# TVDB Down **URL:** \ **Category:** Dev/API Corner\ **Tags:** scanner-agent-dev\ **Created:** [February 17, 2017, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvdb-down/180376 "2017-02-17T08:09:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scolen2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@scolen2](https://forums.plex.tv/u/scolen2)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvdb-down/180376/1 "2017-02-17T08:09:04Z")
Welcome [tvdb.com](http://tvdb.com) Since 1988 Hi Everybody: After many years of continuous service, we have taken our website off-line for a while, to perform some much needed maintenance and improvements, and to expand our database and related services. We will be back on-line soon. Please note that our domain name is not for sale. Thank you for stopping by! Good Day! The Staff at [tvdb.com](http://tvdb.com) Web Admin: BackOnlineSoon [At] [CyberRep.com](http://CyberRep.com) ---
**Author:** ![mmccurdy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mmccurdy/32/83290_2.png) [@mmccurdy](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mmccurdy)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 9:08am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvdb-down/180376/2 "2017-02-17T09:08:09Z")
Just to be clear, this has no impact on Plex or associated metadata services. If you’d like to visit the high-value content at [tvdb.com](http://tvdb.com) prior to this change, [archive.org](http://archive.org) can [hook you up](http://web.archive.org/web/20161004132519/http://tvdb.com/ "hook you up"). If you’d like to support [TheTVDB](https://thetvdb.com "TheTVDB"), one of our main sources for TV metadata, you can find them at [https://thetvdb.com](https://thetvdb.com). ---
**Author:** ![rbeatse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/rbeatse/32/81857_2.png) [@rbeatse](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rbeatse)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvdb-down/180376/3 "2017-03-13T20:52:06Z")
The [archive.org](http://archive.org) link is a little odd. May want to check that. ---
**Author:** ![mmccurdy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mmccurdy/32/83290_2.png) [@mmccurdy](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mmccurdy)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvdb-down/180376/4 "2017-03-13T21:40:36Z")
It looks odd because it’s a cache of [tvdb.com](http://tvdb.com) (some kind of spiritual organization?) as opposed to [thetvdb.com](http://thetvdb.com) which is our metadata provider. ---
**Author:** ![cc\_rider](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/cc_rider/32/5360_2.png) [@cc\_rider](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cc_rider)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvdb-down/180376/5 "2017-06-04T15:41:53Z")
I’m wondering, does The TVDB know that plex is a heavy user of its meta data? Why not include that in their announcement? I’m sure many plex users scrambled here to get the scoop. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvdb-down/180376/6 "2020-01-08T20:02:27Z")