Grouping direct to video series

Well, it depends what kind of videos you are talking about. Eboy's topic shows that items released separately on VHS/DVD should be separate titles.

The examples and guidance seems to vary. I prefer the idea of just treating them as episodic TV shows since they are episodic.

That's the case I've seen with several of these shows. They are released episode by episode to DVD as funding allows. Then, once they have enough to be a full season, they are picked up by a network and "re"-aired.  I know of at least one show that was done this way for the first "season" and then it went the other direction (TV first) for the second season. Each episode has been released on DVD as a separate item for both seasons.

It sounds like in that case you have to follow the IMDb rules from the earlier thread (created by me). Meaning, that each DVD should be added as an individual ”video” title to IMDb. As I see it, the title is ”V” if it was released on ”video” first (VHS, Laserdisc, DVD, Blu-ray...) - even when it would be easier to add it as a ”TV series”.

Yes, that seems to be guidance I've seen frequently.  I would just like to see a way to better group these for organization. 

Another problem that arises when listing these individually is how it clutters the filmography pages of the people involved in those projects. If there are 30 separate episodes in a video-first series, then the actors have 30 separate projects listed whereas a TV show that aired on prime time and might be better known will just be listed as a single project with the episodes under that one listing.