New issue that is really bugging me.
I subscribe to the rss feed, and even when I mark items as read, they are showing up three and four times again in the feed. If I don't want to read the article, and click "read" to get it off the feed, it should stay off. All these new writers articles are the ones showing up. All the TVS regulars articles are only showing up once, and then disappearing once read. Its getting more and more difficult to slog through all this mess,and the search is STILL not working. I am disappointed that this site is so set on ticcing off the loyal readers in favor of the AOL lamers who type inane responses to insipid articles that are being flooded through the rss feed in place of the usual format. I am getting ready to follow the masses and unsubscribe if for no other reason than to clean up my feed list. I guess this is the goal of the new merger, rid themselves of loyal readers in favor of those who pay for the webservice via their aol accounts.

Ok Joel I found another useful thing that what taken away with the refresh. Please bring back the "Related Posts" links at the end of a post.

I just finished watching this & last week's Fringe eps & wanted to read the reviews. I normally find the most recent & then look for the Related Posts part to get to the previous ones. It's no longer there.

I understand that you're not going to get rid of the Link Squad stuff because it's in a position that we HAVE to see it in order to get to the comments, but please re-implement this above (preferably) or below it.

Okay, consider my snarky comment retracted.

This is getting ridiculous. A topic where people criticize this blog was removed from the "most commented on" section for very obvious reasons.

Subtle.

Hey Joel I don't know if you're still checking this, but 1 thing I see you got rid of that was a help is the number of comments in a post. I know that you have it on the main page before you actually click to the post's page, but it helps having the number at the bottom of the post as well so when I bookmark the page on my phone I know how many comments to actually look forward to.

Does that make sense?

The new site is less than adequate. The glaring white is almost painful, especially at 6am. The pages have gone from organized tidy little newstype style columns, to an almost adhd style jumble of words and advertisements.
The comments section is difficult to follow and without numbering , one must slog through the whole thread often to see if anyone's responded to another's comment. The links sent to email when someone has responded to a comment made , go to the front page of TVSQUAD instead of to the article , or even to the response as they used to.
In fact the only good thing I've seen with this new setup, is the "vote/flag" buttons. The new user interface for that feature , is spread out far enough you don't have to worry you're hitting the wrong button anymore, and they are easily located with their bright red/green/black colors.
Can someone please PLEASE rethink this awful format? I'd be surprised if you hadn't noticed how few actual comments you are receiving to so many of your articles. especially compared to how many comments are showing up in this particular thread. From what I've read, it seems there are a large number of us dissatisfied with the whole new thing.

OK, this is just terrible... I mean the old site was shit, but the new one? Comments are bad, some fonts are too big, some too small, the overall design is very awkward, looks like it looked good in photoshop but the final version sucks...
But all that aside, WHERE THE FRELL are categories and tags for shows? And WTF is with the search?

Yes, it seems like "TV Squad" has died. Take a look at the comments to the "Network shows on the bubble" post. Long rambling nonsense, bland tastes (yes, "Cold Case" is a magnificent series! In 1975, maybe), ALL CAPS messages...the audience is now AOL members.

I agree with everything written here, where the former readers of TV Squad have been commenting. The white is hurting my eyes as we speak.

But it seems like the AOL Overlords have finally taken the site and remade it in their image, for their audience, and removed almost every shred of what made it "TV Squad" to begin with. Joel's responses have been mostly "that's the way we have to do things now".

For me, the comments after a post were part of what made this site valuable. Now that a) former TV Squad readers have been driven off in droves, and b) the unwashed, dreck-loving masses have taken over, there won't be any more thoughtful comments to read. Goodbye, TV Squad. Sorry you committed suicide.

I find it difficult to locate recaps of my favourite shows. On the old website o the left there wused to be a section - All Drama Shows, All Sci-fi Shows, All Comedy Shows, etc. It is not there anymore.

Now at the top you click on TV Squad and the "Recaps" but you now have to scroll through all of the recaps in order to get to the show you want.

I guess I can get used to it, but I don't like that all of the links are missing.