Patent ID: 8607278

Claim:
A method comprising: providing, by one or more devices and to a video client, interactive television content that includes first information and second information, the first information indicating that a first television show is scheduled to be provided for display during a first time slot, and the second information indicating that a second television show is scheduled to be provided for display during a second time slot that occurs after the first time slot; receiving, by the one or more devices and from the video client, information identifying a particular selection, by a particular viewer, for the second television show to be provided for display during the first time slot; determining, by the one or more devices and based on the particular selection, a first quantity of selections for the second television show to be provided for display during the first time slot; providing, by the one or more devices and to a content provider associated with the second television show, information based on the first quantity of selections, the content provider using the information based on the first quantity of selections to determine whether to schedule to provide the second television show during the first time slot.