[Sigia-l] IMDb series episodes and guest stars

[Eric Scheid]

On 29/1/06 4:21 PM, "Eric Scheid" <eric.scheid at ironclad.net.au> wrote:

> IMDB have changed a part of their website. It used to be that linked to the
> main page for a TV series was a link to a page that listed all episodes and
> their guest stars. All on one page. If you wanted to know which episode
> someone guest starred in you could go to just that one page and hit apple-F
> (or whatever).
> 
> Now, they've replaced that page with one that lists all the episodes, which
> are then linked to their own individual pages which detail the guest stars
> (and attempts to list which of the regular cast were actually in that
> particular episode, and also the specific episode's director and writers).
> They've also started listing and linking which specific episodes a person
> was in on their filmography page.

Update: IMDb have added a new link to titles .. "Episodes Cast" .. which is
effectively what the old "Guest Stars" link was (all episodes listed, with
their guest stars). Actually, it's more Guest Stars than Episodes Cast,
since it's pretty much only listing the guest stars per episode, not the
full episode cast. 

It looks like they got some feedback about the loss of the utility of the
all guest stars on one page, and simply restored and renamed the link.

The episode per episode full cast list is still available by drilling
through the Episodes List link (and now too via clicking links on the
Episodes Cast page). They say if you meet the Buddha on the road, you should
kill him. Thus too I suppose Buddha Nature :-)

A lesson in change management, perhaps?

e.