TV Series which have letters in their Episode Numbers

Hi 

The episodes don’t have official titles, so that’s isn’t an issue. Nor did any episode number appear on screen. I’m quite happy to class 640A as 641, 640B as 642 etc. it just means that all future episodes won’t match “production numbers”, but will be the 641st, 642nd episode of the series. Unofficial fan sites have allocated episode numbers to the episodes (which IMDb currently mirrors) which don’t match production numbers but also don’t accurately match the number of episodes as two episodes transmitted together have been classed (incorrectly) as one episode, as this was purely a scheduling issue due to an episode being pre-empted by special programming. It will require a lot of editing  though!

If originally the episodes don’t have official titles (on-screen or voiced-over), then in this particular case we have an issue here on IMDb because all episodes of the mentioned series are entitled by fans:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083392/episodes/

and, unfortunately, the IMDb system in its current state does not provide the option of alternate titles for episodes where the possible titles from TV schedules could be placed.

PS: @CaptainSiCo,

Since the edit of episode title and its numbering can be made in one step, I encourage you to double-check the Episode Guidelines before you proceed with the "a lot of editing". Because up until now, I haven't seen enough attention paid to at least two very important things:

1️⃣ Episodes can be entitled only when such titles appear in original sequence, and the option of alternate titles for episodes is not implemented on IMDb;

2️⃣ If several episodes are run together as one long episode on original airing (with one set of credits), then they should be treated as a single episode, even if they are separated in reruns, syndication, or other later airings [https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/episode-guidelines/GDF7HR6CCCBKU3CP#epnumbers].

Hi

To answer your points:

The episodes do not have official titles. Titles were applied to every episode on an unofficial site, and these have found their way onto IMDb. 
I plan to delete these,  but for the time being they are useful while I am populating synopses etc.  I’m not sure if they can be deleted in bulk?

The two episodes concerned were screened back to back on the same evening, not as a re-edited hour-long episode.