# Help me clear my DVR! (Again)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-clear-my-dvr-again/614576>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 2, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-clear-my-dvr-again/614576 "2012-03-02T20:13:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![boozilu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@boozilu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boozilu)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-clear-my-dvr-again/614576/1 "2012-03-02T20:13:47Z")

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We finally got through American Horror Story but now have 5 - 10 episodes DVR’ed of:

Smash  
Once Upon a Time  
Alcatraz  
Grimm

Anybody have a recommendation of shows we should dump?

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**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-clear-my-dvr-again/614576/2 "2012-03-02T20:42:28Z")

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I don’t watch _Alcatraz_, but I do watch the other three.

**Once Upon A Time** is pretty good. You should definitely give it a chance.

\*\*Grimm \*\*is okay. More of a weekly cop procedural with supernatural beings, as opposed to the very serial storytelling of _Once Upon A Time_.

**Smash** would be my choice to dump. It has it’s moments but it’s losing me fast.

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-clear-my-dvr-again/614576/3 "2012-03-02T23:59:27Z")

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Never watched Smash, but I like all of the other three.

I would definitely NOT dump OUAT, that’s probably the best of the three that I’ve seen.

I like Alcatraz quite a bit, but it’s got its haters out there. Sort of a Prison Break (season 1) meets Lost vibe (about half of each show is flashbacks), and I really liked both of those shows.

Grimm I usually watch a few weeks after the fact on On Demand as it’s on against Fringe and Supernatural so I can’t DVR a third show. Since I’m behind, I don’t usually get to see what other people think of it as I avoid discussions to prevent spoilers. I like it, but of the three shows you list that I watch, it’s probably the one I’d place last.

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**Author:** ![Meltdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-clear-my-dvr-again/614576/4 "2012-03-03T14:54:31Z")

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I’m in full agreement with **TBG.**

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**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-clear-my-dvr-again/614576/5 "2012-03-05T20:53:09Z")

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I agree with the trend.

Smash lost me after 2 episodes.

All of the other 3 are pretty good, and are on my “looking forward to watching them” list, not my “I’ll watch them if there’s nothing else interesting” list.

J.