# TV show matching getting some specials wrong **URL:** \ **Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\ **Tags:** server-linux\ **Created:** [December 4, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tv-show-matching-getting-some-specials-wrong/861748 "2023-12-04T14:48:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ikarius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ad7895/32.png) [@ikarius](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ikarius)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tv-show-matching-getting-some-specials-wrong/861748/1 "2023-12-04T14:48:57Z")
Server Version#: 1.32.5.7328 So the TV Series matcher is getting some specials named incorrectly for a certain long-running british sci-fi series. I found the following support article: [https://support.plex.tv/articles/advanced-setting-plex-tv-series-agent/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/advanced-setting-plex-tv-series-agent/) and I suspect changing Episode Ordering to the TVDB would fix the problem, but I can’t find that setting. Beyond that, what’s the source for the new(ish) plex series agent’s episode naming? When plex was using the TVDB as a source, I could go to the TVDB website and verify episode numbers (particularly for specials) to ensure or fix up matches. I’m not sure where I could go to figure that out with the new agent. Can someone help? ---
**Author:** ![ikarius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ad7895/32.png) [@ikarius](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ikarius)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tv-show-matching-getting-some-specials-wrong/861748/2 "2023-12-04T22:58:09Z")
OK, I believe the new plex TV agent is using [themoviedb.org](http://themoviedb.org) (aka TMDB) for it’s data source… which is bad. TMDB actually claims the show has ended (it hasn’t, a new season is coming), and TMDB does not have the latest specials in it’s episode listings at all. They’ve given the same special episode numbers to content from a blu-ray, which was never aired, as TVDB has given for specials which have actually aired. Can someone help me figure out how to use TVDB instead of TMDB for a specific show, or even for all shows? Plex hounded me to upgrade to their new scraper, and now I’m not convinced it’s an upgrade. ---
**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tv-show-matching-getting-some-specials-wrong/861748/3 "2023-12-05T00:08:27Z")
Edit the series (pencil icon) → Advanced → episode ordering Also: > [@Doctor Who (2023) not being picked up at plex.tv](https://forums.plex.tv/t/doctor-who-2023-not-being-picked-up-at-plex-tv/860732): > > With the release of the 60th anniversary specials, Doctor Who begins a new grouping of release dubbed Doctor Who (2023), TMDB has the correct entries, but I can’t pick them up from watch.plex.tv. We’re trying to get TVDB to update it correctly as well. ---
**Author:** ![ikarius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ad7895/32.png) [@ikarius](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ikarius)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 5:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tv-show-matching-getting-some-specials-wrong/861748/4 "2023-12-05T05:28:00Z")
THANK YOU - That was the option I was missing, and it indeed fixed it! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 5:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tv-show-matching-getting-some-specials-wrong/861748/5 "2024-03-04T05:28:08Z")
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