Interactive television program guide with selectable non-program options

User equipment for use in an interactive program guide system comprising:

• means for receiving information for television program listings and selectable non-program options;
• and
• means for simultaneously displaying at least one of the television program listings in at least one row of a grid and at least one of the selectable non-program options in at least one other row of the grid;
• and
• means for panning the at least one of the selectable non-program options without panning the at least one of the television program listings in response to a user indication to pan the at least one of the selectable non-program options.

A method for using user equipment in an interactive program guide system comprising:

• receiving information for television program listings and selectable non-program options;
• simultaneously displaying at least one of the television program listings in at least one row of a grid and at least one of the selectable non-program options in at least one other row of the grid;
• and
• panning the at least one of the television program listings without panning the at least one of the selectable non-program options in response to a user indication to pan the at least one of the television program listings.

A method for using user equipment in an interactive program guide system comprising:

• receiving information for television program listings and selectable non-program options;
• simultaneously displaying at least one of the television program listings in at least one row of a grid and at least one of the selectable non-program options in at least one other row of the grid;
• and
• panning the at least one of the selectable non-program options without panning the at least one of the television program listings in response to a user indication to pan the at least one of the selectable non-program options.

User equipment for use in an interactive program guide system comprising:

• a monitor;
• and
• control circuitry configured to:
• receive information for television program listings and selectable non-program options;
• direct the monitor to simultaneously display at least one of the television program listings in at least one row of a grid and at least one of the selectable non-program options in at least one other row of the grid;
• and
• pan the at least one of the television program listings without panning the at least one of the selectable non-program options in response to a user indication to pan the at least one of the television program listings.

User equipment for use in an interactive program guide system comprising:

• a monitor;
• and
• control circuitry configured to:
• receive information for television program listings and selectable non-program options;
• direct the monitor to simultaneously display at least one of the television program listings in at least one row of a grid and at least one of the selectable non-program options in at least one other row of the grid;
• and
• pan the at least one of the selectable non-program options without panning the at least one of the television program listings in response to a user indication to pan the at least one of the selectable non-program options.