List of TV Guide editions
The following is a list of each of the regional editions of TV Guide Magazine, which mentions the markets that each regional edition served and the years of publication. Each edition is listed under exactly one region. Thus, for editions overlapping region lines, the listing appears in only one of the neighboring regions. For example, the Nebraska edition also included stations in Sioux City, Iowa and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
During the period that TV Guide published local program listings from 1953 to 2005, the magazine did not print regional editions for the U.S. territories, although Puerto Rico has a similar magazine called Teve Guía. Also, three U.S. states, Delaware, South Dakota, and Wyoming, never had their own editions. The northern part of Delaware was served by the Philadelphia edition, and the southern part by the Washington-Baltimore edition. Stations in eastern South Dakota appeared in the Nebraska edition, and subscribers in western South Dakota and Wyoming received the Northern Colorado edition.
The markets that served as the primary area, mostly those with white numbers on black channel bullets, are listed in bold text. In some editions, multiple stations appeared on the same channel, which required the editors to be creative in assigning channel bullets to stations. For example, the Montana edition at one time listed channel 2 stations in Billings, Spokane, Salt Lake, and Denver.
Many of the dates are imprecise because exact dates of when editions went into and out of circulation are not easily available. The Oregon edition that started publishing on August 20, 1955, was the 33rd regional edition of TV Guide. According to the September 13, 1958, Utah-Idaho edition, there were 51 regional editions of TV Guide being printed in the United States.
Unless otherwise noted, regional editions in the United States can be assumed to have ended with the October 9, 2005, issue, after which TV Guide began publishing national listings based on time zone.
United States
Source for 1988 circulation figures: Audit Bureau of Circulation, June 30, 1988, Consumer Magazine and Agri-Media Rates and Data, January 27, 1989, pp. 465–67.Canada
Beginning on December 4, 1965, TV Guide split some of its editions listing both American and Canadian stations. An article called The Canadian Report was then launched in those editions sold primarily or solely in Canada. The Canadian edition of TV Guide split off into its own publication in January 1977. On November 5, 2005, all remaining editions of TV Guide were consolidated to two editions, one for Eastern Canada and one for Western Canada. The print edition of TV Guide ended after the November 25, 2006, issue, though the publication continues as a web magazine, with occasional print specials sold at newsstands.There were no TV Guide editions for Newfoundland and Labrador, or for the northern territories. Some communities, such as Dawson Creek, British Columbia, and Thunder Bay, Ontario, also had no TV Guide coverage. Television listings in these regions were usually provided by local newspapers and/or local magazines. One such example is the Newfoundland Herald, which features television listings for the province, along with entertainment news and light features.
TV Guide editions sold in Quebec are generally limited to Anglophone communities, and featured only local listings for Montreal, Sherbrooke, and/or Ottawa. TV Guides francophone counterpart is TV Hebdo, which features television listings for most stations in Quebec and the Ottawa Valley. Published by Québecor Média, it remains in publication to this day. The November 6, 1954 of TV Guide has a list of Editions that TV Guide serves, and gift subscriptions are available for 29 U.S states, and Canada is mentioned at the end of the list as: Canada.
| Province | Edition | Dates in existence | TV market availability | Notes |
| Alberta | Montana-Alberta | 1962–November 27, 1965 | Despite the title, the only Montana stations listed here were those of Great Falls; this edition also listed Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and Red Deer | Was split into separate Alberta and Montana editions |
| Alberta | Alberta-Eastern British Columbia | from December 4, 1965 – 1972 | Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Red Deer, Kamloops, Kelowna | This edition also included listings for distant US locals from Great Falls and Spokane. |
| Alberta | Alberta | at least by 1973–1978 | Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Red Deer | This edition also included listings for distant US locals from Great Falls and Spokane. |
| Alberta | Alberta | 1986–1998 | Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and Red Deer | |
| Alberta | Calgary-Southern Alberta | 1978–1986 | Calgary, Red Deer | |
| Alberta | Calgary | at least 1988–1997 | Calgary, Red Deer | This edition likely started as a regional edition for Calgary as early as 1986. By the early 1990s, the printed listings adopted the cable dial position bullets used by other "cable editions". Initially Rogers Cable was identified with black numeric bullets and Calgary Cable/Shaw Cable was identified by white numeric bullets. By the mid 1990s Shaw Cable owned both systems and as a result the listings were updated to reflect the single cable line-up for Calgary with dial positions identified with black numeric bullets. |
| Alberta | Calgary-Edmonton | 1997–1998 | Calgary, Edmonton, Medicine Hat, Lethbridge, Red Deer | Short-lived combined Calgary and Edmonton cable listings. Edition ran from Late August 1997 to March 1998. This edition replaced individual cable editions; Calgary Cable Edition and Edmonton Cable Edition both of which were in circulation as early as 1993 |
| Alberta | Shaw Calgary-Southern Alberta | 1998–2005 | Calgary, Red Deer, Medicine Hat, Lethbridge | |
| Alberta | Edmonton-Northern Alberta | 1978–1986 | Edmonton, Lloydminster | |
| Alberta | Edmonton | at least 1986–1997 | Edmonton | This edition started out as a regional edition for the Edmonton area. By the early 1990s the listings format adapted the "cable edition" format used by other cable editions. Videotron dial positions where identified with black numeric bullets while Shaw dial positions where identified with white numeric bullets. |
| Alberta | Shaw Edmonton-Northern Alberta | 1998–2005 | Edmonton, Lloydminster | Also known as Edmonton & Area Edition |
| British Columbia | Puget Sound | 1962–November 27, 1965 | Vancouver, Victoria, Bellingham, | This edition served markets in both Canada and US. |
| British Columbia | Western British Columbia | from December 4, 1965-mid 2005 | Vancouver, Victoria | This edition became known as BC Edition starting in 1995. |
| British Columbia | Greater Vancouver Rogers | at least by 1993 | Vancouver, Victoria | This edition was renamed to Vancouver Shaw in 2001. |
| British Columbia | Vancouver Shaw + BC | mid-2005–Oct 29 2005 | Vancouver, Victoria | This edition was the result of merging BC Edition and Vancouver Shaw |
| British Columbia | Eastern British Columbia | from 1972–1981 | Kamloops, Kelowna, Prince George | - |
| British Columbia | Interior British Columbia | from 1981 | Kamloops, Kelowna, Prince George, Terrace | |
| Manitoba | Dakota-Winnipeg | February 18, 1961 – November 27, 1965 | Winnipeg, Brandon, Pembina, Fargo, Bismarck | This edition was sold in the US and Canada. This was the third edition to serve viewers in Canada. There was no cable from United States until 1968, and TV Guide didn't publish the American stations until August, 1970. |
| Manitoba | Manitoba-Saskatchewan | December 4, 1965 – February 2, 1980 | Winnipeg, Brandon, Regina, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, Yorkton, Swift Current | This edition did not list any U.S. locals until August 1970 with the exception for KCND from Pembina. There was no cable from United States until 1968, and TV Guide didn't publish the American stations until August, 1970. |
| Manitoba | Manitoba | February 9, 1980 – 2005 | Winnipeg, Brandon | |
| New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island | Maritimes | 1976–2005 | Saint John, Moncton, Halifax, Sydney, Charlottetown, Rimouski | |
| Ontario | Cancom | at least by the early 1990s | Timmins, Sudbury, North Bay, Sault Ste. Marie | Despite the Cancom name, this edition primarily served northeastern Ontario |
| Ontario | North Shore | at least by early 1988–199? | Serving Sault Ste. Marie, Elliot Lake & Blind River. | Featured cable specific listings for Sault Ste. Marie and Elliot Lake. White numeric bullets indicated listings for Sault Ste. Marie and Black Numeric Bullets indicated listings for Elliot Lake. |
| Ontario | Sudbury | at least by early 1988-December 23, 1989 | Sudbury | |
| Ontario | Sudbury-Elliot Lake | December 30, 1989 – 1996 | Sudbury | |
| Ontario | Northern Cable Edition | at least by 1997 | Timmins, Sudbury, North Bay | |
| Ontario | Northern Ontario Edition | at least by 2001 | Timmins, Sudbury, North Bay, Thunder Bay | |
| Ontario | Western Ontario | from December 4, 1965 – October 29, 2005 | London, Windsor, Wingham | |
| Ontario | Hamilton and Niagara | August 23, 1980 – 1981 | Hamilton, Niagara Falls, Kitchener, Brantford | |
| Ontario | Hamilton and Region | 1981–2002 | Hamilton, Kitchener, Brantford | |
| Ontario | Lake Ontario | at least by January 29, 1955 – 1965 | Toronto, Hamilton, Kitchener, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Watertown, Kingston, Peterborough, Wingham, London | This edition was also sold in the U.S., in the Buffalo and Rochester markets |
| Ontario | Toronto-Lake Ontario | December 4, 1965 – August 16, 1980 | Toronto, Hamilton, Kitchener, Niagara Falls, Peterborough, Barrie, Buffalo, Rochester | |
| Ontario | Toronto | August 23, 1980 – August 5, 1995 | Toronto, Kitchener, Peterborough, Barrie | |
| Ontario | Toronto-Peterborough | August 12, 1995 – 2002 | Toronto, Kitchener, Peterborough, Barrie | |
| Ontario | Central Ontario | 2002–2005 | Toronto, Hamilton, Kitchener, Niagara Falls, Peterborough, Wingham, Barrie | |
| Ontario | Toronto-Rogers-Central Ontario | April 2005–Nov 2005 | Toronto, Hamilton, Kitchener, Niagara Falls, Peterborough, Wingham, Barrie | |
| Ontario | Toronto-Rogers Cable | 1991–2005 | Toronto | |
| Ontario | Oshawa-Peterborough | August 23, 1980 – August 5, 1995 | Toronto, Peterborough | |
| Ontario | Eastern Ontario | 1979–2005 | Ottawa, Kingston, Pembroke | The cable lineup chart also mentions Rouyn-Noranda and Val-d'Or, though this edition did not include listings for local channels in those cities. Edition was known as Ottawa-Eastern Ontario edition until 1994. |
| Quebec | Hudson Valley | at least 1957–1958 | Montreal, Sherbrooke, Burlington-Plattsburgh, Albany, Syracuse | This edition was also sold in the U.S., in the Burlington-Plattsburgh, Syracuse and Albany markets. |
| Quebec | St. Lawrence | at least by November 23, 1957 – 1965 | Montreal, Ottawa, Kingston, Sherbrooke, Burlington-Plattsburgh | This edition was also sold in the U.S., in the Burlington-Plattsburgh market |
| Quebec | Montreal-St. Lawrence | 1965–1979 | Montreal, Ottawa, Kingston, Sherbrooke, Burlington-Plattsburgh | |
| Quebec | Montreal-Quebec | 1979–1984 | Montreal, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières, Québec | |
| Quebec | Montreal | at least 1984–2005 | Montreal, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières | Quebec city stations dropped from this edition. Starting in 1990s, primetime grids featured cable positions for CF Cable and Videotron in Montreal |
| Saskatchewan | Saskatchewan | February 9, 1980 – 2005 | Regina, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, Yorkton, Swift Current |
Note: Market availability refers to the television markets in which a particular edition was available. Many editions also contained listings for other markets in which they were not available. For example, New York City listings appeared in many adjacent editions, although only the New York Metropolitan Edition was ever available in New York City.