A system for a viewer to navigate television programming using a control, the television programming being view-able on a display device having a screen, the system comprising a program guide module to manage program guide information for a plurality of program items for a plurality of channels, the program items including a plurality of current and future scheduled programs, the program guide information including a plurality of links to a plurality of program item representations associated with the program items, a navigation control module to receive program selection instructions from the viewer, via the control, in order for the viewer to surf among the program item representations of the current and future programs, and a program item display module to display a currently selected program item representation which occupies a majority of the screen of the display device. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
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