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TV preview access
posted by Travis BellSTAFFMOD on October 4, 2013 at 12:47 PM
TV has been brought out of the private preview and is now available for everyone to see.
Please read the information below.
Please understand that this is indeed a preview. While there was plenty I could test while I was developing this feature on TMDb, being stuck in a vacuum like that can only expose so many things. If you find a bug please report it on this thread.
What I would like you guys to do is search for your favourite shows and look through the data that was imported. We're still importing data in the background so not all of your favourite shows will be here yet. This import is expected to take a few more days still (as of October 10, 2013). Please do not report missing shows until I have said the import is done.
When you're looking through things, there's one primary thing I would like you to keep an eye out for and that is, shows that should clearly have a season or more but don't. There was a small issue that seems to have affected a percentage of shows (I think around 2%) where their seasons were not imported. Please report those below.
What can you help with?
The data that was imported is real world editable data. If you see an error, fix it. This is the point of giving you guys access. With more of you trying to edit different things we'll discover the bugs and issues faster. There's a list of known issues below.
Known Issues / Pending Features
- LH-545 - Series/season/episode image upload dialogs don't show the right content
Closed Issues
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LH-568- Add the ability to add new TV shows -
LH-546- Write TV documentation -
LH-542- Credits are not yet sortable -
LH-543- TV credits do not yet show up on person pages -
LH-544- Favourite/watch list items are not viewable within your account -
LH-548- Seasons without a season number are not deletable -
LH-549- Season release dates aren't always saving -
LH-550- Season names are being saved lowercase -
LH-551- Adding a new cast member with the "add to every season" checked doesn't add them -
LH-555- Create a page to view a persons TV credits from a series page -
LH-554- Fix the ability to add episodes, improve cast callbacks -
LH-556- Restore the ability to add new seasons -
LH-559- Guest star character names are not editable -
LH-558- Show TV credits in the person search drop downs and known for credits in TV cast and crew pages -
LH-579- Allow the creation of new people via the TV edit dialogs
Import Status
The initial import of data for all 60,522 shows is complete.
Reply by Scalerow
on October 14, 2013 at 4:57 AM
I would love to tryout TV!
Reply by Slym
on October 14, 2013 at 7:58 AM
Good day! I want to test this out.
Добрый день! Я хочу протестировать эту возможность.
Reply by Travis Bell
on October 14, 2013 at 10:55 AM
All added.
Reply by nassim.benkirane
on October 14, 2013 at 11:27 AM
I would love to try the TV Show API ! Thanks :)
Reply by SeenIt
on October 14, 2013 at 1:26 PM
I'm trying to add cast to http://www.themoviedb.org/tv/1395-gossip-girl I add, tics for "add to every season" and click save. When i refresh the page they all disappear.
Reply by Travis Bell
on October 14, 2013 at 2:31 PM
We do not have the API available at this time. It should see a preview release later this week or next week sometime.
Good find SeenIt. I've created a new ticket.
Seems to be related to the "add to every season" option as I can create them without it checked.
Reply by muzz
on October 14, 2013 at 2:34 PM
I would be pleased to try out the new TV feature, sounds exciting and interesting!.
Reply by Travis Bell
on October 14, 2013 at 2:53 PM
muzz, done.
Reply by Damien Haynes
on October 14, 2013 at 6:46 PM
Requesting access to come aboard captain ;)
Reply by Snog
on October 15, 2013 at 9:28 AM
I'd like access please. :)
And when the API is ready, info on that would be good too.
Reply by Travis Bell
on October 15, 2013 at 10:26 AM
Permission granted Lieutenant.
Done.
There will be a whole separate release thread for the API when it's in a testable form. I'm focused on making sure the website is good shape first.
Reply by bwhitt
on October 15, 2013 at 4:46 PM
I would like access please
Reply by Travis Bell
on October 15, 2013 at 5:30 PM
bwhitt, done.
Reply by FlyingAggie
on October 15, 2013 at 11:57 PM
Hey Travis, was trying to add episodes to 3rd Rock From The Sun and it won't save any episodes. I was able to put in the actors without problem, but attempting to add episodes won't save. The dialog comes up but both save and cancel do nothing. If you click the 'x' it will close and not keep the data, of course.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/155-3rd-rock-from-the-sun/season/1
Reply by Travis Bell
on October 16, 2013 at 12:38 AM
I'm actually just in the middle if fixing that. The fix should be pushed tomorrow morning sometime. Thanks for the report.