Sunday on Dave's blog he posted about traditional media cataloging and access services are so lame and that he was impressed with TLC's simple reminder service and how cool it was (and it is cool compared to what other networks do).  He was watching a show and didn't know when the next episode was coming on...he went to the TLC website and used their reminder service to notify him when it was going to air.  Being a TiVo guy, I posted a comment on how TiVo would've handled it.  For the sake of a good comment I'll turn it into a blog post here.  :-)

TiVo would've gotten the next episode automatically and no need to hit the TLC site or remember to watch the show when it was on..even after getting the reminder. Even if this was the first time you had seen the show and didn't have a season pass for it. Go to "Pick Programs to Record, Search by Title" and key in "Extreme Surg" and TiVo would've pulled up all the episodes for the next 14-21 days. Find the one you want and Select "Record this Episode" and your done. :-)

One thing that TiVo and networks are doing is during some commercials you'll see a little green thumbs up (image link here - http://www.pvrcompare.com/DTivoIPreview.jpg - and all you do is press your green thumbs up button and it immediately takes you to the record screen.

For a good list of TiVo screenies, go here - http://www.pvrcompare.com/dtimages.html