TV guide aggregator with multi-day schedules and channel search
Built for Cord-cutters and traditional TV viewers who want quick, personalized TV schedule lookups across multiple days without friction..
“Nothing you click on gives you what zap2it used to give. You'll miss everything on TV trying to find out what's on TV. Speaking of which, there's…”
The receipts — real demand
“Nothing you click on gives you what zap2it used to give. You'll miss everything on TV trying to find out what's on TV. Speaking of which, there's a site called onTVtonight, it's kind of the good Zap2it with many primitive flaws -- for example, it gives 6-hour grids with descriptions, you can set it to only show your favorite channels, but there doesn't seem to be any way to find out what'…”
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Why this is a gap
Surfaced from a high-intensity complaint with clear willingness to pay and a specific, reachable audience.
The market
Cord-cutters and traditional TV viewers need quick multi-day TV schedule searches. No search volume; Zap2it (legacy service) is gone, and replacements like onTVtonight exist but user considers them incomplete. Demand is present but not quantified.
Competition & the opening
onTVtonight, TheTVDB, and TV provider apps (Roku, Apple TV) all show schedules. The gap is a lightweight, frictionless aggregator that searches across channels and days faster than existing options and remembers user preferences.
What's hard to build
TV schedule data is fragmented: cable providers, streaming services, and broadcasters all maintain separate feeds with inconsistent formats. Aggregating, normalizing, and serving real-time updates across all sources is a data logistics problem, and licensing costs per data source are unknown.
Why now
Zap2it shutdown left millions searching for a TV guide; modern streaming fragmentation makes unified schedules more valuable than ever.
How you'd monetize
$4.99/mo subscription with optional premium channel filters