Both of the Australian Story episodes you added are repeats:
https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/2500385/australian-story-28x05-making-a-scene-claudia-karvan
https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/2966765/australian-story-29x18-nick-cave-with-leigh-sale
Just because they are listed on TheTVDB website does not mean they should be listed/added to TVMaze (or visa-versa).
Mind you, both sites have heaps of errors.
The ABC has frequently, in fact, I think always, added repeat episodes to the current season on iView. Given that I watch the show & have done so for decades, I usually spot the repeats even if the title has been slightly altered. Over the years there have been some "update" episodes ... personally I don't count these as repeats & the ABC has always indicated them as such.
June 21st was Easter Monday which explains the repeat episode. No idea why "Making a Scene" was repeated on July 21st.
That's up to you and/or the TVMaze mods. What I find surprising is why would TVMaze consider TheTVDB, IMDB & other such sites as "masters" ... AND Visa-Versa, without doing so sort of validation? Having said that, perhaps that already happens but failed in this case ... I don't know.
Of course another fix would be to allow repeat episodes to be listed on the shows webpage ... particularly if the episode is also listed on the networks webpage for the show. Personally I don't have a issue with that as long as there is a option to add a "repeat" flag.
BazzaG posted 8 hours ago
That's up to you and/or the TVMaze mods.
I was politely asking if you'll continue editing it so we don't have to worry about this one show
What I find surprising is why would TVMaze consider TheTVDB, IMDB & other such sites as "masters" ... AND Visa-Versa, without doing so sort of validation? Having said that, perhaps that already happens but failed in this case ... I don't know.
We only ever import from 2 places
The futon critic, which is a place that list press releases from all the American networks and streamers, so you can find all things USA and global streaming in one place without having to check 15 places or worry about geo-blocking.
We also import some things from TVdb, more restrictively, of course. And it's mainly for shows that are not maintained regularly by any of our editors. Right now we have about ~19,000 shows listed that are still running and we obviously don't have the manpower to maintain all of those properly
We don't sync or take anything at face value from IMDB or any other user generated sites.
Of course another fix would be to allow repeat episodes to be listed on the shows webpage ... particularly if the episode is also listed on the networks webpage for the show. Personally I don't have a issue with that as long as there is a option to add a "repeat" flag.
Policy changes or adding new features is a long shot at best
Hi Aidan,
I can't find Season 2, episode 1 on ABC's tv guide, press site or streaming site - ok to delete?
Thanks, Cos
Hello Aidan,
I was delayed making my update to Season 1, Episode 6, "Bangkok, Thailand with Simu Liu" after watching it. I was coming back to change the Airdate to August 31, 2025 and add this Comment:
"This episode finally premiered on August 31, 2025, at 22:00. Coverage of current news prevented CNN from broadcasting it on other scheduled dates, including the last one on July 6, 2025."
But, you beat me to making my update. 👍🏻 The episode title you used "Bangkok, Thailand with Simu Liu" is a variation. This CNN press release https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2025/03/25/star-studded-travel-series-my-happy-place-to-premiere-sunday-april-27-on-cnn/ lists the episode titles as listed for Episodes 1-6.
I wanted to contact you before changing your work. It just seemed fair. Thanks for all you do.
Joe
Hi
Dont be shy about making any changes to edits I've made.
It looks like my edits come from one the scripts we use to sync against press releases. They arent' always correct or fully updated, so the wrong info gets through every now and then without me noticing.
As for making comments on the episodes about wrong info or edits that should happen you should know that most of the edits go through other tools and I don't visit the episode pages and therefore never read them. So using the edit requests thread or leaving a note here on my talk page is better.
So just go ahead and make any changes necessary and call me an idiot when I get it wrong, that'll help with adjusting the tools :)
Cheers
Aidan
I noticed you changed the airdate of 1x07 "Marbella" to June 22. The episode hasn't aired, the previous airdate (June 29) was correct. Also from what I can see, 1x08 is expected for July 6. For some reason when I try to make changes it won't let me.
Hi
Thanks for the update. I was going by the press release listings, but I guess they aren't fully updated
The dates are changed now, they go into lock mode after they've been changed a few times and with the previous date move from the 15th it kicked in
Thanks again and keep up the good work :)
Guides/The Futon Critic haven't updated yet, but Tuesday at 8pm ET on ABC will be airing the special interview, "President Trump the First 100 Days: The Interview in the Oval Office" (source). As such, the new episode of Will Trent will be airing at 9pm ET (as seen on ABC's press site here), and the new episode of The Rookie will be airing at 10pm ET (as seen on ABC's press site here).
Not entirely sure what's happening with the upcoming new episode of Bad Romance, which is why for at least now, I've removed the originally-scheduled airtime, but kept the airdate just incase. Hopefully that explains why I've changed the airtimes for those respective episodes (I'm messaging this info to you as I see you've recently changed back the episodes to the originally scheduled times).
Looks like guide(s) have updated, and according to Zap2it/Gracenote, this episode appears to be getting bumped to May 6, so could you please readd the 10pm time? Thanks again.
