1. A method comprising: providing, by a media service user interface system for display on a display screen of a primary display device, a media menu tray user interface view that includes a media menu tray including a set of one or more user-selectable graphical objects representing a menu of one or more media programs; determining, by the media service user interface system, a set of categories of media programs associated with the media menu tray; representing, by the media service user interface system in the media menu tray included within the media menu tray user interface view, one category of media programs at a time from the set of categories of media programs; detecting, by the media service user interface system, that a selector object is positioned, within the media menu tray, to highlight a user-selectable graphical object that is included in the set of one or more user-selectable graphical objects and that represents a media program included in the menu of one or more media programs; determining, by the media service user interface system, a playback status of the media program represented by the highlighted user-selectable graphical object; and providing, by the media service user interface system for display on a display screen of a mobile device while the media menu tray user interface view is provided for display on the display screen of the primary display device and while the one category of media programs at a time is represented in the media menu tray, a remote control user interface view dynamically tailored to facilitate remote user interaction with the media menu tray by providing, within the remote control user interface view and not within the media menu tray user interface view, a set of media program category options configured to facilitate a user selection, from the set of categories of media programs, of the one category of media programs at a time that is represented in the media menu tray, and displaying options to initiate playback of the media program based on the playback status of the media program, the options to initiate playback including: only a direct playback option if the playback status of the media program indicates that consumption of the media program has not yet started, and both a direct playback option and a resume playback option if the playback status of the media program indicates that the media program has been partially consumed.