26. A process for automatically verifying the integrity of a database of program schedule information for an electronic television program guide comprising: providing a database of television program listings data to a data processor, said database comprising data fields for program titles, program start times, and program run times 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 selected station; selecting a time range for said verification of said one or more data fields; automatically analyzing said data fields for said selected station in said database for at least one of schedule gaps and schedule overlaps, listing said schedule gaps and/or schedule overlaps, and editing said database to correct said gaps and/or overlaps.
26. A process for automatically verifying the integrity of a database of program schedule information for an electronic television program guide comprising: providing a database of television program listings data to a data processor, said database comprising data fields for program titles, program start times, and program run times 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 selected station; selecting a time range for said verification of said one or more data fields; automatically analyzing said data fields for said selected station in said database for at least one of schedule gaps and schedule overlaps, listing said schedule gaps and/or schedule overlaps, and editing said database to correct said gaps and/or overlaps. 33. The process of claim 26 wherein said data fields for said selected station in said database comprise schedule times and run times for a plurality of television programs and said data processor determines if either of the following inequalities is substantially met: EQU T.sub.n+1 &gt;T.sub.n +RT.sub.n EQU T.sub.n+1 &lt;T.sub.n +RT.sub.n where T.sub.n denotes the schedule time and RT.sub.n the run time for the nth listing in the database for said selected station, and T.sub.n+1 denotes the schedule time for the n+1th listing in the database for said selected station.