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Friday, February 14th, 2025 6:44 PM

TV listings are wrong

Ever since the new seasons of Entertainment Tonight and Extra started last Fall, the episode information in the listings has been incorrect for Fox 2 in Detroit. Consequently, the Xfinity Stream app has been recording the wrong shows to the app when set to only record NEW episodes.

Please fix this immediately because I am tired of having to daily check and edit my scheduled recordings.

The first airing of the latest ET is after midnight, usually 12:30 a.m., and the rerun of that episode is at the following 2 pm.

For Extra, the New episode is at 7:30 pm, then there are reruns at midnight and the following 2:30 pm.

I don’t know if the wrong info is coming from the local Fox affiliate, or some outside listings provider, but it’s ridiculous that this error has gone on for so many months. Please communicate with whoever is providing the wrong information so they can get it fixed!

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2 months ago

Hi frustrate, I love using my DVR to watch my shows on my own time, so I can see why this would be annoying to deal with. Let's first try to find a fix together, and go from there. Have you taken any troubleshooting steps on your end? I don't want to repeat if we can avoid it. 

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@XfinityMarcos​ can you please do what I asked and contact whoever supplies the listings? There’s nothing wrong on MY end. FYI, the listings are also wrong on Zap2It, which has no relation to Xfinity that I know of. I also checked the Xfinity stream website to make sure it wasn’t a problem isolated to the app. It’s wrong there too.

Listings info doesn’t just appear out of the blue, someone supplies it, and whatever that company is has been supplying incorrect episode numbers for much too long.

If I knew where the listings were coming from, I would contact that company myself, but I haven’t been able to find that out. I don’t expect you to know either without doing some research, but you should be able to find out since you work for Xfinity.

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frustrate, we would need to troubleshoot this guide mismatch with you directly first to rule out any local concerns before taking additional steps beyond that. I promise I'll stick with you until we find a resolution. Troubleshooting is probably the last thing you want to do over your weekend, but this is a required first step. Can you please click this 'Walkthrough' and complete a system refresh? 

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I had assumed you were doing what I asked, so didn’t see this till now.

How can a refresh help with a streaming app problem?

I don’t have a cable box. I specifically posted that this is an app problem.

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Thank you for clarifying, @frustrate. I apologize for the misunderstanding. We are definitely on the same page here. You are correct that a refresh will most likely not resolve an issue like this on its own, especially if the same issue is occurring with multiple providers. The purpose of the refresh would be to eliminate that as a possible cause and open up an escalation path through our advanced support team who can communicate with the network programmers or listings provider to update the programming data.

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So are you going to escalate my issue now? This has gone on way too long! The listings provider needs to be informed ASAP.

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