So, what do you Tivo?

Well, Tivo or whatever DVR you use. After spending the last couple of years hearing how everyone's DVR here has changed their life, I finally broke down and spent the time, money, effort, and more time getting MythTV working pretty well, and am quickly filling up my hard drive with TV shows. So I am just curious what other people are recording on a regular basis.

My lineup right now consists of:
Good Eats - I am telling it to record every episode it can find, and eventually I expect I will be recording them on DVD so I can have them all forever.
The Daily Show - I finally watch this on a regular basis, instead of only when I remember to actually tune in.
The Most - A very entertaining History Channel show about the extremes of history
Hometime - an old home improvment show I didn't even know was still on anywhere
Maximum Exposure - Sarcastic home video show. Something of a guilty pleasure, though I am burning out on it fast
Best Week Ever - One of the funniest "week in review" shows ever.
Amazing Vacation Homes - A cute little show featuring interesting and unusual houses
Rick Steve Europe - One of the best travel shows ever made
Nova - A classic, though 50% of them are getting deleted unwatched for lack of interest about the subject matter
Aqua Teen Hunger Force - Um, not even sure how to describe this one, other than hilarious.

Plus this thing has allowed me to find all kind of interesting things, like the fascinating 3-part series they did on Guns, Germs, and Steel or Himalaya With Michael Palin.

But I am looking for more, hence the question of what everyone else is auto-recording. I can't think of a more appropriate group of people to ask then you folk.

The only 2 thing -=I=- record are MythBusters and Family Guy. the wife is responsible for the other 47 Season Passes. Oh, and the occasional college (Auburn) football game.

Off the top of my head, here is what I'm recording that is currently airing:

The 4400
The Dead Zone
Monk
Harvey Birdman
Robot Chicken
Justice League Unlimited (what can I say, I'm a sucker for superhero stuff)
Attack of the Show (but I don't recommend it)
XPlay
Family Guy
American Dad (occasionally as funny as Family Guy. I wish they hadn't rerun the pilot last night, though. That episode was horrible)

and lastly, This Old House Classics

I've got plenty others, but this being the summer season, it's limited to those shows. They certainly keep me busy enough, though.

> The 4400

What is that one all about anyway? I know it is sci-fi-ish, and I think I know the basic premise; 4400 people who mysteriously disappeared all re-appear suddenly. So is it like X-files, trying to find out what happened to them, or something different? And is it the kind of thing you need to watch from the begining?

Basically, you got it. They all have different "powers" when they come back. And yes, I'd say you need to start at the beginning.

I do not have a DVR, but I certainly agree with the Good Eats choice. Great show! I mean, where else can you find a cooking show / chef that can do an entire 30 minute episode (you know what I mean) about peas and spoof The Exorcist at the same time?

Yeah, you've got it right. Although it's less X-Files in one way than you might think. It's more in how they have two investigators checking out odd occurences. The only problem with the show is that the pacing is frequently odd, even though it seems like (as Bitt has said before) it seems like they know where they're going with the show.

I have some of the same as Matt. Not all of these are active now, but some are.

Robot Chicken
Inuyasha
JLU (And very pissed it is over now! Time to get all the reruns to DVD)
The Batman (I love the theme that The Edge wrote)
The Simpsons
Smallville
Mythbusters
Monster Garage
American Chopper

Then I must have a wishlist for U2.

And I was recording every stage of the Tour de France.

My name is Glenn and I'm addicted to SciFi.

That and movies from before WW2.

Speaking of tivo's, did you know there is no way to create a wishlist based on the year of release for a movie. Like say, between 1935 and 1942.

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JLU (And very pissed it is over now! Time to get all the reruns to DVD)

Agreed! I'm amazed that out of all the shows I watch, the delays of that one have been the toughest to bear!

And like you say, we have very similar lists. I'll have to post my whole season pass list, because I only put down the ones that were on right now (and could remember).