diff --git a/components/search/TVJellyseerrSearchResults.tsx b/components/search/TVJellyseerrSearchResults.tsx
index cba3a5548..699c50401 100644
--- a/components/search/TVJellyseerrSearchResults.tsx
+++ b/components/search/TVJellyseerrSearchResults.tsx
@@ -401,10 +401,6 @@ export const TVJellyseerrSearchResults: React.FC<
 }) => {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
 
-  const hasMovies = movieResults && movieResults.length > 0;
-  const hasTv = tvResults && tvResults.length > 0;
-  const hasPersons = personResults && personResults.length > 0;
-
   if (loading) {
     return null;
   }
@@ -431,22 +427,26 @@ export const TVJellyseerrSearchResults: React.FC<
 
   return (
     <View>
+      {/* No section requests `hasTVPreferredFocus`: the native search field
+          keeps focus while typing, otherwise the first result would re-grab
+          focus on every keystroke as results re-render. The user navigates
+          down to the grid manually. */}
       <TVJellyseerrMovieSection
         title={t("search.request_movies")}
         items={movieResults}
-        isFirstSection={hasMovies}
+        isFirstSection={false}
         onItemPress={onMoviePress}
       />
       <TVJellyseerrTvSection
         title={t("search.request_series")}
         items={tvResults}
-        isFirstSection={!hasMovies && hasTv}
+        isFirstSection={false}
         onItemPress={onTvPress}
       />
       <TVJellyseerrPersonSection
         title={t("search.actors")}
         items={personResults}
-        isFirstSection={!hasMovies && !hasTv && hasPersons}
+        isFirstSection={false}
         onItemPress={onPersonPress}
       />
     </View>
diff --git a/components/search/TVSearchPage.tsx b/components/search/TVSearchPage.tsx
index ab928d845..54ad07e1e 100644
--- a/components/search/TVSearchPage.tsx
+++ b/components/search/TVSearchPage.tsx
@@ -280,13 +280,17 @@ export const TVSearchPage: React.FC<TVSearchPageProps> = ({
         {/* Library Search Results */}
         {isLibraryMode && !loading && (
           <View style={{ gap: SECTION_GAP }}>
-            {sections.map((section, index) => (
+            {sections.map((section) => (
               <TVSearchSection
                 key={section.key}
                 title={section.title}
                 items={section.items!}
                 orientation={section.orientation || "vertical"}
-                isFirstSection={index === 0}
+                // Never auto-focus a result. The native search field owns focus
+                // while typing; `hasTVPreferredFocus` here would re-grab focus on
+                // every keystroke as results re-render. User navigates down to the
+                // grid manually.
+                isFirstSection={false}
                 onItemPress={onItemPress}
                 onItemLongPress={onItemLongPress}
                 imageUrlGetter={