This is a how-to on grabbing missed TV shows off Bittorrent and Azureus. The author says "missed" because we all know the law protects time shifting, not copying something you didn't pay for. In fact, the author begins with, "I'll start by saying that I am a paying cable subscriber." Unfortunately, just because you're paying for cable won't indemnify you from legal action thanks to the DMCA.

This is a great overview of the process, including a lot of commentary from the author on his own proclivities. What this boils down to is something we used to call "broadcatching," or grabbing stuff using RSS and Bittorrent. Only here's some added info with Azureus and a cool web automation technique. For you Linux cats, there's the TV RSS app.