# Plex mixing my shows

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-mixing-my-shows/932350>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux, server-truenas\
**Created:** [October 11, 2025, 3:53am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-mixing-my-shows/932350 "2025-10-11T03:53:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-mixing-my-shows/932350/9 "2025-10-11T18:02:09Z")

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@NetizenZ Please do me a favor and fix your naming on `Malcolm in the Middle`

- your file is ` /data/TV_Shows/Malcolm in the Middle (2000)/Season 02/Malcolm in the Middle - {tvdb-73838} s02e25.mkv`
- should be `/data/TV_Shows/Malcolm in the Middle {tvdb-73838}/Season 02/Malcolm in the Middle - S02E25 - Flashback.mkv` or `Malcolm in the Middle - S02E25.mkv`

remove these from plex, scan your library, empty the trash, clean the bundles, restart the server and then re-add and rescan the library. This is the [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064), and then post a current copy of your [server logs.](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200250417-plex-media-server-log-files/)

EDIT:  
By placing the tvdb in the file name I do not know what side effects that is creating, Plex only supports that in the directory name.

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