Seamless timers

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, having stored thereon instructions which cause processors in electronic devices to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• facilitating, in a first electronic device, a first seamless timer manager performing first operations comprising:
• populating a first instance of a universal timer schedule;
• facilitating, in a second electronic device, a second seamless timer manager performing second operations comprising:
• populating a second instance of a universal timer schedule;
• wherein the first electronic device is communicatively coupled to a local area network (LAN);
• wherein the first electronic device comprises a first tuner;
• wherein the second electronic device is communicatively coupled to the LAN;
• wherein the second electronic device comprises a second tuner;
• and
• wherein the first instance of the universal timer schedule and the second instance of the universal timer schedule identify at least one of a future availability and a future use for the first tuner and for the second tuner.