TV episodes

ShirleyShani
Hello,
when citing a TV episode many items are missing (including the option of "tv episode" vs. "tv broadcast and executive producers vs. producers). Also, the bibliography item is not in accordance with APA 7.
What Zotero creates:
Kara. (2021, November 9). [TV Series episode]. In Supergirl. The CW.
Meaing: episode title, (date), [format]. In series name (in italics), network.

What it needs to be:
Wright, R. (Writer), Simon, D. (Writer) & Warn, J. (Director). (2021, November 9). Kara. (Season 6, Episode 20). [TV Series episode]. In Queller, J., Rovner, R., Berlanti, G., Kreisberg, A., & Adler, A. (Executive Producers), Supergirl. The CW.
Meaning: writer name (writer) and director name (director). (date). Episode title. (season and episode #). [fomat]. In executive producers names (Exceutive Producers). series name (in italics), network.

Can that be corrected?
Thank you and make it a wonderful day!
  • adamsmith
    See https://www.zotero.org/groups/2205533/test_items_library/search/who shot/titleCreatorYear/items/9RDFB7DF/item-list for entering TV episodes to match APA style formatting.
  • ShirleyShani
    Still missing the series executive producers :)
  • adamsmith
    They're in Extra -- look closely.
  • ShirleyShani
    Yes, it worked.
    However, how did you get it to not add "directors" after the last director? See here:
    I copied your note, too.

    Wright, R. (Writer), Simon, D. (Writer), & Warn, J. (Director) (Directors). (2021, November 9). Kara [TV Series episode]. In J. Queller, R. Rovner, G. Berlanti, A. Kreisberg, & A. Adler (Executive Producers), Supergirl. The CW.
  • adamsmith
    Oh, that's probably broken in the style @bmwiernik
  • ShirleyShani
    I think it's because it's supposed to write the directors, but they are not all directors :-)
  • shewhorn
    I think I may have a solution. I'm trying to cite an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and I'm running into exactly the same issue with the redundant "directors" label. I solved it by deleting the writer and the director from the formal text field leaving only Gene Roddenberry as the producer. In Extras I wrote the following:

    author: Snodgrass || Melissa M. (writer)
    author: Scheerer || Robert (director)

    That cited everything correctly without the redundant listing of "(directors)." As a test, I also added myself as an additional director and the parenthetical gets the proper et al. treatment in that case. That produced this for a bibliography entry (with a hanging indent of course):

    Snodgrass, M. M. (writer), & Scheerer, R. (director). (1989, February 13). The measure of a man (Season 2, Episode 9) [TV series episode]. In Star Trek: The Next Generation. CBS Broadcasting Inc.
  • bwiernik
    Support for the new creator roles like Executive Producer in CSL 1.0.2 will be added to APA style this month
Sign In or Register to comment.