I'm considering dumping an enormous amount of work into a show that ran for decades. I read in the "TV Bible" that seasons should be numbered, not named by-year, but one thing that's not clear is if a "season" has to be comprised of a single year's content, or if a decade of content could be considered a season. e.g. Season 1 = 1950s content, Season 2 = 1960s content, etc.
I ask because for some shows that ran a very long time, they will sometimes only have a few episodes per-year in a span of years. Grouping things by decade would prevent there from being a bunch of seasons with single-digit episodes and also make things a bit more manageable on the media server side. (I'd rather have 5 seasons than 50 seasons)
Just want to make sure I'm going down the right path before building it out. Thanks!
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Reply by FleshWound
on May 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Can anybody help clarify?
Reply by superboy97
on May 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The answer depend on the way the series was originally broadcasted.
Without knowing which series you are talking about, it is not possible to answer you.
Reply by FleshWound
on May 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It's Looney Tunes (1930), which has episodes in every decade since, and as recently as 2014. Having 70+ seasons (some of which have just 1 or 2 episodes in them) doesn't sound very appealing, but maybe something could be done with custom episode orders. What would you recommend as the best approach?
Reply by superboy97
on May 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This wasn't a TV series but theatrical short movies already listed in the movies part of our database. This should not be listed as a TV series.
Reply by FleshWound
on May 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Are you talking about all of the individual DVD/Bluray release volumes entered as movies like this one? If not, can you point me to what you mean? https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1397316-looney-tunes-collector-s-choice-volume-1?language=en-US
The way WB has released Looney Tunes is so disorganized. One challenge with the current system is that if you want one, cohesive, comprehensive source for Looney Tunes without duplication, it would be impossible with those entries. I've made a spreadsheet listing every episode in all four collector's choice releases, all three platinum collection releases, all six golden collection releases, and both superstars releases, and there are numerous episodes duplicated across the releases.
TVDB has things nicely organized by-year for Looney Tunes and I'm willing to put in the time to do something similar for TMDB (following the season-not-year guideline), but if you're telling me it's a no-go then I won't.
Reply by superboy97
on May 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
No.
I'm talking of the individual short entries :
TVDB is not a reference for this type of content. They list as series many things that aren't TV series. This is the case here. The Looney Tunes were originally released as theatrical short movies, not as a TV series.
Reply by FleshWound
on May 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Ah, I appreciate the clarification. I can understand how, from a purist/historical accuracy standpoint, they should be movies, but from a practical/organizational standpoint, I'd absolutely hate my server's movies section getting cluttered up with 100s of shorts just a few minutes long. Plus, the play-next-episode feature that media servers have for shows is helpful for binging through short-form content like Looney Tunes. If I've missed any important detail, please let me know, but I think my path forward is clear now. Thanks for taking the time to explain!