Geeze, silly -- that's what VCR's and the record button is for. Almost every night, I record my favorite news shows while watching NCIS, Third Watch, or whatever. The next morning I get to fast forward through the "Michael Jackson" type sections, but I still get to watch the newsof interest to me.
Well, I had no available blank tape.
Seems like that always happens when I need it.
I ended up catching the re-run and recording over a movie that I was saving as well for posterity.:-)