Organization Advice: Persistent Show List with Dynamic Episodes

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I’m sorry if this has been outlined elsewhere but it’s one of the things I’ve been battling for awhile now and I figured I’d finally just ask.

I have one Library with TV shows because I have one folder they all go into. Despite the one Library, each show falls into one of a couple “groups”, such as “Watch Right Away”, “Binge Watch Sometime Later”, “Watch Together”, “Wifes Shows”, etc.

Libraries are defined by Folders, but I’d really rather not try to sort them individually into Folders and therefore, Libraries, because I’d need to sort each item I record/download every time.

I tried using Collections, but discovered that if I deleted the last episode of a show, when I added the next episode the next week, it didn’t persist in the Collection.

So, is there any advice to how I might be able to make some type of a dynamic “list” of persistent Shows?

Thanks,

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the collection tag is usually on the tv show level – so unless you delete the entire show (or every last episode), the collection tag will persist.

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Thanks for the reply. Yes, that’s the behavior I am seeing but that doesn’t fit my needs (which admittedly might be unique, not sure).

Many of my shows I watch the episode shortly after it airs, then delete it, which is the last episode in Plex. So, then next week when the next episode airs and it is added to Plex, it’s not in the collection.

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You can tell Plex to keep only a certain amount of episodes for each show. This is part of the per-show settings (show: Edit > Advanced).

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That could work to keep the show persistent in the collections, however, if I do this, then I’ll have old episodes cluttering up my server and taking up storage. Especially when the season ends, I’ll need to keep the finale on there until the next year when it comes back. I’ll also need to manually keep track of which shows have been cancelled for good and remove the last episode at that point. Thanks again for the idea, but I’m not sure that quite fits my personal workflow and needs.