diff --git a/lib/tvrage_api/tvrage_api.py b/lib/tvrage_api/tvrage_api.py
index 23c4c22e..5405d5c0 100644
--- a/lib/tvrage_api/tvrage_api.py
+++ b/lib/tvrage_api/tvrage_api.py
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ class TVRage:
                     if elm.text is "0000-00-00":
                         elm.text = str(dt.date.fromordinal(1))
                     try:
-                        fixDate = parse(elm.text, fuzzy=True)
+                        fixDate = parse(elm.text, fuzzy=True).date()
                         elm.text = fixDate.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
                     except:
                         pass
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/generic.py b/sickbeard/providers/generic.py
index aeea65a5..127e7376 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/generic.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/generic.py
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ class GenericProvider:
             searchSeason = True
 
         for sceneSeason,sceneEpisodes in sceneSeasons.iteritems():
-            for curString in self._get_season_search_strings(show, sceneSeason, sceneEpisodes, searchSeason):
+            for curString in self._get_season_search_strings(show, str(sceneSeason), sceneEpisodes, searchSeason):
                 itemList += self._doSearch(curString)
 
         for item in itemList: