''What's on TV'' is a weekly television listings magazine published by
Future PLC.
Overview
''What's on TV'' is a weekly UK television magazine. It publishes features, TV listings, news and gossip from soap operas, as well as
puzzle
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s and competitions. Its primary focus is on soaps and reality TV, but documentaries and dramas are also covered.
It was launched in March 1991, after the monopoly on
broadcast programming
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listings magazines ended and the market was opened up. Before this, only two TV magazines were available: ''
Radio Times
''Radio Times'' (currently styled as ''RadioTimes'') is a British weekly listings magazine devoted to television and radio programme schedules, with other features such as interviews, film reviews and lifestyle items. Founded in May 1923 by J ...
'' for
BBC listings and ''
TVTimes'' for
ITV and, from 1982,
Channel 4 listings. Two other magazines appeared on the market at the same time – ''
TV Quick'' and the short-lived ''TV Plus''.
Early covers of ''What's on TV'' usually featured TV stars and programmes, but now they almost exclusively promote soap stories.
In January 2007, Time UK (then still IPC) launched a soaps and TV website branded as ''What's On TV'', which focuses on plot spoilers and catch-ups for ''EastEnders'', ''Coronation Street'', ''Emmerdale'', ''Hollyoaks'', ''Doctors'', ''Neighbours'' and ''Home and Away'', as well as reality TV and drama. Its weekly podcast Soap Secrets has discussions on soap storylines, and the podcast Bingewatch talks about the TV offerings on the streaming services such as Netflix.
''What's on TV'' belongs to Future PLC's group of weekly television listings magazines. Other TV titles in the group include the long-established ''
TVTimes'', and ''
TV & Satellite Week''.
Time Inc. UK merged ''
TV Easy'' with ''What's On TV'' in September 2014.
The weekly issue is currently priced at 77p.
References
External links
''What's on TV'' online''What's on TV'' profile
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1991 establishments in the United Kingdom
Listings magazines
Magazines established in 1991
Magazines published in London
Television magazines published in the United Kingdom
Weekly magazines published in the United Kingdom