1. A method for presenting search results in a media guidance application, the method comprising: identifying, based on a search expression, a first plurality of media assets that are scheduled for transmission to a plurality of users during a time interval; generating for display a second plurality of media asset identifiers corresponding to media assets that are scheduled for transmission to the plurality of users during the time interval; and visually distinguishing a first portion of the second plurality of media asset identifiers, corresponding to the first plurality of media assets identified based on the search expression, from a second portion of the second plurality of a media asset identifiers corresponding to media assets not identified based on the search expression, wherein a first media asset identifier in the first portion is visually distinguished from a second media asset identifier in the first portion based on a determination that (1) a first attribute of a first media asset corresponds to the first media asset identifier and (2) a second attribute, different from the first attribute, of a second media asset corresponds to the second media asset identifier.