Years ago TV Guide Magazine with a small tabloid publication that would list the TV shows airing on the major networks. Eventually it included cable shows, etc. There were no streaming series listed-that Internet function did not exist.
In order to draw in more readers TV Guide began producing ‘special’ issues with various covers-sometimes a great deal of various covers for single issues.
In the late 1990s the writing was on the wall when it came to print publications. Indications were that the Internet (then in its infancy) would eventually replace print (or most of it).
Magazine sales were lagging, as were other forms of print.
In this particular issue as mentioned above TV Guide decided to celebrate TV. It discovered that special issues tended to sell more copies-so why not cater to what the public wanted and at the same time whet the appetite of collectors?
While the October 16-22, 1999 issue primarily consisted of TV show listings it did feature a significant photo and text gallery of the top TV characters as decided by the public. Of course it also spotlighted the shows they were on-two for one!
Sadly TV Guide has shrunk (at least in content) and has transformed into a regular size magazine-most of which consists of fluff and celebrity stories.
Still, here was a time where practically every household that had a TV also bought TV Guide every week. Circulation numbers were in the millions. Not so today.
- Philippians 3:13
- Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
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