diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/rename/EpisodeListMatcher.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/rename/EpisodeListMatcher.java
index 278f3075..a09f6d5e 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/rename/EpisodeListMatcher.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/rename/EpisodeListMatcher.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class EpisodeListMatcher implements AutoCompleteMatcher {
 		
 		// find probable matches using name similarity > 0.9
 		for (SearchResult result : searchResults) {
-			if (metric.getSimilarity(query, result.getName()) > 0.9) {
+			if (metric.getSimilarity(normalize(query), normalize(result.getName())) > 0.9) {
 				probableMatches.add(result);
 			}
 		}
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ class EpisodeListMatcher implements AutoCompleteMatcher {
 	}
 	
 
+	private String normalize(String value) {
+		// remove trailing braces, e.g. Doctor Who (2005) -> doctor who
+		return value.replaceAll("[(]([^)]*)[)]", "").trim().toLowerCase();
+	}
+	
+
 	protected Set<Episode> fetchEpisodeSet(Collection<String> seriesNames, final Locale locale) throws Exception {
 		List<Callable<List<Episode>>> tasks = new ArrayList<Callable<List<Episode>>>();