Accessing television program information

The present invention relates to a system and method for accessing television program information, particularly context sensitive information, some of which may be found through the Internet. Program information on a television 100 may be interactively displayed by receiving a request for program information; displaying program information 200; receiving a search request for additional information regarding the television program; generating at least one automatic search term for a search for the additional information regarding the program, the at least one search term being displayed overlaid on a program being received by the television 300; searching the Internet for the requested information; obtaining a result of the search; and saving the result in a memory 102 coupled with the television.