An electronic program schedule system which includes a receiver for receiving broadcast, satellite or cablecast television programs for a plurality of television channels and a tuner for tuning a television receiver to a seclted one of the plurality of channels. A data processor receives and stores in a memory televiison program schedule inforamtion for a plurlity of television programs to appear on the plurality of television channels. A user control appratus, such as a remote controller, is utilised by a viewer to choose user control commands and transmit signals in respoinse to the data processor which receives the signals in response to user control commands. A television receiver is used tio display the television programs and teloviision program schedule inforamtion. A video display generator receives video control commands from the data processor and program schedule inforamtion from the memory and displays a portion of the program schedule information in overlaying relationship with a television program appearing on a televisiion channel in at least one mode of operation of the television programming guide. The data processor controls the video display generator with video control commands, issued in response to the user control commands, to display program schedule information for any chosen one of the pluarlity of television programs in overlaying relationship with at least one television program then appearing on any other chosen one of te plurality of channels on the television receiver.