McCune weighted the critical scores of actors movies ...
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• TV Guide Network, TV Land Acquire Basic Cable Rights to ‘Curb

  
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• Films op TV voor maandag 9 November 2009

  
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  [Only Registered Users Can See Links Click Here To Register ] 20:30 - 22:15 op RTL8 Avontuur (1997) uit Amerika IMDB-rating: 5.1 (809 stemmen) Met Steve Guttenberg, Kathleen Quinlan, Arnold Vosloo e.aDe marinebiologe Mary Beth doet onderzoek met dolfijnen. Mary en haar twee dochters moeten niets hebben van Zeus, de ...
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• Party Time, Excellent

  
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  Last night David, Darion and I were invited over to our friends Tammy and Russ’s place for an impromptu birthday celebration for the beautiful Ms. Tammy. It was a really fun little soiree with lots of amazing food, good drink and even better dessert: As usual, we had a great time hanging out with Russ, Tammy, ...
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• The Greatest Television Cast of All Time? Today Anchors Get Duped

  
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  In a week-long prank battle dubbed “ Today Gets A Laugh,” the hosts of the popular morning show traded tricks in order to playfully embarrass the unsuspecting. So with mischief in the air, you’d think the cast would be a tad wary when TV Guide Magazine booked a photo shoot for the Today stars, claiming to ...
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• Printable TV Guide’s week 46 & now on hiatus…

  
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  Over the last week What’s On The Tube has been quite due to work commitments, and over the next two week’s we will be even more quiet as I embark on a holiday up north. This week’s Printable TV Guides are now ready for download, however next week (Week 47) there will be no guides due to time off. Apologies and ...
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• Christian TV topics and guests for the week of November 8, 2009 – Pisgah View

  
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  Week of November 8, 2009 guide to topics and quests on some Christian TV programs and media. Click on the name of the program for more information about the episodes. If you missed the program when it was broadcast, you can probably find it in their online media archives or Sky Angel’s 48 hour rewind. Please ...
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• ‘Devil’ Inside

  
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  After a pretty quite afternoon, David and I rallied and went out to the movies last night … we decided to see a new indie film that he heard about called House of the Devil . This new film was made to look like it was made in the early 80’s, complete with the same sense of careful suspense-building horror (as ...
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• How The Young and the Restless got Eric Braeden back

  
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  Sometimes its true that alls well that ends well. And sometimes to reach that happy ending, arms are twisted, feelings are hurt, and bad blood is spilled. In the case of The Young and the Restless and actor Eric Braeden , there was a good deal of acrimony on both sides. The fact that Braeden is back in the fold now ...
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• NGTV Guide: Saturday, November 7

  
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  Things are heating up in Nottingham between Robin and Isabella, but how will it play out?Robin Hood – BBC America 9/8c“A Dangerous Deal” – Robin breaks into Isabella’s chamber at night to strike a deal. If she will keep him informed about the Prince’s plans, he’ll protect her when the King returns. She ...
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