Did you see [fill in the blank] last night on TV? AOL has

Missed that shocking twist on “24”? The big kiss on “Friends”? The latest “Survivor” boot-off or “Apprentice” “you’re fired”? AOL may have your back.

The huge online service, battling to lure and keep subscribers amid the broadband boom, now uploads 30 to 40 seconds’ worth of the tube’s top “water cooler” moments for viewing and voting the next morning. In asking users to rank their favorite clips, AOL’s TV Top 5 (keyword: tv top 5) goes for the big stuff: the Super Bowl’s winning field goal, Prince and Beyonce on the Grammys, Rudy’s “Survivor” exit, that “ER” subway smooch, David Letterman razzing the Super Bowl streaker or welcoming back that toppled snowboarder.

What, no Janet Jackson? Sorry, AOL goes for the big moments, not the bad ones. Consider it the family newspaper of the Internet age. The line has to be drawn somewhere.

AOL’s TV staffers consult TiVo users and the networks but also use their own judgment, recording dozens of possibilities each night, watching for hot spots.

“We look at probably 20 to 50 different shows a night,” says AOL Television’s New York-based general manager, Patricia Karpas. “What we really want to do is select a moment that has a context that most people can relate to,” even if they haven’t seen the show.