"Ended" status of TV shows does not update without refreshing the metadata

[ThomasPdt 4]

Hi,

I've noticed that some TV shows have ended and are marked as such in TheMovieDB or TheTVDB, but Emby does not update the end status of the show.

The end date is stuck on "Present".

I have to manually refresh the metadata of the shows library and tell Emby to replace existing metadata for Emby to show the year it ended.

I checked the TV shows library settings, I had "After initial import, refresh metadata" set to "Never", I've enabled it and set it to "Every 30 days" and I started already manually refreshing metadata of the whole library, this is taking a long time just to update a few shows' ended status.

Isn't there a less intensive way for Emby to do this and preferably automatic way to tell Emby to check only the Ended status of the shows from time to time rather than refreshing and replacing all the metadata ?

[rbjtech 5282]

Try this Plugin - it attempts to tackle the very problem your are describing with Stale metadata needing a refresh.

However, sometimes, metadata is updated very late (and would fall outside of what you specified in this plugin) - when a show is 'cancelled' late for example - it may need a complete refresh, as emby is not going to know it needs an update until you query it ..

 

 

[ThomasPdt 4]

19 hours ago, rbjtech said:

Try this Plugin - it attempts to tackle the very problem your are describing with Stale metadata needing a refresh.

However, sometimes, metadata is updated very late (and would fall outside of what you specified in this plugin) - when a show is 'cancelled' late for example - it may need a complete refresh, as emby is not going to know it needs an update until you query it ..

 

 

 

19 hours ago, rbjtech said:

Try this Plugin - it attempts to tackle the very problem your are describing with Stale metadata needing a refresh.

However, sometimes, metadata is updated very late (and would fall outside of what you specified in this plugin) - when a show is 'cancelled' late for example - it may need a complete refresh, as emby is not going to know it needs an update until you query it ..

 

 

Thank you !

Do you know how this plugin works exactly ?

I've just tried it with a 180 days lookback which gives me a table of episodes which will be included in the next refresh task.

But this will only refresh the episode metadata, right ?

My issue concerns a show's metadata, specifically its end date, so I don't think that this plugin will ever update a show's end status when it's ended, am I correct ?

Edited February 8 by ThomasPdt

[NylandClearbroo 0]

On 07/02/2026 at 23:27, rbjtech said:

Try this Plugin - it attempts to tackle the very problem your are describing with Stale metadata needing a refresh.

However, sometimes, metadata is updated very late (and would fall outside of what you specified in this plugin) - when a show is 'cancelled' late for example - it may need a complete refresh, as emby is not going to know it needs an update until you query it ..

 

Thanks for the suggestion, I really appreciate the explanation. I will try the plugin and see how it works, and if needed I will ask you. Apologies for replying on someone else’s post, I was reading this while browsing https://casinosanalyzer.com/free-slots-online/Lightning-Roulette . Sometimes I check unrelated resources while troubleshooting, so that is how I ended up here.

Thanks a lot for the suggestion, I appreciate you taking the time to explain it. I will try the plugin and see how it goes.

Edit: I am extremely sorry for replying on someone else’s post, and I will reach out if I run into any issues by starting my own thread.

Edited February 9 by NylandClearbroo

[rbjtech 5282]

20 hours ago, ThomasPdt said:

I've just tried it with a 180 days lookback which gives me a table of episodes which will be included in the next refresh task.

But this will only refresh the episode metadata, right ?

My issue concerns a show's metadata, specifically its end date, so I don't think that this plugin will ever update a show's end status when it's ended, am I correct ?

Yes you are correct - it needs to actually refresh the 'root Parent' of the episode, which is the Show itself - the Plugin does not do this, it just Refreshes the episodes themselves.

@TeamBMay be able to enhance it to give this option - but without suitable logic, it will refresh it on every episode which you probably don't want to do...