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Tuesday, October 15th, 2024 8:49 PM

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Every acting credit on a TV episode is appearing as a "Self" credit

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Anyone know why every acting credit for the latest Family Guy episode are, for whatever reason, "self" credits?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33044453/

It's most obvious on the pages for Glen Powell and Derek Jacobi, given they have no other Family Guy credits.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001394/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1412974/

I looked over the page and don't see any reason to think these should all be appearing under "Self".

I think maybe because it has the tag "TV special"? But obviously it's not that kind of documentary/special.

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1 month ago

It appear to have been fixed credit wise, yet these Season 23 episodes are being listed as Season 22 which definitively ended back in April. https://www.fox.com/animation-domination/clips/family-guy-full-episodes/

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Skylar: I have just submitted a deletion of the "tv-special" keyword. As you suggested, on IMDb, a "tv-special" is presumed to be nonfiction and all the cast members are assumed to be playing Self roles.

While networks and viewers may often consider a program which is fiction to be a TV special, IMDb treats "tv-special" as a specialized keyword, and that keyword should not be used for fictional content.

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