As a child born around the same time as television, I grew up with TV Guide as being my daily bible of all kinds of magic stuff on the tube. Every Sept, I would rush to the store to pick-up the Fall Preview Issue to research the brand new shows that would be premiering for the new season. Who'da thunk that 55 years later, the entire enterprise would be sold for a buck, with only a prayer that it will remain in print much longer?

I found this article interesting and in a sense, nostalgic and decided to share it with my ClipMarks friends.

I, too, was a loyal TV guide reader and found it a perfect window for a young man into the world of entertainment. Well written articles showed and taught me things about the world there was no other way to learn. Perhaps a lot of puffery but still there was better worth than many other sources.

Two suggestions I'd make for its survival would be that they:

Publish their existing goldmine of work from years past in some accessible manner.

Become a bit more of a reporting source than a PR outlet.

I'm sure there are many complex reasons contributing to their slide. It still remains unfortunate that this eye into such a powerful and rich medium can't find a place in today's world.

Zasel, you were born in 1928? (That's the year Philo Farnsworth transmitted an image of Felix the Cat. The Great Depression and WWII delayed widespread commercial use of TV until the late '40s, although some broadcasting was in place in the 1930s. Earlier experiments with mechanical systems go back to the 1880s.)

I don't watch tv