TV Show Episode Guide & Search

How the TV Show Episode Guide Works

This tool connects to the TVmaze public API — a comprehensive, free television database with complete episode information for thousands of shows worldwide. When you search for a show, the tool fetches matching results and displays key details: network, premiere year, genre, and average rating. Clicking a show loads its complete episode list grouped by season, with each episode showing its air date, runtime, community rating, and plot summary.

TVmaze covers shows from every major network (NBC, HBO, BBC, Netflix, Amazon) and many international broadcasters. Data is cached in your browser for 24 hours so repeat lookups are instant.

Browsing Seasons and Episodes

Once you open a show, use the season tabs to jump between seasons quickly. Each episode card shows the episode number, title, original air date, runtime in minutes, and a rating out of 10. For ongoing shows, the next scheduled episode is highlighted with an accent border and a "Next Episode" badge so you can quickly see when new episodes drop.

The show stats bar at the top displays total episode count, total seasons, average rating across all rated episodes, and the show's current status (Running, Ended, or In Development). This gives you a quick at-a-glance summary before diving into the episode list.

About TVmaze Data

TVmaze is maintained by a community of TV enthusiasts and professionals. It covers over 50,000 shows and 1.5 million episodes across all major streaming platforms and broadcast networks. Ratings are community-sourced, similar to IMDb's model, and are updated as new episodes air.

The TVmaze API is completely free and requires no authentication, making it ideal for browser-based tools. All requests are made directly from your browser — no data passes through our servers. Episode data is accurate as of TVmaze's last update, which typically happens within hours of a new episode airing. Last updated: March 2026.

Finding the Next Episode Air Date

The most common reason people open an episode guide is not nostalgia — it is wanting to know when the next episode lands. Search the show, open the current season, and the newest entries carry their scheduled air dates; a running series lists episodes that have not aired yet, so the first entry without a rating is usually the one you are waiting for. Dates come from the network's published schedule, which means two things worth knowing: they shift when a network moves a slot, and they are shown for the original broadcast region, so an international release on a streaming service can land hours or a day later than the date listed here.

Three limits to read the results correctly. Episode numbering follows the broadcast order, which for some anime and imported series differs from production or streaming order — a mismatch with your streaming app's numbering usually means the platform re-ordered, not that data is missing. Specials are filed under season 0 rather than inserted into the main run, so a gap in a season's episode numbers is often a special sitting elsewhere. And ratings are community averages, so episodes that aired in the last few days can swing until enough votes accumulate. Data is supplied by the TVmaze API. Updated 2026-08-25.

Tips for Finding Shows

Use the exact show name for the most accurate results. If you're searching for a show with a common word in the title (like "Office" or "House"), try adding the network name or year to narrow down results. The search returns up to 10 matching shows ranked by relevance. For animated series, anime, and international shows, TVmaze has excellent coverage — try searching for "Attack on Titan" or "Dark" for German language shows.