November 4, 2025
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TV Guide Nostalgia

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According to an article at the Buzz Machine, TV Guide has announced it will get bigger in size, and eliminate local listings in their magazine.

I can certainly understand the need for this move. First off, due to the on-screen and TiVO guides, people just don’t use TV Guide anymore. I can’t remember the last time I bought one. Also, listings are available on-line and the local newspaper. I think they did a remarkable job of trying to keep up, but now even the local edition for a particular city can be complex because there may be service by more than one cable company.

But, I’ll remember that little book as a piece of Americana. We always had it handy on the coffee table at home as I was growing up, and I remember going through those newsprint pages of the listings and planning an evening’s schedule.

B. John

B. John Masters writes about democracy, moral responsibility, and everyday Stoicism at deep.mastersfamily.org. A lifelong United Methodist committed to social justice, he explores how faith, ethics, and civic life intersect—and how ordinary people can live out justice, mercy, and truth in public life. A records and information management expert, Masters has lived in the Piedmont,NC, Dayton, OH, Greensboro, NC and Tampa, FL, and is a proud Appalachian State Alum.