Abstract: Systems and methods for alerting a mobile device about a broadcast television event include pairing a mobile device with a television receiver to establish a local wireless connection between the mobile device and the television receiver. An event selection is received at the television receiver. The event selection is indicative of a program title related to a broadcast program to be alerted to the mobile device. After the television receiver determines that threshold time prior to the broadcast time of the event selection has been reached, the television receiver alerts the mobile device through the local wireless connection.