Internet television program guide system with embedded real-time data

A media guidance system for providing media listings with real-time data embedded within the media listings and additional real-time data to a user at a multimedia system over an Internet communications link, comprising:

• a computer system for providing media listings with real-time data embedded within the media listings and additional real-time data, wherein said computer system comprises computer readable media for storing said media listings with embedded real-time data and said additional real-time data;
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• a web server for receiving the media listings with embedded real-time data and the additional real-time data from the computer system, and for providing the media listings with embedded real-time data and the additional real-time data to the multimedia system over the Internet communications link in response to a user request to access the media listings, said multimedia system comprising computer readable media for:
• receiving said media listings with embedded real-time data and said additional real-time data,
• displaying said media listings,
• automatically displaying said embedded real-time data with said media listings in response to a user request to view all listings, and
• in response to receiving a user selection of one of said media listings with embedded real-time data, simultaneously displaying with the media listings and embedded real-time data, in an area of the screen outside of the media listings, said additional real-time data, wherein said additional real-time data comprises textual information related to the selected media listing.