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by defrost 278 days ago
Not if:

* they already have peer filename.nfo files with TVDB | IMDB | TMDB ID's

* not if they have scene standard names AND are not ambiguous media names (eg: Utopia - which of the 5 possible series do you mean?)

But these are issues all media libraries face.

Group series episodes in per series (or even per season) folders and include a tvshow.nfo file with any IDs.

eg:

  <episodeguide>{"tmdb":"328","imdb":"tt0983200","tvdb":"82616","tvrage":"7565","wikidata":"Q6805564"}</episodeguide>
  <id>82616</id>
  <imdbid>tt0983200</imdbid>
  <tmdbid>328</tmdbid>
  <uniqueid default="false" type="tmdb">328</uniqueid>
  <uniqueid default="false" type="imdb">tt0983200</uniqueid>
  <uniqueid default="true" type="tvdb">82616</uniqueid>
  <uniqueid default="false" type="tvrage">7565</uniqueid>
  <uniqueid default="false" type="wikidata">Q6805564</uniqueid>
  <premiered>1989-05-08</premiered>
is over kill for Media Watch https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/328-media-watch

which just leaves the issue of TheMovieDB being weak on metadata for that series .. but can be completed from theTVDB https://www.thetvdb.com/series/media-watch