When people tell you that Verizon Fios is like the best thing ever, they aren’t lying.

Today Verizon updated my cable box.  Occasionally I read the little “here is what we updated message” and today I am so glad I did.  The message told me that the “What’s Hot on Fios Widget” was available (yes my cable box has widgets for weather, sports, etc.) so I decided to take a look at it.  To the left is an image of what I saw.

The “What’s Hot on Fios Widget” shows you the 15 most popular shows being watched right now.  No lie, right now.  When the time changed to 7:00 the top show was Access Hollywood (how unforunate but still its cool that I know that).  There is also one for the hotest movies being ordered On Demand.

I wonder if they have an API for this puppy.  Afterall, my cable boxes are all on the network.  I mean I could at any moment (if there was an API) find out from the comfort of my computer what the world is watching.

I can’t tell you how much more I love Verizon Fios (and honestly I didn’t think that was possible).