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Why do some TV Shows have genres that are not in the tv genres list

https://api.themoviedb.org/3/genre/tv/list?api_key=<KEY>

Using methods like discover

https://api.themoviedb.org/3/discover/tv?api_key=<KEY>&sort_by=popularity.desc&page=2&include_null_first_air_dates=false

returns results with genre ids (28) that can not be mapped to the list of tv genres

 {
      "original_name": "Arrow",
      "id": 1412,
      "name": "Arrow",
      "popularity": 44.069,
      "vote_count": 1923,
      "vote_average": 6,
      "first_air_date": "2012-10-10",
      "poster_path": "/mo0FP1GxOFZT4UDde7RFDz5APXF.jpg",
      "genre_ids": [
        28,
        80,
        18,
        9648
      ],
      "original_language": "en",
      "backdrop_path": "/dKxkwAJfGuznW8Hu0mhaDJtna0n.jpg",
      "overview": "Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.",
      "origin_country": [
        "US"
      ]
    }

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Yes, back in maybe 2015(?) for a short period of time the movie genres were accidentally used for TV. They just need to be removed and switched to their TV equivalents. The two genres that are affected are Science Fiction and Action I do believe.

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