42. A method for automatically verifying the integrity of the data contained in a database of television program schedule information for an electronic television program guide comprising: storing a database of television program schedule information, said database comprising a plurality of data fields for a plurality of television stations, selecting a station from said plurality of stations for verification of one or more of said data fields for said station, selecting a time range for said verification, automatically analyzing said data fields for said selected station to locate gaps in the schedule data for said television station included in said program schedule information, and displaying information identifying said gaps.
43. The method of claim 42 further comprising automatically locating schedule overlaps in said data fields for said selected station in said database and displaying information identifying said schedule overlaps.