@hugohuetzel said:
TV credits (cast) of some tv shows strange
Hi,
some tv shows have a strange cast wenn getting the credits from the api (/tv/{tv_id}/credits).
For example in 'That '70s Show' the 2 main actors Topher Grace (Eric Forman) and Ashton Kutcher (Michael Kelso) are missing. Instead there are 2 actors which has only played in a few episodes.
How is this cast list generated? And can this list edited?

These 2 actors were not included in the recurring cast from last season.

TV Show Credits requested via API are only credits from last season.
Here's what Travis Bell, the Administrator, replied to another user:

Hi @, the reason is because the API's default behaviour is to return the last season's cast & crew.
The new(er) view you see here on the website is different, it's an aggregation of all the cast & crew that has been added to the entire show (across seasons and episodes).
I have an open ticket to bring that feature to the API, but it's not done yet.
You can watch/follow that ticket here.

@ticao2 said: These 2 actors were not included in the recurring cast from last season.

TV Show Credits requested via API are only credits from last season.
Here's what Travis Bell, the Administrator, replied to another user:

Hi @, the reason is because the API's default behaviour is to return the last season's cast & crew.
The new(er) view you see here on the website is different, it's an aggregation of all the cast & crew that has been added to the entire show (across seasons and episodes).
I have an open ticket to bring that feature to the API, but it's not done yet.
You can watch/follow that ticket here.

oh, ok. Thanks for the reply.

I have modified my code to merge the cast of all seasons. So i should have all people of the main cast over all seasons. The list of the website (your ticket) would be of course very nice, too.