Organize your shows, shelves and return dates

Build a library of shows you chose

Search for a series, inspect its episode list, and add it to your account. The library is a list of shows you decided to follow, rather than a recommendation feed that quietly chooses titles for you. Start with one current show and one you plan to watch later; that makes the shelf distinction useful immediately.

The public demo uses sample data. It is a way to check how a show moves through the interface before you create an account or rely on it to hold your actual viewing history.

• Watching, watchlist, paused, finished and dropped shelves
• An episode history attached to each series
• An up-next queue from the shows you follow

Use a shelf for each viewing decision

Put a new series on the watchlist until you begin it. Move it to watching when you start, pause it when you take a break, and finish or drop it when it no longer belongs in your active queue. A shelf records your intention; it is not a judgment about the show.

Changing shelves does not need to erase the episode history. If you return to a paused series after months away, you can see what you checked off before deciding what to play next.

Keep progress with the show

Open a show to see its seasons and episodes, then mark the episodes you actually finished. The saved marks allow the tracker to identify the next unwatched episode. Progress does not depend on where you streamed it, and it does not update from playback automatically.

For a concrete example, imagine a six-episode season with episodes one through three checked. The show remains on your watching shelf and episode four is the next step. If you accidentally check episode five, undoing that mark preserves the intended sequence.

Plan around return dates

TVmaze provides show and schedule metadata. When a return date is available, it helps distinguish a series with something ready now from one whose next episode has not aired. A missing date is not proof that the series has ended.

Air dates can move and episode listings can be corrected after a network changes its schedule. Treat reminders and dates as a planning aid, and check an official listing when the exact release time matters.

Decide what to watch next

The watch-next view can start with the active shows already in your library. It does not need to infer your taste from strangers' ratings: it finds where you stopped and separates unwatched episodes from future releases.

If you follow several shows at once, this removes the small but repeated task of remembering a season number. Paused, finished and dropped shows stay visible in their shelves without taking over the immediate queue.

Try a sample and keep an exit

Use the demo to move through a sample show and watch the queue change. It does not save a personal library; sign up when you want your own shelves and episode marks kept between visits.

After building a library, review the account export so you know what fields can leave with you. The tracker does not host video, guarantee streaming availability or automatically reconstruct history from an account you cannot access.

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