Abstract: A method for controlling a program guide by which a viewer can easily identify the title of a program currently being broadcast among program titles of the respective channels to select the channel on which a desired program is broadcast, is provided. Among the titles of the programs being broadcast on the respective channels by broadcast time, displayed on the screen by receiving the program schedule data transmitted from the respective TV broadcasting stations, only the programs of the respective channels having started before the current time and ending after the current time are highlighted to be displayed on the screen. The titles of the programs currently being broadcast on the respective channels can be easily identified by displaying the same in a different color from the programs of the respective channels broadcast at different time in a TV program guide mode. Therefore, viewers can easily select and watch a desired program among a plurality of programs currently being broadcast.

Abstract: A method for selecting menus in a television receiver is provided. In the method, a controller determines if a menu selection command is input by a user to enter a menu selection mode. If the menu selection command is input, the menu selection mode is entered, and a main object is displayed on a screen of the television receiver. Then, the controller determines if a cursor is positioned within a main object region of the main object when the main object is displayed on the screen and determines if a sub-object is associated with the selected main object when the cursor is within the main object region. If the selected main object has a sub-object, the selected main object is erased from the screen, and the sub-object is displayed. Then, the controller determines if the cursor is positioned within a sub-object region of the sub-object when the sub-object is displayed on the screen. When the cursor is positioned within the sub-object region, a sub-object operation is executed.