Non-standard chars in “$#*! My Dad Says” incorrectly handled in DVR SW

[Sporkman]

It turns out that the search tools on some DVRs cannot find the new show, “$#*! My Dad Says,” because the symbols cannot be read. (Maybe some DVR developers could not foresee a world where TV shows would have a dollar sign in the titles.) Before the show’s premiere on Thursday, CBS released a viewers’ guide of sorts on Wednesday to help people program their DVRs accordingly...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/23/business/media/23dad.html