# Agent which lists "specials" chronologically, not separate
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/agent-which-lists-specials-chronologically-not-separate/392056
**Category:** General Discussions
**Created:** [March 25, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/agent-which-lists-specials-chronologically-not-separate/392056 "2019-03-25T13:55:18Z")
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### Author:  [@sflesch](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sflesch)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/agent-which-lists-specials-chronologically-not-separate/392056/1 "2019-03-25T13:55:18Z")
I know TVDB & TheMovieDB are the two agents for TV shows, but I don’t like that they list certain specials separately. The big show to give an example would be Doctor Who. All the Christmas shows are listed as specials, so when you are watching chronologically, it’s hard to know when to watch one.
There are plenty of other Doctor Who specials, like the Children in Need, Proms, Infinite Quest specials which I think don’t matter as much, but since the Christmas (and New Years now) specials are chronological, I prefer to have them listed properly with their seasons.
Is there a setting somewhere I am missing for this? Is there a way (plugin?) to use IMDB (which lists them “properly” for me) as an Agent?
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### Author:  [@NewPlaza](https://forums.plex.tv/u/NewPlaza)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/agent-which-lists-specials-chronologically-not-separate/392056/2 "2019-03-25T16:14:28Z")
> [@sflesch](#):
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> All the Christmas shows are listed as specials, so when you are watching chronologically, it’s hard to know when to watch one
Though this will not help you “list” them in chronological order but the chezzy way to play them in order is to go back to the OnDeck screen.
More info here.
> [@Is there a way to have TV specials in the correct order?](https://forums.plex.tv/t/is-there-a-way-to-have-tv-specials-in-the-correct-order/200734/5):
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> @OttoKerner said: As long as both your regular episodes and your special episodes have an ‘Originally Aired’ date set, the right special episode will appear in your OnDeck when it’s due. For instance, this special episode of [Daria](http://thetvdb.com/?tab=season&seriesid=77996&seasonid=14105&lid=7 "Daria") will appear right after S04E13 and before S05E01 - just as it’s supposed to: What the s$!t!? I just tried on my Roku. I played the last 2 minutes of s04e13. It tried to autoplay s05e01, and not s00e03. [image] BUT here is the kick in the face, when I c…
I know this ain’t the best method but it’s about the only one that keeps inline with plex’ naming convention and the agent scrapers.
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### Author:  [@sflesch](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sflesch)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/agent-which-lists-specials-chronologically-not-separate/392056/3 "2019-04-01T20:15:04Z")
Thanks. I found that thread at some point, but was hoping there might be an alternate source for TV shows. So Autoplay really should get “fixed” then.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/agent-which-lists-specials-chronologically-not-separate/392056/4 "2019-06-30T20:15:12Z")
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