diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj b/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
index 4a877241c..5f7698363 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
       <HintPath>..\packages\Prowlin.0.9.4456.26422\lib\net40\Prowlin.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="RestSharp">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\RestSharp.104.1\lib\net4\RestSharp.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="SignalR">
       <HintPath>..\packages\SignalR.Server.0.5.3\lib\net40\SignalR.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
@@ -587,6 +590,21 @@
     <Compile Include="Repository\Series.cs" />
     <Compile Include="CentralDispatch.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Tvdb\Tvdb.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Tvdb\Tvdb.Sync.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Tvdb\TvdbActor.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Tvdb\TvdbAsyncResult.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Tvdb\TvdbBanner.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Tvdb\TvdbEpisodes.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Tvdb\TvdbLanguages.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Tvdb\TvdbMirrors.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Tvdb\TvdbSeriesBase.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Tvdb\TvdbSeriesFull.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Tvdb\TvdbSeriesSearch.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Tvdb\TvdbSeriesSearchItem.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Tvdb\TvdbServerTime.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Tvdb\TvdbUpdate.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Tvdb\TvdbUpdateItems.cs" />
     <Compile Include="WebTimer.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/TvDbProvider.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/TvDbProvider.cs
index c4fb1826f..cbcc748d7 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/TvDbProvider.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/TvDbProvider.cs
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using NLog;
 using NzbDrone.Common;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Tvdb;
 using TvdbLib;
 using TvdbLib.Cache;
 using TvdbLib.Data;
+using TvdbLanguage = TvdbLib.Data.TvdbLanguage;
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Core.Providers
 {
@@ -14,14 +14,19 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Providers
     {
         private readonly EnvironmentProvider _environmentProvider;
         public const string TVDB_APIKEY = "5D2D188E86E07F4F";
-        private static readonly Logger Logger = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();
+        private static readonly Logger logger = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();
+
+
 
         private readonly TvdbHandler _handler;
+        private readonly Tvdb.Tvdb _handlerV2;
+
 
         public TvDbProvider(EnvironmentProvider environmentProvider)
         {
             _environmentProvider = environmentProvider;
             _handler = new TvdbHandler(new XmlCacheProvider(_environmentProvider.GetCacheFolder()), TVDB_APIKEY);
+            _handlerV2 = new Tvdb.Tvdb(TVDB_APIKEY);
         }
 
         public TvDbProvider()
@@ -29,30 +34,26 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Providers
 
         }
 
-        public virtual IList<TvdbSearchResult> SearchSeries(string title)
+        public virtual List<TvdbSeriesSearchItem> SearchSeries(string title)
         {
-            lock (_handler)
+            logger.Debug("Searching TVDB for '{0}'", title);
+
+            if (title.Contains(" & "))
             {
-                Logger.Debug("Searching TVDB for '{0}'", title);
-
-                if(title.Contains(" & "))
-                {
-                    Logger.Debug("Removing ampersand before searching");
-                    title = title.Replace(" & ", " ");
-                }
-
-                var result = _handler.SearchSeries(title);
-
-                Logger.Debug("Search for '{0}' returned {1} possible results", title, result.Count);
-                return result;
+                title = title.Replace(" & ", " ");
             }
+
+            var result = _handlerV2.SearchSeries(title);
+
+            logger.Debug("Search for '{0}' returned {1} possible results", title, result.Count);
+            return result;
         }
 
         public virtual TvdbSeries GetSeries(int id, bool loadEpisodes, bool loadActors = false)
         {
             lock (_handler)
             {
-                Logger.Debug("Fetching SeriesId'{0}' from tvdb", id);
+                logger.Debug("Fetching SeriesId'{0}' from tvdb", id);
                 var result = _handler.GetSeries(id, TvdbLanguage.DefaultLanguage, loadEpisodes, loadActors, true, true);
 
                 //Remove duplicated episodes
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/Tvdb.Sync.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/Tvdb.Sync.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ea0904d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/Tvdb.Sync.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using RestSharp;
+using RestSharp.Deserializers;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Tvdb
+{
+    public partial class Tvdb
+    {
+        private T ProcessRequest <T>(RestRequest request)
+                where T: new()
+        {
+            return ProcessRequest<T>(BASE_URL, request);
+        }
+
+        private T ProcessRequest <T>(string url, RestRequest request)
+                where T: new()
+        {
+            var client = new RestClient(url);
+            client.AddHandler("text/xml", new DotNetXmlDeserializer());
+
+            if(Timeout.HasValue)
+                client.Timeout = Timeout.Value;
+
+#if !WINDOWS_PHONE
+            if(Proxy != null)
+                client.Proxy = Proxy;
+#endif
+
+            Error = null;
+
+            //var resp = client.Execute(request);
+            IRestResponse<T> resp = client.Execute<T>(request);
+
+            ResponseContent = resp.Content;
+            ResponseHeaders = resp.Headers.ToDictionary(k => k.Name, v => v.Value);
+
+            if(resp.ResponseStatus == ResponseStatus.Completed)
+            {
+                return resp.Data;
+
+                // Manual deserialization
+                //TextReader r = new StringReader(resp.Content);
+                //XmlSerializer s = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
+                //return (T)s.Deserialize(r);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if(resp.ErrorException != null)
+                    throw resp.ErrorException;
+                else
+                    Error = resp.ErrorMessage;
+            }
+
+            return default(T);
+        }
+
+        public TvdbMirrors GetMirrors()
+        {
+            return ProcessRequest<TvdbMirrors>(BuildGetMirrorsRequest());
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     http://www.thetvdb.com/api/Updates.php?type=none
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public TvdbServerTime GetServerTime()
+        {
+            return ProcessRequest<TvdbServerTime>(BuildGetServerTimeRequest());
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     http://www.thetvdb.com/api/{apikey}/languages.xml
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public List<TvdbLanguage> GetLanguages()
+        {
+            var root = ProcessRequest<TvdbLanguagesRoot>(BuildGetLanguagesRequest());
+            if(root != null)
+                return root.Languages;
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     http://www.thetvdb.com/api/GetSeries.php?seriesname={series}
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="search"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public List<TvdbSeriesSearchItem> SearchSeries(string search)
+        {
+            var root = ProcessRequest<TvdbSeriesSearchRoot>(BuildGetSearchSeriesRequest(search));
+            if(root != null)
+                return root.Series;
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     http://thetvdb.com/api/{apikey}/series/79349/en.xml
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="XMLMirror"></param>
+        /// <param name="SeriesId"></param>
+        /// <param name="Language"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public TvdbSeriesBase GetSeriesBaseRecord(string XMLMirror, int SeriesId, string Language)
+        {
+            if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(Language))
+                Language = "en";
+
+            var root = ProcessRequest<TvdbSeriesRecordRoot>(XMLMirror,
+                                                            BuildGetSeriesBaseRecordRequest(SeriesId, Language));
+            if(root != null)
+                return root.Series;
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public TvdbSeriesBase GetSeriesBaseRecord(string XMLMirror, int SeriesId)
+        {
+            return GetSeriesBaseRecord(XMLMirror, SeriesId, null);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     http://thetvdb.com/api/{apikey}/series/79349/all/en.xml
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="XMLMirror"></param>
+        /// <param name="SeriesId"></param>
+        /// <param name="Language"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public TvdbSeriesFull GetSeriesFullRecord(string XMLMirror, int SeriesId, string Language)
+        {
+            if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(Language))
+                Language = "en";
+
+            return ProcessRequest<TvdbSeriesFull>(XMLMirror, BuildGetSeriesFullRecordRequest(SeriesId, Language));
+        }
+
+        public TvdbSeriesFull GetSeriesFullRecord(string MirrorPath, int SeriesId)
+        {
+            return GetSeriesFullRecord(MirrorPath, SeriesId, null);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     http://thetvdb.com/api/{apikey}/series/79349/banners.xml
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="XMLMirror"></param>
+        /// <param name="SeriesId"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public List<TvdbBanner> GetSeriesBanners(string XMLMirror, int SeriesId)
+        {
+            var root = ProcessRequest<TvdbBannerRoot>(XMLMirror, BuildGetSeriesBannersRequest(SeriesId));
+            if(root != null)
+                return root.Banners;
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     http://thetvdb.com/api/{apikey}/series/79349/actors.xml
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="XMLMirror"></param>
+        /// <param name="SeriesId"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public List<TvdbActor> GetSeriesActors(string XMLMirror, int SeriesId)
+        {
+            var root = ProcessRequest<TvdbActorRoot>(XMLMirror, BuildGetSeriesActorsRequest(SeriesId));
+            if(root != null)
+                return root.Actors;
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public TvdbEpisode GetEpisode(string XMLMirror, int EpisodeId, string Language)
+        {
+            if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(Language))
+                Language = "en";
+
+            var root = ProcessRequest<TvdbEpisodeRoot>(XMLMirror, BuildGetEpisodeRequest(EpisodeId, Language));
+            if(root != null)
+                return root.Episode;
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public TvdbEpisode GetEpisode(string XMLMirror, int EpisodeId)
+        {
+            return GetEpisode(XMLMirror, EpisodeId, null);
+        }
+
+        public TvdbEpisode GetSeriesEpisode(string XMLMirror, int SeriesId, int SeasonNum, int EpisodeNum,
+                                            string Language)
+        {
+            if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(Language))
+                Language = "en";
+
+            var root = ProcessRequest<TvdbEpisodeRoot>(XMLMirror,
+                                                       BuildGetSeriesEpisodeRequest(SeriesId, SeasonNum, EpisodeNum,
+                                                                                    Language));
+            if(root != null)
+                return root.Episode;
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public TvdbEpisode GetSeriesEpisode(string XMLMirror, int SeriesId, int SeasonNum, int EpisodeNum)
+        {
+            return GetSeriesEpisode(XMLMirror, SeriesId, SeasonNum, EpisodeNum, null);
+        }
+
+        public TvdbUpdates GetUpdates(string XMLMirror, TvdbUpdatePeriod Period)
+        {
+            return ProcessRequest<TvdbUpdates>(XMLMirror, BuildGetUpdatesRequest(Period));
+        }
+
+        public TvdbUpdateItems GetUpdatesSince(string XMLMirror, Int64 LastTime)
+        {
+            return ProcessRequest<TvdbUpdateItems>(XMLMirror, BuildGetUpdatesSinceRequest(LastTime));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/Tvdb.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/Tvdb.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f4fabefc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/Tvdb.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Net;
+using RestSharp;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Tvdb
+{
+    public partial class Tvdb
+    {
+        private const string BASE_URL = "http://www.thetvdb.com/api";
+
+        public string ApiKey { get; set; }
+        public string Error { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     String representation of response content
+        /// </summary>
+        public string ResponseContent { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Dictionary of Header values in response
+        ///     http://help.themoviedb.org/kb/api/content-versioning
+        /// </summary>
+        public Dictionary<string, object> ResponseHeaders { get; set; }
+
+#if !WINDOWS_PHONE
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Proxy to use for requests made.  Passed on to underying WebRequest if set.
+        /// </summary>
+        public IWebProxy Proxy { get; set; }
+#endif
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Timeout in milliseconds to use for requests made.
+        /// </summary>
+        public int? Timeout { get; set; }
+
+        public Tvdb(string apiKey)
+        {
+            ApiKey = apiKey;
+            Error = null;
+            Timeout = null;
+        }
+
+        #region Helper methods
+
+        public static string GetImageUrl(string BannerMirror, string filename)
+        {
+            return string.Format("{0}/banners/{1}", BannerMirror, filename);
+        }
+
+#if !WINDOWS_PHONE
+        public static byte[] GetImage(string BannerMirror, string filename)
+        {
+            return GetImage(GetImageUrl(BannerMirror, filename));
+        }
+
+        public static byte[] GetImage(string url)
+        {
+            return new WebClient().DownloadData(url);
+        }
+#endif
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Build Requests
+
+        private RestRequest BuildGetMirrorsRequest(object UserState = null)
+        {
+            var request = new RestRequest("{apikey}/mirrors.xml", Method.GET);
+            request.AddUrlSegment("apikey", ApiKey);
+            if(UserState != null)
+                request.UserState = UserState;
+
+            return request;
+        }
+
+        private static RestRequest BuildGetServerTimeRequest(object UserState = null)
+        {
+            var request = new RestRequest("Updates.php", Method.GET);
+            request.AddParameter("type", "none");
+            if(UserState != null)
+                request.UserState = UserState;
+
+            return request;
+        }
+
+        private RestRequest BuildGetLanguagesRequest(object UserState = null)
+        {
+            var request = new RestRequest("{apikey}/languages.xml", Method.GET);
+            request.AddUrlSegment("apikey", ApiKey);
+            if(UserState != null)
+                request.UserState = UserState;
+
+            return request;
+        }
+
+        private static RestRequest BuildGetSearchSeriesRequest(string search, object UserState = null)
+        {
+            var request = new RestRequest("GetSeries.php", Method.GET);
+            request.AddParameter("seriesname", search);
+            if(UserState != null)
+                request.UserState = UserState;
+
+            return request;
+        }
+
+        private RestRequest BuildGetSeriesBaseRecordRequest(int SeriesId, string Language, object UserState = null)
+        {
+            var request = new RestRequest("api/{apikey}/series/{id}/{lang}.xml");
+            request.AddUrlSegment("apikey", ApiKey);
+            request.AddUrlSegment("id", SeriesId.ToString());
+            request.AddUrlSegment("lang", Language);
+            if(UserState != null)
+                request.UserState = UserState;
+
+            return request;
+        }
+
+        private RestRequest BuildGetSeriesFullRecordRequest(int SeriesId, string Language, object UserState = null)
+        {
+            var request = new RestRequest("api/{apikey}/series/{id}/all/{lang}.xml");
+            request.AddUrlSegment("apikey", ApiKey);
+            request.AddUrlSegment("id", SeriesId.ToString());
+            request.AddUrlSegment("lang", Language);
+            if(UserState != null)
+                request.UserState = UserState;
+
+            return request;
+        }
+
+        private RestRequest BuildGetSeriesBannersRequest(int SeriesId, object UserState = null)
+        {
+            var request = new RestRequest("api/{apikey}/series/{id}/banners.xml");
+            request.AddUrlSegment("apikey", ApiKey);
+            request.AddUrlSegment("id", SeriesId.ToString());
+            if(UserState != null)
+                request.UserState = UserState;
+
+            return request;
+        }
+
+        private RestRequest BuildGetSeriesActorsRequest(int SeriesId, object UserState = null)
+        {
+            var request = new RestRequest("api/{apikey}/series/{id}/actors.xml");
+            request.AddUrlSegment("apikey", ApiKey);
+            request.AddUrlSegment("id", SeriesId.ToString());
+            if(UserState != null)
+                request.UserState = UserState;
+
+            return request;
+        }
+
+        private RestRequest BuildGetEpisodeRequest(int EpisodeId, string Language, object UserState = null)
+        {
+            var request = new RestRequest("api/{apikey}/episodes/{id}/{lang}.xml");
+            request.AddUrlSegment("apikey", ApiKey);
+            request.AddUrlSegment("id", EpisodeId.ToString());
+            request.AddUrlSegment("lang", Language);
+            if(UserState != null)
+                request.UserState = UserState;
+
+            return request;
+        }
+
+        private RestRequest BuildGetSeriesEpisodeRequest(int SeriesId, int SeasonNum, int EpisodeNum, string Language,
+                                                         object UserState = null)
+        {
+            var request = new RestRequest("api/{apikey}/series/{id}/default/{season}/{episode}/{lang}.xml");
+            request.AddUrlSegment("apikey", ApiKey);
+            request.AddUrlSegment("id", SeriesId.ToString());
+            request.AddUrlSegment("season", SeasonNum.ToString());
+            request.AddUrlSegment("episode", EpisodeNum.ToString());
+            request.AddUrlSegment("lang", Language);
+            if(UserState != null)
+                request.UserState = UserState;
+
+            return request;
+        }
+
+        private RestRequest BuildGetUpdatesRequest(TvdbUpdatePeriod Period, object UserState = null)
+        {
+            var request = new RestRequest("api/{apikey}/updates/updates_{period}.xml");
+            request.AddUrlSegment("apikey", ApiKey);
+            request.AddUrlSegment("period", Period.ToString());
+            if(UserState != null)
+                request.UserState = UserState;
+
+            return request;
+        }
+
+        private static RestRequest BuildGetUpdatesSinceRequest(Int64 LastTime, object UserState = null)
+        {
+            var request = new RestRequest("api/Updates.php?type=all&time={time}");
+            request.AddUrlSegment("time", LastTime.ToString());
+            if(UserState != null)
+                request.UserState = UserState;
+
+            return request;
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbActor.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbActor.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6487e6f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbActor.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Tvdb
+{
+    [XmlRoot(ElementName = "Actors")]
+    public class TvdbActorRoot
+    {
+        public TvdbActorRoot()
+        {
+            Actors = new List<TvdbActor>();
+        }
+
+        [XmlElement(ElementName = "Actor")]
+        public List<TvdbActor> Actors { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class TvdbActor
+    {
+        [XmlElement]
+        public int id { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string Image { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string Name { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string Role { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public int SortOrder { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbAsyncResult.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbAsyncResult.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4bb64b31e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbAsyncResult.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Tvdb
+{
+    public class TvdbAsyncResult <T>
+    {
+        public T Data { get; set; }
+        public object UserState { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbBanner.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbBanner.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1bc5f22a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbBanner.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Tvdb
+{
+    [XmlRoot(ElementName = "Banners")]
+    public class TvdbBannerRoot
+    {
+        public TvdbBannerRoot()
+        {
+            Banners = new List<TvdbBanner>();
+        }
+
+        [XmlElement(ElementName = "Banner")]
+        public List<TvdbBanner> Banners { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class TvdbBanner
+    {
+        [XmlElement]
+        public int id { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string BannerPath { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string BannerType { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string BannerType2 { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string Colors { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string Language { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement("Rating")]
+        public string RatingString
+        {
+            get { return Rating.HasValue ? Rating.Value.ToString() : null; }
+            set
+            {
+                double d;
+                if(double.TryParse(value, NumberStyles.Float, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out d))
+                    Rating = d;
+                else
+                    Rating = null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        [XmlIgnore]
+        public double? Rating { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public int? RatingCount { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement(ElementName = "SeriesName")]
+        public string SeriesNameString
+        {
+            get { return SeriesName.HasValue ? SeriesName.Value.ToString() : null; }
+            set
+            {
+                bool b;
+                if(bool.TryParse(value, out b))
+                    SeriesName = b;
+                else
+                    SeriesName = null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        [XmlIgnore]
+        public bool? SeriesName { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string ThumbnailPath { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string VignettePath { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string Season { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbEpisodes.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbEpisodes.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a960a06f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbEpisodes.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+using System;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Tvdb
+{
+    [XmlRoot(ElementName = "Data")]
+    public class TvdbEpisodeRoot
+    {
+        [XmlElement]
+        public TvdbEpisode Episode { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class TvdbEpisode
+    {
+        [XmlElement]
+        public int id { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string Combined_episodenumber { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string Combined_season { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string DVD_chapter { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string DVD_discid { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string DVD_episodenumber { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string DVD_season { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string Director { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement(ElementName = "EpImgFlag")]
+        public string EpImgFlagString
+        {
+            get { return EpImgFlag.HasValue ? EpImgFlag.Value.ToString() : null; }
+            set
+            {
+                int i;
+                if(int.TryParse(value, out i))
+                    EpImgFlag = i;
+                else
+                    EpImgFlag = null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        [XmlIgnore]
+        public int? EpImgFlag { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string EpisodeName { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public int EpisodeNumber { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlIgnore]
+        public DateTime FirstAired { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string GuestStars { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string IMDB_ID { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string Language { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string Overview { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string ProductionCode { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement("Rating")]
+        public string RatingString
+        {
+            get { return Rating.HasValue ? Rating.Value.ToString() : null; }
+            set
+            {
+                double d;
+                if(double.TryParse(value, NumberStyles.Float, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out d))
+                    Rating = d;
+                else
+                    Rating = null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        [XmlIgnore]
+        public double? Rating { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public int? RatingCount { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public int SeasonNumber { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string Writer { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string absolute_number { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string airsafter_season { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string airsbefore_episode { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string airsbefore_season { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string filename { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public Int64 lastupdated { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public int? seasonid { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public int? seriesid { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbLanguages.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbLanguages.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03bf34b3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbLanguages.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Tvdb
+{
+    [XmlRoot(ElementName = "Languages")]
+    public class TvdbLanguagesRoot
+    {
+        public TvdbLanguagesRoot()
+        {
+            Languages = new List<TvdbLanguage>();
+        }
+
+        [XmlElement(ElementName = "Language")]
+        public List<TvdbLanguage> Languages { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class TvdbLanguage
+    {
+        [XmlElement]
+        public int id { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string name { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string abbreviation { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbMirrors.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbMirrors.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13f0a4a12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbMirrors.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Tvdb
+{
+    [XmlRoot(ElementName = "Mirrors")]
+    public class TvdbMirrors
+    {
+        [XmlElement(ElementName = "Mirror")]
+        public List<TvdbMirror> Mirrors { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class TvdbMirror
+    {
+        [XmlElement]
+        public int id { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string mirrorpath { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public int typemask { get; set; }
+
+        public bool IsXMLMirror
+        {
+            get { return (typemask & 1) != 0; }
+        }
+
+        public bool IsBannerMirror
+        {
+            get { return (typemask & 2) != 0; }
+        }
+
+        public bool IsZipMirror
+        {
+            get { return (typemask & 4) != 0; }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbSeriesBase.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbSeriesBase.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc6290d45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbSeriesBase.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+using System;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Tvdb
+{
+    [XmlRoot(ElementName = "Data")]
+    public class TvdbSeriesRecordRoot
+    {
+        [XmlElement]
+        public TvdbSeriesBase Series { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class TvdbSeriesBase
+    {
+        [XmlElement]
+        public int id { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string Actors { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string Airs_DayOfWeek { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string Airs_Time { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string ContentRating { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement(ElementName = "FirstAired")]
+        public string FirstAiredString
+        {
+            get { return FirstAired.HasValue ? FirstAired.Value.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd") : null; }
+            set
+            {
+                DateTime d;
+                if(DateTime.TryParse(value, out d))
+                    FirstAired = d;
+                else
+                    FirstAired = null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        [XmlIgnore]
+        public DateTime? FirstAired { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string Genre { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string IMDB_ID { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string Language { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string Network { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string Overview { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement("Rating")]
+        public string RatingString
+        {
+            get { return Rating.HasValue ? Rating.Value.ToString() : null; }
+            set
+            {
+                double d;
+                if(double.TryParse(value, NumberStyles.Float, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out d))
+                    Rating = d;
+                else
+                    Rating = null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        [XmlIgnore]
+        public double? Rating { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public int? RatingCount { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public int? Runtime { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string SeriesIDString
+        {
+            get { return SeriesID.HasValue ? SeriesID.Value.ToString() : null; }
+            set
+            {
+                int i;
+                if(int.TryParse(value, out i))
+                    SeriesID = i;
+                else
+                    SeriesID = null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        [XmlIgnore]
+        public int? SeriesID { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string SeriesName { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string Status { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string added { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string addedBy { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string banner { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string fanart { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public Int64 lastupdated { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string poster { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string zap2it_id { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbSeriesFull.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbSeriesFull.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f51eef3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbSeriesFull.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Tvdb
+{
+    [XmlRoot(ElementName = "Data")]
+    public class TvdbSeriesFull
+    {
+        public TvdbSeriesFull()
+        {
+            Episodes = new List<TvdbEpisode>();
+        }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public TvdbSeriesBase Series { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement(ElementName = "Episode")]
+        public List<TvdbEpisode> Episodes { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbSeriesSearch.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbSeriesSearch.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cfb13db32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbSeriesSearch.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Tvdb
+{
+    [XmlRoot(ElementName = "Data")]
+    public class TvdbSeriesSearchRoot
+    {
+        public TvdbSeriesSearchRoot()
+        {
+            Series = new List<TvdbSeriesSearchItem>();
+        }
+
+        [XmlElement(ElementName = "Series")]
+        public List<TvdbSeriesSearchItem> Series { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbSeriesSearchItem.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbSeriesSearchItem.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8411416a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbSeriesSearchItem.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Tvdb
+{
+    public class TvdbSeriesSearchItem
+    {
+        [XmlElement]
+        public int id { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public int seriesid { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string language { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string SeriesName { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string banner { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string Overview { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement(ElementName = "FirstAired")]
+        public string FirstAiredString
+        {
+            get { return FirstAired.HasValue ? FirstAired.Value.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd") : null; }
+            set
+            {
+                DateTime d;
+                if(DateTime.TryParse(value, out d))
+                    FirstAired = d;
+                else
+                    FirstAired = null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        [XmlIgnore]
+        public DateTime? FirstAired { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string IMDB_ID { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string zap2it_id { get; set; }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbServerTime.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbServerTime.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8bac42dea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbServerTime.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Tvdb
+{
+    [XmlRoot(ElementName = "Items")]
+    public class TvdbServerTime
+    {
+        [XmlElement]
+        public Int64 Time { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbUpdate.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbUpdate.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c4c11aae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbUpdate.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Tvdb
+{
+    public enum TvdbUpdatePeriod
+    {
+        day,
+        week,
+        month
+    };
+
+    [XmlRoot(ElementName = "Data")]
+    public class TvdbUpdates
+    {
+        public TvdbUpdates()
+        {
+            Series = new List<TvdbUpdateSeries>();
+        }
+
+        [XmlAttribute]
+        public Int64 time { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement(ElementName = "Series")]
+        public List<TvdbUpdateSeries> Series { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement(ElementName = "Episode")]
+        public List<TvdbUpdateEpisode> Episodes { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement(ElementName = "Banner")]
+        public List<TvdbUpdateBanner> Banners { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class TvdbUpdateSeries
+    {
+        [XmlElement]
+        public int id { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public Int64 time { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class TvdbUpdateEpisode
+    {
+        [XmlElement]
+        public int id { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public int Series { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public Int64 time { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class TvdbUpdateBanner
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     fanart, poster, season, series, episode, actors
+        /// </summary>
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string type { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string format { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public int Series { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Only appears for season banners
+        /// </summary>
+        [XmlElement]
+        public int? SeasonNum { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string language { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public string path { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public Int64 time { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbUpdateItems.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbUpdateItems.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..66ec26fd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Tvdb/TvdbUpdateItems.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Tvdb
+{
+    [XmlRoot(ElementName = "Items")]
+    public class TvdbUpdateItems
+    {
+        public TvdbUpdateItems()
+        {
+            Series = new List<int>();
+            Episodes = new List<int>();
+        }
+
+        [XmlElement]
+        public Int64 Time { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement(ElementName = "Series")]
+        public List<int> Series { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlElement(ElementName = "Episode")]
+        public List<int> Episodes { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/packages.config b/NzbDrone.Core/packages.config
index b10865175..3eef4794a 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/packages.config
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/packages.config
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="4.5.11" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="NLog" version="2.0.0.2000" />
   <package id="Prowlin" version="0.9.4456.26422" targetFramework="net40" />
+  <package id="RestSharp" version="104.1" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="SignalR.Hosting.AspNet" version="0.5.3" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="SignalR.Hosting.Common" version="0.5.3" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="SignalR.Server" version="0.5.3" targetFramework="net40" />
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Web/Controllers/AddSeriesController.cs b/NzbDrone.Web/Controllers/AddSeriesController.cs
index 415298dcb..beff7c071 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Web/Controllers/AddSeriesController.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Web/Controllers/AddSeriesController.cs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Web.Controllers
                     if (tvdbResult != null)
                     {
                         title = tvdbResult.SeriesName;
-                        seriesId = tvdbResult.Id;
+                        seriesId = tvdbResult.id;
                     }
 
                     result.ExistingSeries.Add(new Tuple<string, string, int>(folder, title, seriesId));
@@ -147,33 +147,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Web.Controllers
         [JsonErrorFilter]
         public JsonResult LookupSeries(string term)
         {
-            try
-            {
-                var tvDbResults = _tvDbProvider.SearchSeries(term).Select(r => new TvDbSearchResultModel
-                {
-                    Id = r.Id,
-                    Title = r.SeriesName,
-                    DisplayedTitle = r.FirstAired.Year > 1900 && !r.SeriesName.EndsWith("(" + r.FirstAired.Year + ")")
-                                                    ? string.Format("{0} ({1})", r.SeriesName, r.FirstAired.Year)
-                                                    : r.SeriesName,
-                    Banner = r.Banner.BannerPath,
-                    Url = String.Format("http://www.thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id={0}", r.Id)
-                }).ToList();
 
-                return Json(tvDbResults, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
-            }
-
-            catch (TvdbNotAvailableException ex)
-            {
-                logger.WarnException("Unable to lookup series on TheTVDB", ex);
-                return JsonNotificationResult.Info("Lookup Failed", "TheTVDB is not available at this time.");
-            }
-
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                logger.WarnException("Unknown Error when looking up series on TheTVDB", ex);
-                return JsonNotificationResult.Info("Lookup Failed", "Unknown error while connecting to TheTVDB");
-            }
+            return JsonNotificationResult.Info("Lookup Failed", "Unknown error while connecting to TheTVDB");
 
         }