# TV show page

> The page of each TV show: its details, its seasons and episodes, the episode panel, the Viewed marks and the Continue button. This page explains each part and where the episodes come from.

Source: https://doothemes.com/docs/wovie/pages/tv-show

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## Overview

The page of a TV show works like the [page of a movie](https://doothemes.com/docs/wovie/pages/movie), with its hero, rating, synopsis, cast, comments and related titles. On top of that, it has:

- **The seasons and their episodes**, below the hero.
- **The episode panel**, where visitors watch or download each episode.
- **A Viewed mark** on the episodes the visitor opened.
- **A Continue button** to go back to the last episode.

[SCREENSHOT_HERE: A TV show page of Wovie on a computer, with the hero, the Continue button and the Episodes list below]

## The hero

It shows the same as on a movie, with these differences:

- **The years**: *2018–2023* for a TV show that ended, *2018–* for one that is still on the air, and only the year for one that has not premiered.
- **The runtime of each episode**, such as *45m/ep*.
- **The status**: **Returning Series**, **Ended**, **Canceled**, **In Production**, **Planned** or **Pilot**.
- **Continue** instead of **Watch** and **Download**: each episode has its own links, in the episode panel.

## Seasons and episodes

Below the hero, **Episodes list** shows the episodes of one season at a time:

- **The season selector** lists every season with its year and its number of episodes. Choosing a season shows its episodes, and the poster of the hero changes to the poster of that season, when it has one.
- **Overview** shows the synopsis of the season, when it has one.
- **Each episode** shows its image, its title, its season and number, and its quality and language badges.
- **Load more episodes** shows the next ones. To change how many load at a time, see [Episodes list](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/settings/core-modules#episodes-list) in the Dbmovies documentation.

**Which season opens first:**

1. The season of the link, when the visitor arrives with a link to an episode.
2. Otherwise, the last season the visitor viewed in this TV show.
3. Otherwise, **Season 1**, or the first regular season of the TV show.

[SCREENSHOT_HERE: The Episodes list of a TV show, with the season selector open and the episode cards below]

## The episode panel

Clicking an episode opens its panel: from the right on computers, and from the bottom on phones. It shows:

- the image and the synopsis of the episode, with its badges;
- **Watch**, with its streaming links, and **Download**, with its download links;
- **Previous** and **Next**, to move to the other episodes without closing the panel. When the visitor reaches the last episode loaded, the next ones load on their own.

How the player works is explained in [Player and links](https://doothemes.com/docs/wovie/player).

[SCREENSHOT_HERE: The episode panel open on a computer, with the image, the synopsis, the Watch links and the Previous and Next buttons]

## Viewed and Continue

- **Viewed**: each episode the visitor opens gets a **Viewed** mark in the list.
- **Continue**: once the visitor opens an episode, the **Continue** button appears in the hero. It opens the last episode they opened, in its season.

Wovie keeps both in the visitor's browser: they are different on each device, they are not linked to the member account, and clearing the browser data removes them.

## Links to an episode

A link to the TV show with `?season=` and `&episode=` opens that episode directly, with its panel open:

```permalink
https://your-website.com/tvshows/my-tv-show?season=2&episode=5
```

The **Latest episodes** row and the **Watch now** button of the [home page](https://doothemes.com/docs/wovie/pages/home) use these links.

## Where the episodes come from

Dbmovies creates the episodes of each TV show, season by season, with Automatic episodes or by hand. See [Importing the episodes](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/post-types/tvshows#importing-the-episodes) and [Episodes](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/post-types/episodes) in the Dbmovies documentation.

## Troubleshooting

| Problem | What to do |
|---|---|
| The page shows no Episodes list | The TV show has no seasons yet, or was not imported from TMDb. Check its seasons in Dbmovies |
| A season shows *No episodes available yet.* | Its episodes were not created yet. With Automatic episodes on, they arrive in the background. See [Importing the episodes](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/post-types/tvshows#importing-the-episodes) |
| *Could not load episodes.* | Reload the page. If it continues, check that your site uses pretty permalinks (see [Requirements](https://doothemes.com/docs/wovie/requirements)) and that no security plugin blocks the WordPress REST API |
| The Continue button does not appear | It appears once the visitor opens an episode of that TV show in that browser |