I send this in a real quandry. TV Guide now sucks swamp water.I know
you maybe subscribe to TV Guide, so, want to tell you my TV Guide saga
.. I originally signed up for $13.00 a year (with a handy little
suitcase thing as a gift). When the year ran out, I didn't resubscribe,
until they sent me the same deal, a little suitcase thingy, + a year of
tv guide for $13.00. Who knew what was coming down the pike, so, I
signed up for 2 years at $25.00. I figured for 25¢ an issue, how could
I go wrong, even if I needed special glasses which magnified the print
(already had a pair) to read the small print that the digital issue of
TV Guide became. But, at least they had all the stations, and, stuff
and fluff at the front of the magazine. Who cared. I wanted to know
what was on TV
Now, I do have digital TV, and, yes, there is an on-screen tv schedule.
So, didn't really need TV Guide, but, for 25¢ a week, what's not to
like
Well, I got the new makeover issue of TV Guide. After about 30 minutes,
I had read the whole thing, called up TV Guide and cancelled
subscription. That piece of junk is not even worth 25¢ a week. It has
eliminated many stations that I watch (it lists 1 Encore station--yet,
there are 7 stations on the Encore channels), and, unless you're
watching from 8-11 p.m., you're not going to be able to tell what is
on, on many favorite channels, because they simply don't list them
(like HBO is 7 channels, they list 3 of them)(Miramax has 7 channels,
they list 1)(Starz has 7 channels, they list 1)(Showtime has 7
channels, but they list 2). The info just isn't there
It's pretty much short shrift, in the way of what's actually on, for
anything, but, 'prime time' hours, and pretty much only for network tv,
which I haven't watched in ages. I am bereft, and, disgusted, that such
a really needed thing as a good TV Guide, which it was, has become much
like a small publication we used to get it grade school. It was called
the "Weekly Reader". Big pictures, big font print, shiny pages, no
decent context, but, dumbing it down for the masses. What's really
pathetic is that on page 110, it actually lists 133 people who are
major players at TV Guide. This does not mention all the 'little
people' that work in subsidiary jobs, but, I find it hard to believe
that 133 people decided that this was a good way to go for TV Guide.
What a bunch of 'Losers'. TV Guide critic and mad as hell that they
screwed this up so badly!!