Method and apparatus for generating television program recommendations based on similarity metric

A system comprising:

• a memory for storing computer readable code;
• and
• a processor operatively coupled to the memory that, upon executing the computer readable code, is configured to:
• obtain a list of available programs on a plurality of channels during a given time period,
• obtain a selection of selected programs that are of current interest to a user,
• determine a measure of similarity between each of the available programs and the selected programs,
• determine a score for each channel of the plurality of channels, based on the measures of similarity of the available programs on the channel during the given time period, and
• display the available programs on a plurality of selected channels based on the score of each channel.

A computer-readable medium that includes a program that enables a processor to:

• obtain a list of available programs on a plurality of channels during a given time period,
• obtain a selection of selected programs that are of current interest to a user,
• determine a measure of similarity between each of the available programs and the selected programs,
• determine a score for each channel of the plurality of channels, based on the measures of similarity of the available programs on the channel during the given time period, and
• display the available programs on a plurality of selected channels based on the score of each channel.