A python program to help you binge watch smarter by only listing the best episodes of TV shows (UPDATE: now live at bingetrendy.com)
I use the website GraphTV frequently to get a quick insight if a TV show is getting better or worse over the course of a season. GraphTV plots the IMDb user ratings for every episode and then performs a linear regression of the episode rating on the episode number to make a trend line. I have personally found that watching only the shows above the trend line means I just watch the good episodes and skip the bad ones (i.e. the ones below the trend line). I also wanted a good reason to use OMDb API
Of course this will only work for TV shows where you can just watch a few episodes here and there and not for shows like the greatest show ever
Show the best episodes of Golden Girls Season 4:
$python binge_trendy.py -url http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088526/ -key your_omdb_file.txt -s 4
| Season | Episode | Name | Residual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | Yes, We Have No Havanas | 0.215385 |
| 4 | 6 | Sophia's Wedding: Part 1 | 0.127692 |
| 4 | 9 | Scared Straight | 0.695077 |
| 4 | 11 | The Auction | 0.340000 |
| 4 | 14 | Love Me Tender | 0.307385 |
| 4 | 15 | Valentine's Day | 0.829846 |
| 4 | 19 | Till Death Do We Volley | 0.519692 |
| 4 | 20 | High Anxiety | 0.442154 |
| 4 | 22 | Sophia's Choice | 0.187077 |
| 4 | 23 | Rites of Spring | 0.709538 |
| 4 | 24 | Foreign Exchange | 0.532000 |
Show the highest-rated episode ever of MacGuyver:
$python binge_trendy.py -url http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088559/ -key your_omdb_file.txt -b
| Season | Episode | Name | Residual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 3 | Obsessed | 1.060922 |
Show the top ten best episodes of The Simpsons:
$python binge_trendy.py -url https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096697/ -key your_omdb_file.txt -tt
| Season | Episode | Name | Residual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 9 | Barthood | 1.671316 |
| 23 | 9 | Holidays of Future Passed | 1.349520 |
| 12 | 18 | Trilogy of Error | 1.318788 |
| 30 | 10 | 'Tis the 30th Season | 1.262113 |
| 19 | 9 | Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind | 1.196692 |
| 26 | 6 | Simpsorama | 1.195991 |
| 31 | 5 | Gorillas on the Mast | 1.183386 |
| 8 | 23 | Homer's Enemy | 1.168615 |
| 18 | 21 | 24 Minutes | 1.036194 |
| 4 | 17 | Last Exit to Springfield | 0.898918 |