diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/FanArtSeasonProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/FanArtSeasonProvider.cs
index 3d1d3f8b92..2a5b16bef4 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/FanArtSeasonProvider.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/FanArtSeasonProvider.cs
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Logging;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Providers;
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using System.Xml;
 
 namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.TV
 {
@@ -99,26 +101,10 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.TV
 
             var season = (Season)item;
 
-            var seriesId = season.Series != null ? season.Series.GetProviderId(MetadataProviders.Tvdb) : null;
+            // Process images
+            var images = await _providerManager.GetAvailableRemoteImages(item, cancellationToken, ManualFanartSeasonImageProvider.ProviderName).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(seriesId))
-            {
-                // Process images
-                var imagesXmlPath = FanArtTvProvider.Current.GetFanartXmlPath(seriesId);
-
-                var imagesFileInfo = new FileInfo(imagesXmlPath);
-
-                if (imagesFileInfo.Exists)
-                {
-                    if (!season.HasImage(ImageType.Thumb))
-                    {
-                        var xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
-                        xmlDoc.Load(imagesXmlPath);
-
-                        await FetchImages(season, xmlDoc, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
+            await FetchImages(season, images.ToList(), cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             SetLastRefreshed(item, DateTime.UtcNow);
             return true;
@@ -128,31 +114,18 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.TV
         /// Fetches the images.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="season">The season.</param>
-        /// <param name="doc">The doc.</param>
+        /// <param name="images">The images.</param>
         /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
         /// <returns>Task.</returns>
-        private async Task FetchImages(Season season, XmlDocument doc, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        private async Task FetchImages(Season season, List<RemoteImageInfo> images, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
-            var seasonNumber = season.IndexNumber ?? -1;
-
-            if (seasonNumber == -1)
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            var language = ConfigurationManager.Configuration.PreferredMetadataLanguage.ToLower();
-
             if (ConfigurationManager.Configuration.DownloadSeasonImages.Thumb && !season.HasImage(ImageType.Thumb))
             {
-                var node = doc.SelectSingleNode("//fanart/series/seasonthumbs/seasonthumb[@lang = \"" + language + "\"][@season = \"" + seasonNumber + "\"]/@url") ??
-                           doc.SelectSingleNode("//fanart/series/seasonthumbs/seasonthumb[@season = \"" + seasonNumber + "\"]/@url");
-                
-                var path = node != null ? node.Value : null;
-                
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
+                var image = images.FirstOrDefault(i => i.Type == ImageType.Thumb);
+
+                if (image != null)
                 {
-                    await _providerManager.SaveImage(season, path, FanArtResourcePool, ImageType.Thumb, null, cancellationToken)
-                                        .ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    await _providerManager.SaveImage(season, image.Url, FanArtResourcePool, ImageType.Thumb, null, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/ManualFanartSeasonProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/ManualFanartSeasonProvider.cs
index 71b96f0372..d1d172699d 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/ManualFanartSeasonProvider.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/ManualFanartSeasonProvider.cs
@@ -55,24 +55,22 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.TV
 
             var series = ((Season) item).Series;
 
-            if (series == null)
+            if (series != null)
             {
-                return Task.FromResult<IEnumerable<RemoteImageInfo>>(list);
-            }
+                var id = series.GetProviderId(MetadataProviders.Tvdb);
 
-            var id = series.GetProviderId(MetadataProviders.Tvdb);
-
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(id) && item.IndexNumber.HasValue)
-            {
-                var xmlPath = FanArtTvProvider.Current.GetFanartXmlPath(id);
-
-                try
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(id) && item.IndexNumber.HasValue)
                 {
-                    AddImages(list, item.IndexNumber.Value, xmlPath, cancellationToken);
-                }
-                catch (FileNotFoundException)
-                {
-                    // No biggie. Don't blow up
+                    var xmlPath = FanArtTvProvider.Current.GetFanartXmlPath(id);
+
+                    try
+                    {
+                        AddImages(list, item.IndexNumber.Value, xmlPath, cancellationToken);
+                    }
+                    catch (FileNotFoundException)
+                    {
+                        // No biggie. Don't blow up
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
@@ -168,6 +166,14 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.TV
                                 }
                                 break;
                             }
+                        case "showbackgrounds":
+                            {
+                                using (var subReader = reader.ReadSubtree())
+                                {
+                                    PopulateImageCategory(list, subReader, cancellationToken, ImageType.Backdrop, 1920, 1080, seasonNumber);
+                                }
+                                break;
+                            }
                         default:
                             reader.Skip();
                             break;
@@ -189,11 +195,17 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.TV
                     switch (reader.Name)
                     {
                         case "seasonthumb":
+                        case "showbackground":
                             {
                                 var url = reader.GetAttribute("url");
                                 var season = reader.GetAttribute("season");
 
-                                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(url) && string.Equals(season, seasonNumber.ToString(_usCulture)))
+                                int imageSeasonNumber;
+
+                                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(url) && 
+                                    !string.IsNullOrEmpty(season) && 
+                                    int.TryParse(season, NumberStyles.Any, _usCulture, out imageSeasonNumber) &&
+                                    seasonNumber == imageSeasonNumber)
                                 {
                                     var likesString = reader.GetAttribute("likes");
                                     int likes;
@@ -216,6 +228,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.TV
 
                                     list.Add(info);
                                 }
+
                                 break;
                             }
                         default: