Some sports or events, like tennis matches, playoff hockey games, or awards shows, or Olympic ceremonies for example, usually go past the allotted time. Usually the endings of these shows are the best parts, but if you record the show it just shuts off at the end of the time slot and you miss the end of the show. When you set to record a show it should ask you if you want to extend the record time by 15 minutes, 30 minutes or an hour so we never have to curse our boxes ever again.