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Werewolf by Night

"Werewolf by Night" is currently listed as a TV Movie when it's actually a TV Special (like the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, which is correctly categorized). How can it be corrected?

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OP is right, Werewolf by Night was an MCU/Disney+ TV Special.

Edit: I did a bit of research, and the definition of TV Special is extremely broad and nebulous.

And it's even more nebulous in this era of on-demand streaming.

So I don't know... both categories seem "equally correct". 

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The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special is marked as a TV Special and both are Marvel Studios Special Presentations ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Studios_Special_Presentations ), the only two in existence so far in fact, so they should be marked consistently.

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2 years ago

Hi @Noneofyourbusiness -

You need to add the keyword 'tv-special' to the title.

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I haven't been able to find a place to edit the title.

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@Noneofyourbusiness​ Hi! You need to click 'edit page' on the bottom of the page and find 'Keyword', follow our help guides for more.

Cheers!

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Thanks! I expected it to be near the section being edited, like in other sections.

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The problem with listing it as "TV special" at IMDb is that IMDb's programming would move all the cast credits to the Self category in the actors' pages.

Whether it is actually most appropriate called a TV special, TV movie, movie or video when it came out on a streaming service is a headache.

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Yes, I saw that when I was editing. You avoid that by also adding the "reenactment" keyword, which is how the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special has the TV Special category without the credits being listed as "Self", it has both keywords already.

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2 years ago

”TV special” usually refers to ”Self” credits (which of course can have some ”acting” credits also). Award shows, special concerts, comedy shows, sport events, etc.

If something is labeled as ”holiday special” (like some Star Wars/GotG related one-offs), it doesn’t make them ”television specials”. But perhaps IMDb has other ideas about this.