Disclosed are a program recording method and terminal. The method includes: upon receiving a reservation request for a new recording task, determining whether there is an overlapping third recording time period between a first recording time period for a previously reserved recording task in a target CAM card and a second recording time period for a new recording task; if the overlapping third recording time period exists, determining whether a number of data streams supported by the target CAM card is more than that of reserved recording tasks in the target CAM card within the third recording time period; if yes, making a reservation for the new recording task using the target CAM card.