diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/media/MediaDetection.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/media/MediaDetection.java
index 9b1ab5fc..e509f82d 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/media/MediaDetection.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/media/MediaDetection.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 package net.sourceforge.filebot.media;
 
 
-import static java.util.Arrays.*;
 import static java.util.Collections.*;
 import static java.util.regex.Pattern.*;
 import static net.sourceforge.filebot.MediaTypes.*;
@@ -298,26 +297,26 @@ public class MediaDetection {
 				matches.addAll(matchSeriesByName(stripReleaseInfo(filenames, false), 0));
 			}
 			
-			// use lenient sub sequence matching only as fallback
-			if (matches.isEmpty()) {
-				matches.addAll(matchSeriesByName(folders, 3));
-				matches.addAll(matchSeriesByName(filenames, 3));
-			}
-			
-			// assume name without spacing will mess up any lookup
+			// use lenient sub sequence matching only as fallback and try name without spacing logic that may mess up any lookup
 			if (matches.isEmpty()) {
 				// try to narrow down file to series name as best as possible
 				SeriesNameMatcher snm = new SeriesNameMatcher();
-				String[] sns = filenames.toArray(new String[0]);
-				for (int i = 0; i < sns.length; i++) {
-					String sn = snm.matchByEpisodeIdentifier(sns[i]);
+				List<String> sns = new ArrayList<String>();
+				sns.addAll(folders);
+				sns.addAll(filenames);
+				for (int i = 0; i < sns.size(); i++) {
+					String sn = snm.matchByEpisodeIdentifier(sns.get(i));
 					if (sn != null) {
-						sns[i] = sn;
+						sns.set(i, sn);
 					}
 				}
-				for (SearchResult it : matchSeriesFromStringWithoutSpacing(stripReleaseInfo(asList(sns), false), true)) {
+				for (SearchResult it : matchSeriesFromStringWithoutSpacing(stripReleaseInfo(sns, false), true)) {
 					matches.add(it.getName());
 				}
+				
+				// less reliable CWS deep matching
+				matches.addAll(matchSeriesByName(folders, 2));
+				matches.addAll(matchSeriesByName(filenames, 2));
 			}
 			
 			// pass along only valid terms
diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/rename/EpisodeListMatcher.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/rename/EpisodeListMatcher.java
index 1b1e40c8..56cd4213 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/rename/EpisodeListMatcher.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/rename/EpisodeListMatcher.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import static net.sourceforge.filebot.Settings.*;
 import static net.sourceforge.filebot.media.MediaDetection.*;
 import static net.sourceforge.filebot.similarity.Normalization.*;
 import static net.sourceforge.tuned.FileUtilities.*;
+import static net.sourceforge.tuned.StringUtilities.*;
 import static net.sourceforge.tuned.ui.TunedUtilities.*;
 
 import java.awt.Component;
@@ -44,7 +45,6 @@ import net.sourceforge.filebot.similarity.CommonSequenceMatcher;
 import net.sourceforge.filebot.similarity.EpisodeMatcher;
 import net.sourceforge.filebot.similarity.Match;
 import net.sourceforge.filebot.similarity.NameSimilarityMetric;
-import net.sourceforge.filebot.similarity.SeriesNameMatcher;
 import net.sourceforge.filebot.similarity.SimilarityMetric;
 import net.sourceforge.filebot.ui.SelectDialog;
 import net.sourceforge.filebot.web.Episode;
@@ -285,24 +285,15 @@ class EpisodeListMatcher implements AutoCompleteMatcher {
 		
 		// require user input if auto-detection has failed or has been disabled 
 		if (episodes.isEmpty()) {
-			String suggestion = new SeriesNameMatcher(locale).matchByEpisodeIdentifier(getName(files.get(0)));
-			if (suggestion != null) {
-				// clean media info / release group info / etc
-				try {
-					suggestion = stripReleaseInfo(suggestion);
-				} catch (Exception e) {
-					// ignore
-				}
-			} else {
-				// use folder name
-				suggestion = files.get(0).getParentFile().getName();
-			}
+			List<String> detectedSeriesNames = detectSeriesNames(files, locale);
+			String parentPathHint = normalizePathSeparators(getRelativePathTail(files.get(0).getParentFile(), 2).getPath());
+			String suggestion = detectedSeriesNames.size() > 0 ? join(detectedSeriesNames, ", ") : parentPathHint;
 			
 			List<String> input = emptyList();
 			synchronized (inputMemory) {
 				input = inputMemory.get(suggestion);
 				if (input == null || suggestion == null || suggestion.isEmpty()) {
-					input = showMultiValueInputDialog("Enter series name:", suggestion, files.get(0).getParentFile().getName(), parent);
+					input = showMultiValueInputDialog("Enter series name:", suggestion, parentPathHint, parent);
 					inputMemory.put(suggestion, input);
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/website/data/series-mappings.txt b/website/data/series-mappings.txt
index 534df8ab..91ce60d9 100644
--- a/website/data/series-mappings.txt
+++ b/website/data/series-mappings.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+epl	English Premier League
 HIMYM	How I Met your Mother
 Hml8p	Homeland
 hoc	House of Cards