# TV shows with same name

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/tv-shows-with-same-name/809494>\
**Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\
**Tags:** server-mac\
**Created:** [September 5, 2022, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tv-shows-with-same-name/809494 "2022-09-05T11:48:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![keithbrindley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c89c15/32.png) [@keithbrindley](https://forums.plex.tv/u/keithbrindley)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tv-shows-with-same-name/809494/1 "2022-09-05T11:48:01Z")

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Server Version#: Version 4.90.1  
Player Version#:

In the UK, two different TV shows this year, one called “Suspect” (released 19 June), one called “The Suspect” (released 19 August).

Server doesn’t differentiate between the two, so effectively I can’t see The Suspect to play it.

Any ideas? TIA

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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:** [September 5, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tv-shows-with-same-name/809494/2 "2022-09-05T12:58:30Z")

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> [@Dueling "Suspects"](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dueling-suspects/808830):
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> SNARK ON. slight_smile ATTENTION: There are 2 shows that appear to be detected as a single show because the word “the” in the title seems to be unused to differentiate between the shows. I ‘suspect’ that this has happened before. (see what I did there). I was unable to find the newer show until I looked at the similarly names show and selected “SPLIT APART.” Server Version#: 1.28.2.6151 Player Version#: ANY [The Suspect (2022)] Series #410905 [https://thetvdb.com/series/the-suspect-202…](https://thetvdb.com/series/the-suspect-2022)

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**Author:** ![keithbrindley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c89c15/32.png) [@keithbrindley](https://forums.plex.tv/u/keithbrindley)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tv-shows-with-same-name/809494/3 "2022-09-05T13:23:58Z")

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Thanks for replying. However… gulp — how do I do that please? (You’re talking to a relative newbie in me…)

TIA

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**Author:** ![dbirch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f19dbf/32.png) [@dbirch](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dbirch)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tv-shows-with-same-name/809494/4 "2022-09-05T13:29:31Z")

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See FordGuy61’s post (#2) its a matter of file naming, and then [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064) them

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**Author:** ![keithbrindley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c89c15/32.png) [@keithbrindley](https://forums.plex.tv/u/keithbrindley)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tv-shows-with-same-name/809494/5 "2022-09-05T16:45:44Z")

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Thanks for the suggestion, but no luck for me I’m afraid. I’ve ended up deleting the earlier “Suspect” just so I can see the newer “The Suspect”.

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**Author:** ![dbirch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f19dbf/32.png) [@dbirch](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dbirch)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tv-shows-with-same-name/809494/6 "2022-09-05T17:17:01Z")

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Its fairly easy `/The Suspect (2022) {tvdb-410905}/Season 01/The Suspect (2022) s01e01.mkv` as one file/folder group and `/Suspect (2022) {tvdb-420308}/Season 01/Suspect (2022) s01e01.mkv` as the other.

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**Author:** ![VBB](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/vbb/32/333130_2.png) [@VBB](https://forums.plex.tv/u/VBB)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tv-shows-with-same-name/809494/7 "2022-09-05T17:30:28Z")

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I think in OP’s case, a simple “split apart” would have done the trick.

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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:** [December 4, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tv-shows-with-same-name/809494/8 "2022-12-04T17:30:47Z")

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