1. A method of determining potentially desirable programs in a television system, said method comprising the steps of: selecting a specific program listing from a electronic program guide, said program guide containing a plurality of program listings, wherein said program guide is displayed to a user; designating said specific program listing as a favorite program to set the specific program listing to be a first selection criterion; identifying at least one selection criterion used in selecting said specific program from said program guide to determine a second selection criterion in response to setting the first selection criterion; and applying the determined second selection criterion to said plurality of program listings within said program guide to determine potentially desirable programs.