Systems and methods that match search queries to television subtitles

A system for providing video program information, the system comprising:

• a hardware processor of a server device, wherein the hardware processor is configured to:
• identify for a first time period, a search query spike from search queries;
• associate the search query spike with a media content item being presented during the first time period by matching a portion of search terms from the search queries to a portion of subtitle terms associated with the media content item;
• receive, at a second time period, an indication of user interest in the media content item from a computing device;
• and
• in response to receiving the indication of user interest in the media content item from the computing device, cause at least one search result corresponding to a search query from the search queries to be transmitted to the computing device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for providing video program information, the method comprising:

• identifying, for a first time period, a search query spike from search queries;
• associating the search query spike with a media content item being presented during the first time period by matching a portion of search terms from the search queries to a portion of subtitle terms associated with the media content item;
• receiving, at a second time period, an indication of user interest in the media content item from a computing device;
• and
• in response to receiving the indication of user interest in the media content item from the computing device, causing at least one search result corresponding to a search query from the search queries to be transmitted to the computing device.