diff --git a/sickbeard/name_parser/parser.py b/sickbeard/name_parser/parser.py
index ad4dddf5..ac353d08 100644
--- a/sickbeard/name_parser/parser.py
+++ b/sickbeard/name_parser/parser.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class NameParser(object):
 
         if not self.showObj and not self.naming_pattern:
             # Regex pattern to return the Show / Series Name regardless of the file pattern tossed at it, matched 53 show name examples from regexes.py
-            show_pattern = '''^(?:(UEFA|MLB|ESPN|WWE|MMA|UFC|TNA|EPL|NASCAR|NBA|NFL|NHL|NRL|PGA|SUPER LEAGUE|FORMULA|FIFA|NETBALL|MOTOG(P)))?(?:[0-9]+)?(?:\[(?:.+?)\][ ._-])?(?P<series_name>.*?)(?:[ ._-])+?(?:Season|Part)?(?:.[eE][0-9][0-9]?)?(?:.?[sS]?[0-9][0-9]?)'''
+            show_pattern = '''((\[.*?\])|(\d+[\.-]))*[ _\.]?(?P<series_name>.*?([ ._-](\d{4}))?)((([ ._-]+\d+)|([ ._-]+s\d{2}))|(\W+(?:(?:S\d[\dE._ -])|(?:\d\d?x)|(?:\d{4}\W\d\d\W\d\d)|(?:(?:part|pt)[\._ -]?(\d|[ivx]))|Season\W+\d+\W+|E\d+\W+|(?:\d{1,3}.+\d{1,}[a-zA-Z]{2}\W+[a-zA-Z]{3,}\W+\d{4}.+))))'''
             try:
                 show_regex = re.compile(show_pattern, re.VERBOSE | re.IGNORECASE)
             except re.error, errormsg:
diff --git a/sickbeard/name_parser/regexes.py b/sickbeard/name_parser/regexes.py
index e4d74a5a..2816b3e3 100644
--- a/sickbeard/name_parser/regexes.py
+++ b/sickbeard/name_parser/regexes.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ normal_regexes = {'normal':[
      e(?P<extra_ep_num>\d+))+                    # E03/etc and separator
      [. _-]*((?P<extra_info>.+?)                 # Source_Quality_Etc-
      ((?<![. _-])(?<!WEB)                        # Make sure this is really the release group
-     -(?P<release_group>[^- ]+))?)?$              # Group
+     -(?P<release_group>[^- ]+([. _-]\[.*\])?))?)?$              # Group
      '''),
 
     ('fov_repeat',
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ normal_regexes = {'normal':[
      (?P<extra_ep_num>\d+))+                     # 03/etc and separator
      [. _-]*((?P<extra_info>.+?)                 # Source_Quality_Etc-
      ((?<![. _-])(?<!WEB)                        # Make sure this is really the release group
-     -(?P<release_group>[^- ]+))?)?$              # Group
+     -(?P<release_group>[^- ]+([. _-]\[.*\])?))?)?$              # Group
      '''),
 
     ('standard',
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ normal_regexes = {'normal':[
      (?P<extra_ep_num>(?!(1080|720|480)[pi])\d+))*   # additional E03/etc
      [. _-]*((?P<extra_info>.+?)                 # Source_Quality_Etc-
      ((?<![. _-])(?<!WEB)                        # Make sure this is really the release group
-     -(?P<release_group>[^- ]+))?)?$              # Group
+     -(?P<release_group>[^- ]+([. _-]\[.*\])?))?)?$              # Group
      '''),
 
     ('fov',
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ normal_regexes = {'normal':[
      \d+))*                                      # additional x03/etc
      [\]. _-]*((?P<extra_info>.+?)               # Source_Quality_Etc-
      ((?<![. _-])(?<!WEB)                        # Make sure this is really the release group
-     -(?P<release_group>[^- ]+))?)?$              # Group
+     -(?P<release_group>[^- ]+([. _-]\[.*\])?))?)?$              # Group
      '''),
 
     ('scene_date_format',
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ normal_regexes = {'normal':[
      (?P<air_day>\d{2})                          # 23 and separator
      [. _-]*((?P<extra_info>.+?)                 # Source_Quality_Etc-
      ((?<![. _-])(?<!WEB)                        # Make sure this is really the release group
-     -(?P<release_group>[^- ]+))?)?$              # Group
+     -(?P<release_group>[^- ]+([. _-]\[.*\])?))?)?$              # Group
      '''),
 
     ('stupid',
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ normal_regexes = {'normal':[
      (?P<season_num>\d+)[. _-]*                  # S01 and optional separator
      [. _-]*((?P<extra_info>.+?)                 # Source_Quality_Etc-
      ((?<![. _-])(?<!WEB)                        # Make sure this is really the release group
-     -(?P<release_group>[^- ]+))?)?$              # Group
+     -(?P<release_group>[^- ]+([. _-]\[.*\])?))?)?$              # Group
      '''
     ),
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ normal_regexes = {'normal':[
      (?P<extra_ep_num>(?!(1080|720|480)[pi])(\d+|[ivx]+))[. _-])            # second ep num
      ([. _-]*(?P<extra_info>.+?)                 # Source_Quality_Etc-
      ((?<![. _-])(?<!WEB)                        # Make sure this is really the release group
-     -(?P<release_group>[^- ]+))?)?$              # Group
+     -(?P<release_group>[^- ]+([. _-]\[.*\])?))?)?$              # Group
      '''
     ),
 
@@ -157,20 +157,10 @@ normal_regexes = {'normal':[
      (\d+|([ivx]+(?=[. _-]))))[. _-])*            # second ep num
      ([. _-]*(?P<extra_info>.+?)                 # Source_Quality_Etc-
      ((?<![. _-])(?<!WEB)                        # Make sure this is really the release group
-     -(?P<release_group>[^- ]+))?)?$              # Group
+     -(?P<release_group>[^- ]+([. _-]\[.*\])?))?)?$              # Group
      '''
     ),
 
-    ('bare',
-     # Show.Name.102.Source.Quality.Etc-Group
-     '''
-     ^(?P<series_name>.+?)[. _-]+                # Show_Name and separator
-     (?P<season_num>\d{1,2})                     # 1
-     (?P<ep_num>\d{2})                           # 02 and separator
-     ([. _-]+(?P<extra_info>(?!\d{3}[. _-]+)[^-]+) # Source_Quality_Etc-
-     (-(?P<release_group>.+))?)?$                # Group
-     '''),
-
     ('no_season',
      # Show Name - 01 - Ep Name
      # 01 - Ep Name
@@ -181,9 +171,19 @@ normal_regexes = {'normal':[
      (?:-(?P<extra_ep_num>\d{1,2}))*               # 02
      [. _-]+((?P<extra_info>.+?)                 # Source_Quality_Etc-
      ((?<![. _-])(?<!WEB)                        # Make sure this is really the release group
-     -(?P<release_group>[^- ]+))?)?$              # Group
+     -(?P<release_group>[^- ]+([. _-]\[.*\])?))?)?$              # Group
      '''
     ),
+
+    ('bare',
+     # Show.Name.102.Source.Quality.Etc-Group
+     '''
+     ^(?P<series_name>.+?)[. _-]+                # Show_Name and separator
+     (?P<season_num>\d{1,2})                     # 1
+     (?P<ep_num>\d{2})                           # 02 and separator
+     ([. _-]+(?P<extra_info>(?!\d{3}[. _-]+)[^-]+) # Source_Quality_Etc-
+     (-(?P<release_gr[^- ]+([. _-]\[.*\])?p>.+))?)?$                # Group
+     '''),
 ]}
 
 sports_regexs = {'sports':[
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ sports_regexs = {'sports':[
      ((?P<sports_event_name>\.+)[. _-]+)?
      (?P<sports_event_date>(\d{4}[. _-]+\d{1,2}[. _-]+\d{1,2})|(\d{1,2}\w{2}[. _-]+\w+[. _-]+\d{4}))
      [. _-]*((?P<extra_info>.+?)((?<![. _-])(?<!WEB)
-     -(?P<release_group>[^- ]+))?)?$
+     -(?P<release_group>[^- ]+([. _-]\[.*\])?))?)?$
      '''
     ),