1. An information processing apparatus for processing program information as information of programs, the information processing apparatus comprising: a storing section operable to store the program information; a playlist generating section operable to generate a playlist by grouping a plurality of pieces of the stored program information based on information descriptive of the stored program information, the descriptive information being included in the program information, and by associating the plurality of pieces of program information with one list for associating the plurality of the grouped pieces of program information with each other and reproducing the plurality of the grouped pieces of program information; and a display controlling section operable to control display of an image based on the playlist, the image allowing selection of the playlist; wherein the playlist generating section generates the playlist by further including, in the playlist, first status information indicating a reproduction status of the playlist and second status information indicating an update status of the plurality of pieces of program information corresponding to the playlist, and the display controlling section controls the display of the image based on the playlist such that information representing the first status information and the second status information is further included in the image based on the playlist.