Zap2It Disappears Again...Sort Of

It was this past March that the Zap2It, the popular TV listings website, began redirecting to the NewsNation schedule. In other words, it appeared that Zap2It was history. Fortunately, the Zap2It listings could be found on Gracenote. Unfortunately, it appears that this was only a temporary reprieve for Zap2It. Where the Gracenote TV listings once were, there is now an error page simply reading, "Oops! Something went wrong."

Now many people might wonder why users might be upset about Zap2It shutting down not just once, but now twice in less than a year. After all, there are many other TV listings sites out there, including TV Guide, TitanTV,  on tv tonight, and TV Passport, among others. What set Zap2It apart from other TV listings sites was its extremely easy-to-use interface and a bit more customisation than other TV listings. It also had a much better search function. While other TV listings sites might only deliver results from at most a week ahead (if even that), Zap2It often delivered results up to 10 days ahead (sometimes more).  While there are other TV listings sites out there, none were ever as good as Zap2It. There should be little wonder since it had been around since 2000.

Fortunately, it appears the old Zap2It schedule may have had another reprieve. I don't know how long it has been there, but there is a television schedule at Showtimes.com that is exactly like the old Zap2It schedule. You can reach it by clicking  on "Movies" on the "Showtimes.com" menu and then on "TV listings." While I don't know if one can log into the Showtimes.com listings with one's old Zap2It credentials, at least fans of Zap2It won't have to give it up for now. Unfortunately, there is no way of knowing how long these listings will last....