How to change from TV Movie to TV Special?

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I found that Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes 2 (1977) (TV) - described in IMDb searches as a TV Movie - is a TV Special, in fact one of six or more, broadcast by CBS at each 6 months. It does not fit with other titles in this "odd series", and it would be incorrect to re-title these specials as a TV Series.
The tools available for contributors to change the format are not sufficient, as "TV" is common to both movies and specials.
Help!
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Artemis-9

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Artemis-9,

For each title, go to the Keywords section and type tv-special, which will change the main title display from TV Movie to TV Special.

I hope this helps. Please write back if you have any more questions.


IMDb Help Desk Page
Submission Guide: Keywords

Special keywords

There are some keywords that trigger specific display functions on the site:

tv-special Affects the display of a title; it will say 'TV special' instead of 'TV movie' at the top of the page. Also acts like the non-fiction keyword


2017-09-04T06:55:12+00:00
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Artemis-9

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I did not believe you! Such a dirty trick... but it worked!!!

So, I'm only thanking you now, after having seen the result on the Search page.

A mystery remains, though: two of those specials that were entered by me were showing "TV Movie", but I would swear in court that I had pressed the right button, for "TV Special", on the New Title Page... Is there a ghost altering what one enters to the database without prior notice? I'm not one to go check if my updates are as I sent them, but I trusted IMDb that they were, safe for further corrections updated later. (I already corrected those two new titles, and your "magic receipt" worked, too.)
2017-09-04T09:46:41+00:00
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I believe you have to add the keyword even though you have selected the correct category in the title form. It would be helpful if IMDb would add the keyword automatically.
2017-09-04T10:29:57+00:00
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Artemis-9

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I totally agree with you.

More: if your assumption is right, IMDb files structure, and the instructions for adding new files/titles, are not properly formatted.
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