TV.com was a website owned by

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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

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in 2008. In its heyday, TV.com emphasized

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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

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as a correspondent. On April 22, 2005, CNET acquired TV Tome, a fan-run television database. TV.com was launched a few months after that acquisition on June 1, 2005. On May 15, 2008,

formally announced its purchase of CNET Networks, 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.

TV Tome

TV Tome was an American

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devoted to documenting

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s and their production. It was run by

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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.

Relay

TV.com Relay was a social television check-in application that was available via mobile networks and web.

References

{{Reflist Former CBS Interactive websites Entertainment Internet forums Internet properties established in 2005 Internet properties disestablished in 2021 Television websites