Plex will NOT work correctly with your naming. You need to place the year in parenthesis ( ) and all the extra stuff in square brackets.
naming like:
Series name (year) - SxxEyy - episode title [anything that is not series name or title].mkv
while other naming “might” work Plex also “might” change background processing and bad naming that works could suddenly not work.
It is the old “garbage in garbage out.”
TV Shows ← The TV library points here
_______ShowName (year)
____________Season 01
__________________ShowName (year) - s01e01 - Optional Name.ext
__________________ShowName (year) - s01e02 - Optional Name.ext
__________________and so on for the shows in season 01
____________Season 02 ← just like Season 01
____________Season 03 ← and so on for each season
____________Season 00 ← or “Specials”
__________________ShowName (year) - s00e01 - Optional name
__________________ShowName (year) - s00e02 - Optional name
__________________and so on for each special
Note 1: the eXX part of the specials must match EXACTLY what is found in TheTVDB
Note 2: The (year) may be omitted for shows that do not have more than one occurrence throughout the years.
There are many other structures and naming systems that work but this is the one I use and it just works.
For a mass rename I use FileBot with this format string {n.replaceTrailingBrackets()} - {s00e00.lower()} - {t}
The 2021 version of Gossip Girl is brand-new. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Plex metadata server still doesn’t know about this.
Wait a few days, then perform the Plex Dance with the new show.
Thanks for this, it fixed my issue perfectly.
I have never had this issue with a rebooted show before, so I was stumped.
