The application features television listings, the latest news from TVGuide.com, video clips and episode sneak peeks.
The app also has a built-in social component that lets users share what shows they are watching or are excited about seeing via Facebook and Twitter.
The iPad is a perfect couch companion; early usage studies show that many iPad owners use the device while watching television. Ergo, TV Guide is presumably a natural fit for the device.
TV Guide isn't the first television-focused listings and news app for the iPad; the Yahoo Entertainment app and What's On TV? HD [iTunes link] have been available for months.
Still, TV Guide for iPad offers direct access to TVGuide.com as well as an updated television guide. And the app might be able to edge out from the rest of the pack with its video offerings.
Right now, as part of its "Fall Preview," the TV Guide iPad app includes access to the first episode from the new Showtime series The Big C. In addition to the numerous prongs of Showtime's social media marketing campaign for this show, the channel is also offering a language-edited version of the pilot online.
TVGuide.com is a pretty solid resource for gaining online access to commercial TV shows, and we hope that the iPad app will continue in that direction in the future.