Build a show with seasons and episodes

Use a show for anything episodic — a weekly magazine programme, a coaches’ show, a documentary series. Viewers get season tabs, an episode grid and an Up next list that keeps them watching. You need the Shows permission, and the Shows switch must be on in Studio → System → Settings → Content → Features.

Create the show

1. 1
   Start a new show

   Go to Studio → Content → Shows and click New show.

2. 2
   Fill in Identity

   Type the Title, Short description and Description, then the Release year, Rating (0-10), Content rating and a Trailer URL video picked from the media library.

3. 3
   Add artwork and tags

   Pick the Poster and Backdrop under Visuals, then Genres and Cast under Taxonomy.

4. 4
   Set the show’s access

   In Access, choose Free or Subscription. For Subscription, pick Required plans, or leave it empty for any active subscriber. Every episode follows this unless you override it.

5. 5
   Save once

   Click SAVE CHANGES. The Seasons panel only appears below the form after the show has been saved.

Add seasons

1. 1
   Open the season form

   In the Seasons panel, click NEW SEASON. Number is already filled in with the next number.

2. 2
   Describe the season

   Add a Release year, an optional Title such as “The Playoff Run”, a Description and a season Trailer picked from the media library, then click SAVE.

3. 3
   Put seasons in order

   Drag a season by its grip handle. The public show page uses the same order.

Add episodes

1. 1
   Open the season

   Click a season row to expand it, then click NEW EPISODE.

2. 2
   Fill in the episode

   Enter the Number and Title, then the Description, Duration (min) and Air date.

3. 3
   Attach the video

   Click Pick video and choose the file from the media library.

4. 4
   Decide its access

   Leave Access override on — Inherit from show —, or choose FREE or SUBSCRIPTION for this episode alone. Click SAVE.

Mixing free and paid episodes

On the public episode page, Up next lists the following episodes in the same season, so a binge session carries on without a trip back to the show page.