diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index cd6111c6..87c62c45 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 * Add Unknown status query to Episode Status Management
 * Fix Episode Status Management error popup from coming up when show is selected without expanding
 * Add BET network logo
+* Change "Force Backlog" button for paused shows on Backlog Overview page to "Paused" indicator
 * Remove unused force variable from code and PEP8
 * Change browser, bs4 parser and classes code to PEP8 standards
 * Change common and config code to PEP8 standards
diff --git a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/manage_backlogOverview.tmpl b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/manage_backlogOverview.tmpl
index 80bfad2d..99eb94f2 100644
--- a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/manage_backlogOverview.tmpl
+++ b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/manage_backlogOverview.tmpl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 #set global $sbPath = '..'
 
-#set global $topmenu = 'manage'#
+#set global $topmenu = 'manage'
 #import os.path
 #include $os.path.join($sickbeard.PROG_DIR, 'gui/slick/interfaces/default/inc_top.tmpl')
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         dateHasTime : false,
         dateFormat : '${sickbeard.DATE_PRESET}',
         timeFormat : '${sickbeard.TIME_PRESET}',
-        trimZero : #if $sickbeard.TRIM_ZERO then "true" else "false"#
+        trimZero : #if $sickbeard.TRIM_ZERO then 'true' else 'false'#
     });
     #end if
 
@@ -44,70 +44,77 @@
 #else
 	<h1 class="title">$title</h1>
 #end if
+
 #set $totalWanted = 0
 #set $totalQual = 0
 
 #for $curShow in $sickbeard.showList:
-#set $totalWanted = $totalWanted + $showCounts[$curShow.indexerid][$Overview.WANTED]
-#set $totalQual = $totalQual + $showCounts[$curShow.indexerid][$Overview.QUAL]
+    #set $totalWanted += $showCounts[$curShow.indexerid][$Overview.WANTED]
+    #set $totalQual += $showCounts[$curShow.indexerid][$Overview.QUAL]
 #end for
 
 <div class="h2footer pull-right">
     <span class="listing-key wanted">Wanted: <b>$totalWanted</b></span>
     <span class="listing-key qual">Low Quality: <b>$totalQual</b></span>
-</div><br/>
+</div>
+<br/>
 
 <div class="pull-left">
 Jump to Show
 	<select id="pickShow" class="form-control form-control-inline input-sm">
-	#for $curShow in sorted($sickbeard.showList, key = operator.attrgetter('name')):
-	#if $showCounts[$curShow.indexerid][$Overview.QUAL] + $showCounts[$curShow.indexerid][$Overview.WANTED] != 0:
-	<option value="$curShow.indexerid">$curShow.name</option>
-	#end if
-	#end for
-</select>
+#for $curShow in sorted($sickbeard.showList, key = operator.attrgetter('name')):
+    #if 0 != $showCounts[$curShow.indexerid][$Overview.QUAL] + $showCounts[$curShow.indexerid][$Overview.WANTED]:
+		<option value="$curShow.indexerid">$curShow.name</option>
+    #end if
+#end for
+	</select>
 </div>
 
 <table class="sickbeardTable" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0">
 
 #for $curShow in sorted($sickbeard.showList, key = operator.attrgetter('name')):
 
-#if $showCounts[$curShow.indexerid][$Overview.QUAL] + $showCounts[$curShow.indexerid][$Overview.WANTED] == 0:
-#continue
-#end if
+    #if 0 == $showCounts[$curShow.indexerid][$Overview.QUAL] + $showCounts[$curShow.indexerid][$Overview.WANTED]:
+        #continue
+    #end if
 
 	<tr class="seasonheader" id="show-$curShow.indexerid">
 		<td colspan="3" class="align-left">
-			<br/><h2><a href="$sbRoot/home/displayShow?show=$curShow.indexerid">$curShow.name</a></h2>
+			<br/>
+			<h2><a href="$sbRoot/home/displayShow?show=$curShow.indexerid">$curShow.name</a></h2>
 			<div class="pull-right">
 				<span class="listing-key wanted">Wanted: <b>$showCounts[$curShow.indexerid][$Overview.WANTED]</b></span>
 				<span class="listing-key qual">Low Quality: <b>$showCounts[$curShow.indexerid][$Overview.QUAL]</b></span>
+    #if not $curShow.paused:
 				<a class="btn btn-inline forceBacklog" href="$sbRoot/manage/backlogShow?indexer_id=$curShow.indexerid"><i class="icon-play-circle icon-white"></i> Force Backlog</a>
+    #else
+				<span class="quality SD btn-inline forceBacklog" style="padding:4px 10px; margin-bottom:1px">Paused</span>
+    #end if
 			</div>
 		</td>
 	</tr>
 
 	<tr class="seasoncols"><th>Episode</th><th>Name</th><th class="nowrap">Airdate</th></tr>
 
-#for $curResult in $showSQLResults[$curShow.indexerid]:
-    #set $whichStr = $str($curResult['season']) + 'x' + $str($curResult['episode'])
-    #try:
-        #set $overview = $showCats[$curShow.indexerid][$whichStr]
-    #except Exception
-        #continue
-    #end try
+    #for $curResult in $showSQLResults[$curShow.indexerid]:
+        #set $whichStr = $str($curResult['season']) + 'x' + $str($curResult['episode'])
+        #try:
+            #set $overview = $showCats[$curShow.indexerid][$whichStr]
+        #except Exception
+            #continue
+        #end try
 
-    #if $overview not in ($Overview.QUAL, $Overview.WANTED):
-        #continue
-    #end if
+        #if $overview not in ($Overview.QUAL, $Overview.WANTED):
+            #continue
+        #end if
 
 	<tr class="seasonstyle $Overview.overviewStrings[$showCats[$curShow.indexerid][$whichStr]]">
 		<td class="tableleft" align="center">$whichStr</td>
 		<td>$curResult["name"]</td>
 		<td class="tableright" align="center" class="nowrap"><div class="${fuzzydate}">#if int($curResult['airdate']) == 1 then 'never' else $sbdatetime.sbdatetime.sbfdate($sbdatetime.sbdatetime.convert_to_setting($network_timezones.parse_date_time($curResult['airdate'],$curShow.airs,$curShow.network)))#</div></td>
 	</tr>
-#end for
 
+    #end for
 #end for
 
 </table>
diff --git a/sickbeard/helpers.py b/sickbeard/helpers.py
index 548cfb6d..7bff89b6 100644
--- a/sickbeard/helpers.py
+++ b/sickbeard/helpers.py
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ def _check_against_names(nameInQuestion, show, season=-1):
 
 
 def get_show(name, tryIndexers=False):
-    if not sickbeard.showList:
+    if not sickbeard.showList or None is name:
         return
 
     showObj = None
diff --git a/sickbeard/webserve.py b/sickbeard/webserve.py
index 341e9519..29b154df 100644
--- a/sickbeard/webserve.py
+++ b/sickbeard/webserve.py
@@ -1533,24 +1533,30 @@ class Home(MainHandler):
                 myDB = db.DBConnection()
                 myDB.mass_action(sql_l)
 
-        if int(status) == WANTED:
-            msg = 'Backlog was automatically started for the following seasons of <b>' + showObj.name + '</b>:<br />'
-            msg += '<ul>'
-
+        if WANTED == int(status):
+            season_list = ''
+            season_wanted = []
             for season, segment in segments.items():
-                cur_backlog_queue_item = search_queue.BacklogQueueItem(showObj, segment)
-                sickbeard.searchQueueScheduler.action.add_item(cur_backlog_queue_item)  # @UndefinedVariable
+                if not showObj.paused:
+                    cur_backlog_queue_item = search_queue.BacklogQueueItem(showObj, segment)
+                    sickbeard.searchQueueScheduler.action.add_item(cur_backlog_queue_item)  # @UndefinedVariable
 
-                msg += '<li>Season ' + str(season) + '</li>'
-                logger.log(u'Sending backlog for ' + showObj.name + ' season ' + str(
-                    season) + ' because some eps were set to wanted')
+                if season not in season_wanted:
+                    season_wanted += [season]
+                    season_list += u'<li>Season %s</li>' % season
+                    logger.log((u'Not adding wanted eps to backlog search for %s season %s because show is paused',
+                               u'Starting backlog search for %s season %s because eps were set to wanted')[
+                        not showObj.paused] % (showObj.name, season))
 
-            msg += '</ul>'
+            (title, msg) = (('Not starting backlog', u'Paused show prevented backlog search'),
+                            ('Backlog started', u'Backlog search started'))[not showObj.paused]
 
             if segments:
-                ui.notifications.message('Backlog started', msg)
+                ui.notifications.message(title,
+                                         u'%s for the following seasons of <b>%s</b>:<br /><ul>%s</ul>'
+                                         % (msg, showObj.name, season_list))
 
-        if int(status) == FAILED:
+        elif FAILED == int(status):
             msg = 'Retrying Search was automatically started for the following season of <b>' + showObj.name + '</b>:<br />'
             msg += '<ul>'