I have that same keyword (rather than favourite) setup also and have never seen it work (IceTV#1 or IceTV-resurrected). What I mean by never, is I suspsect there is a lot of sci-fi on, some of which I definitely have setup as series recording, but I am sure there are plenty of movies, SBS etc, that are sci-fi genre that my PVRs don't record. I don't actively look for it, just hoping that this keyword would pick up some interesting stuff from time to time. Now you mention about your issue, I thought I would throw in my 10cents that I probably am seeing the same problem.