Serious issue with same named tv shows...

[carpexnoctem]

I have noticed that unlike movies, you cannot get a tv show added to
the Glue Index if one already exists of the same name. This is not a
problem with same named movies, since they have different directors.
Television shows have different casts, obviously, but even when
attempts to add from IMDB are made it refuses to add a new entry.
Since a new page for The Cape cannot be created, this results in
having a guru and users checking-in to discuss the upcoming 2011 NBC
series The Cape, on the page for the same named 1996 series. We are
going to have a serious problem on January 9th, 2011 when the series
actually premieres. We can't expect users to continue to check-in to
the 1996 series for the 2011 series. Also there is a new series coming
in 2011 to AMC called The Killing. A page for a 2007 television series
The Killing aka Forbrydelsen already exists, so again a new page
cannot be created. I have noticed for tv shows and movies, the website
address ignores 'the' and 'a' in name titles. For example to get to
the page for the tv show The Simpsons, you just type in getglue.com/
tv_shows/simpsons - Perhaps this distinction could be the key to
getting these same named shows successfully added? There already
exists getglue.com/tv_shows/cape... Maybe the 2011 show could be
getglue.com/tv_shows/the_cape ? I cannot understand why no one else
has brought this up yet, as far as I can tell but it really does need
to be addressed very soon. NBC's The Cape and AMC's The Killing, and
whatever other tv shows that happen to have the same name, need to
have their own entries so they are represented properly.

[Karen Teng]

Good point. This is indeed an issue with the way we are handling tv
show identity on GetGlue.
However, we have found that since the number of overlapping tv show
titles is quite small,
editorial curation always suffices.

For example, to handle the british and US version of The Office we
have
http://getglue.com/tv_shows/office
http://getglue.com/tv_shows/office_uk

For the new and old versions of The Cape we have
http://getglue.com/tv_shows/cape
http://getglue.com/tv_shows/cape_1996

The Killing is already known on GetGlue under a different title so the
new show stays as is
http://getglue.com/tv_shows/forbrydelsen
http://getglue.com/tv_shows/killing

We do rely on our editors and especially our users to report these
duplicates though
so by all means please send them our way by shooting off an email to
support @ getglue dot com.

Thanks.

[carpexnoctem]

It's probably too late but there needs to be a second Naughty or Nice
allowed for the Naughty or Nice-athon airing tomorrow morning
(December 25) on The Hub which counts down characters who were voted
naughty or nice by viewers on the site. I cannot add it to the Index
because of the George Lopez tv movie already being there. Had I known
this, I would have given a heads up sooner.
http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSC.do?sId=EP01362654

Thank you for making these changes to differentiate The Cape, The
Killing and The Office UK. I appreciate it and I'm sure others will
too.

On Dec 8, 10:49 am, Karen Teng <ka...@getglue.com> wrote:
> Good point. This is indeed an issue with the way we are handling tv
> show identity on GetGlue.
> However, we have found that since the number of overlapping tv show
> titles is quite small,
> editorial curation always suffices.
>
> For example, to handle the british and US version of The Office we

> havehttp://getglue.com/tv_shows/officehttp://getglue.com/tv_shows/office_uk
>
> For the new and old versions of The Cape we havehttp://getglue.com/tv_shows/capehttp://getglue.com/tv_shows/cape_1996

>
> The Killing is already known on GetGlue under a different title so the

> new show stays as ishttp://getglue.com/tv_shows/forbrydelsenhttp://getglue.com/tv_shows/killing

[carpexnoctem]

Thank you for the changes. At the time I posted these concerns, there
was still only one entry for The Cape intended for the 1996 series and
now since there has been a separate entry created for that series, all
the check-ins and current guru for The Cape is once again relevant
since it pertains to the 2011 series on NBC. I wasn't aware of The
Office UK entry so that is useful since I wanted to like that show
since I had seen it on Adult Swim. Also, The Killing is perfect now
since you changed the cast. I took over the guru for it and changed
the description which was still for the Danish series to the upcoming
A&E one. All around great improvements.

I do have an issue I didn't foresee with adding this new special which
premieres tomorrow morning on The Hub, however. It is named Naughty or
Nice, but that entry is already taken by the tv movie of the same name
starring George Lopez. I will be watching this 2 hour Naughty or Nice
countdown at 7 am (central) and I really would like to check-in to it.
I asked about this in a separate post but for some reason it hasn't
gone live along with my other one concerning format and duplicate
issues.

On Dec 8, 10:49 am, Karen Teng <ka...@getglue.com> wrote:

> Good point. This is indeed an issue with the way we are handling tv
> show identity on GetGlue.
> However, we have found that since the number of overlapping tv show
> titles is quite small,
> editorial curation always suffices.
>
> For example, to handle the british and US version of The Office we

> havehttp://getglue.com/tv_shows/officehttp://getglue.com/tv_shows/office_uk
>
> For the new and old versions of The Cape we havehttp://getglue.com/tv_shows/capehttp://getglue.com/tv_shows/cape_1996

>
> The Killing is already known on GetGlue under a different title so the

> new show stays as ishttp://getglue.com/tv_shows/forbrydelsenhttp://getglue.com/tv_shows/killing