1. An apparatus for parental control of television use comprising: a television receiver having a display monitor; parental control circuitry in the television receiver including a command controller comprising a microprocessor coupled to a memory for storing authorized identification numbers, and a memory for storing titles of selected programs, channels, and times; means for entering an identification number into the command controller and for entering said titles of selected programs, channels, and times into the command controller, the entered selected programs being stored into the memory for storing titles of selected programs channels, and times; means for verifying that an entered identification number compares with a stored authorized identification number; means for the command controller to display on the display monitor a listing of the selected programs, channels, dates, and times; means for reordering of said selected programs, dates, and times into temporal order when each selected program date and time are entered so that the selected dates and times are ordered in time from earliest in time to latest in time; and means for storing the temporally ordered selected dates and times.