diff --git a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/home.tmpl b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/home.tmpl
index c4244626..12cf6a95 100644
--- a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/home.tmpl
+++ b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/home.tmpl
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ $myShowList.sort(lambda x, y: cmp(x.name, y.name))
 		</td>
 	
         <td align="center">
-			<img src="$sbRoot/images/#if int($curShow.paused) == 0 and $curShow.status != "Ended" then "yes16.png\" alt=\"Y\"" else "no16.png\" alt=\"N\""# width="16" height="16" />
+			<img src="$sbRoot/images/#if int($curShow.paused) == 0 and $curShow.status == "Continuing" then "yes16.png\" alt=\"Y\"" else "no16.png\" alt=\"N\""# width="16" height="16" />
 		</td>
 		
         <td align="center">
diff --git a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/inc_bottom.tmpl b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/inc_bottom.tmpl
index f6621060..5c9dfd57 100644
--- a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/inc_bottom.tmpl
+++ b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/inc_bottom.tmpl
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		#set $sql_result = $myDB.select($sql_statement)
 
 		#set $shows_total = len($sickbeard.showList)
-		#set $shows_active = len([show for show in $sickbeard.showList if show.paused == 0 and show.status != "Ended"])
+		#set $shows_active = len([show for show in $sickbeard.showList if show.paused == 0 and show.status == "Continuing"])
 
 		#if $sql_result:
 			#set $ep_snatched = $sql_result[0]['ep_snatched']
diff --git a/lib/tvrage_api/tvrage_api.py b/lib/tvrage_api/tvrage_api.py
index 832b82ae..2c0993c4 100644
--- a/lib/tvrage_api/tvrage_api.py
+++ b/lib/tvrage_api/tvrage_api.py
@@ -439,6 +439,22 @@ class TVRage:
                 'seasonnum': 'episodenumber'
             }
 
+            status_map = {
+                'returning series': 'Continuing',
+                'canceled/ended': 'Ended',
+                'tbd/on the bubble': 'Continuing',
+                'in development': 'Continuing',
+                'new series': 'Continuing',
+                'never aired': 'Ended',
+                'final season': 'Continuing',
+                'on hiatus': 'Continuing',
+                'pilot ordered': 'Continuing',
+                'pilot rejected': 'Ended',
+                'canceled': 'Ended',
+                'ended': 'Ended',
+                '': 'Unknown',
+            }
+
             try:
                 key = name_map[key.lower()]
             except (ValueError, TypeError, KeyError):
@@ -447,8 +463,17 @@ class TVRage:
             # clean up value and do type changes
             if value:
                 if isinstance(value, dict):
+                    if key == 'status':
+                        try:
+                            value = status_map[str(value).lower()]
+                            if not value:
+                                raise
+                        except:
+                            value = 'Unknown'
+
                     if key == 'network':
                         value = value['#text']
+
                     if key == 'genre':
                         value = value['genre']
                         if not value:
@@ -457,6 +482,7 @@ class TVRage:
                             value = [value]
                         value = filter(None, value)
                         value = '|' + '|'.join(value) + '|'
+
                 try:
                     if key == 'firstaired' and value in "0000-00-00":
                         new_value = str(dt.date.fromordinal(1))
diff --git a/sickbeard/tv.py b/sickbeard/tv.py
index fa388e14..0efde9bb 100644
--- a/sickbeard/tv.py
+++ b/sickbeard/tv.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class TVShow(object):
         self._imdb_info = {}
         self._quality = int(sickbeard.QUALITY_DEFAULT)
         self._flatten_folders = int(sickbeard.FLATTEN_FOLDERS_DEFAULT)
-        self._status = ""
+        self._status = "Unknown"
         self._airs = ""
         self._startyear = 0
         self._paused = 0
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ class TVShow(object):
     def should_update(self, update_date=datetime.date.today()):
 
         # if show is not 'Ended' always update (status 'Continuing')
-        if not self.status or 'Ended' not in self.status:
+        if 'Unknown' not in self.status and 'Ended' not in self.status:
             return True
 
         # run logic against the current show latest aired and next unaired data to see if we should bypass 'Ended' status
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ class TVShow(object):
 
             self.status = sqlResults[0]["status"]
             if self.status is None:
-                self.status = ""
+                self.status = "Unknown"
 
             self.airs = sqlResults[0]["airs"]
             if self.airs is None:
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ class TVShow(object):
         if getattr(myEp, 'firstaired', None) is not None:
             self.startyear = int(str(myEp["firstaired"]).split('-')[0])
 
-        self.status = getattr(myEp, 'status', '')
+        self.status = getattr(myEp, 'status', 'Unknown')
 
     def loadIMDbInfo(self, imdbapi=None):
 
@@ -1174,8 +1174,7 @@ class TVShow(object):
             toReturn += "network: " + self.network + "\n"
         if self.airs:
             toReturn += "airs: " + self.airs + "\n"
-        if self.status:
-            toReturn += "status: " + self.status + "\n"
+        toReturn += "status: " + self.status + "\n"
         toReturn += "startyear: " + str(self.startyear) + "\n"
         if self.genre:
             toReturn += "genre: " + self.genre + "\n"
diff --git a/sickbeard/webapi.py b/sickbeard/webapi.py
index 387a2aec..ad616534 100644
--- a/sickbeard/webapi.py
+++ b/sickbeard/webapi.py
@@ -2793,7 +2793,7 @@ class CMD_ShowsStats(ApiCall):
         today = str(datetime.date.today().toordinal())
         stats["shows_total"] = len(sickbeard.showList)
         stats["shows_active"] = len(
-            [show for show in sickbeard.showList if show.paused == 0 and show.status != "Ended"])
+            [show for show in sickbeard.showList if show.paused == 0 and "Unknown" not in show.status and "Ended" not in show.status])
         stats["ep_downloaded"] = myDB.select("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM tv_episodes WHERE status IN (" + ",".join(
             [str(show) for show in
              Quality.DOWNLOADED + [ARCHIVED]]) + ") AND season != 0 and episode != 0 AND airdate <= " + today + "")[0][