TV.com

This article is about the current form of the service. For the predecessor to this website (before 2005), see TV Tome. This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please improve this article by introducing more precise citations where appropriate. (October 2010) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (October 2010) This article needs references that appear in reliable third-party publications. Primary sources or sources affiliated with the subject are generally not sufficient for a Wikipedia article. Please add more appropriate citations from reliable sources. (June 2008) tv.com URL http://www.tv.com Commercial? Yes Type of site Entertainment Registration Optional Owner CBS Interactive Created by CNET Networks, Inc. Launched June 1, 2005 Current status Active TV.com is a website owned by CBS Interactive. The service was launched on June 1, 2005 and replaced the popular TV Tome website. Format The site covers television and focuses on English-language shows made or broadcast in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Japan. In addition to episode guides, it includes US-oriented news,and it also has a UK version with UK orientated news and & TV Listings. Available with the address http://uk.tv.com. With reviews, interviews, photos, videos, forums, TV listings, and other features. The site is a part of the CBS Interactive Entertainment family of websites and shares an account system with some of the other sites in the brand (GameFAQs, GameSpot, MP3.com, and MovieTome). Users maintain a personal profile page and the ability to track shows. Members can contribute to the site by adding information like episode recaps, episode reviews, trivia, cast members, and more. TV.com provides show descriptions, cast and crew listings, full episode as well as clip length videos and detailed episode guides for many TV shows. Episode guides may include synopsis information, a complete recap, notes and trivia, quotes, and more. Information is dependent on volunteer contributions so some shows, particularly more recent ones, are extremely detailed while others may have minimal information. On December 16, 2008, CBS Interactive announced that the site would be redesigned to highlight new features like an HD video gallery and full episode streams. The new TV.com has been compared to Hulu, a commercial-supported video site. CNET had originally acquired the domain name (among other generic domain names like news.com, radio.com, etc.) in the mid-1990s to host a website for the company's technology-related TV shows. One of these shows was actually titled TV.com; that program, highlighting the best of the Internet for new and casual computer users, aired in U.S. syndication. The website currently suffers from multiple bugs, namely a bug where in which some accounts are suddenly banned for unknown reasons (even some accounts that are completely fresh when creating them), making it impossible for some users to sign up. The website has gained much controversy for this. 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