# Please help with TV show metadata

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**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [April 14, 2019, 3:47am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/please-help-with-tv-show-metadata/399862 "2019-04-14T03:47:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mpittard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@Mpittard](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Mpittard)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 3:47am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/please-help-with-tv-show-metadata/399862/1 "2019-04-14T03:47:21Z")

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Hi everyone  
I’m new to Plex  
I have spent a good deal of the day trying my best to fix this problem on my own/with the help of multiple forum posts with similar problems but cannot fix it.

My TV shows, when added, continue to be placed under the wrong show, despite correct naming format.  
None of the files are MP4, most are avi or mkv.

I used filebot to name the files and this is an example:  
 ![filenameexample](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/e/c/ecd5e82158f49498086b4e4f480fbdeeb0bc4ec9.jpeg)

I have performed many Plex Dances.  
I have renamed TV series before plex has ever seen them, but when added they are still added in with another TV series.

I have tried de-prioritising local file data in the agent settings.

At the moment my only option is to create a new library for each TV series, so that I can manually match the files to the TV show for each season, as I cannot fix the metadata on an individual episode level.

Is there any other steps I can take? Is there something obvious I am missing?

Thanks very much in advance

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**Author:** ![grhiner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/grhiner/32/237004_2.png) [@grhiner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/grhiner)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 4:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/please-help-with-tv-show-metadata/399862/2 "2019-04-14T04:00:41Z")

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I can’t see the root of your paths above, but can we assume its something like:  
D:\TV Shows\30 Rock\Season 03\30 Rock – s03e21 – Mamma Mia.avi

Your Library folder path is D:\TV Shows (in this example)

Anytime you made a change to the files, paths, or library settings you did a full PLEX Dance:

1. remove both movies (or TV shows, or music) from library
2. update library
3. empty trash
4. clean bundles  
[https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200392106-Library-Actions](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200392106-Library-Actions)\<— update library, empty trash, clean bundles
5. bring names and structures into compliance
6. replace corrected movies into library
7. update library

All Steps. In Order. No Shortcuts.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 4:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/please-help-with-tv-show-metadata/399862/3 "2019-07-13T04:09:43Z")

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