<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Gary,</div><div><br></div><div>For the last year (it seems) original air date has been missing for any new, OTA show for all of my local stations.  I would like to figure out why.</div><div><br></div><div>When I look at the SchedulesDirect.DB the information is there. For example:</div><div><br></div><div>INSERT INTO programs VALUES('EP029705430033','xfT6+k9jEHFM7kDyMVUKLQ','{"md5":"xfT6+k9jEHFM7kDyMVUKLQ","resourceID":"15523389","episodeTitle150":"Now and Then","hasSeriesArtwork":true,"programID":"EP029705430033","showType":"Series","hasImageArtwork":true,"cast":[{"billingOrder":"01","name":"Nathan Fillion","nameId":"67551","personId":"67551","role":"Actor","characterName":"John Nolan"},{"billingOrder":"02","nameId":"496084","name":"Mekia Cox","personId":"485976","characterName":"Nyla Harper","role":"Actor"},{"role":"Actor","characterName":"Angela Lopez","personId":"304076","name":"Alyssa Diaz","nameId":"308075","billingOrder":"03"},{"name":"Richard T. Jones","nameId":"191738","billingOrder":"04","role":"Actor","characterName":"Sergeant Wade Grey","personId":"189985"},{"name":"Titus Makin","nameId":"1243712","billingOrder":"05","role":"Actor","characterName":"Jackson West","personId":"630730"},{"name":"Melissa O''Neil","nameId":"783199","billingOrder":"06","characterName":"Lucy Chen","role":"Actor","personId":"748705"},{"role":"Actor","characterName":"Tim Bradford","personId":"251380","name":"Eric Winter","nameId":"254936","billingOrder":"07"},{"name":"Zayne Emory","nameId":"578771","billingOrder":"08","role":"Guest Star","characterName":"Henry Nolan","personId":"554955"},{"role":"Guest Star","characterName":"Abigail","personId":"952321","name":"Madeleine Coghlan","nameId":"1014956","billingOrder":"09"},{"characterName":"Sterling Freeman","role":"Guest Star","personId":"667397","name":"Daniel Lissing","nameId":"694274","billingOrder":"10"},{"personId":"30851","characterName":"Dr. Solomon Lowell","role":"Guest Star","billingOrder":"11","name":"Jeffrey D. Sams","nameId":"30851"}],"titles":[{"title120":"The Rookie"}],"originalAirDate":"2020-03-01","crew":[{"name":"Alexi Hawley","nameId":"336118","role":"Executive Producer","personId":"327689","billingOrder":"01"},{"personId":"228438","billingOrder":"02","nameId":"231468","name":"Mark Gordon","role":"Executive Producer"},{"nameId":"67551","name":"Nathan Fillion","role":"Executive Producer","personId":"67551","billingOrder":"03"},{"personId":"1158496","billingOrder":"04","name":"Michelle Chapman","nameId":"1243713","role":"Executive Producer"},{"personId":"1122318","billingOrder":"05","name":"Jon Steinberg","nameId":"1205204","role":"Executive Producer"},{"billingOrder":"06","personId":"1280246","role":"Executive Producer","name":"Bill Norcross","nameId":"1372975"},{"billingOrder":"07","personId":"303791","role":"Executive Producer","nameId":"307790","name":"Terence Paul Winter"},{"billingOrder":"08","personId":"54798","role":"Executive Producer","name":"Rob Bowman","nameId":"54798"},{"personId":"497889","billingOrder":"09","name":"Robert Bella","nameId":"511933","role":"Writer"},{"nameId":"1421075","name":"Chi-Yoon Chung","role":"Director","personId":"1325397","billingOrder":"10"}],"genres":["Crime drama"],"metadata":[{"Gracenote":{"episode":12,"season":2}}],"entityType":"Episode","contentRating":[{"country":"CAN","code":"13+","body":"Régie du cinéma"},{"body":"Departamento de Justiça, Classificação, Títulos e Qualificação","code":"14","country":"BRA"},{"country":"CAN","body":"Canadian Parental Rating","code":"14+"},{"country":"USA","contentAdvisory":["Language","Violence"],"code":"TV14","body":"USA Parental Rating"}],"descriptions":{"description1000":[{"description":"Nolan takes his son''s fiancée, Abigail, on a ride-along after she shows interest in becoming a police officer; Jackson''s relationship becomes increasingly complicated.","descriptionLanguage":"en"}],"description100":[{"description":"Nolan takes his son''s fiancée on a ride-along after she shows interest in becoming a police officer.","descriptionLanguage":"en"}]}}','SH029705430000','2020-02-20 16:35:01');</div><div><br></div><div>However, I don't see originalairdate anywhere in the XML file:</div><div><br></div><div> <programme channel="<a href="http://I31235.json.schedulesdirect.org">I31235.json.schedulesdirect.org</a>" start="20200302040000 +0000" stop="20200302050000 +0000"><br>  <title>The Rookie</title><br>  <sub-title>Now and Then</sub-title><br>  <desc lang="en">Nolan takes his son's fiancée, Abigail, on a ride-along after she shows interest in becoming a police officer; Jackson's relationship becomes increasingly complicated.</desc><br>  <credits><br>   <director>Chi-Yoon Chung</director><br>   <actor role="John Nolan">Nathan Fillion</actor><br>   <actor role="Nyla Harper">Mekia Cox</actor><br>   <actor role="Angela Lopez">Alyssa Diaz</actor><br>   <actor role="Sergeant Wade Grey">Richard T. Jones</actor><br>   <actor role="Jackson West">Titus Makin</actor><br>   <actor role="Lucy Chen">Melissa O'Neil</actor><br>   <actor role="Tim Bradford">Eric Winter</actor><br>   <actor role="Captain Zoe Andersen">Mercedes Mason</actor><br>   <actor role="Talia Bishop">Afton Williamson</actor><br>   <writer>Robert Bella</writer><br>   <producer>Alexi Hawley</producer><br>   <producer>Mark Gordon</producer><br>   <producer>Nathan Fillion</producer><br>   <producer>Michelle Chapman</producer><br>   <producer>Jon Steinberg</producer><br>   <producer>Bill Norcross</producer><br>   <producer>Terence Paul Winter</producer><br>   <producer>Rob Bowman</producer><br>   <guest>Zayne Emory</guest><br>   <guest>Madeleine Coghlan</guest><br>   <guest>Daniel Lissing</guest><br>   <guest>Jeffrey D. Sams</guest><br>  </credits><br>  <category>series</category><br>  <category>Crime drama</category><br>  <category>Series</category><br>  <category>Episode</category><br>  <category>Show</category><br>  <keyword>2010s</keyword><br>  <keyword>Adventure</keyword><br>  <keyword>Amusing</keyword><br>  <keyword>Bank</keyword><br>  <keyword>Bank heist</keyword><br>  <keyword>Bar</keyword><br>  <keyword>Career change</keyword><br>  <keyword>Criminal</keyword><br>  <keyword>Discovery</keyword><br>  <keyword>Emotional</keyword><br>  <keyword>House</keyword><br>  <keyword>Lifestyle changes</keyword><br>  <keyword>Officer</keyword><br>  <keyword>Partner</keyword><br>  <keyword>Police captain</keyword><br>  <keyword>Police station</keyword><br>  <keyword>Police work</keyword><br>  <keyword>Pursuit</keyword><br>  <keyword>Quest</keyword><br>  <keyword>Relationships</keyword><br>  <keyword>Rise</keyword><br>  <keyword>Road</keyword><br>  <keyword>Rookie</keyword><br>  <keyword>Spirited</keyword><br>  <keyword>Starting over</keyword><br>  <keyword>Suspenseful</keyword><br>  <keyword>Thrilling</keyword><br>  <episode-num system="dd_progid">EP02970543.0033</episode-num><br>  <episode-num system="xmltv_ns"> 1 / 2 . 11 .  </episode-num><br>  <video><br>   <quality>HDTV</quality><br>  </video><br>  <audio><br>   <stereo>dolby digital</stereo><br>  </audio><br>  <subtitles type="teletext" /><br>  <rating system="CHVRS"><br>   <value>14+</value><br>  </rating><br>  <rating system="ClassInd"><br>   <value>14</value><br>  </rating><br>  <rating system="Régie du cinéma"><br>   <value>13+</value><br>  </rating><br>  <rating system="VCHIP"><br>   <value>TV-14</value><br>  </rating><br> </programme></div><div><br></div><div>Some entries in the XML file have <previously-shown start="some value" /> but that does not exist for any of my local channels when the show is new.  Is that how it is supposed to work?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>John<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>