(good riddance tbh)
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It was too slow - by the time you got the full schedule you'd missed a significant part of the show you chose. The print version was where it was at.
I seem to remember flipping over to it during commercial breaks to try and plan out the next hour of viewing for just this reason.
Yeah but sometimes you didn't have the updated one for some reason (or you were cozy in bed and the thing was in the living room...)
True but you could plan out the next scheduled show.
And I thought the TV guide channel was created shortly before the TV guides went out of print as people weren't buying them at the same rate as before.
TV Guide Channel was launched in 1999, however it was a rebranding of the Prevue Channel which was really the same thing. (And also a rebranding of the Electronic Program Guide network which started in 1981)
According to Wikipedia, at least.
Oh wow. This is going back! I can't say for certain that I remember the prevue channel but I want to
Do these maybe ring a bell? It was before my time.
Or here's a recording of the Electronic Program Guide of the 80's
https://youtu.be/swn3G7gQ2kI
It looks like an old friend. I wish I could look up what channel it was on in my area.