The invention discloses a method and a
system for recording television programs. The method comprises the following steps: a first
client acquires a popular recording
list, generates a first recorded program
list according to recorded programs selected by a user from the popular recording
list, generates a recording instruction according to the first recorded program list and sends the recording instruction to a gateway; after receiving the recording instruction, the gateway analyzes the recording instruction to acquire a second recorded program list; when programs in the second recorded program list are in live
broadcasting, the programs in the second recorded program list are recorded, and the recorded programs are stored into storage equipment, meanwhile, a third recorded program list is generated by the recorded programs; the first
client acquires the third recorded program list and synchronizes the recording completed programs in the gateway according to the third recorded program list. According to the method and the
system, the effect that the television back watching function is expanded into a
mobile client instead of increasing the flow of the bandwidth of a
family network is achieved.