Is Your DVR Full This Summer?

ours is clogged up because hubby saved episodes of House and How I Met Your Mother to watch when he's bored over the summer, plus I now have two jobs so I can't watch things as quickly and they sit around for longer before I can watch and delete them.

each day our DVR is about 50 -60% full so im not worried

My DVR's least busy time is summer,I have a few shows recorded on it but the pickings are slim June,July,& August.Yes,the networks & cable stations do provide some original series during the summer months but it isn't a tidal wave.And I only have a handful of them I watch.Fall is the busiest & when I record the most with the new TV season.I catch up with anything I've recorded during the week on Saturday since nothing new is on that day & networks simply throw on repeats of their shows from earlier in the week.I remember when they actually had all new shows in prime time on Saturday night,those days are sadly gone.

i think it's a special combination of laziness and panic. true, a lot more outdoor activities are taking us away from the tube but also, in the wake of ALL of my fall/spring programming ending at the same time, we are trying to fill the DVR void with shows that we normally wouldn't give a chance in the fall, all so our DVR won't look too skimpy.

I think this summer especially there are a number of good, entertaining shows on cable, not as many as in the fall, but certainly worthwhile.

A few of the shows I watch have become must-see TV for me - I watched the first 2 seasons of True Blood on DVD, but now I cannot wait for a new episode every week (I blame HBO's awesome teasing campaign);

For the adrenaline junkie in me I have Leverage and Burn Notice, kinda like two mini-action movies every week, both off to great starts.

My summer guilty pleasure, Entourage, will return this Sunday.
Plus, other goodies coming in July - White Collar and Mad Men.

(I will definitely have a dilemma in August on Sundays - 4 shows on the same night...brutal)

I also started watching Rescue Me these past few weeks, and now I'm in the middle of the 5th season, so I'll be tuning in for the season 6th premiere next Tuesday.

In the summer, I find it really easy to watch shows that have been canceled or ended - this way there's no frustration or fear of cancellation (I already know the show is no more, so I can enjoy the ride), and this year I watched Samantha Who? and just finishing Pushing Daisies - both wonderful, fresh, light shows.

As for the new shows that have premiered in fall, if I didn't watch them or had any interest in the fall, no way I'm starting while the sun is shining outside.

I have whole seasons of shows stored up in my DVR that I just didn't get time to start on during the actual TV season. My summer plan is to get caught up on Eureka, Warehouse 13, Friday Night Lights and Life.