# So, what the HELL is on TV this week? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 3, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-the-hell-is-on-tv-this-week/267334 "2004-10-03T16:14:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-the-hell-is-on-tv-this-week/267334/1 "2004-10-03T16:14:40Z")
_The New York Times_ (in addition to ruining the Book Review and the Real Estate section with lousy redesigns) has failed to give me my TV page this week. The complaints operator says it’s probably too late to get me one now, and this week’s _TV Guides_ are already off the newsstands. Besides, I hate _TV Guide_. Now, I don’t watch that much TV, but I _would_ like to know what’s on. Is there any online site that can tell me, other than logging onto every goddam station’s web site that might possibly have something interesting? “Let’s see, what if The History Channel or A&E actually have something non-crap on? Better check . . .” I mean, I’ll check PBS’s and TCM’s web sites, but, jeez, is there an online clearinghouse for local TV lisitings? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-the-hell-is-on-tv-this-week/267334/2 "2004-10-03T16:18:04Z")
[www.zap2it.com](http://www.zap2it.com), if you don’t TV Guide (which also has a site). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-the-hell-is-on-tv-this-week/267334/3 "2004-10-03T16:22:58Z")
Depending on your ISP, they may do listings on their entertainment page – MSN does. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-the-hell-is-on-tv-this-week/267334/4 "2004-10-03T16:31:41Z")
Tried both of those, thanks . . . But _Jesus_, what a pain those sites are! I think I’ll just read this week and skip TV . . . I’ve already seen all those TCM musicals 20 times, anyway, and I already know how all the murders on A&E and CourtTV come out . . . ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-the-hell-is-on-tv-this-week/267334/5 "2004-10-03T16:43:29Z")
. . . I’ve got a headache that belongs in the Smithsonian under glass, so I’m off to bed anyway . . . ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-the-hell-is-on-tv-this-week/267334/6 "2004-10-03T17:47:11Z")
I use Yahoo TV sometimes. Not that there’s ever anything on . . . ---
**Author:** ![maikai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@maikai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maikai)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-the-hell-is-on-tv-this-week/267334/7 "2004-10-03T20:05:15Z")
[Tv Guide](http://www.tvguide.com) has a website. You have to give your email, though. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-the-hell-is-on-tv-this-week/267334/8 "2004-10-03T20:20:15Z")
Yahoo has a good TV grid. I find it easier to get to than TV Guide’s. Sometimes the TV Guide site put an uncloseable window on top of the place where you log in- arrrgh!