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Is the website TV Tome.com being sold to TV.com and closing down? I heard about this, was outraged being I had just registered, signed the petition, and found out that it was closing on Monday 6th June, 2005. I checked today though, on the 7th of May, but it was still active. Does anyone know anything about this as I want to be part of the TV Tome online community, badly.
-James

It was my impression that they had been bought but that they were still going to remain essentially the same site. It would be a shame if they closed- there are inaccuracies there, but it's still a great resource.

-Aaron

awallaceunc wrote:It was my impression that they had been bought but that they were still going to remain essentially the same site. It would be a shame if they closed- there are inaccuracies there, but it's still a great resource.

I sure hope that's the case. Maybe they can clean it up a bit then?

I would die without tvtome.com. They are an amazing and necessary resource. And an invaluable tool

Unfortunatley from what I've read, even though I'm not registered, something happened and they are going to close on Friday, June 10th instead of yesterday. I think it is a bad thing as well. I saw tv.com and it was not nearly as good as tvtome.

Lazario wrote:I would die without tvtome.com. They are an amazing and necessary resource. And an invaluable tool

How are they "necessary"? Believe it or not, television is not food and water. People went hundreds of years without the tube, and they still survived.

The Memorial Services will be June 11th.

8:00 PM Eastern Time. UD Chat.

R.I.P. TvTome.com

chaychay102royal wrote:How are they "necessary"? Believe it or not, television is not food and water. People went hundreds of years without the tube, and they still survived.

If you have to ask, it doesn't matter anymore. Different people have different values. Hasn't anyone ever told you that? It's not one of those things you learn in books.

Lazario wrote:

chaychay102royal wrote:How are they "necessary"? Believe it or not, television is not food and water. People went hundreds of years without the tube, and they still survived.

If you have to ask, it doesn't matter anymore. Different people have different values. Hasn't anyone ever told you that? It's not one of those things you learn in books.

I'm sorry, but I found the "how are they are 'necessary'" comment rather odd. I mean, all of us already seem to have strong opinions about Disney, so why not TV as well? I mean, I could understand that coming from someone that doesn't care for entertainment. People have also lived for hundreds of years without the benefits of electricity, telephones, running water, internet, books, money, dentists, hospitals. . . I hope you get my point; I'm not trying to cause any problems.

To be honest, I don't watch much TV at all these days, but tvtome is a very valuable resource for looking up and keeping track of different programs and episodes that I enjoy. I'll admit that there are still shows that I "cannot live without" and tvtome has proved to be a very valuable resource time and time again.

Television is a mordern form of the arts, and I think the arts are necessary. I believe people need to have stories, situations, and characters to relate to.

I see what you mean, Sunset Girl, and I agree to a certain extent.

The arts are needed, however, one can live without television. Television is a form of art, but it is not neededin someone's life. I enjoy TV Tome, but I don't needit like water or air.

Let's drop this, though, as I realize I am taking a simple remark way too seriously.

chaychay102royal wrote:I see what you mean, Sunset Girl, and I agree to a certain extent.

The arts are needed, however, one can live without television. Television is a form of art, but it is not neededin someone's life. I enjoy TV Tome, but I don't needit like water or air.

Let's drop this, though, as I realize I am taking a simple remark way too seriously.

I'm glad you didn't take my post the wrong way. I'd like to make at least one more comment before I drop the subject, though.

Once when I was in my high school art class the students got into a hot debate on what things we considered necessary for human survival. One of the poplular girls kept insisting that things like money were requirements. I finally said, "Look, let's say you were trapped on a deserted island. What would you need?"

She listed off, "Food, water, money, make-up. . ."

And to think I used to believe airheads like that only existed in sitcoms.

On a somewhat related note, when I was in art college one of our teachers asked us to define what art is. I said that it was any kind of act, gesture, or reflection that was not required for human survival, and our teacher told me I was very close, but that I needed to say any kind of gesture, act, or reflection not required for physical human survival. It's very much a requirement for mental survival.

When we got on the subject of television, I was the only one in the class that didn't own one (although I obviously grew up with one, I lived that whole school year at my residency without feeling the need to have one). So yes, I'm living proof than one can survive in the modern worldwithout TV. One of my friends really raised his eyebrows; when he moved to Chicago he made sure he got himself a TV before he even had a mattress to sleep on!