diff --git a/api/src/controllers/seed/insert/entries.ts b/api/src/controllers/seed/insert/entries.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..528c4793
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/controllers/seed/insert/entries.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import { db } from "~/db";
+import { entries, entryTranslations } from "~/db/schema";
+import { conflictUpdateAllExcept } from "~/db/utils";
+import type { Entry, SeedEntry } from "~/models/entry";
+import { processOptImage } from "../images";
+import { guessNextRefresh } from "../refresh";
+
+type EntryI = typeof entries.$inferInsert;
+type EntryTrans = typeof entryTranslations.$inferInsert;
+
+const generateSlug = (showSlug: string, entry: SeedEntry): string => {
+	switch (entry.kind) {
+		case "episode":
+			return `${showSlug}-s${entry.seasonNumber}e${entry.episodeNumber}`;
+		case "special":
+			return `${showSlug}-sp${entry.number}`;
+		case "movie":
+			return entry.order === 1 ? showSlug : `${showSlug}-${entry.order}`;
+	}
+};
+
+export const insertEntries = async (
+	show: { pk: number; slug: string },
+	items: SeedEntry[],
+) => {
+	const vals = await Promise.all(
+		items.map(async (seed) => {
+			const { translations, videos, ...entry } = seed;
+			return {
+				entry: {
+					...entry,
+					showPk: show.pk,
+					slug: generateSlug(show.slug, seed),
+					thumbnails: await processOptImage(seed.thumbnail),
+					nextRefresh: guessNextRefresh(entry.airDate ?? new Date()),
+				} satisfies EntryI,
+				translations: (await Promise.all(
+					Object.entries(translations).map(async ([lang, tr]) => ({
+						...tr,
+						language: lang,
+						poster:
+							seed.kind === "movie"
+								? await processOptImage(tr.poster)
+								: undefined,
+					})),
+				)) satisfies Omit<EntryTrans, "pk">[],
+				videos,
+			};
+		}),
+	);
+
+	return await db.transaction(async (tx) => {
+		const ret = await tx
+			.insert(entries)
+			.values(vals.map((x) => x.entry))
+			.onConflictDoUpdate({
+				target: entries.slug,
+				set: conflictUpdateAllExcept(entries, [
+					"pk",
+					"showPk",
+					"id",
+					"slug",
+					"createdAt",
+				]),
+			})
+			.returning({ pk: entries.pk });
+
+		await tx
+			.insert(entryTranslations)
+			.values(
+				vals.map((x, i) =>
+					x.translations.map((tr) => ({ ...tr, pk: ret[i].pk })),
+				),
+			)
+			.onConflictDoUpdate({
+				target: [entryTranslations.pk, entryTranslations.language],
+				set: conflictUpdateAllExcept(entryTranslations, ["pk", "language"]),
+			});
+
+		return { ...ret, entry: entry.pk };
+	});
+};
diff --git a/api/src/db/schema/entries.ts b/api/src/db/schema/entries.ts
index bb870390..64380470 100644
--- a/api/src/db/schema/entries.ts
+++ b/api/src/db/schema/entries.ts
@@ -51,11 +51,15 @@ export const entries = schema.table(
 		pk: integer().primaryKey().generatedAlwaysAsIdentity(),
 		id: uuid().notNull().unique().defaultRandom(),
 		slug: varchar({ length: 255 }).notNull().unique(),
-		showPk: integer().references(() => shows.pk, { onDelete: "cascade" }),
+		showPk: integer()
+			.notNull()
+			.references(() => shows.pk, { onDelete: "cascade" }),
 		order: real(),
 		seasonNumber: integer(),
 		episodeNumber: integer(),
-		type: entryType().notNull(),
+		kind: entryType().notNull(),
+		// only when kind=extra
+		extraKind: text(),
 		airDate: date(),
 		runtime: integer(),
 		thumbnails: image(),