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TiVo housecleaning time
Clear out that TiVo: ‘Idol’ is coming
“American Idol” arrives sooner than you think and even if you pretend to despise the show, the ever-growing ratings suggest that you’re probably watching.
One problem with keeping up with every single episode like my wife does (I tend to watch the auditions then tune out until the final 12), is that you’re talking about dozens upon dozens of hours of programming, seemingly every week.
If you’re a TiVo/PVR person, that’s a lot of space that “AI” is taking up, especially if you’re able to record the show in high-definition.
The holidays are a great time to catch up on your recorded shows. There are lots of reruns on now and for about two weeks, there’s barely anything worth watching.
For whatever’s left after you’ve binged on TV, here’s some tips for clearing out that TiVo before January when you might need every bit of video recorder space to catch all of Paula’s craziness and Simon’s snark.
- Do you really need all those episodes of “City of Men” you recorded on the Sundance Channel thinking you were definitely going to sit and watch them all at some point? The show is on DVD now, so just erase the episodes and buy the discs. It’s worth the price and looks good in your DVD collection.
- Talk shows don’t age well. Delete any old “Conan” or “Letterman” episodes you’ve been meaning to get around to. For Conan, you can just watch the monlogue and the opening bit, then delete the rest. You can also skip past most “Daily Show” interview segments. Also delete any old sporting events. You can keep the last Rose Bowl.
- Get rid of any miniseries and movies that are more than two-and-half-hours long. See ya, “Into the West.” G’bye, “English Patient.” If you haven’t bothered to watch them by now, you probably never will. And you can always rent the DVD later.
- If you record animated shows from “Adult Swim,” just watch a bunch of them at once. Most are only about 11 minutes long anyway. You can get through a whole set of “Harvey Birdman” episodes in about an hour.
- Watch “Gilmore Girls” on fast forward if you can still read the Closed Captioning while doing so. Alexis Bledel especially is better read than heard.
- The tattoo’d guy won “Project Runway.” Now you can erase all those episodes you never watched.
- If you’ve been storing up episodes of “Studio 60” to watch, don’t. It’s awful. Seriously.
- It just occurred to me that “24” is coming back in January, too, and that’ll be 24 straight episodes. Quick! Start deleting stuff now!
Comments
By austinights
December 12, 2006 03:43 PM | Link to this
Though I really admire Aaron Sorkin's writing this particular show, Studio 60, just doesn't have enough 'umph' to warrant another season. Though a niche amount of viewers enjoy the show it doesn't have the Nielsen numbers to go another round. I think the structure is too similar to The West Wing. I still haven't gotten out of being able to not see Josh Linam's character in Bradford Whitley's Studio 60 character. However, Sorkin is brilliant and there is a lot of season to go. I'll keep watching.
By King
December 11, 2006 02:18 PM | Link to this
you must be joking, Studio 60 is the only good show on televison.