Of course you can record TV progs. I have an older handycam Sony TRV460E and i record the progs i want, i recorded the FIFA World Cup in its full glory. Moreover reading from this site (*www.pricegrabber.com/search_techspecs_full.php/masterid=17979714) it has mentioned that there is A/V Input and Output in yur cam, so you can obviously record TV progs. Here is wat you shud do: Plug the A/V cable (usually white and yellow) in the output jack of your TV and the other end on your camcorder. Set your cam in Play/Edit mode, and in the menu there is an option RecCtrl (may differ a little in yur case). After you press this option you will see few options appearing in the LCD (Rec,Pause etc...). Just press Rec (in red color) and the TV Prog will be recorded in yur Cam's MiniDV tape, when you are done just press the Stop option.
Hope this helps.