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Wednesday, November 5th, 2025

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My release date submissions are suddenly being rejected en masse

Since about 28 October 2025, all of my release date submissions for TV series and podcast episodes have been rejected, even with url's proving their validity. I raised this issue to IMDb, but received an automated and unhelpful response. Is anyone else suddenly experiencing this problem? If not, I wonder why my submissions are suddenly problematic after over a decade of no issues.

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30 days ago

I am experiencing that issue as well. It’s been a pain to get a helpful response and a solution to the problem.

Employee

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30 days ago

Hi Piedradura- In order for our staff to review, can you post the 18-digit submission reference numbers for these declined contributions? Cheers!

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251103-184850-725000 251103-184801-378000 51103-184732-175000 251103-184052-213000 251103-183747-796000 251103-135208-630000 251103-134946-398000 251103-134709-699000 251103-134523-136000 251103-124335-365000 251103-115552-583000 251103-025110-426000 251102-172246-674000 251102-172221-770000 251102-172127-009000 251102-172016-622000 251102-171946-613000 251102-171859-434000 251102-171829-333000 251102-171757-270000 251102-171726-897000 251102-171656-642000 251102-171629-958000 251102-171559-031000 251102-171527-233000 251102-171438-599000 251102-171406-082000 251102-171334-976000 251102-171254-221000 251102-171216-166000 251102-171142-135000 251102-171053-882000 251102-170958-584000 251102-170926-384000 251102-170810-234000 251102-170709-215000 251102-170630-631000 251102-170515-737000 251102-170425-870000 251102-170342-941000 251102-170249-516000 251102-170204-761000 251102-170126-232000 251102-170053-586000 251102-165927-827000 251102-165838-239000 251102-165645-061000 251102-165538-706000 251102-165445-065000 251102-165400-115000 251102-165324-214000 251102-165251-915000 251102-165219-045000 251102-165134-310000 251102-165059-300000 251102-164855-667000 251102-164746-188000 251102-164534-323000 251102-164424-552000 251102-164342-371000 251102-164257-707000 251102-130810-090000 251104-120133-852000 251103-233831-468000 251103-221021-104000 251103-220708-616000 251103-220446-637000 251103-220236-601000 251103-215934-128000 251103-215654-517000 Thank you!

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@Piedradura- Thank you for providing them! We will be reviewing them and once we have updates, we'll post them below.

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Maya - here are some additional entries that were declined: 251103-124335-365000 251103-134523-136000 251103-134709-699000 251103-134946-398000 251103-135208-630000 251103-183747-796000 251103-184052-213000 251103-184732-175000 251103-184801-378000 251103-184850-725000 251103-215654-517000 251103-215934-128000 251103-220236-601000 251103-220446-637000 251103-220708-616000 251103-221021-104000 251106-202655-659000 251106-203330-225000 251106-204053-407000 251107-181048-656000 251107-182312-514000 251107-183618-335000 251107-183932-629000 251107-190036-717000 251107-190508-998000 251107-223526-870000 251107-223735-397000 251107-224025-467000 251107-235208-651000 251108-000143-017000 251108-001515-908000 251108-001805-994000 251108-002051-739000 Thanks!

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Maya - is there any update as to why I am unable to post release dates? Thanks!

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@Piedradura- Hi, Your submissions have been reviewed, however, we will need further supporting evidence to be provided in order for our staff to verify the information. You can submit any new ones and are welcome to re-submit as well with the respective evidence.

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What supporting evidence do you need? I have submitted the podcast URL's and they are still being rejected. This was never a problem for the many years I submitted release dates.

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Hi Piedradura - For the Release Date submissions where you have included the podcast link and the submission is declined, can you provide some examples by posting the 18-digit submission reference numbers associated with some of these recent updates?

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251103-124335-365000 251103-134523-136000 251103-134709-699000 251103-134946-398000 251103-135208-630000 251103-183747-796000 251103-184052-213000 251103-184732-175000 251103-184801-378000 251103-184850-725000 251103-215654-517000 251103-215934-128000 251103-220236-601000 251103-220446-637000 251103-220708-616000 251103-221021-104000 251106-202655-659000 251106-203330-225000 251106-204053-407000 251107-181048-656000 251107-182312-514000 251107-183618-335000 251107-183932-629000 251107-190036-717000 251107-190508-998000 251107-223526-870000 251107-223735-397000 251107-224025-467000 251107-235208-651000 251108-000143-017000 251108-001515-908000 251108-001805-994000 251108-002051-739000 What proof do I need for TV series episodes? Thanks.

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Employee

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The evidence was not attach to the Release Date additions, which is why you are being rejected. The best proof is the podcast link that you have provided. You can re submit the Release Dates and make sure to include this link in the contribution to verify the additions. You can find help in the Release Dates help guide: https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/release-dates/GVUUDEPJNAW6G35P?ref_=helpsrall#add

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I have done that multiple times with some of those submissions and they are still being rejected. I feel like we are going in circles. There seems to be a larger issue specific to my submissions that only began in late October after years of no issues. Please help!

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@Piedradura- If you are adding a new title or new episode, please make sure to include the supporting evidence as well on the Release Dates data section. The submissions above where the link was added through the new title data section have been re-submitted on your behalf. However, from now on, as mentioned above please add the supporting evidence link when you are filling out any Release Dates data section.

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