TV guides

What's on tonight

TV guides are publications or services that list scheduled television programming, showing what's on and when.

Before streaming, the weekly TV guide was essential household reading—people planned their evenings around it.

Now the term covers on-screen menus and apps that serve the same function: Check the TV guide to see when the game starts.

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Scheduled broadcast content

live television · streaming content

planning vs. spontaneity

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Rapidly changing television stations

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Broadcast video content

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G