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No Way To Add New Release Date to Title

When I click the dropdown box to add a release date to the title MOTHER LOVE (1989), the only option is to Correct/Delete a date.  There is no option to add a date.  Why is this?

 

https://contribute.imdb.com/updates?edit=tt0096656/releaseinfo&ref_=ttrel_rel_edt

 

 

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Because it is a series you can only add dates to each episode.

 

If you add a date for the first episode it will also be displayed on the series page.

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The episodes each have a release date at the moment.

Doesn't a TV series page normally only show years, as Mother Love already does?

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Additional dates can be added - usually for other countries.

 

I meant that a date added to the first episode is also displayed on the series-level release date subpage.

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Thanks.  I didn't realize that about series dates.  This case presents an interesting situation.  In the UK, this series aired in 4 episodes, the dates for which are currently given in the IMDB.  I want to add the U.S. air dates, but in the U.S. the series was re-edited into only 3 episodes.  Any suggestions on how to handle that?

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I don't think there's a very good way. I would probably only add the date for the first episode.  You could also add the US running time per episode as well as a trivia item to explain.

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Maybe an Alternate Version item is better than a Trivia item.  Further research has shown that MOTHER LOVE aired in the U.S. as part of PBS's MYSTERY! series.  The three-episode arc can be entered with its appropriate dates and running times there, with cross-references back and forth to the entry for MOTHER LOVE via the Alternate Versions tab.

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