TV Guide Magazine
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I almost bought the print edition of TV Guide but am finding the digital version so handy and easy to use on my iPad. Now that we watch more streaming TV and don't have cable, it's easy to miss a favorite program. The digital TV Guide is going to improve our viewing experience and I won't have a physical magazine to throw out every two weeks. I am enjoying the full content of the print edition in a beautiful Kindle format (p.s. you do not have to own a Kindle to use the digital version - there's a Kindle app for that)."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "Total waste of money!! It used to be mandatory to pick up a copy of TV Guide at the grocery check out every week (they were right by the check out) but during the 1990's the stores stopped carrying it. I thought it went out of print! Everybody used to buy it as a necessity and suddenly it was gone. I started getting the TV listings from the newspaper-- inferior but at least it gave a listing of TV shows. Then I saw Amazon carrying it and was overjoyed to find an old friend. Alas this old friend has turned into gutter trash! First of all the listings are in the style of the newspaper and then only partial during the evening. No listings for daytime or late night viewing. No details about the programs. No listing of local channels. The listings are canned so the time zones don't even match! TV Guide should have gone out of print in the 1990's if this is what became of the once great magazine!!!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Not crazy about the TV guide. Disappointed that it does not list day time shows. It only lists shows from 7pm to 10:30!\nI probably will not renew my subscription.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2015', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "I ordered this for my mother. She is elderly and just can't get used to using the tv listing on her tv. I thought this would be perfect for her. The TV Guide - just like we used to buy religiously. I cannot believe the listings are limited to just a few hours beginning at 8pm. She's in bed many nights by 8pm. I am very, very disappointed. There is no clear, apparent description that warns the consumer of this before ordering. Yes, I should have read the reviews before paying for this. But, it's the TV Guide - why would I think to read reviews?"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': 'The price for the print edition with the digital version included for free is very good--much better than any offer I receive in the mail. HOWEVER, I live in the Pacific time zone and the Eastern edition grid kept appearing on Fire Tablet. I talked to numerous people at both TV Guide and Amazon trying to get the Pacific edition. Each said the problem was with the other. It was so frustrating. During my last attempt to correct this I was transferred to 5 different people at Amazon. The last rep in the Kindle department told me that the problem was with TV guide\'s app. And when I contacted TV Guide they said no, the problem is with Amazon. They really had me going in circles. Finally, quite by accident, I discovered that the Pacific grid is also on my tablet--but it\'s well hidden. If you\'re having trouble finding it, slide out the table of contents from the left side of the digital TV Guide. Then swipe up, up, up through the entire list of articles, don\'t give up--the very last item after the Crossword, Sudoku and Cheers & Jeers is "Pacific Grid." Hallelujah! How funny that it took this 68-year-old woman to figure out what a multitude of techies couldn\'t! I\'m still laughing!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Since our local newspaper stopped providing a tv guide with the Sunday edition, I have relied on this magazine to keep posted about the shows that I'd like to watch. This was a renewal for me at an attractive price."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This is probably more about the failure of Amazon to deliver my subscription to my Kindle. The publisher delivers the paper issues routinely by mail but for the past TWO years Amazon shows my Kindle subscription as INACTIVE and has delivered not a single issue. Numerous emails and complaints have produced no tangible results.\n\nColor me dissatisfied with Amazon.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I have been a lifetime subscriber to Entertainment Weekly. I used that magazine as my reference as to what to buy for music and what to watch. The publication is now a monthly one and not big on disappointing reviews.\n\nMy mother-in-law passed away, and we started receiving the balance of her TV Guide subscription. When I saw it, I was like, who needs a paper version of what\'s on TV, and besides with so many apps, does it matter what\'s on channel 10 anymore.\n\nWhoa, I could not have been so wrong. TV Guide covers everything on TV: streaming channels, regular cable, apps..the whole thing. It has brought to my attention many shows that I would never have seen or considered, given the enormous amount of available content to watch today.\n\nWhile they usually steer away from negative reviews, they have a "what to watch" section and a "new to streaming "section" by channel, so if you only have Netflix, you don\'t have to look at the apps you don\'t have.\n\nHighly recommend it if you watch any video content!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'It seems like forever that I have had a subscription to TV Guide. As my renewal date was approaching I was undecided if I would renew it. The price for renewing the subscription was more than I wanted to pay, so I decided not to.\n\nJust after the subscription ended I received a notice from Amazon about getting TV Guide with their Newsstand. There were two options, the first was the Kindle edition which renews automatically (until cancelled) every month for $1.99 after the initial free 28 day trial period (approximately $21.89 for the first year. The second was a combination Kindle and printed copy for $20 (1 year), which is the one I selected.\n\nAccess to the Kindle version occurred within a couple of hours once my request was accepted. The details for the printed copy indicated 4 to 6 weeks but I received it the next week.\n\nOne quick note: I tried using the Kindle app on my PC to access this subscription but it appears that app does not allow access to the Newsstand. I chatted with an Amazon customer support rep and the issue has been forwarded to the next level.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Would be BETTER IF I could read it. For some reason, only the cover shows, which is what attracted me to the article. Wierd. In past this mag has provided indepth articles and of course local TV schedules for a week!@time. If you need to record a show, etc, then this helps you plan. Wish I could read this issue, but....'}]