Enhanced television viewing experience based on group viewing watch patterns

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions that when executed by at least one processor of a computing device cause the at least one processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:

• receiving, by an application executing on the computing device, a picture of a viewing audience of the computing device that includes individuals;
• based on determining that the individuals in the picture are not included in a previously created watch clique, creating a new watch clique that includes the individuals, the creating comprising:
• associating the-attributes of the individuals with the new watch clique;
• and
• naming the new watch clique;
• determining media content recommendations for viewing by the viewing audience based on the attributes of the new watch clique;
• displaying the media content recommendations and a first icon representative of the new watch clique in a first user interface of the application;
• and
• in response to receiving a selection of the first icon, enabling management of the new watch clique.

A system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the system to:
• receive, by an application executing on a computing device, a picture of a viewing audience of the computing device that includes individuals;
• based on determining that the individuals in the picture are not included in a previously created watch clique, create a new watch clique that includes the individuals, the creating comprising:
• associating attributes of the individuals with the new watch clique;
• and
• naming the new watch clique;
• determine media content recommendations for viewing by the viewing audience based on the attributes of the new watch clique;
• display the media content recommendations and a first icon representative of the new watch clique in a first user interface of the application;
• and
• in response to receiving a selection of the first icon, enable management of the new watch clique.