Systems and methods for adjusting the priority of media assets scheduled to be recorded

A system for adjusting priority of media assets based on user searches, the system comprising:

• control circuitry configured to:
• receive a search input from a user;
• search a database of search terms to identify a search term corresponding to the search input, wherein each search term of the database (a) is a previously received search input, and (b) has a corresponding preference level stored in the database;
• in response to identifying the search term corresponding to the search input:
• increment a counter associated with the identified search term, wherein the counter represents a frequency the identified search term has been received as a search input;
• and
• update the preference level stored in the database for the identified search term based on a value of the counter;
• retrieve a list of media asset identifiers for media assets scheduled to be recorded, wherein each media asset identifier of the list has a priority;
• determine whether the identified search term matches a media asset identifier of the retrieved list of media asset identifiers;
• and
• in response to determining that the identified search term matches the media asset identifier, automatically set the priority of the media asset identifier to the preference level of the identified search term.