Comments on: House DVR Viewers Beware: Tuesday’s Episode Runs Until 9:08

By: Mel

Mel — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:24:42 +0000

Yeah, this nearly screwed up my weekly timer for Fringe.

Funny about the producers asking for more time. Gotta Love Sweeps!

By: Jeff Simmermon

Jeff Simmermon — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:04:27 +0000

Hi there, Time Warner Cable customers …

If you have set your DVR to record House (as in, every episode that appears on Fox, etc.), then your DVR will automatically record the entire show, including the extra 8 minutes. If, however, you have set your DVR to record Fox from 8 pm to 9 pm, you will need to manually add the extra time. Questions? Feel free to email me. jeff.simmermon@twcable.com.

By: Joe Cool

Joe Cool — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:58:09 +0000

Asked for more time? WTF? Just eliminate some of the commercials or tell them to drop dead and put the extra footage on the DVD or On Demand versions.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:32:00 +0000

Both the Comcast DVR and Windows Media Center have the time correct in the program guide. I’m sure TiVo does too. In this case the warning seems unnecessary, but better safe than sorry…

By: RJ

RJ — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:18:07 +0000

My Time Warner provider has it ending at 9:08pm.

By: tom

tom — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:11:48 +0000

the producers asked for more time? ha. what a coincidence they are doing it up against the final dancing with the stars. fox did the same thing with american idol… they had it go over by 5-10 minutes to hold down the start of dancing.

it doesn’t really matter… house is not idol and i don’t think ratings will really be affected one way or the other. just found it kind of funny.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:52:20 +0000

GRD, thanks, I originally set the post to publish on Monday and then changed that without changing the article copy. Now fixed.

By: GRD

GRD — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:49:23 +0000

Criminy! Why do they always have to do this? I just got my DVR and I’m still trying to figure out how to work it, and then they pull these stunts.

I swear the networks and the machines are in a conspiracy to drive us all mad.

(Oh, and that should be Tuesday, not tomorrow. Don’t join in the confusing conspiracy, please, Bill. We’re going mad fast enough as it is. )