Program guide with spoiler prevention

A system for spoiler prevention, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:
• receive a first user request for browsing a program guide for digital programs on a client device, wherein the program guide comprises a plurality of program preview boards, each program preview board corresponding to a digital program or a recorded digital program and comprising information related to the digital program or the recorded digital program;
• receive a second user request for scheduling recording of a specific digital program associated with a corresponding program preview board;
• enable a spoiler prevention feature, the spoiler prevention feature configured to hide at least a part of the information related to the specific digital program in the corresponding program preview board while the specific digital program is being recorded;
• generate a recorded program after the recording of the specific digital program is completed;
• and
• automatically disable the spoiler prevention feature for the recorded program after the generating step is completed, such that the hidden part of the information related to the recorded program is subsequently displayed in the corresponding program preview board.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a first user request for browsing a program guide for digital programs on a client device, wherein the program guide comprises a plurality of program preview boards, each program preview board corresponding to a digital program or a recorded digital program and comprising information related to the digital program or the recorded digital program;
• receiving a second user request for scheduling recording of a specific digital program associated with a corresponding program preview board;
• enabling a spoiler prevention feature, the spoiler prevention feature configured to hide at least a part of the information related to the specific digital program in the corresponding program preview board while the specific digital program is being recorded;
• generating a recorded program after the recording of the specific digital program is completed;
• and
• automatically disabling the spoiler prevention feature for the recorded program after the generating step is completed, such that the hidden part of the information related to the recorded program is subsequently displayed in the corresponding program preview board.