Displaying an electronic programming guide for live television

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions, that when executed, control a computer system to be operable for:

• receiving a list of ranked entities for playback, the list of ranked entities being ranked in a first order based on information for a user account;
• using at least a portion of the list of ranked entities to determine corresponding channels that are playing the at least the portion of the list of ranked entities;
• displaying, in an electronic programming guide, the at least the portion of the list of ranked entities in a first time range based on the first order;
• and
• using the channels associated with the at least the portion of the list of ranked entities to display second entities from the channels in a second time range.

An apparatus comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions for controlling the one or more computer processors to be operable for:
• receiving a list of ranked entities for playback, the list of ranked entities being ranked in a first order based on information for a user account;
• using at least a portion of the list of ranked entities to determine corresponding channels that are playing the at least the portion of the list of ranked entities;
• displaying, in an electronic programming guide, the at least the portion of the list of ranked entities in a first time range based on the first order;
• and
• using the channels associated with the at least the portion of the list of ranked entities to display second entities from the channels in a second time range.