Gets currently playing show using locatetv.com

whatson.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
from lxml import html
import requests

#Set just for testing purposes. channel value should be set using current channel information
channel = 'wxin-fox'

#Gets the TV listings
content = requests.get('http://www.locatetv.com/listings/{}'.format(channel)).content
tree = html.fromstring(content)

listings = tree.xpath('//ul[@class="onNow clearFix"]')
show_info = listings[0].xpath('//a[@class="pickable"]/text()')

data = {
        'channel': channel,
        'show_name': show_info[0],
        'started': listings[0].xpath('//li[@class="time"]/text()')[0],
        'ends': tree.xpath('//ul[@class="nextOn clearFix"]//li[@class="time"]/text()')[0],
        'episode_name': show_info[1],
        'episode_synopsis': listings[0].xpath('//p/text()')[1],
        'episode_link': listings[0].xpath('//a[@class="packshot epi ls mid hvr"]/@href')[0]
}

print('{channel} | {show_name} | {started} | {ends} | {episode_name} | {episode_synopsis} | {episode_link}'.format(**data))

Output:

wxin-fox | Animation Domination High-Def | 44 mins ago | in 16 mins | EPISODE: 116 | Installments from 'Axe Cop' and 'Golan the Insatiable.' | /tv/animation-domination-high-def/9428888