Help! My DVR betrayed me!

March 23, 2009 5:06 PM

I had my DVR programmed to watch last night's (3/22) episode of Breaking Bad, and the box crashed and didn't record the episode. The channel it airs on--AMC--does not offer the option to watch any episodes of the show. What are some good sites to download streaming video of TV episodes? Torrents are not my preference. Thanks!
posted by angiewriter to media & arts (12 comments total)

Dude...its cable. It should come on several times every week. Check the program guide starting right now, and forward all the way up to the next new episode. I'm guessing you will see it airing at least 2-3 times...possibly at midnight/1am. 2-3 times/week at least.

Good luck.
posted by hal_c_on at 5:09 PM on March 23

Also, it looks like episodes of Breaking Bad are available on-demand at hulu.com.
posted by kbanas at 5:12 PM on March 23

If this is a digital cable box, look and see if you can find AMC on-demand stuff. There are ads at the end of episodes saying you should be able to catch it on demand for free.
posted by ijoyner at 5:12 PM on March 23

And, in actuality, that link to hulu.com just redirects to the on-demand viewing service at AMC's website. It looks like they do in fact offer their shows online.
posted by kbanas at 5:13 PM on March 23

That AMC website kind of sucks. The resolution is small and they only seem to have the premiere for Season 2.

It's also available on iTunes, but that'll cost you $1.99, I think.

Or just torrent the damn thing.
posted by kbanas at 5:16 PM on March 23

If you have Comcast, you can watch it OnDemand. I know because I am constantly checking to see if they're showing Mad Men (sadly, no).
posted by lunasol at 5:28 PM on March 23

you didn't say what the name of the episode was but is this it?
posted by nimsey lou at 5:28 PM on March 23

If you can't find a suitable place to see it online, it's scheduled to re-air at 11:00 PM on Wednesday.
posted by Nedroid at 6:10 PM on March 23

What kind of cable do you have? We might be able to help more if we knew that.
posted by koeselitz at 8:52 PM on March 23

Judging from the "torrents are not my preference", it sounds like you want to do this legitimately (even though you have already paid for your cable and the cable company and AMC are getting the same money from you regardless of you seeing the show or not..... but I digress), I would suggest Amazon Unbox. It costs $2 per episode usually, but I use it via my Roku box for currently airing shows.

Breaking Bad, Season 2 via Amazon
posted by phrakture at 9:56 PM on March 23

Is it on SurfTheChannel?
posted by Netzapper at 10:23 PM on March 23

IMDB also has future listings for the episode you're in search of.
posted by puritycontrol at 10:35 AM on March 24