THE IMPROVED(?) TV GUIDE

[joe integlia]

dont know if this is true in all editions but in los angeles comcast edition, there r no longer any monday thru friday listings for any shows on the sci-fi channel till 5pm. they consider this an improvenent? their new slogan is "we see everything". too bad they dont list everything!

[Mysterious Benefactor]

DS is still listed in the Metro Boston edition. There are no longer separate listings for each day of the week, but between Sunday and Primetime Monday there's a Weekdays section that lists all the programs scheduled between 5:00am and 4:30pm. It divides the day into four two page listings by time (5:00am-7:30am, 8:00am-10:30am, 11:00am-1:30pm, 2:00pm-4:30pm).

Perhaps there isn't enough room to fit all the LA area broadcast/cable stations on two pages.  :-

[Philippe Cordier]

Joe,

I seldom by TV Guide, but I happened to do so the week the "new, improved" format appeared.  I found it extremely confusing and they do NOT list daytime programming for most stations.  Instead, they have a grid that says "VARIOUS PROGRAMMING."

I couldn't believe it.  I had caught the tail end of a movie, I think it was on Bravo, and wanted to check to see what the movie was.  No luck, since TV Guide now provides only the following information for Bravo and other cable stations from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m.:  "VARIOUS PROGRAMMING."

Sorry, but I won't waste my money by buying TV Guide again!

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Sorry, but I won't waste my money by buying TV Guide again!

Vlad,

You can still get all the individual daytime listing on TV Guides' Web site:

http://www.tvguide.com

[Anubis]

If you go to www.tvguide.com/feedback you can fill out a survey about how you like the new format.  Maybe if they get enough negative responses about omitting the daytime listings they will  bring them back.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

you can fill out a survey about how you like the new format.

Thanks, Anubis. I just filled out their survey and told them that dropping the chronological daytime listings has made TV Guide worse.    (Overall, though, I do like the other changes they've made.)

[Philippe Cordier]

response to MB --

I had checked the TV Guide online and they seem to have made that site more difficult too.

I wasn't able to check the schedule at all unless I registered with them, filling out my address, phone, birthdate and other personal information, which I'm not willing to do.  I'm surprised they didn't want my SS # too.