[Skirge01]

A single rule over at the TMDB is beginning to cause larger, trickle down issues elsewhere and I'm wondering if there's something we can do for this addon to account for it.  They have a HARD rule that everything is entered according to "original release".  If something happens outside of that, 9 out of 10 times, it becomes a "special".  Currently, The Nevers has the entire second half of its first (and only) season listed under "Specials" because it was cancelled and the second half of the season didn't air on HBO¹.  I Am Groot is listed as beginning with season 2 and no season 1 even exists; season 1's episodes are considered movies on TMDB².  IMDB and TVDB have these two examples listed just as anyone with half a brain would want/expect them listed.

This is getting to be a much larger problem as more shows jump networks/services, get cancelled mid-season with unaired episodes, etc.  I've switched these shows from TMDB to TVDB so the scraping will put them in the correct order for watching, but then this addon can't scrape them because it uses TMDB IDs to pull ratings and the numbering doesn't match.  These issues are causing the addon to crash (sometimes Kodi, itself, is crashing on my system).  Since TMDB is ignoring the community's pleas to adjust their rules and accommodate these shows in the most logical fashion, is there something we can do for this addon's ability to handle these ever-growing situations?  Sorry to be asking you to address an issue TMDB's obstinance is causing.

¹ Numerous discussion threads: https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/80828-the-nevers/discuss
² Numerous discussion threads:  https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/232125-i-am-groot/discuss