# Random Episodes From Select TV Shows

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/random-episodes-from-select-tv-shows/192427>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [May 18, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/random-episodes-from-select-tv-shows/192427 "2017-05-18T18:37:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kenob](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/kenob/32/14963_2.png) [@kenob](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kenob)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/random-episodes-from-select-tv-shows/192427/1 "2017-05-18T18:37:19Z")

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I can setup a playlist for various TV Shows but if I have not added a new episode to the playlist it will not play it. I would like to have a playlist specifying only TV Shows and Plex would grab a random episode from the list of TV Shows. As an example, if I were to place ‘Family Guy’, ‘American Dad!’, ‘Cleveland Show’, ‘South Park’, and ‘Drawn Together’ on a playlist, I would like to have a random episode chosen without me having to add every individual episode to the playlist.

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**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:** [February 27, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/random-episodes-from-select-tv-shows/192427/2 "2021-02-27T21:41:58Z")

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Early 2021 clean-up: implemented (shuffle)

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**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:** [June 10, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/random-episodes-from-select-tv-shows/192427/3 "2021-06-10T00:58:18Z")

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