TV Guide is the name of two North American weekly magazines about television programming, one in the United States and one in Canada. Although the magazines share the same name and a similar logo, they are owned by different companies and publish distinct editorial content. The national TV Guide was first published on April 3, 1953. Its premiere issue cover featured a photograph of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's newborn son, Desi Arnaz, Jr.
The TV Guide logo remains one of the most recognized publication logos today. Over the decades the shape of the logo has changed to reflect the modernization of the television screen. At first, the logo had various color backgrounds until the familiar red background became a standard in the 1960s with occasional changes to accommodate a special edition. TV Guide was first based in a small office in downtown Philadelphia until moving to more spacious national headquarters in Radnor, Pennsylvania in the late 1950s. The new facility, complete with a large lighted TV Guide logo at the building's entrance, was home to management, editors, production personnel, subscription processors as well as a vast computer system holding data on every show and movie available for listing in the popular weekly publication. Tremendous verification was made from time to time to improve the TV guide magazine to help people in various ways. All type of such information and details may be obatined on Pocket-Guides.net. |