This week's episode of Fringe (on Tuesday night) started about 8 minutes late, thanks to Dancing with the Stars running long (I presume). Since we PVR most of our TV viewing, that meant that last night (Wednesday night), when we sat down to watch Fringe, we actually had the final 8 minutes of House (which was on before it and after DwtS) and only the first 52 minutes of what we'd actually wanted to see. For each of our regular shows, I also record the time-shifted version that's on 3 hours later (in case there's a problem with any of the original recordings), but that, too, was 8 minutes off.
Fortunately, I happened to think that perhaps someone would have put the end of the episode up on YouTube, and sure enough: there it was! It wasn't quite the same as watching it on the big screen, but at least we got to see how it ended. It really pisses me off that in 2008 PVRs and the guide data providers still haven't collectively got the smarts to be able to tell that a show started late and adjust accordingly, but I guess that'll just have to wait until... the 22nd century?? (And yes, I do realize that it's probably just dumb ol' SARA that can't do this...)
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