If it ain't broke, don't fix it

I'm a CSI junkie. No wait - I'm a forensics/profiling junkie. I faithfully watch all three incarnations of CSI - CSI, CSI: Miami and CSI: NY. And Crossing Jordan. And Bones. And Criminal Minds. If it has cadavers and/or the FBI, odds are I watch it. I subscribe to TV Guide. Used to love it, too. Every week, I'd anxiously wait for Wednesday so I could check out what's coming up. It's heartbreaking to say this, but I don't look forward to getting my copy of TV Guide anymore. Have you seen their "improvements" ????? They RUINED it.

Now, the title of the magazine is "TV Guide," right?? There's barely any guidance to be found in those pages anymore. It's all one big gossip rag. Hey, I like gossip just as much as the next woman, but for the love of God, if that's what I wanted, I'd subscribe to People magazine!!

No longer do they list virtually every hour of the day. It's pretty much strictly prime-time now. And you know, a three hour stretch that simply says "Local Programming" tells me exactly nothing. And of course, they waited til after I renewed my subscription to make these "improvements." Doesn't that just figure?!

They made the magazine bigger too. Sure, in most circumstances, bigger is better. But alas, the magazine that once fit so nicely on the arm of my chair no longer fits there and a suitable new home has yet to be found.

Sure, there are bigger problems in the world than how they ruined TV Guide. I'm enough of a realist to understand that. But the writer in me...the dreamer...longs for the days of a TV Guide that fit on the arm of her chair and actually provided information on what was on. Yes, I know...the world is an imperfect place.