For starters, this is NOT a big deal. It is a minor weirdness/annoyance that I thought I’d point out.
On my iPad, when I open Channels, it always shows oddball thumbnails on my Favorites screen. And it’s always exactly the same ones. It’s not like it has cached whatever was previously airing.
After a few seconds it does update to the correct thumbnails based on whatever is currently airing. I get that the app needs a moment to grab the latest images. But where the heck is it getting Iron Chef and Antique Roadshow from??
Here is what it looks like every time I open Channels:
And then a few seconds later it updates correctly: