TV Guide Channel

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The TV Guide Channel is a television channel that provides, on the bottom half of the screen, a scrolling grid that lists television channels and the television programs and films currently showing on them. On the top half of the screen are featured short programs (often as little as 30 seconds to a minute long) usually featuring movie previews, celebrity news, and commercials.

The Prevue Guide (the scrolling grid) physically ran off of Amiga hardware and software. The guide was known to crash at times, leaving the Amiga "Guru Meditation" error overlayed on top of the listings. Other errors included a C-Band listing fallback, and a red box where the listings would normally be, simply stating that local listings would appear soon.

Ever since TV Guide bought the Prevue Channel in February of 1999, the channel has changed drastically. 'Shows' have been added to the TV Guide Channel (see bottom). Shows can last from a few seconds to a couple hours (the longer shows take up the whole screen). Joan Rivers and her daughter Melissa Rivers provide coverage for television award events like The Emmy Awards and The Academy Awards. During the time around the Emmys, shows that have been nominated are highlighted in gold. Same goes for the Oscars, except only movies that have won in the past.

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Current Shows

  • Watch This!- A three-minute segment at :57 every hour that shows the best shows to watch in the next hour.

-Hosted by: John Henson

  • The 411- Weekend show that shows the highlights from the past week. Lasts an hour.

-Hosted by: Madison Michele

  • Ready, Set, Change!- A home modification show in the spirit of Monster House. The owner's homes are changed into the theme of their favorite TV show.

-Hosted by Rosanna Tavarez

  • TV Candy- A lucky person gets to get a makeover to look like their favorite TV Show character.

-Hosted by Melissa Rivers

  • Look-a-Like- Same thing as TV Candy, only the person gets a makeover to look like a celebrity.
  • Seeing Stars- Hypnotist Ricky Kalmon 'hypnotises' people into beliving that they are going to meet a celebrity or into thinking they are a certain celebrity.
  • Open Call- Marki Costello, a professional casting director trys to cast 'the next big television icon'.
  • Sushi TV- Shows the most bizarre moments in Japanese Television, while the host give possibly wrong descriptions of whats going on.

-Hosted by Chris Booker

  • TV Guide Close Up- Gives information on current popular TV Shows, CDs, and Movies and goes behind the scenes.
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Former Shows

  • Music News'

-Hosted by Katie Wagner

  • Hollywood Insider

-Hosted by Sibila Vargas & Aashna Patel & Cynthia Garrett

  • The Screening Room

-Hosted by Debbie Matenopoulos & Ken Taylor

  • Movie Profile
  • TV Guide Insider
  • Entertainment News
  • TV Close-Up
  • Movie Close-Up
  • Pay-Per-View Close Up
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Logos

TV Guide Channel logo from 1999 to 2001

TV Guide Channel logo from 2001 to 2004

TV Guide Channel logo from 2004 to 2005

TV Guide Channel logo from 2005 to the present

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References

[1] Archive.org cache of the National Cable and Telecommunication Assocation's TV Guide Channel handbook.
[2] Archive.org cache of a gallery of Prevue Guide crashes.

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