Recorded programs ranked based on social networks

A content distributor, comprising:

• storage media configured to maintain recorded on-demand assets that can be requested by client devices to render as television media content for viewing, the recorded on-demand assets being recorded when initially distributed to the client devices as scheduled television media content;
• an associations module configured to form a social network of members based on an association of viewers that correspond to one or more of the client devices;
• a ranking system configured to determine recommended on-demand assets for the members of the social network, the recommended on-demand assets determined from the recorded on-demand assets;
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• a media content server configured to communicate a recommended on-demand asset to a client device that corresponds to a member of the social network, the recommended on-demand asset being communicated for viewing without receiving a viewer selection of the recommended on-demand asset.

One or more computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed, direct a content distributor to:

• record television media content when distributed to client devices as scheduled television programming;
• maintain the television media content as recorded on-demand assets that can be requested by a client device when initiated as a viewer selection;
• form a social network of members based on an association of viewers that correspond to one or more of the client devices;
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• determine recommended on-demand assets from the recorded on-demand assets based on the association of the viewers that are the members of the social network.