I have a question regarding adding Aftershows to the database.
In the case of the Married at First Sight US show, the weekly episodes are 2 hours in length, but the Aftershow is only 20 minutes long, which means they don't meet the 50% rule and are deleted.
Personally I would like to track whether I have watched these Aftershow episodes. LifetimeTV's website intermixes the weekly episodes and Aftershows so why can't we do that here?
@WendyReynolds wrote:
I have a question regarding adding Aftershows to the database.In the case of the Married at First Sight US show, the weekly episodes are 2 hours in length, but the Aftershow is only 20 minutes long, which means they don't meet the 50% rule and are deleted.
Personally I would like to track whether I have watched these Aftershow episodes. LifetimeTV's website intermixes the weekly episodes and Aftershows so why can't we do that here?
An after show should have its own listing, the length of those episodes is not relevant then. :)
Can we loop RaveDave into this discussion since he is the one who has been deleting most of them?
Can we clarify "an after show should have its own listing?" Should they be part of insignificant specials or have a separate show entry? Season 13 of Married at First Sight US had 15 Unfiltered episodes hosted by Jamie Otis which aired after each regular episode, Season 14 had 15 Aftershow episodes hosted by Keshia Knight Pulliam after each regular episode and Season 15 has had 2 Aftershow episodes thus far, also hosted by Keshia Knight Pulliam.
We can @mention @RaveDave :)
The relevant part of the policy is https://www.tvmaze.com/faq/15/episodes#episode-type:
Specials should be rare; if a season has nearly as many specials as regular episodes, you're most likely doing it wrong. Specials should be standalone and not in a serial format with other specials. For example, if each episode in a season is followed by an "after show" or "webisode", those episodes should be in a separate show entry.
Hi everyone, yes i have been deleting them as they are against the site policy which @david has posted above and also this part of the policy "Insignificant specials are only allowed if their length is at least 50% the length of regular episodes."
@RaveDave wrote:
Hi everyone, yes i have been deleting them as they are against the site policy which @david has posted above and also this part of the policy "Insignificant specials are only allowed if their length is at least 50% the length of regular episodes."
yeh, it was correct to delete them but they can be added as their own show :)
Yeah, @WendyReynolds, feel free to create a show request for these after shows if we dont have an entry for them yet!
