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generaltso
11-06-2009, 01:04 PM
I've heard reports that Fringe was new last night. Did anyone successfully record it?
tewcewl
11-06-2009, 01:37 PM
Mine completely missed it. Argh! How did this happen?
wolskinj
11-06-2009, 01:49 PM
Fox's website posted that Bones and Fringe would be new since there was no Game 7. I checked TiVo's online guide around 7:00 PM ET and it was still showing Game 7 on Fox. I had to do manual recordings of both.
generaltso
11-06-2009, 01:50 PM
I wish somebody had posted a heads-up here. Oh well.
Church AV Guy
11-06-2009, 02:12 PM
the other thread, FOX SHOWS ON THURSDAY" was a heads-up, and reported all of this, with appropriate warnings of the game being listed even though the shows were on, etc.
xdreamwalker
11-06-2009, 02:18 PM
Nope, I missed it. I did watch it on Hulu today though.
mhaithaca
11-06-2009, 02:29 PM
I wish somebody had posted a heads-up here. Oh well.

I think there was a post here the other day warning that IF there was no Game 7, FOX had said there would be new episodes. Having seen that, I refreshed my TiVo program data a few times until it saw last night's schedule change.

MHA
Hercules67
11-06-2009, 02:50 PM
I was traveling and missed it also.

Sigh...

I guess, I'll have to catch it online.
johnny99
11-06-2009, 03:24 PM
See this thread: http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=436619
generaltso
11-06-2009, 03:57 PM
the other thread, FOX SHOWS ON THURSDAY" was a heads-up, and reported all of this, with appropriate warnings of the game being listed even though the shows were on, etc.

You're right, it was posted there. I guess it didn't catch my attention without the program names in the title. My bad.
Church AV Guy
11-06-2009, 05:58 PM
You're right, it was posted there. I guess it didn't catch my attention without the program names in the title. My bad.
Knowing the information was posted is not much comfort though since, as you said, you missed the programs.:(

Sigh...
Hercules67
11-06-2009, 06:13 PM
FOX should do something nice, like re-air the episodes on Saturday....

Bums...
generaltso
11-06-2009, 06:31 PM
Knowing the information was posted is not much comfort though since, as you said, you missed the programs.:(

Sigh...

True enough. I guess I'll have to get it elsewhere.
smallwonder
11-06-2009, 08:24 PM
My DVR recorded it and the listing says Fringe. I have Verizon FiOS so I'm not sure why their guide here in Metro DC was updated and Tivo's wasn't. :confused:
WhiskeyTango
11-06-2009, 08:32 PM
Tivo's was updated, but only if your Tivo connected after the update had been made Thursday afternoon. I forced a connection around 5pm and picked up the change. If I hadn't done that I'd have missed it because my Tivo connected early Thursday morning and wasn't to do so again until Friday.
smallwonder
11-06-2009, 09:06 PM
Oops! Sorry. Yes, I forgot about that aspect of the Tivo. (It's been a while since I switched service providers.)
Worf
11-07-2009, 01:33 AM
Yeah, I guess most people missed it - I too didn't read a topic entitled "Fox on Thursday" after all, with TiVo, I don't know when a show comes on anymore.

I guess that's one way networks and stations can screw with DVRs still, though not too much because it's a surefire way to kill all ratings for a show. Many a show has been cancelled because no one can find it on at a regular time - keeps moving in the schedule.

I wonder if the Fringe episode was filler because most people would probably miss it?
lambertman
11-07-2009, 10:05 AM
My cable DVR always had the non-baseball programming listed for each night and changed those listings to baseball once it was known there would be games 5 and 6. Looks like TiVo's not always the most intuitive option.
vegaspl
11-07-2009, 11:04 AM
I've heard reports that Fringe was new last night. Did anyone successfully record it?
I have both TiVo DVR's AND Directv DVR's. The Diectv DVR's all showed the correct listing for Fringe.
pcguru83
11-07-2009, 11:24 AM
I have both TiVo DVR's AND Directv DVR's. The Diectv DVR's all showed the correct listing for Fringe.
I can confirm that my DirecTiVo device picked it up too. Seems the guide data for DirecTiVos and DirecTV devices updates more often.
cogx
11-07-2009, 12:18 PM
Fringe already has low enough ratings, it sure doesn't need our DVRs missing recording it due to guide data "confusion". I checked with a friend who has a cable service DVR and Fringe recorded just fine. How embarrassing, given that we are suppose to have the top-of-the-line DVR in the industry.
HTH
11-07-2009, 07:59 PM
I had intended to record The Office on my Mac, but when I saw Fringe was new and imminent, I set my Mac to record it instead and let The Office record in SD on another TiVo.

But Fox had a Broadcast Flag set to "Copy Once" on the showing (presumably because MLB wanted it if it was airing) and the final recording wouldn't play.

I ended up watching it and Bones from Fox's website today.
Bierboy
11-07-2009, 09:06 PM
Fringe already has low enough ratings, it sure doesn't need our DVRs missing recording it due to guide data "confusion". I checked with a friend who has a cable service DVR and Fringe recorded just fine. How embarrassing, given that we are suppose to have the top-of-the-line DVR in the industry.

I thought it was EXTREMELY dumb of Fox (big surprise) that they aired new eps when it wasn't certain they would until less than 24 hours before hand. The only reason they did is because of November sweeps.
Rob Helmerichs
11-07-2009, 10:06 PM
Fringe already has low enough ratings, it sure doesn't need our DVRs missing recording it due to guide data "confusion". I checked with a friend who has a cable service DVR and Fringe recorded just fine. How embarrassing, given that we are suppose to have the top-of-the-line DVR in the industry.
One advantage cable providers have is a full-time direct connection to the cable box. TiVo can't do that.
Worf
11-08-2009, 01:00 AM
I guess that may be a future TiVo update... continuous guide data updates if you're on broadband.
tivogurl
11-08-2009, 03:31 AM
I thought it was EXTREMELY dumb of Fox (big surprise) that they aired new eps when it wasn't certain they would until less than 24 hours before hand. The only reason they did is because of November sweeps.
The average person is far less aware of schedule updates than we are. Why would Fox expect ratings worthy of a sweeps month with less than 24 hours notice to the viewing public?
Rob Helmerichs
11-08-2009, 06:18 AM
The average person is far less aware of schedule updates than we are. Why would Fox expect ratings worthy of a sweeps month with less than 24 hours notice to the viewing public?
But the average person is probably also far less aware of whether there's a new episode this week, and would tune in at the time of their usual shows habitually (or check the newspaper listings in the morning, or whatever).
omnibus
11-08-2009, 07:53 AM
A quick review of the ep: "AWESOME"
m_jonis
11-08-2009, 11:59 AM
I think it can be purchased from Amazon as well in HD if you missed it.

Yes, Hulu and abc.com are "free" but you can only watch on your PC without resorting to a lot of tricks to capture and put on your Tivo.
sinanju
11-09-2009, 06:06 PM
But the average person is probably also far less aware of whether there's a new episode this week, and would tune in at the time of their usual shows habitually (or check the newspaper listings in the morning, or whatever).

Well, apparently that didn't happen reliably... the numbers were off by a third from the previous episode and the show's lowest ever.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Fringe_episodes
sender_name
01-10-2010, 10:44 PM
Ha...I was just doing a marathon of Fringe and realized I was missing the Nov 5th episode and was going crazy trying to figure out what had priority over it on the Series 3HD...Nice to come here and get the answer for my sanity...game 7 in the guide...fox airs the show before my tivo updates...
ahhh...I love getting the answer :)

And as was said they should have aired it Sat night