Terrible TV Guide Descriptions

Sean P Kelly · 07-23-2006, 05:50 PM

I was reading through the Star Week TV magazine that comes with every Saturday Toronto Star (i.e. the poor man's TV Guide) and I noticed a listing for a showing of Serenity on the The Movie Network, which prompted me to create this topic.

Simiply, the description for this film, which people use to decide whether it's worth the time to switch to the station (which my family doesn't subscribe to BTW -- I kind of wish they did) and watch is (and this is the exact text):

Quote:

A spaceship crew gets caught in a deadly conflict.

As you can guess, that basically sums up NEARLY EVERY SCI-FI FILM IN EXISTANCE!!!!!

So, what.....interesting descriptions have you seen in your TV listings?

***Cosmonautical*** · 07-24-2006, 04:53 AM

Reading the TV Guide is a good way to lose braincells.

Although, I really like it when someone screws up at the local TV Guide channel, and there's either a screen saver or an error window with its ever-unpressed OK button looming over the programming. They can go for days without noticing that stuff.

***Ace Mercury*** · 07-24-2006, 08:05 AM

Hilarity ensues.

Legendary Super Saiyan · 07-24-2006, 09:37 AM

hilarity hijinks

StealthKnight · 08-05-2006, 04:46 PM

When my local newspaper reviewed Miami Vice it said it was in Miami, then said it took place in Los Angeles

StealthKnight

deathscythe · 08-12-2006, 11:16 PM

I don't get TV guide often, When I do it's free, but I do buy the Simpsons DVD sets and listen to the commentary, where Matt groening and a few other of the shows main guys, They often complain of terrible TV guide subscriptions that often outrage fans.

08-05-2006, 04:46 PM	#5
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*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,102 Thanks: 2,157 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Reading the TV Guide is a good way to lose braincells. Although, I really like it when someone screws up at the local TV Guide channel, and there's either a screen saver or an error window with its ever-unpressed OK button looming over the programming. They can go for days without noticing that stuff.

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deathscythe Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: This question always has been creepy Gender: Posts: 8,600 Thanks: 235 Thanked 153 Times in 134 Posts	I don't get TV guide often, When I do it's free, but I do buy the Simpsons DVD sets and listen to the commentary, where Matt groening and a few other of the shows main guys, They often complain of terrible TV guide subscriptions that often outrage fans.