I love 'The Big Bang Theory.' I really do. But the extra minute tacked onto tonight's season 4 premiere is pretty much ruining my life. To be fair, it's all my DVR's fault.

On a normal night, my DVR's two-channel recording capability is a godsend -- I can run errands, go out to dinner or even read a book and not worry about missing my favorite shows. But on a crowded Thursday night when there are series on literally every single major broadcast network that I want to watch, scheduling the DVR is a very strategic process.

'The Vampire Diaries' gets number one DVR priority, not only because it's amazing but also because The CW isn't always so timely with the posting of episodes online. I like 'Bones,' but am not so attached that I need to see it the night it airs -- next-day Hulu-ing is fine. 'My Generation' and 'Community' get the online treatment as well, leaving 'The Big Bang Theory' to take the second 8PM DVR slot. Since it's a half-hour show, I can then record '30 Rock' at 8:30.

That's where the extra minute throws a gigantic, TV-ruining wrench in my plans. That 60-second bonus, however minute, means that from 8:30 to 8:31, my DVR is trying to record three shows at once: 'The Vampire Diaries,' the extra minute of 'The Big Bang Theory' and '30 Rock.' As we know, that is an impossible task.

I'd love that extra morsel of a scene the minute will allow, but it means I'll either have to pounce on my remote at 8:31 exactly and hope I didn't miss too much of the '30 Rock' opening, or watch it online the next day (with the other gajillion shows in my Hulu queue). Waiting an extra 12 hours to watch Liz Lemon's latest misadventures? Unacceptable.

And before you say anything, my DVR is uncooperative and won't let me schedule the '30 Rock' recording a minute late. I am bound to the rigid confines of the digital cable grid.

So I'd like to suggest to 'BBT' producers that, next time they'd like to treat us with bonus content, they do so in the form of a webisode. Or perhaps they could take that minute out of one of the commercial breaks rather than the next half-hour. On such a competitive TV night, it's only fair.

Have you ever encountered a similar problem with your DVR? How did you solve it?