TV Guide Reviews

  Most people use the television listings from their local newspaper to keep informed about what's on TV and at what time. But for those who prefer, there is one publication that provides television listings and comes tailor- made for individual regions around the country. The magazine is TV Guide, a weekly publication for those who like television and the small- screen stars that make it popular. — — Magazine Commentary: — — TV Guide is a magazine whose primary purpose is to keep readers informed about television shows and when they will be shown in your… read full review »

I have read the original TV Guide magazine from several years ago avidly.  I waited quite some time  for the new look to take place and purchased several of these magazines hoping for it's "new look" to also have a great addition of change.  Unfortunatley, there was none. — — While the magazine changed from a small little magazine to a big one full of color and zillions of pictures, articles and bits to boot, the appearance was great.  The articles were  well-written, and some were fun.  Others contained tons of gossip, and others were more… read full review »

I used to enjoy sitting down to read the tv guide. Yes I said read the tv guide. I enjoyed the articles and I always knew what was on when. The articles are still ok, but you cant ever find out what is on tv, especially for the daytime. I remember I couldn't even find out what time the macys thanksgiving parade was on. I have learned that it is much easier to look on the tv guide channel but with that you cant look ahead for planning. You used to know a week in advance and now you are lucky if you know an hour in advance. Yes I miss the way it was, the old tv… read full review »

At least with the old version a person knew what was on tv !  I am disabled and pretty much home bound.  The tv is on almost constantly.  I like to watch movies and there are no listings for the movies in the daytime.  It is poor listing, aggravating to try and find what you are looking for and just pretty much useless.  When my subscription runs out I sure won't be renewing it… read full review »

I have been a TV Guide reader for a long time and over the past years, it has undergone a huge makeover, becoming what it is today.  Before it used to be a small sized magazine with just basically television listings and a few articles, and that was it.  Now the magazine is normal magazine size with less emphasis on television listings and more on celebrity gossip.  I was a little disappointed in the new format because it doesn't give great tv listings which is the reason I look to tv guide.  I like television but am a frequent user of the VCR, so good tv listings are… read full review »

The absolute worst thing I can't stand about TV Guide is how free they are with spoilers about your favorite shows. If they're not blowing a plot point in the articles, they give you everything you (dont) need to know in the show descriptions. — TV Guide changed its format recently to something that is more like Entertainment Weekly - shorter articles with less substance, and more celebrity "fluff" than descriptions about shows. When they changed the size of the magazine to the larger glossy, they lost a lot of quality content. It is difficult to find out what is on when it isn't prime… read full review »

I have been a subscriber for many years.  I do like the new magazine format because you can fold it open flat.  The previous small magazine could not do that.  But the guide is lacking in a lot of other areas.  — There are minimal daytime listings!  They only list evening programs and even that stops at 11 PM.  So you're really not getting your money's worth with so much info missing.  It is really annoying when you want to watch daytime TV and you don't know what is on unless you channel surf and I hate doing that.  I would rather look in the… read full review »

I am a bzzagent and signed up to review TV guide, not knowing what it was going to be like. The last time I actually read a TV guide it was a very small book that was mostly done in black and white. I mean honestly who needs a book to tell them whats on when you have a cable guide and internet guide? Well imagine my surprise when this wonderful large magazine gets delivered to my door week after week. I honestly cant wait to read through the articles, to see the cheers and jeers, to see what is going on with what show or actor./actress. Even my four kids cant wait to read the articles in the… read full review »

I received this subscription as a gift from my daughter.  What a useless magazine, the only thing it is good for is reading articles about tv shows and finding out if the show is a rerun or not.  There is hardly anything in there about movies, no listings during the night, don't they know that the movie channels show movies all night?  I watch TCM more than any other channel and I can't even find the movies listed, I have to go to TCM's website and print out their monthly guide.  So I don't even need this worthless magazine.  If I want to read all the other gossip I… read full review »

Why anyone would subscribe to this is beyond me.  It is nothing but a celebrity gossip magazine.  Where are all the listings?  Half of the local ones are not there, it shows channels I don't even have in my area.  There are no daytime listings, no listings after 10 pm for heavens sake.  No movie descriptions to speak of. I have written and complained to them more than once, but to no avail.  No changes have been made since they came out with this disastrous "full sized" magazine.  The only thing this is good for is to see if a program (only between 7 pm… read full review »

The new TV guide is not what you would expect from a magazine called TV guide. I actually find little use fo rthe actual "guide" portion of the magazine (who needs it in this age of satellite and cable on screen guides)That being said there are many articles and "scoops" on my favorite shows. My teenage daughters really like the celebrity gossip, it is a cheap alternative for other celeb magazines, just not great on the "guide" the website is great though, you can find out pretty much anything about any show or actor with just a click of your… read full review »

The T.V. Guide web site is pretty good.  Usually when I want to find out what is on the television then I open the browser and look up what is on that night.  The only problem is that they do not always list the local shows that are to played that day.  The articles are interesting and sometimes informative.  I have not payed for a magazine in some time and enjoy the web site more because I don't have to worry about what to do with the book when I'm done with it.  It does not end up in the… read full review »

I thought it was just me who was disappointed with the new TV Guide. When it changed to a bigger magazine I was excited and I had a 3 year subscription. I cancelled my subscription after the first year. They no longer had weekends in full details or local daytime or mornings any longer. The articles and pictures were good, but if I wanted pics and articles I would buy people or other gossip magazine. I wanted TV listings, they did not provide enough so I dumped it. I had been a subscriber for many years prior to the… read full review »