Recently I’ve added two new TV Shows to my library that are new to 2019. One is a new version of an old show and the other is an entirely new show. Both of them are incorrectly matched from the TVDB. In the case of the New version of the old show it just shows up as a second copy of s01e01 of the original show from years back. In the case of the new show it is mis-matched to an old show (2011) with a similar title.
why is there no “Fix Match” for TV Shows the way there is for movies to fix this problem when it happens? Also no “Unmatch” option?
to try to fix the problem I renamed the folder where the TV Shows in question reside from “[Title]” to “[Title] (yyyy)”. Still Plex matches incorrectly.
Fix match is there for tv shows as well… however you need to keep in mind it’s only available on a TV Show level (not for seasons or episodes). So before fixing it you’ll first need to split the show.
That being said… you’re actually on the right track to get it right by including the year the reboot first aired. For Plex to pick this change up, you’ll need to perform a Plex Dance:
remove the wrongly associated files
scan the library for updates
empty trash for the library
move the files back into the tv show folder and make sure the folders and episodes are properly named.
if there is no fix match option then it was not matched at all and there will be a match option. they will only be at the show level. not the season or episode levels.
My menu does not have those options. I don’t have “Spy”(2011) or “'Spy”(2004) in my library. Only “The Spy (2019)”
Perhaps I should clarify, my original post was referencing two different shows. One was a New Version of an old show (That problem solved) and the other is a new show with title similar or being matched with an older show (The Spy (2019))
fwiw, I could not get that show to match on the title using the TVDB, but if I changed the fix match search to use the Movie Database then it matched on the title using that.
I just noticed TheTVDB does not have the anything set for “first aired” for that show which is why i think it is having issues finding it. since that is where it searches for the year.
I just figured out why I kept screwing up the Show Level vs. the Season Level… when there is only one season Plex automatically takes you to that season when you click on the show rather than the season level… I still feel dumb for making that mistake, just a little less dumb!
