channel guide

What's on when

A channel guide is a listing of television programs organized by time and station, showing what's on now and what's coming up.

Originally printed in newspapers and TV Guide magazine, channel guides now appear as on-screen menus built into cable boxes and streaming services: Let me check the channel guide to see when the game starts.

Related
  • TVScreen for broadcast shows
  • listingsPublished directory contents
  • schedulePlan of timed events
  • remoteDistant or controller
  • cableHeavy-duty woven line

cable box · set top box · programming · browse · scroll · television · stations · networks · shows · primetime · lineup · tuner · broadcast · satellite · streaming · menu · grid · navigate

Categories
Opposites
information vs. content

channel guidetelevision programming

Scheduled content for viewers

live television · TV shows · streaming content

structured navigation vs. unstructured browsing

channel guidechannel surfing

Rapidly changing television stations

trial and error

metadata vs. content

channel guidelive broadcast

Transmission happening right now

video feed · broadcast signal

Family

channel, guide, channels, channeled, channeling, guides, guided, guiding, guidance

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G