diff --git a/scanner/providers/implementations/themoviedatabase.py b/scanner/providers/implementations/themoviedatabase.py
index 02f87b53..a0882371 100644
--- a/scanner/providers/implementations/themoviedatabase.py
+++ b/scanner/providers/implementations/themoviedatabase.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import asyncio
 import logging
+from sys import orig_argv
 from aiohttp import ClientSession
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from typing import Awaitable, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Any, TypeVar
@@ -222,6 +223,7 @@ class TheMovieDatabase(Provider):
 		ret.external_id = await self._idmapper.get_movie(ret.external_id)
 		return ret
 
+	@cache(ttl=timedelta(days=1))
 	async def identify_show(
 		self,
 		show_id: str,
@@ -375,12 +377,36 @@ class TheMovieDatabase(Provider):
 		)
 
 	@cache(ttl=timedelta(days=1))
-	async def search_show(self, name: str, year: Optional[int]):
+	async def search_show(self, name: str, year: Optional[int]) -> PartialShow:
 		search_results = (
 			await self.get("search/tv", params={"query": name, "year": year})
 		)["results"]
+
 		if len(search_results) == 0:
-			raise ProviderError(f"No result for a tv show named: {name}")
+			(new_name, tvdbid) = await self._xem.get_show_override("tvdb", name)
+			if new_name is None or tvdbid is None or name.lower() == new_name.lower():
+				raise ProviderError(f"No result for a tv show named: {name}")
+			ret = PartialShow(
+				name=new_name,
+				original_language=None,
+				external_id={
+					"tvdb": MetadataID(tvdbid, link=None),
+				},
+			)
+			ret.external_id = await self._idmapper.get_show(
+				ret.external_id, required=[self.name]
+			)
+
+			if self.name in ret.external_id:
+				return ret
+			logging.warn(
+				"Could not map xem exception to themoviedb, searching instead for %s",
+				new_name,
+			)
+			nret = await self.search_show(new_name, year)
+			nret.external_id = {**ret.external_id, **nret.external_id}
+			return nret
+
 		search = self.get_best_result(search_results, name, year)
 		show_id = search["id"]
 		return PartialShow(
@@ -393,7 +419,6 @@ class TheMovieDatabase(Provider):
 			},
 		)
 
-
 	async def identify_episode(
 		self,
 		name: str,
@@ -405,8 +430,10 @@ class TheMovieDatabase(Provider):
 		language: list[str],
 	) -> Episode:
 		show = await self.search_show(name, year)
-		if show.original_language not in language:
+		if show.original_language and show.original_language not in language:
 			language.append(show.original_language)
+		# Keep it for xem overrides of season/episode
+		old_name = name
 		name = show.name
 		show_id = show.external_id[self.name].data_id
 
@@ -414,14 +441,14 @@ class TheMovieDatabase(Provider):
 		# For example when name is "Jojo's bizzare adventure - Stone Ocean", with season None,
 		# We want something like season 6 ep 3.
 		if season is None and absolute is not None:
-			ids = await self._idmapper.get_show(show.external_id, required=["tmdbid"])
+			ids = await self._idmapper.get_show(show.external_id, required=["tvdb"])
 			if ids["tvdb"] is not None:
 				(
 					tvdb_season,
 					tvdb_episode,
 					absolute,
 				) = await self._xem.get_episode_override(
-					"tvdb", ids["tvdb"].data_id, name, absolute
+					"tvdb", ids["tvdb"].data_id, old_name, absolute
 				)
 				# Most of the time, tvdb absolute and tmdb absolute are in think so we use that as our souce of truth.
 				# tvdb_season/episode are not in sync with tmdb so we discard those and use our usual absolute order fetching.
diff --git a/scanner/providers/implementations/thexem.py b/scanner/providers/implementations/thexem.py
index 49294fb0..721fb236 100644
--- a/scanner/providers/implementations/thexem.py
+++ b/scanner/providers/implementations/thexem.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class TheXem:
 			params={
 				"origin": provider,
 				"seasonNumbers": 1,  # 1 here means true
+				"defaultNames": 1,
 			},
 		) as r:
 			r.raise_for_status()
@@ -55,13 +56,27 @@ class TheXem:
 				raise ProviderError("Could not fetch xem mapping")
 			return ret["data"]
 
+	async def get_show_override(
+		self, provider: Literal["tvdb"] | Literal["anidb"], show_name: str
+	):
+		map = await self.get_map(provider)
+		for [id, v] in map.items():
+			# Only the first element is a string (the show name) so we need to ignore the type hint
+			master_show_name: str = v[0] # type: ignore
+			for x in v[1:]:
+				[(name, season)] = x.items()
+				if show_name.lower() == name.lower():
+					return master_show_name, id
+		return None, None
+
 	async def get_season_override(
 		self, provider: Literal["tvdb"] | Literal["anidb"], id: str, show_name: str
 	):
 		map = await self.get_map(provider)
 		if id not in map:
 			return None
-		for x in map[id]:
+		# Ignore the first element, this is the show name has a string
+		for x in map[id][1:]:
 			[(name, season)] = x.items()
 			# TODO: replace .lower() with something a bit smarter
 			if show_name.lower() == name.lower():
diff --git a/scanner/providers/types/episode.py b/scanner/providers/types/episode.py
index 96243b69..58be0196 100644
--- a/scanner/providers/types/episode.py
+++ b/scanner/providers/types/episode.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from .metadataid import MetadataID
 @dataclass
 class PartialShow:
 	name: str
-	original_language: str
+	original_language: Optional[str]
 	external_id: dict[str, MetadataID]