# Combining different tv shows **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [September 22, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/combining-different-tv-shows/745245 "2021-09-22T17:37:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mfitz1971\_gmail\_com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@mfitz1971\_gmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mfitz1971_gmail_com)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/combining-different-tv-shows/745245/1 "2021-09-22T17:37:43Z")
Ok here is the problem it all started when my database was accidently destroyed, I download a tv series that is 2 different series one from 2005 & the other from 2016 when the system started rescanning the library it combined episodes from the 2016 into the 2005 so I figured I’d remove the series of both and then put them back in the folder 1 at a time the 1st one from 2005 show’d fine but the moment I put the 2nd one back it again combine itself with the 2005 the folders are called B\*\*\* (2005) & B\*\*\* (2016) so it’s not likely it needs to combine it and when you do a match it shows the shows as being from 2 different years but it still screws it up, How can I fix this issue it’s keeping me from completing the rest of my libarary please help ---
**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/combining-different-tv-shows/745245/2 "2021-09-22T18:31:20Z")
1. Name and organize according to Plex requirements. 2. Add the TVDB ID to the show folder name. See [Naming & Organizing Your TV Show Files](https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/) for above items. 3. After renaming, [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064) both shows, putting them back one at a time. If Plex still combines the shows, then split them and Fix Match if necessary. See [Merge or Split Items](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201018248-merge-or-split-items/). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/combining-different-tv-shows/745245/3 "2021-12-21T18:31:31Z")
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