Ability to use a different guide?

[pshanew]

Perhaps this will provide some consolation:

Announcement: State of EPG & TV metadata in Plex

Can we be Frank for a moment? In the trust tree, with the nest? Yeah? Okay here goes. (Deep breath) At the risk of understating it, we want to acknowledge that the Plex experience as it relates to Live TV metadata, schedules, and lineups over the past 12 months has been a painful one. There, we said it. You know it, we know it, our provider knows it, my wife knows it, my mailman knows something’s been bothering me but honestly we’ve drifted apart over the last few months…thanks COVID. While our …

It’s not been implemented yet, as far as I know, but later in that thread it’s stated that it should happen by the end of the year.

@BigBillSD

Here is my question, can we use a different guide than what I am paying for with the Plex Pass?

Yep:
https://support.plex.tv/articles/using-an-xmltv-guide/