Video electronic programming guide

A television receiver for providing an electronic programming guide (EPG), comprising:

• a plurality of tuners;
• a television interface;
• a user interface;
• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• receive, via the television interface, user input defining a source of social media, wherein television programming currently trending is identified from the source of the social media;
• configure a social media widget to use the source of social media based on the received user input;
• tune one or more tuners of the plurality of tuners to a plurality of broadcast television channels receiving the television programming to obtain a plurality of video scenes, wherein the tuning is performed based on the television receiver predicting selection of the social media widget by a user;
• output, via the television interface, a plurality of widgets for display as part of the EPG, wherein:
• the plurality of widgets comprises the social media widget to the television programming currently trending on the source of social media used based on the received user input;
• the social media widget corresponds to a single category of broadcast programming selected from a plurality of categories of broadcast programming;
• and
• the single category of broadcast programming is selected for the social media widget by the television receiver based on historical content output for presentation by the television receiver;
• receive a selection of the social media widget of the plurality of widgets output for display via the television interface;
• in response to the received selection of the social media widget, output, via the television interface, a menu corresponding to the selected social media widget for display, wherein:
• the menu indicates a plurality of broadcast programs categorized in the single category of broadcast programming of the selected social media widget, each of the plurality of broadcast programs currently trending on the source of the social media;
• and
• each of the plurality of broadcast programs of the plurality of broadcast programs indicated by the menu is represented by a corresponding representative video scene of the plurality of video scenes obtained via the plurality of tuners being tuned to the plurality of broadcast television channels based on the television receiver predicting selection of the social media widget by the user;
• receive, via the user interface, a program selection from the menu;
• and
• output, via the television interface, a broadcast program corresponding to the received program selection.