DVR users get burned by Fox
I watched the show live, but my friends with Tivo and Comcast DVR were in for a surprise as the finale ended for them way before Jordin Sparks was crowned the winner. Delayed by bizarre bits of the finale (did they really need to give Carrie Underwood a giant poster of herself?), Sparks sang her final song of the Idol season about 10:05 -- several minutes after most recorders had stopped. Doh.
At first I thought West Coast viewers were spared. But my West Coast readers (I have West Coast readers!) have filled me on their pain as well. Apparently the three-hour time delay wasn't enough to encourage Fox to slim the show down to a proper size.
I'm checking with Fox and Comcast to see if they have any plans to replay the finale or even post it online. I'll update this space later when I get some answers.
But since the cat's out of the bag, the replay might not be enough. Did anyone prepare for the worst last night? Share you DVR tactics in our comments section.
UPDATE: And case you missed it YouTube has the minutes you may have missed.
Posted by Tim Swift
Comments
I TiVO'd the show and didn't start watching until 8:50 or so. Had I not fast forwarded through a lot of the filler (Golden Idols, for one), I would have been out of luck. I have it set to go 2 minutes over, but never would have thought to set it to record 10 minutes over. Who would have? This isn't the Oscars! It's unacceptable to have the show run that long.
Posted by: Julie | May 24, 2007 12:13 PM
I'm on the west coast and Tivo clicked off at 10p and I saw none of the final selection and performance. I didn't care that much since I don' really care for Jordin Sparks but I think I'm done with American Idol, and potentially with Tivo.
Posted by: Keith | May 24, 2007 1:00 PM
Keith, don't blame TiVO for Fox letting the show run over. That's on them.
Posted by: Julie | May 24, 2007 3:33 PM