# DVR Question for SlingTV Users

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvr-question-for-slingtv-users/795928>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 9, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvr-question-for-slingtv-users/795928 "2017-09-09T19:28:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvr-question-for-slingtv-users/795928/1 "2017-09-09T19:28:36Z")

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I would like my DVR to record _The Tonight Show_ for an hour past its scheduled end time, because NBC often jacks up its schedule for football.

Is it possible to do this on Sling?

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**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvr-question-for-slingtv-users/795928/2 "2017-09-09T20:29:25Z")

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I can’t answer your question directly, because I don’t know how to work a Sling or what kind of DVR you have, but if all else fails, just record the program that comes after the Tonight Show in addition to the Tonight Show.

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**Author:** ![yearofglad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b782af/32.png) [@yearofglad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yearofglad)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvr-question-for-slingtv-users/795928/3 "2017-09-09T22:38:06Z")

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I am a Sling TV user, although I don’t get network television like NBC on Sling, and none of the channels I DO get offer a DVR function. At best, they offer a rewind function.

But I can say that the schedule Sling uses to show you what’s currently on is just what is provided to them by the channels - ESPN, which I do get via Sling, routinely says SportsCenter is on when it’s really the end of a sporting event that has run long.

So, I doubt you can just ask it to record The Tonight Show (assuming you get DVR functionality and NBC) and it’ll do it correctly.