PRE-POPULATED SEARCH RESULTS IN ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE DATA

Pre-populated search results in electronic program guide (EPG) data is described. In an embodiment, EPG data includes asset information which corresponds to a media content asset where a value is associated with a descriptor category to describe the media content asset, and a tag is associated with the value to pre-populate a search result by identifying related media content assets which are related to the value. The EPG data that includes the asset information can be communicated to a television-based client device to pre-populate the search result such that, upon receiving a viewer-initiated search request at the television-based client device to identify related media content assets associated with the value, a display of the related media content assets associated with the value and identified by the tag can be generated from the EPG data at the television-based client device.