# TVMaze TV Show Search

> TVMaze TV Show Search is a paid API for AI agents from clonecho.builda.company, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status down (last checked 2026-09-15).

Searches for TV shows by query string and returns name, premiere date, rating, network, and summary from TVMaze

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://clonecho.builda.company/x402/s/tvmaze-search
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: down
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/tvmaze-tv-show-search-27e8aec5
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_I-PQ_zyA7YsC8dUE1vkDw

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability tvmaze-tv-show-search-27e8aec5 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the TV show 'Breaking Bad' and tell me when it premiered, what network it was on, its rating, and a quick summary of what it's about?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured TV show metadata (premiere date, rating, network, summary) by show name or keyword. Prefer this over generic web search when you need clean, structured data about a TV series from a dedicated TV database.

## Known failure modes

- No results returned if the search query does not match any known TV show
- Ambiguous queries may return multiple results requiring disambiguation
- Very obscure or niche shows may have incomplete metadata (missing rating or network)
- Empty or malformed query parameter may return an error or empty result set

## How this service works

TV show search returning name, premiere, rating, network and summary from TVMaze. Param is a search query. Query: ?q= Returns JSON.

## Output

A JSON response containing TV show details sourced from TVMaze, including the show name, premiere date, audience rating, broadcasting network, and a text summary of the show.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/tvmaze-tv-show-search-27e8aec5/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from clonecho.builda.company](https://www.zero.xyz/host/clonecho.builda.company/llms.txt)