Thankfully they invented the DVR. Not only can you schedule them to record what you want to watch (on your own time), but you can zip past all the commercials too and turn a 1 hour show into 45 minutes.
Some shows we're DVR'ing.
Survivor Samoa (of course)
House (Funbrunette likes this one)
Hell's Kitchen
Curb Your Enthusiasm (Seinfeld reunion this season)
CSI (Vegas)
LOST (it comes back in January for the final season)
24 (also back in January)
Flash Forward (new show, premieres tonight)
The Mentalist (another FB fave)
The Amazing Race