My TiVo, retrofitted to hold up to 205 hours of programming, was too full to hold much Olympic coverage. Choices had to be made.
What I removed:
- The 2007 Wimbledon Men’s Final
- Ace of Cakes (Duff Goldman is adorable, you know, but not adorable enough to keep me from taping badminton)
- After Sunset
- Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (2 episodes, including one on Iceland that I was really looking forward to)
- Before Sunrise (I was always going to sit down and watch both Sunrise and Sunset at the same time)
- Bernard and Doris
- Bizarre Foods (3)
- The Cleaner (2, if the reviews are any indication, I would’ve ended up deleting these anyway)
- Frontline (a single episode called “Sick Around the World”)
- Goodbye Lenin!
- Ice Road Truckers (2)
- Iron Chef America (7, including one involving hunky Iron Chef Michael Symon)
- King of the Hill (2)
- Law and Order: SVU (1, I just never got to that “very special episode” starring Robin Williams, sorry)
- Life’s a Trip (2)
- Michael Palin’s New Europe (7)
- Monk (4)
- Pioneers of Television (for some reason, I enjoyed the eppy on game shows so much that I saved it)
- Religion & Ethics Newsweekly (2)
- Samantha Brown: Passport to Great Weekends (4, including an episode on Washington, D.C., that I was excited about)
- Stay Eat Play: Louisiana
- Swingtown (8, I managed to watch only the series premiere)
What I kept (at least until harder decisions are necessary):
- 30 Rock (the hilarious season finale)
- Masterpiece (née Masterpiece Theatre, “A Room with a View”)
- Men in Trees (I have to find time to watch the final three episodes of the series)
- The Mole (10 episodes, soon to be 11)
- My Name Is Earl (4 episodes, including the final two of the season)
- Project Runway (4)
- Saving Grace (4)
- The Sopranos (21; yes, I still have the final 21 episodes of the show on my TiVo)
- Sordid Lives (3)
- Star Trek:Voyager (I’m in the middle of watching a single episode, “The Disease,” which should really—really!—have been called “Harry Gets VD”)
- The West Wing (the series finale)