Naming TV shows in Plex - Multiple series with identical names

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@bartb045

Normal naming convention is to name a series with the show’s exact name:

Normally, perhaps.
I always include the year in every series title.
I would name them

The Incredible Hulk (1978)
The Incredible Hulk (1982)
The Incredible Hulk (1996)

@bartb045

I was surprised this worked actually, because I didn’t have the same title for each episode. This seems to indicate that once PLEX matches a series based on the top level directory it gets all episodes correct, basically just looking at the “s01e01” section of the episode name.

You are very correct on that. Take a look at this example.

Double Episodes - The Office Season 3

But it doesn’t deviate from the naming convention. Each file has the season# and episode#. That’s all you need. I’ve seen this a lot. Many people seem to think the entire show is somehow tied to the title name of the episodes. They are not. Plex does not base entire series on a single episode name or a collection of episode names. The series is based solely on the folder name it finds. Plex does not base episodes on the title wording. The episodes is solely based on the numbering you give the…

While most people will argue that you should use the same name(me too for other reasons). It can be done.

Though, I strongly advise you use the TITLE and YEAR in the filename.
I once had a RAID failure with no backup and I was able to recover all files(but not the folders they were in). It was a nightmare, going through thousands of like files

The Flash
Doctor Who
Battlestar Galactica
Bionic Woman

and many more…