There's a few ways around the scheduling conflicts.. Just depends on your high speed availability.. I think a lot of the cable channels make their episodes available online after first showing. Also, HULU and other sites make it easy to use them like a TIVO. Then you also may be able to download the entire episode in AVI format, and watch on laptop, or through a USB port on a DVD player.. You might be able to D/L it on your cell phone if you have a smartphone.... Convergence isn't as far off as it seems, sometimes.
SC