After complaining about how ABC was running a couple of shows I like past their expected end time, thus causing TiVo to stop recording too soon, I was pleased to see an urgent programming note on my set the other day informing me that "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives", among other shows, are now scheduled to go an extra minute and to check my season passes as needed. Hurrah for TiVo!

Mark Evanier, TiVoholic extraordinaire, proposes a more general solution. Sounds good to me.