You can access the TV Show Search (TVMaze) programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = { "searchQueries": [
9        "breaking bad",
10        "the office",
11    ] }
12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
14run = client.actor("pepeschuster/tvmaze-show-search").call(run_input=run_input)
15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
17print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
18for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
19    print(item)
20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

TV Show Search (TVMaze) API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use TV Show Search (TVMaze) API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

TV Show Search (TVMaze) API in JavaScript

TV Show Search (TVMaze) API through CLI

TV Show Search (TVMaze) OpenAPI definition

TV Show Search (TVMaze) API

TVMaze TV Show Search

bgfc97/tvmaze-show-search

Search TV shows via TVMaze: name, genres, status, rating, network, premiere date, image and summary. No key, no proxy.

Bruno

WooCommerce Product Scraper

pepeschuster/woocommerce-product-scraper

Scrape any WooCommerce store's full product catalog (prices, stock, categories, images) via the public Store API. No login, no proxies.

Pepe Schuster

Cocktail & Drink Recipe Scraper

pepeschuster/cocktail-recipe-scraper

Search cocktail recipes — ingredients, instructions, glass, category.

Pepe Schuster

CoinGecko Crypto Market Data Scraper

pepeschuster/coingecko-market-scraper

Top crypto markets by cap — price, market cap, volume, 24h change — from the free CoinGecko API.

Pepe Schuster

TVMaze — TV Show Search & Metadata

omao/tvmaze

Search TV shows or look them up by ID and get clean JSON: name, genres, status, premiere/end dates, rating, network, official site, summary, IMDb ID and images. Powered by the public TVMaze API. No API key, no anti-bot.

Marouane Oulabass

SEC EDGAR Filings Scraper

pepeschuster/sec-edgar-filings-api

All SEC filings for any company by CIK — form type, filing date, and document links — from the official EDGAR API.

Pepe Schuster

Reddit Scraper — Posts, Comments & Search (No Login)

pepeschuster/reddit-scraper

Scrape Reddit posts, comments, users and search results with zero setup — no login, no API key, no OAuth. A cheap, reliable replacement for Reddit's paid API.

Pepe Schuster

TV Shows Scraper - Details, Episodes & Cast (TVMaze)

get_anything/tv-shows-scraper

Search TV shows and get full details (rating, genres, network, status, premiere, runtime, summary, IMDb id), plus episodes and cast. Free TVMaze API, no API key. Export JSON, CSV or Excel for TV apps, tracking and research.