Look up a TV show's status and next episode
Ask about a TV show and Zeplik reads the real record from the TVMaze catalog, then answers with the actual status, the next scheduled episode with its air time and season and number, the network, premiere year, genres, and rating. A language model has no schedule past its training cutoff, so an air date or a running-versus-ended status it names may be flatly wrong. This reads the live record and, when a title cannot be found, says so instead of manufacturing a date.
The lookup is free; you pay only the normal cost of the answer, shown before you send.
How it works
Name the show
Ask in plain language, like 'when does the next episode of Severance air?' or 'is Stranger Things still running?'. The title is enough.
Zeplik reads TVMaze
It reads the live show record, including the embedded next episode, from the TVMaze catalog, not the model's memory, and treats each field as source data.
Read the real schedule
The answer states the status and the next episode's air time with its season and number, and makes clear a scheduled date can still change.
Worked examples
Real prompts you can open in the composer with the text ready to review. Nothing sends on its own. Swap in your own details.
Prompt: When does the next episode of Severance air?
Zeplik reads the live record and returns the real next-episode air time with its season and number, rather than a date the model invented.
Open this in ZeplikPrompt: Is Stranger Things still running, and when is the next season?
It reports the show's real status from TVMaze and the next scheduled episode if one is set, instead of guessing running versus ended.
Open this in ZeplikPrompt: What network is The Last of Us on, and when did it premiere?
It returns the network and premiere year from the catalog record, so the facts come from the source rather than memory.
Open this in ZeplikWhat it can and cannot do
The lookup is precise about what it can verify and honest about its edges. Here is the plain posture.
Zeplik reads the live record's embedded next episode, so the air time, season, and number are the catalog's real schedule.
It reads the show's current status, so a running-or-ended answer reflects what the catalog holds now, not a stale recollection.
Every lookup carries the network, premiere year, genres, and rating, so you see the show's real record rather than fragments.
If the show cannot be found, Zeplik says so rather than inventing an air date or status to fill the answer.
Schedules can change. Zeplik reports the scheduled air time and flags that it can still slip, rather than promising it.
It reports status, schedule, and network, not streaming availability in your region or any download. Use an official guide for where to watch.
Grounded, and honest by default
- It cites the status and air time. Every answer states the show's status and the next episode's scheduled time from the catalog, so nothing is vague or approximated from memory.
- It will not invent an air date. A language model has no schedule after its cutoff, so when a title is missing Zeplik says so rather than manufacturing a plausible date.
- Catalog data cannot hijack the answer. The show record is treated as untrusted content: Zeplik reads and reports it but never obeys instructions embedded inside a summary.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the TV show data come from?
- From the TVMaze catalog, read live and keyless. The status, next episode, network, and premiere Zeplik returns are the catalog's own record for the show you name.
- Why not just ask a chatbot when the next episode airs?
- Because a language model has no schedule after its training cutoff, so any air date it names is invented. This tool reads the real catalog record instead.
- Is the next-episode date guaranteed?
- No. Schedules can slip. Zeplik reports the scheduled air time and makes clear it can still change, rather than presenting it as fixed.
- What if no next episode is scheduled?
- Then the record shows none, and Zeplik says there is no scheduled next episode rather than inventing one. It still reports the show's status.
- Does a TV show lookup cost credits?
- The lookup itself is free. You pay only the normal model-token cost of the answer Zeplik writes around it, shown before you send, exactly like any other message.
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Look up a TV show's real status and next-episode air date, plus network and premiere, from the TVMaze catalog, with an honest answer when a title is not found. Free to start.