Gilligan's Island (1964 to... 1992?)

Do we really want GILLIGAN'S ISLAND listed as a series that ran from 1964 to 1992 just because the pilot episode wasn't released until 1992? Otherwise, the show would be 1964 to 1967.

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Michelle

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5 years ago

Hi jay_spirit -

This is a bit of a gray policy issue where we are lacking consistency and documentation regarding Title Years.

I will address the policy issue with our editorial team, once a consensus has been made on this particular scenario (on whether the title end-year should reflect the known series end-year or whether we should account any future episode airing dates with the display).

Once I have an update I will post the information here.

Cheers!

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jeorj_euler

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How difficult might it be to devise a "general rule" concerning the matter?

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jeorj_euler

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5 years ago

I don't know. Do we really want any series that had no new episodes produced to be listed as running beyond the year in which its most recently-produced episode was released? Let us not fail to consider the abstract principle at hand.

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bderoes

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5 years ago

We don't have that for

Star Trek: The Original Series (1966–1969)
Episode: The Cage (1986)

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jeorj_euler

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O, I see. IMDb provides its data editors the technical means to customize this stuff to a significant degree. That's good. They can make all this stuff make sense.

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ACT_1

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@bderoes

https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/star-trek-original-series/60144fed8315d702dc8d88eb

Star Trek (original series)
You have Star Trek listed as “1966-1986, rather than 1966-1968
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SoCalGrace

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5 years ago

In my humble opinion, Gilligan's Island should definitely be listed as 1964-1967. Period. Because that's the time-frame the show actually aired. Saying it ran from 1964-1992 is ludicrous!

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bderoes

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I agree.

5 years ago

jay_spirit

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3 years ago

@Michelle

Any update on this issue?

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@jay_spirit It looks like this note was added to the help page already, a few months after you opened this thread: "In some rare cases, originally unaired episodes of a TV show may be broadcast or released years after the last episode has aired. For the purpose of determining the correct end year of a TV series, those episodes should not be considered."

https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/how-do-i-change-the-end-year-of-a-series/GGLM3TRYVJWDAQNG

And Gilligan's Island's page also reflects it. So it seems everything is resolved here already.

3 years ago