# Metadata refresh for a TV episode **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [September 28, 2016, 4:43am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/metadata-refresh-for-a-tv-episode/160587 "2016-09-28T04:43:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![poweredbyporkers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/poweredbyporkers/32/102277_2.png) [@poweredbyporkers](https://forums.plex.tv/u/poweredbyporkers)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 4:43am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/metadata-refresh-for-a-tv-episode/160587/1 "2016-09-28T04:43:35Z")
From time to time Sickbeard gets a episode and hits thetvdb for metadata before it has been added, i.e. the episode exists but there’s no description or image. Sometime later the metadata is added and I go back to the episode inside Plex and hit refresh, but it NEVER seems to re-fetch and I have to manually edit the episode and add the information. If I unmatch the show and then do a new match back to the same show it obviously finds the new metadata but that’s a massive pain. Am I missing something here? ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/metadata-refresh-for-a-tv-episode/160587/2 "2016-09-28T13:38:20Z")
Refresh the whole show, not just the affected episode. ---
**Author:** ![poweredbyporkers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/poweredbyporkers/32/102277_2.png) [@poweredbyporkers](https://forums.plex.tv/u/poweredbyporkers)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/metadata-refresh-for-a-tv-episode/160587/3 "2016-09-28T21:13:29Z")
> @OttoKerner said: > Refresh the whole show, not just the affected episode. I understand that, it’s just counter-intuitive that there’s a refresh button at episode level that doesn’t refresh. My thoughts are it should either, you know, refresh or not exist 🙂 But thank you once again again Otto ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/metadata-refresh-for-a-tv-episode/160587/4 "2020-01-07T21:58:14Z")