TV.com#TV Tome
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{{short description|Website devoted to English-language shows}}
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| logo = TV.com logo.png
| type = Entertainment
| owner =
| registration = Optional
| parent = {{ubl|CNET (2005–2008)|CBS Interactive (2008–2020)|Fandom, Inc. (2020)}}{{Cite web |last=Weprin |first=Alex |date=October 3, 2022 |title=TV Guide, Metacritic, GameSpot Acquired by Fandom in $55M Deal With Red Ventures |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/tv-guide-metacritic-gamespot-acquisition-fandom-1235231819/ |access-date=October 3, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}
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| dissolved = {{end date and age|2021|6|28}}
| current_status = Inactive
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TV.com was a website owned by Red Ventures that covered television series and episodes with a focus on English-language shows made or broadcast in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Originally launched by CNET in the mid-1990s, the website was transformed in 2005 when CNET acquired the website TV Tome and incorporated its assets into the new website's composition. CNET Networks, including the TV.com site, was later purchased by CBS in 2008. In its heyday, TV.com emphasized user-generated content listings for a wide variety of programs that included episode air dates, descriptions, news, season listings, notes, credits, trivia, and a forum section.
Although TV.com was successful as an information website in the late 2000s, it went without regular updates beginning in 2019. On June 28, 2021, the TV.com website was quietly shut down with no redirect put in its place.
History
CNET 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 titled TV.com. The program, highlighting the best of the Internet for new and casual computer users, aired in U.S. syndication, and featured Ron Reagan as a correspondent.{{Cite web |last=Evenson |first=Laura |date=October 2, 1996 |title=Ron Reagan Online: Ex-president's son does tech TV show in S.F. |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Ron-Reagan-Online-Ex-president-s-son-does-tech-2964669.php |access-date=April 7, 2020 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |archive-date=April 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407215745/https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Ron-Reagan-Online-Ex-president-s-son-does-tech-2964669.php |url-status=live }}
On April 22, 2005, CNET acquired TV Tome, a fan-run television database.{{Cite book |last=Pasiuk |first=Laurie |url=https://archive.org/details/vaultguidetotopi00vaul |title=Vault Guide to the Top Internet Industry Employers |publisher=Vault, Inc. |year=2006 |isbn=978-1-5813-1384-0 |url-access=registration}} TV.com was launched a few months after that acquisition on June 1, 2005.{{Cite web |last=Kramer @sdkstl |first=Staci D. |date=June 2, 2005 |title=CNET Launches TV.com |url=http://www.gigaom.com/2005/06/02/cnet-launches-tvcom |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511154710/http://paidcontent.org/article/cnet-launches-tvcom/ |archive-date=May 11, 2011 |access-date=February 16, 2016 |website=GigaOm}}
On May 15, 2008, CBS formally announced its purchase of CNET Networks,{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Jon |date=May 15, 2008 |title=CBS to buy CNET Networks |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/cbs-to-buy-cnet-networks/ |access-date=February 21, 2022 |publisher=CNET |archive-date=February 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221054734/https://www.cnet.com/news/cbs-to-buy-cnet-networks/ |url-status=live }} and the company changed its name to CBS Interactive.
TV.com continually looked at innovating the television viewing experience by incorporating it with technology, as seen with the creation of WatchList.{{Cite web |last=Christina Warren |date=September 30, 2009 |title=TV.com Launches WatchList: TV Guide for the Social Media Era |url=http://mashable.com/2009/09/30/tv-com-watchlist/ |access-date=July 2, 2020 |publisher=Mashable |archive-date=February 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216072748/https://mashable.com/2009/09/30/tv-com-watchlist/ |url-status=live }}
=TV Tome=
{{Infobox website
| name = TV Tome
| logo = 152px
| url = {{url|https://web.archive.org/web/20050210011938/http://tvtome.com/}}
| type = Entertainment
| owner = CNET Networks, Inc.
| author = John Nestoriak III
| launch_date = July 11, 2000
| dissolved = June 13, 2005
| current_status = Defunct
}}
TV Tome was an American website devoted to documenting English language television shows and their production. It was run by volunteer editors, with the assistance of user contributions. The site was founded by John Nestoriak III.
On April 22, 2005, TV Tome officially announced its acquisition by CNET.{{Cite web |last=Fritz |first=Ben |date=August 9, 2005 |title=CNET takes in MetaCritic |url=https://variety.com/2005/digital/markets-festivals/cnet-takes-in-metacritic-1117927170/ |access-date=February 21, 2022 |website=Variety |archive-date=February 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221054735/https://variety.com/2005/digital/markets-festivals/cnet-takes-in-metacritic-1117927170/ |url-status=live }}{{Citation needed|date=March 2016|reason=No verifiable news source to verify the acquisition price}}
=Relay=
TV.com Relay was a social television check-in application that was available via mobile networks and web.{{Cite web |last=Kastelein |first=Richard |date=August 12, 2010 |title=Relay and TV.com Join Social TV Race [492] | Archives - TV App Market |url=http://www.appmarket.tv/news/492-relay-and-tvcom-join-social-tv-race-.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101102035127/http://www.appmarket.tv/news/492-relay-and-tvcom-join-social-tv-race-.html |archive-date=November 2, 2010 |access-date=February 11, 2016 |publisher=App Market}}