What will your Tivo record on Monday, Sept 22, 2008 ?

[DianaMo]

There is a lot to choose from.

More than my Tivo can record.

What will your Tivo select?

[Einselen]

One Tivo gets CBS the other FOX however I just need Terminator from FOX.

[Graymalkin]

I have three dual-tuner HDTiVos. I'm set. :)

[DreadPirateRob]

I have 2 dual-tuner DTivos, and all 4 tuners will be occupied. :)

[TIVO_GUY_HERE]

There is a lot to choose from.

More than my Tivo can record.

What will your Tivo select?


I just looked, that is a crazy night.

My 4 tuner ATT box isn't coming till following Wednesday. It will get a work out.

[DianaMo]

If you're a Cubs fan you've got even more to consider that evening.

[That Don Guy]

In order (I think), something along the lines of:

The first minute or so of a 1950s What's My Line (I have the previous show, which ends at midnight, padded 1 minute at the end - dammit, GSN, why do you have to pull Beat The Clock from the schedule four episodes from the end of its run? :confused:)
Whatever is on Adult Swim from midnight to 2 AM (I think it's a half-hour of Metalocalypse, Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job, Assy McGee, Mission Hill, and Family Guy)
The Price is Right (season premiere)
Catch-21
WWE Monday Night RAW
Heroes
(also Deal Or No Deal, if it's on that night)

-- Don

[WhiskeyTango]

Terminator
Prison Break
How I Met Your Mother
Hockey
Heroes
Gossip Girl

ETA: Remove Chuck and add (hopefully) Flyers 1st preseason game

[DevdogAZ]

Heroes
Chuck
Terminator
Prison Break
How I Met Your Mother

I have a WL for baseball, but since I rarely get around to watching full games, the priority is below any primetime network shows. I can always catch highlights of the games on SportsCenter.

[heySkippy]

Terminator
Top Gear
Dancing

2 dual tuner TiVos, no conflict.

[Einselen]

Some how I missed Chuck on my Spreadsheet (for mondays but not until the 29th) I am doing so I am not sure what I am going to do. Looks like watching online, torrents or maybe buying and doing it via Apple TV, not sure.

[DianaMo]

I don't see Chuck airing on that day.

Here's what I did find...

Catch an all-new "Chuck vs. the First Date" in a special web premiere 9/22. Series returns on-air 9/29 at 8/7c.

http://www.nbc.com/Chuck/

[ChrisNJ]

Terminator and Big Bang at 8 (skipping the Heroes recap)
Heroes at 9
Top Gear at 11 (I missed checking this one in my vote)

All on my dual tuner S3.

[DougF]

Just Terminator and Heroes, I think.

[Bierboy]

There will be some "overheated" TiVos Monday!

"Heroes" and "T:TSCC" for my S3.

[Amnesia]

I have a dual-tuner DVR and a dual-tuner TiVo.

DVR:
DwtS (one time only, I plan to watch Chuck), Heroes
Gossip Girl

TiVo:
Terminator, Prison Break, Raising the Bar
How I Met Your Mother, Worst Week (giving it a shot), CSI: Miami

[sieglinde]

In addition to Heroes, Terminator and Big Bang Theory, I will record Prison Break. Pretty much a normal Monday night except for the two shows returning for the fall.

If I am interested in following a ball game (if this one does not involve the Dodgers or the Angels I don't care.) I have the internet. Thank gawd for two cable cards.

[allan]

Heroes & Terminator on the poll. Also Prison Break.

[MikeMar]

I freaking HATE how they have so much good stuff on Monday night

I always watch MNF so that just messes things ALL up

end up downloading some of the shows

[jsmeeker]

not sure.. I have to check the ToDo list.

[Jeeters]

Heroes, Terminator, and Prison Break.

[jimborst]

Big Bang is my only Monday show. Anyone want to rent out my other tuner:D?

[TAsunder]

Heroes, Terminator, HIMYM

[Ruth]

I won't have a problem on the 22d, but it looks like starting the 29th I will have to choose between Big Bang Theory and Chuck.

Does anyone know if either will be re-broadcast, or if these shows are available on iTunes?

[DianaMo]

I'm thinking of using a VCR or DVD recorder to pick up the extra shows...not sure if it'll work...we'll see.

The problem is that most of these shows don't repeat.

Top Gear does...and the Cubs game on Comcast might repeat.

The others not so much.

[JYoung]

I won't have a problem on the 22d, but it looks like starting the 29th I will have to choose between Big Bang Theory and Chuck.

Does anyone know if either will be re-broadcast, or if these shows are available on iTunes?



No iTunes for Chuck at this time but that may change as NBC has returned to the fold.
Chuck Season 1 is available at hulu.com though.

Big Bang Theory Season 1 is on iTunes.

[bigpuma]

Big Bang Theory
HIMYM
2 1/2 men

[Bierboy]

I won't have a problem on the 22d, but it looks like starting the 29th I will have to choose between Big Bang Theory and Chuck.

Does anyone know if either will be re-broadcast, or if these shows are available on iTunes?
Wow...to me, that's a no-brainer....Chuck all the way :up::up::up:

[TIVO_GUY_HERE]

Heroes repeats on NBC the following Saturday, as part of their encore drama night.

[rhuntington3]

Heroes and maybe Top Gear

[Mikeyis4dcats]

Heroes
HIMYM

[TonyTheTiger]

Heroes and Top Gear.

Anyone NOT watching TG is missing out on tremendous entertainment and a good laugh!

[Ruth]

Wow...to me, that's a no-brainer....Chuck all the way :up::up::up:

That would be my choice as well -- if neither (or both) is rebroadcast or available on iTunes. But if Chuck were available at another time/location and BBT was not, I would record BBT when it aired and catch Chuck later. I timeshift everything, so ultimate availability is more important to me than what I record at initial airing.

[Neenahboy]

TPiR season premiere
How I Met Your Mother
Big Bang Theory
Two and a Half Men
Chuck
Gossip Girl
Worst Week
Boston Legal

[DevdogAZ]

Heroes and Top Gear.

Anyone NOT watching TG is missing out on tremendous entertainment and a good laugh!
Is this the BBC version you're talking about, or does NBC's version premiere soon?

[heySkippy]

Is this the BBC version you're talking about, or does NBC's version premiere soon?
BBC version, shortened for commercials and years behind at that. But still eminently watchable.

[TonyTheTiger]

Is this the BBC version you're talking about, or does NBC's version premiere soon?

What Mac said, plus I hold out NO hope at all for the NBC version!

The BBCA shows are about two years behind, which may matter if it was a motoring show, which it isn't. It features cars, sure, but, well, you have to watch it to appreciate it!

The cars shown are (mostly) not available in the US in the form illustrated anyway.

[terpfan1980]

I have three dual-tuner HDTiVos. I'm set. :)

Thunder stolen. :p :D

(though for me it's not necessarily TiVo's, but definitely an abundance of DVRs).

DirecTV HR20, Verizon FiOS HD DVR, Windows Vista Ultimate (tied to Verizon FiOS for 'digital cable' line-up, plus an over-the-air HD tuner), plus a DirecTV HR21 box that I share with the Mrs.

The Mrs. and youngster share the HR10 (TiVo based older MPEG2 HD DVR) so I needn't worry about conflicting with their needs in most cases (if there is any sort of conflict between Mrs. and youngster, the Mrs. gets at least one tuner from the HR21, and can grab the other if necessary).

And of course if worse comes to worse, there's a non-DVR FiOS digital to analog adapter on the same TV where the HR10 is so that can be used for a 'live' program if necessary.


More tuners = an awesome thing. Too bad a lot of times there isn't that much worth recording airing ;)

[heySkippy]

You can torrent entire seasons of Top Gear at http://www.finalgear.com/ - I caught up with seasons 1 and 2 this way.

[terpfan1980]

Just to confirm some of my own list:
Terminator: Sarah Connor
Prison Break
Chuck
Heroes
How I Met Your Mother
Washington Nationals baseball (live in the background...)
Monday Night Football on ESPN (low priority, probably muted in the background)

[jamesbobo]

Terminator
2 1/2 Men
Worst Week
Big Bang Theory

[unicorngoddess]

Heroes
HIMYM

This. And maybe Top Gear on the dual tuner in the living room.

[nyny523]

Heroes
Gossip Girl
Prison Break

[hummingbird_206]

There are good things about living in Seattle/Pacific Time Zone. One of them is MNF starts early, at 5:30, and is usually over in time for prime time series watching:D

On my S3 I'm recording
T:SCC
HIMYM
Heroes (new season not earlier hour)
2 1/2 Men

On STS2
DWTS

[Bierboy]

That would be my choice as well -- if neither (or both) is rebroadcast or available on iTunes. But if Chuck were available at another time/location and BBT was not, I would record BBT when it aired and catch Chuck later. I timeshift everything, so ultimate availability is more important to me than what I record at initial airing.

Actually, I must admit that I do catch a few minutes of BBT here and there and do enjoy it. It's just not SP-worthy for me.

[janry]

Big Bang Theory
HIMYM
2 1/2 men

same here

[taronga]

HIMYM
Heroes

I may watch Big Bang Theory live, but it's not worth Tivoing. And I follow Top Gear on the UK schedule.

[swinca]

2 1/2 Men
WNBA Playoffs

[5thcrewman]

3 HR-20s = 6 networks for the entire evening:
ABC
CBS
NBC
FOX
PBS
ESPN

[Cindy1230]

Heroes, HIMYM, & DWTS (only cause i have the 3rd tuner)

[bigpuma]

3 HR-20s = 6 networks for the entire evening:
ABC
CBS
NBC
FOX
PBS
ESPN

What about the CW? :rolleyes:

[Bulldog7]

If you're a Cubs fan you've got even more to consider that evening.
Oh, is baseball still going on? I forgot since my two teams (A's and Giants)
here in Northern Californa both gave up mid-season and started 'rebuilding' for next year....again!!!! I guess it's go Red Sox for me for now.......

[catcard]

Heroes and Boston Legal

[sieglinde]

I looked it up and even if I wanted to watch the Clubs game, the only game showing in my area that night is Angels vs Mariners. :)

I never got into Chuck so I can miss that one.

[jimborst]

I forgot in my previous post but I will also record CSI Miami, not that I ever watch the show but on A & E I've seen a few and last week I recorded the last season ender, so I have to know what happened.

[unicorngoddess]

I'm actually gonna have to watch the first hour of Heroes or else I just won't have any idea what's been going on...although I'll probably hate myself for watching it. I have S2 on DVD and watching just one disc was almost impossible because I realized how much S2 sucked. But I'm sure I"ll need some sort of refresher course.

[Sadara]

Monday's and Tuesdays are going to be tight. Enough so that I'm considering another Tivo purchase. I have 5 tuners between the three Tivo's I have. But, I'm getting to be an HD snob.

[jlb]

TiVoHD recording Terminator and DWTS and manual record AT&TiVo recording Heroes.

[IJustLikeTivo]

I just looked, that is a crazy night.

My 4 tuner ATT box isn't coming till following Wednesday. It will get a work out.

4 tuners in one box? WTF?

On topic, I need another dual tuner, badly.

[5thcrewman]

What about the CW? :rolleyes:

Is that a real network?

[That Don Guy]

4 tuners in one box? WTF?
U-verse box, probably.

(Doesn't U-verse have some strange limit on HD channels - something like only two at a time, and I'm not sure if that's per box or per household?)

-- Don

[scandia101]

Prison Break
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Heroes
heroes
American Experience
The Big Bang Theory
Two and a half Men
Worst Week

[dylking]

Heroes, Terminator, CSI

[Bierboy]

Is that a real network?

At least we don't regularly scream BIHCW!!

[emandbri]

Right now the plan is to watch Chuck, Heroes, and Terminator and catch how I Met Your Mother online.

what time was HIMYM on before? I don't really have a good grasp of what days and times shows are on. It seems way too raunchy for 7 pm.

[balboa dave]

Countdown with KO
Monday Night Football
Raising the Bar
Terminator: SCC
Ani-Monday on SciFi
Big Bang Theory
How I Met Your Mother
Heroes
Two and a Half Men
Worst Week
Prison Break
Boston Legal

[DevdogAZ]

Right now the plan is to watch Chuck, Heroes, and Terminator and catch how I Met Your Mother online.

what time was HIMYM on before? I don't really have a good grasp of what days and times shows are on. It seems way too raunchy for 7 pm.
It used to be on at 8:30 ET/7:30 CT. Last year's Monday lineup on CBS was Big Bang Theory, HIMYM, 2.5 Men, and then various other shows, such as Old Christine, followed by CSI: Miami. As far as I know, that lineup is still the same, with Worst Week replacing Old Christine.

[Hunter Green]

Heroes, Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother. I'll have to get Sarah Connor Chronicles by some other method.

[domat]

Heroes is replaying saturdays at 6pm. Though this doesn't help me much as it is the 8pm slot that has so many conflicts for me.

[DianaMo]

I've got 4 tuners to play with.

Here's how I figured it out.

Tuner 1 - Cubs vs Mets 6-7pm
Big Bang Theory 7-7:30pm
Cubs vs Mets 7-10pm

Tuner 2 Cubs specials in HD from 7-9pm

Tuner 3 Heroes - all three hours

Tuner 4 Terminator 7-8pm
Dancing with the Stars 8-9pm
WGN News 9pm-10pm

I'll catch Top Gear at another airtime.
With this plan I miss part of the Cubs game and 61 minutes of Dancing.

Now if I can just get enough disk space freed up for this.

[DevdogAZ]

I've got 4 tuners to play with.

Here's how I figured it out.

Tuner 1 - Cubs vs Mets 6-7pm
Big Bang Theory 7-7:30pm
Cubs vs Mets 7-10pm

Tuner 2 Cubs specials in HD from 7-9pm

Tuner 3 Heroes - all three hours

Tuner 4 Terminator 7-8pm
Dancing with the Stars 8-9pm
WGN News 9pm-10pm

I'll catch Top Gear at another airtime.
With this plan I miss part of the Cubs game and 61 minutes of Dancing.

Now if I can just get enough disk space freed up for this.
Why is the Cubs game so important? They've already clinched the division, you have tons of other things you want to watch, would it kill you to miss one game and just catch the highlights later?

[DUDE_NJX]

Nothing. I download everything.

[Bierboy]

Why is the Cubs game so important? They've already clinched the division, you have tons of other things you want to watch, would it kill you to miss one game and just catch the highlights later?

Wow...you obviously don't know what being a Cubs fan is all about....it's truly like living on another planet....:D

[Dssturbo1]

Tivo HD
tuner 1: Heroes, local news, Jay Leno
tuner 2: Dancing with the Stars, Boston Legal, local news
Tivo S3
tuner 1:Big Bang, How I Met Your Mother, Two 1/2 men, Worst Week, CSI:Miami, David Letterman, Craig Ferguson
tuner 2: Terminator SCC, Prison Break
HD Tivo directv
tuner 1: Nascar Now, MNF pregame, Monday Night Football, Sportscenter
tuner 2: This Week in Nascar, WWF, Dr 90210

about ~25 hours worth......

[bengalfreak]

Wow...you obviously don't know what being a Cubs fan is all about....it's truly like living on another planet....:D

Yeah, another planet where your favorite team never wins.

[ronsch]

People have asked me why I need three TiVos. Monday nights this fall have answered that question!

[heidismiles]

Heroes and Worst Week.

[cwerdna]

Interesting... I voted for "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" but I didn't even know about most of the other choices and don't care for much of the rest of them.

Looking at my to do list, I have ~20 shows set to record that day, but it's actually not that unusual a recording day for me. Most of them are the various airings of the news, Mad Money, Larry King Live, The Big Idea w/Donny Deutsch, Charlie Rose, Nightly Business Report, Leno, Lettermen, etc. All of these get recorded pretty much every weekday for me.

The only show that is a "one off" for me is Terminator.

[JYoung]

HD Tuner 1:
Big Bang Theory
Boston Legal

HD Tuner 2:
Heroes

HD Tuner 3
Terminator: SCC
Prison Break

Tuner 4 Gossip Girl.

[Lenonn]

Let's see - on Monday (accounting for the whole day), our four TiVos will be recording:

TiVo HD:
Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Heroes
Boston Legal

TiVo Series 3:
Two and a Half Men
The Big Bang Theory
How I Met Your Mother
CSI: Miami

TiVo Series 2 dual tuner:
This Old House
BBC World News

TiVo Series 2 single tuner:
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
The Colbert Report.

[jimborst]

Wow, how do some of you ever watch all that you record? I know that I am a bad DVR owner but 20 hours in one night, and some of these shows are on every night. I guess my 2 1/2 hours on Monday is really lame!

[vman41]

Recording history on my series 3 doesn't show any conflicts. In additon so Terminator, it will record 2 and a Half Men and Boston Legal.

[Lenonn]

Wow, how do some of you ever watch all that you record? I know that I am a bad DVR owner but 20 hours in one night, and some of these shows are on every night. I guess my 2 1/2 hours on Monday is really lame!

I don't get to watch it all. I'll often archive stuff by transferring to one of the home PCs until a later date when I have time. Sadly, Daily Show and Colbert often get pushed back and I spend a few hours on the weekend watching marathons of them.

One day I'll quit my second job and actually have some more time to watch some of these things.

Oh, and I don't watch This Old House and BBC Worlds News (well, with any regularity). Those all all shows recorded for the parents.

[cwerdna]

Wow, how do some of you ever watch all that you record? I know that I am a bad DVR owner but 20 hours in one night, and some of these shows are on every night. I guess my 2 1/2 hours on Monday is really lame!
I guess you're referring to me.

Well, since I have dual tuners, I usually record local 11 pm news on 2 different channels, 10 o'clock news, 6 pm news on 2 channels, national news on 2 networks, Leno, Letterman, 2 copies of Nightly Business Report (2 different channels at different times because one channel sometimes have technical probs), Mad Money (usually has 2 airings anyway), Charlie Rose, Larry King Live, etc.

I actually only watch the news when I feel like it and have the KAM limits set real low (like KAM=2). The 6 pm news is just in case I want to see the local news and not wait until 10 or 11 pm. Part of the reason for the local news is because of sometimes I see commercials for some story I'm interested in but that I'd have no chance of catching if I didn't record the local news at all.

Larry King I hardly watch but sometimes do. Donny Deutsch and Charlie Rose are usually a delete unless there's something really interesting to me. When I watch one copy of NBR (and Mad Money), I delete the other copy.

I actually watch little network TV as most doesn't appeal to me/don't have time for it.

I record 0 sports as I couldn't care less them. Heck, for the Beijing Olympics, I only watched the opening and closing ceremonies.

[Lori]

HIMYM, Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, Heroes, Terminator.

It's a train wreck, though.

[analog4]

TiVo HD via OTA (works pretty slick too)

The Big Bang Theory
How I Met Your Mother
Two and a Half Men
Worst Week
Prison Break

DirecTV HR21-200

Heroes

[TAsunder]

Thanks for this thread, OP. Because of it, I checked and was scheduled to record the red carpet Heroes party instead of HIMYM and Terminator. Hopefully canceling the heroes carpet party was the right move.

[Alfer]

Only Heroes...the rest of the list is junk I have no desire to watch.

[Dssturbo1]

Wow, how do some of you ever watch all that you record? I know that I am a bad DVR owner but 20 hours in one night, and some of these shows are on every night. I guess my 2 1/2 hours on Monday is really lame!

i've got ~25 hours. 30 percent is commercials so with the help of tivo that eliminates 7.5 hours of crap off the top....then shows like Monday Night Football and others like the news and david letterman/Leno are shortened even more with alot of FF skipping. some i watch asap and others i archive to watch when things are slow.

[balboa dave]

Wow, how do some of you ever watch all that you record? I know that I am a bad DVR owner but 20 hours in one night, and some of these shows are on every night. I guess my 2 1/2 hours on Monday is really lame!Please think about your question when the next "There's nothing on TV" thread pops up. Some of us plan ahead. :D

[markymark_ctown]

for me, how i met your mother.

[CorgiMom28]

Heroes, HIMYM, and Big Bang Theory

Chuck will be added next week.

[DianaMo]

Why is the Cubs game so important? They've already clinched the division, you have tons of other things you want to watch, would it kill you to miss one game and just catch the highlights later?

It's been an amazing season and I don't want to miss a thing...

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As it turned out, I ended up attending a friend's funeral Monday night.
An elderly farmer who was married for over 65 years.
His casket was transported to the burial site via tractor on a trailer with hay on it. His final ride was a hay ride.

[DianaMo]

Next Monday's primetime programs include new episodes of ...

Chuck
Terminator
Heroes
Dancing with the Stars
The Big Bang Theory

and a Good Eats episode that I haven't seen before.

Good Eats
There Will Be Oil
FOOD Mon, Sep 29, 7:00p - 7:30p
Elton puts cooking oils to use in the kitchen as well as the car.
2008 | 30 mins