# Plex will not match The Good Place

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-will-not-match-the-good-place/679727>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [January 18, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-will-not-match-the-good-place/679727 "2021-01-18T12:03:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![blim5001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c2a13f/32.png) [@blim5001](https://forums.plex.tv/u/blim5001)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-will-not-match-the-good-place/679727/8 "2021-01-18T15:16:31Z")

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Couple of related Threads and answers:

> [@TV Show missing metadata](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tv-show-missing-metadata/678641/6):
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> Folks, I got a response on what’s happening. It’s a bunch of changes at TheTVDB which are causing us grief. They renamed a bunch of shows. For some, they added the year while removing it for others. They’ve started bringing their new API live – which won’t be complete for some time AFAIK. I’m going to pursue this further but there are a few options. Using the new Plex TV Series agent works best Using the existing agent, adding the ID number to “manual match” resolves the name. (P.…

> [@Problem with metadata thetvdb](https://forums.plex.tv/t/problem-with-metadata-thetvdb/676860/34):
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> I’m going to speak up here, AS A FELLOW USER smiley There are changes happening at TheTVDB which I’m not overjoyed with. I’m discovering that long-stable media naming isn’t valid anymore. Over the past few days, I’ve renamed 11 TV series. It’s a pain in the … to resolve. The steps I take are to look at the match scores Plex gets when manually matching (search, not auto). If it’s not well above 90%, i go look at the TVDB and figure out what they changed the naming to be. In every…

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