A method and system for displaying identifiers for one or more series of
recordable events is described. A system, such as the system of a digital
video recorder, may receive a set of recordable events data, such as a
listing of all television shows to be broadcast over a two-week period.
The system analyzes the set of recordable events data for determining one
or more sets of recordable events, where each set includes recordable
events having the same title. The system analyzes each set of recordable
events to determine sub-sets of recordable events based on relationships
between the recordable events of each sub-set. The system displays an
identifier for each sub-set of a given set of recordable events when the
given set of recordable events is selected for display. A user may select
to record a sub-set of recordable events by selecting the identifier that
represents the sub-set.