# Plex Server does not merge TV Seasons **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-windows, library-management\ **Created:** [October 2, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-does-not-merge-tv-seasons/747832 "2021-10-02T23:27:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheIronAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TheIronAngel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TheIronAngel)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-does-not-merge-tv-seasons/747832/1 "2021-10-02T23:27:33Z")
Server Version#: 1.24.3.5033 Player Version#: Any, not player-related As in the title, Plex does not merge misidentified seasons together when manually requested. I have a TV Show that the server has scanned as says there are 14 seasons (only 13 aired) the mystery 14 season is what plex calls “Season 20” and contains 1 episode… from Season 9 - specifically the Christmas Special. My first thought was to, Using Chrome interface on a client machine, Merge Season 20 with Season 9. I selected S9, then S20, selected Merge, Confirmed I want to merge… waited… refreshed, No change. Repeat 3 times, still no change. Rescanned the Library, still no change Tested Merge from PMP - N/C Tested Merge from ServerVM’s interface - N/C Other things I’ve tried: Renaming the episode - Result: Episode disappears completely Adding a date to the episode in Plex - No change after rescan I can confirm the location of the episode is in the S9 folder and is named an S9 Christmas Special. I’m reasonably confident that this is a bug but is there something else that I can try? ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-does-not-merge-tv-seasons/747832/2 "2021-10-03T00:26:04Z")
How exactly are those files named? Plex won’t understand a name like `S9 Christmas Special` – it’s either a special (file name containing `s00eXX` where `XX` is the special number) or a regular episode (file name containing `s09eXX` where `XX` is the episode number within season 9). I’m not sure “merging seasons” is supposed to be an option… might be a glitch. ---
**Author:** ![TheIronAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TheIronAngel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TheIronAngel)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-does-not-merge-tv-seasons/747832/3 "2021-10-03T00:47:55Z")
Its named the same way as Plex should order it using a ‘false’ season number e.g. S09E13 (where that season ended at E12.) The ‘Christmas Special’ is appended to the last part of the Episode Title (Last Christmas - Christmas Special) There are 2 Specials in this season 00 and 13 where 00 has been put correctly at the start but 13 is galavanting off and pretending to be S20 IMDB doesn’t count these Episodes as part of the ‘season’ but PLEX isn’t calling all the other specials as their own season or ‘Specials’ - just this ONE special is getting called Season 20. If it is a bug, it might a nice implementation to solve weird issues like this. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-does-not-merge-tv-seasons/747832/4 "2021-10-03T01:13:30Z")
IMDb won’t be much help as a reference when it comes to organizing your tv shows. The Plex TV Series agent will use information from The Movie Database and TheTVDb. Assuming this is a Doctor Who episode, naming should be like this: ```nohighlight TV Shows <- the folder linked to your tv-show library Doctor Who (2005) Specials Doctor Who (2005) - s00e142 - Last Christmas.ext ``` _Where `.ext` is a placeholder for the actual file extension. Instead of `Specials` you can also use a season folder named `Season 00`._ > **[Naming and Organizing Your TV Show Files | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/)** > > The scanners and metadata agents used by Plex will work best when your major types of content are separated from... ---
**Author:** ![TheIronAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TheIronAngel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TheIronAngel)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 2:42am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-does-not-merge-tv-seasons/747832/5 "2021-10-03T02:42:53Z")
Thanks @tom80H I’ve reordered everything in that manner and it’s in order now. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 2:43am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-does-not-merge-tv-seasons/747832/6 "2022-01-01T02:43:46Z")
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