So...you guys know me, I've always got to take the nerdy way out...
I'm not saying its exactly legit, but I've got a free (as in beer) solution.
You can always download torrents and stream them to yourself. I'm working on a tutorial now on how to do it.
Frankly, and I'm not admitting to anything there, I'm not sure its much different than using a slingbox. You are not stealing the content really b/c you are still going to maintain your cable or satellite subscription (right?) and you'd be watching the show anyway one DVR so its not like you'd see ads... of course by using bittorrent you could be helping people less noble....so its debatable of course.
Never the less, its an elegant solution that I quite like, as long as you dont want to watch live TV (like sports or news)....I'll have more on it later.