# Server not finding a TV Show I added

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-not-finding-a-tv-show-i-added/557148>\
**Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [March 18, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-not-finding-a-tv-show-i-added/557148 "2020-03-18T15:50:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![AlvaroBeiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@AlvaroBeiro](https://forums.plex.tv/u/AlvaroBeiro)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-not-finding-a-tv-show-i-added/557148/1 "2020-03-18T15:50:37Z")

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Server Version#: 1.18.8.2527

So basically I have ripped my DVDs of “Faemino y Cansado: el orgullo del tercer mundo”. As there was no info online, I looked up in archives for the original release dates and uploaded all the info to themoviedb: [https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/66574-faemino-y-cansado-el-orgullo-del-tercer-mundo](https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/66574-faemino-y-cansado-el-orgullo-del-tercer-mundo)

But when I search for it, Plex doesn’t find anything. Neither searching for the complete name, the first part, or the second.

So I searched in IMDb and found it: [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1824407/](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1824407/)

I updated themoviedb to reflect this new external ID, and told Plex to search for tt1824407. Plex found nothing.

I really don’t know what else to do. How can I fix this?

Edit: I used Plex for Windows instead of PMP and it found the show instantly. Strange. Still I would like to know what caused the problem.

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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:** [March 18, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-not-finding-a-tv-show-i-added/557148/2 "2020-03-18T18:51:41Z")

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You might need to give a little time for that metadata to actually be made available to Plex through the API offered by [TheTVDb.com](http://TheTVDb.com) – this can take something between a few hours to almost a day (assuming [TheTVDb.com](http://TheTVDb.com) doesn’t have a bad day 😉 )

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**Author:** ![AlvaroBeiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@AlvaroBeiro](https://forums.plex.tv/u/AlvaroBeiro)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-not-finding-a-tv-show-i-added/557148/3 "2020-03-20T12:31:53Z")

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Still. It’s happening now with the TV Series “Star Trek: Short Treks”. Plex nor PMP can’t find it, using the name or the IMDb ID tt9059594. I didn’t add this one, it’s been there for a while, still it’s not working.

Edit: Works with themoviedb, but not with thetvdb  
Edit2: After matching it with themoviedb, it finds a match on thetvdb. This is getting weirder.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-not-finding-a-tv-show-i-added/557148/4 "2020-06-18T12:32:03Z")

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