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TV Guide's handy-dandy strike chart

by Brad Trechak, posted Jan 28th 2008 1:40PM
TV GuideTV Guide has posted this chart to let the viewers know when their favorite TV shows have any new episodes left as a result. Because of the WGA Strike, most seasons for this year will have to be shortened or delayed.

Different networks seem to be taking different strategies with the episodes. Some shows have no new episodes left (Ugly Betty, 30 Rock) whereas some shows have as many as eight left (One Tree Hill, Lost). NBC seems to be the network which has already "shot its load" as it were. I suspect the ones remaining will be mostly used up during February sweeps.

The list is after the jump...

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TV Guide goes blog ... wonder where they got that idea?

by Joel Keller, posted Apr 18th 2006 2:34PM
TV Guide LogoI don't know if you folks have noticed, but it looks like TVGuide.com is slowly starting to blogify. A few weeks ago, the site converted its Watercooler column into a blog format, covering more shows than they did when it was just a standard online column.  Now I see that they've pretty much converted most of their features into blog format, under an umbrella called Expert Blogs. This includes the Televisionary, FlickChick, Matt Roush's Q&A, and The Ausiello Report. All blogs allow people to comment.

Gee... that format sounds a bit familiar, doesn't it? Wonder where they got that idea from?

I kid, I kid... I only joke out of love. Actually, this is not a big surprise, since Ausiello mentioned this to me in an interview I did with him last month.  The format does seem like it might be a bit unwieldy in some cases (like the Q&A columns like Televisionary), but I'm sure they'll work out the kinks at some point.

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