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Friday, April 25th, 2025 4:49 PM

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Recent MSNBC Schedule Changes

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30588753 Someone took a shortcut to update the IMDb entries for some MSNBC programming. IT was an error and it has propagated the error through additional databases, e.g. TMDb, Trakt.tv The error: The contributor simply renamed an existing entry to a new program which as yet hasn't aired, including all historical data and, as a byproduct, assigning the IMDb ID to the new program instead of the new program having its own IMDB ID. The program in question: theWeeknight (new program); theWeekend (old program) Further detail can be found here: https://www.themoviedb.org/talk/6809810815a1d5a614aaf76e?language=en-US

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Hello Mikeylito, I understand that an existing title was hijacked and renamed with the new series as opposed to the new series having it's own separate IMDb page, is this correct? Can you help us with the link for the title?

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Hello, Fran. Your analysis is correct. Further investigation has revealed that it was done to TWO entries. The first, which I initially revealed, is: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30588753 Original Name: theWeekend There is a new program, theWeeknight, which is a franchise extension of the original. There is a third program, theWeekend: Primetime, another franchise extension presented evenings instead of mornings which should also have its own IMDb ID. Research has revealed that a second entry was "hijacked". https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26770445 Original Name: Inside with Jen Psaki There is a new program with the same host. You can refer to the following external (to IMDb) pages to understand the ramifications of the hijacking: TMDB: https://www.themoviedb.org/talk/6809810815a1d5a614aaf76e?language=en-US TRAKT.TV: https://trakt.tv/shows/theweeknight

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@Mikeylito- Thank you for posting the links and further information! After investigating, these titles have been fixed now and the changes are already live on the site. Further actions were already taken on the contributor responsible. Cheers!

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Hello, Maya and team. In the interest of, again, not screwing up the database, let me pull your attention to the following entry: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36415087 The actual title of the program is: The Weekend: Primetime. The personnel listed as "creators" are actually "Co-Hosts." I'd update this myself, but I'm unsure how to "undo" the A/K/A. So, I thought it better to just add this correction to the discussion. I'm off to try and correct TMDb if it hasn't cascaded down to that app as yet. Thanks.

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@Mikeylito- This title and the credits have now been fixed and the changes will be live on the site shortly. Cheers!

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Hello, Maya and team. Thanks for your help; it's much appreciated. I have a question. Apparently, MSNBC is treating the weekend morning edition as a new series rather than just a host change, as I was thinking of it. Should the old entry be "closed" and a new entry be made (,which I would be willing to do) or is this a host change as I viewed it. FYI, I'm just waiting for the IMDB changes to cascade down to TMDb and TRAKT.TV before making any additional changes to TMDb and TRAKT. I've already maintained the one program that didn't have any problems in all three databases. Thanks, again, for all your help and attention.

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@Mikeylito- Your welcome! It should be kept and you can just continue to add any missing information for this title.