On my Android TV device (Mi Box $60 at WalMart) if I search a show it aggregates results from all my apps so it doesn't even matter which app it's on I just click from the results and it opens what I want.
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Yeah no problem, I had seen the Android TV box at WalMart and said to myself: if this thing is awesome I'm gifting one to my parents, now they want two more... They've been asking for it to replace cable and they're not extremely tech savvy or anything! It's also a 4K capable device, so it's pretty good, I've had it for almost 2 years now.
I otherwise would of had to use a Raspberry Pi with Kodi (and yes, the Android TV can run Kodi, much smoother).
My current and my previous Samsung TVs had this built-in as well. It can search the channel guide in the cable-box, the installed apps, as well as some pay-per-view alternatives.
I have a Samsung 'smart' tv. Oddly enough, I'm pretty tech averse when it comes to media. Do you mind sharing where this global search is, if I had it?
I can either just press the microphone button on my remote and say what I'm searching for, or hit the search icon in the home interface, it's almost all the way to the left, next to settings and source.
If you don't have either, I have no idea. Read the user manual, maybe?
Edit: It's surprisingly hard to find images online of what the search screen looks like, I'm having absolutely no luck finding any, I only get screenshots of their older smarthub crap.
On my Android TV device (Mi Box $60 at WalMart) if I search a show it aggregates results from all my apps so it doesn't even matter which app it's on I just click from the results and it opens what I want.
Disclaimer: Not affiliated with anything I just mentioned just a happy customer.