diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index dc0f5f5c..e5107f87 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 * Change remove calls to legacy py2 fix encoding function
 * Change requirements for pure py3
 * Change codebase cleanups
+* Change improve perf by using generators with `any`
+
 
 [develop changelog]
 
diff --git a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/inc_top.tmpl b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/inc_top.tmpl
index 2416f49f..11f1e410 100644
--- a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/inc_top.tmpl
+++ b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/inc_top.tmpl
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 #except
     #pass
 #end try
-#if not any([x in $body_attr for x in ['back-art', 'pro', 'ii']])
+#if not any(x in $body_attr for x in ['back-art', 'pro', 'ii'])
     #set $parts = $body_attr.split('class="')
     #set $body_attr = ('class="%s '.join($parts), $parts[0] + ' class="%s"')[1 == len($parts)] % {0: '', 1: 'pro', 2: 'pro ii'}.get(getattr($sickgear, 'DISPLAY_SHOW_VIEWMODE', 0))
 #end if
diff --git a/lib/plex/plex.py b/lib/plex/plex.py
index 26f5436c..18996ce7 100644
--- a/lib/plex/plex.py
+++ b/lib/plex/plex.py
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ class Plex(object):
 
                     section_path = re.sub(r'[/\\]+', '/', section.find('Location').get('path').lower())
                     section_path = re.sub(r'^(.{,2})[/\\]', '', section_path)
-                    if not any([section_path in path for path in self.section_filter_path]):
+                    if not any(section_path in path for path in self.section_filter_path):
                         continue
 
                     if section.get('key') not in self.ignore_sections \
diff --git a/sickgear/classes.py b/sickgear/classes.py
index a10360d0..f6e5e564 100644
--- a/sickgear/classes.py
+++ b/sickgear/classes.py
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class ShowInfoFilter(object):
         return isinstance(show_info, dict) \
                and 'seriesname' in show_info \
                and isinstance(show_info['seriesname'], string_types) \
-               and any([x.search(show_info['seriesname']) for x in self.bad_names])
+               and any(x.search(show_info['seriesname']) for x in self.bad_names)
 
     @staticmethod
     def _fix_firstaired(show_info):
diff --git a/sickgear/common.py b/sickgear/common.py
index ce713630..e66b946a 100644
--- a/sickgear/common.py
+++ b/sickgear/common.py
@@ -745,9 +745,9 @@ class NeededQualities(object):
             else:
                 if not self.need_sd and min(wanted_qualities) <= NeededQualities.max_sd:
                     self.need_sd = True
-                if not self.need_hd and any([i in NeededQualities.hd_qualities for i in wanted_qualities]):
+                if not self.need_hd and any(i in NeededQualities.hd_qualities for i in wanted_qualities):
                     self.need_hd = True
-                if not self.need_webdl and any([i in NeededQualities.webdl_qualities for i in wanted_qualities]):
+                if not self.need_webdl and any(i in NeededQualities.webdl_qualities for i in wanted_qualities):
                     self.need_webdl = True
                 if not self.need_uhd and max(wanted_qualities) > NeededQualities.max_hd:
                     self.need_uhd = True
diff --git a/sickgear/providers/generic.py b/sickgear/providers/generic.py
index 126cc747..eca6d7a2 100644
--- a/sickgear/providers/generic.py
+++ b/sickgear/providers/generic.py
@@ -501,8 +501,8 @@ class GenericProvider(object):
             if time_left > datetime.timedelta(seconds=0):
                 if log_warning:
                     # Ensure provider name output (e.g. when displaying config/provs) instead of e.g. thread "Tornado"
-                    prepend = ('[%s] :: ' % self.name, '')[any([x.name in threading.current_thread().name
-                                                                for x in sickgear.providers.sorted_sources()])]
+                    prepend = ('[%s] :: ' % self.name, '')[any(x.name in threading.current_thread().name
+                                                               for x in sickgear.providers.sorted_sources())]
                     logger.log('%sToo many requests reached at %s, waiting for %s' % (
                         prepend, self.fmt_delta(self.tmr_limit_time), self.fmt_delta(time_left)), logger.WARNING)
                 return use_tmr_limit
@@ -1009,9 +1009,9 @@ class GenericProvider(object):
 
         headers = [re.sub(
             r'\s+', '',
-            ((any([cell.get_text()]) and any([rc[x].search(cell.get_text()) for x in iterkeys(rc)]) and cell.get_text())
-             or (cell.attrs.get('id') and any([rc[x].search(cell['id']) for x in iterkeys(rc)]) and cell['id'])
-             or (cell.attrs.get('title') and any([rc[x].search(cell['title']) for x in iterkeys(rc)]) and cell['title'])
+            ((any([cell.get_text()]) and any(rc[x].search(cell.get_text()) for x in iterkeys(rc)) and cell.get_text())
+             or (cell.attrs.get('id') and any(rc[x].search(cell['id']) for x in iterkeys(rc)) and cell['id'])
+             or (cell.attrs.get('title') and any(rc[x].search(cell['title']) for x in iterkeys(rc)) and cell['title'])
              or next(iter(set(filter(lambda rz: any([rz]), [
                 next(iter(set(filter(lambda ry: any([ry]), [
                     cell.find(tag, **p) for p in [{attr: rc[x]} for x in iterkeys(rc)]]))), {}).get(attr)
@@ -1932,7 +1932,7 @@ class TorrentProvider(GenericProvider):
         url_list = list(map(lambda u: '%s/' % u.rstrip('/'), url_list))
         last_url, expire = sickgear.PROVIDER_HOMES.get(self.get_id(), ('', None))
         url_drop = (url_exclude or []) + getattr(self, 'url_drop', [])
-        if url_drop and any([url in last_url for url in url_drop]):  # deprecate url
+        if url_drop and any(url in last_url for url in url_drop):  # deprecate url
             last_url = ''
 
         if 'site down' == last_url:
diff --git a/sickgear/providers/newznab.py b/sickgear/providers/newznab.py
index fc701941..2fe12d6a 100644
--- a/sickgear/providers/newznab.py
+++ b/sickgear/providers/newznab.py
@@ -911,9 +911,9 @@ class NewznabProvider(generic.NZBProvider):
                 # category ids
                 cat = []
                 if 'Episode' == mode or 'Season' == mode:
-                    if not (any([x in params for x in
-                                 [v for c, v in iteritems(self.caps)
-                                  if c not in [NewznabConstants.SEARCH_EPISODE, NewznabConstants.SEARCH_SEASON]]])):
+                    if not (any(x in params for x in
+                                [v for c, v in iteritems(self.caps)
+                                 if c not in [NewznabConstants.SEARCH_EPISODE, NewznabConstants.SEARCH_SEASON]])):
                         logger.log('Show is missing either an id or search term for search')
                         continue
 
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ class NewznabProvider(generic.NZBProvider):
                 request_params = base_params.copy()
                 # if ('Propers' == mode or 'nzbs_org' == self.get_id()) \
                 if 'Propers' == mode \
-                        and 'q' in params and not (any([x in params for x in ['season', 'ep']])):
+                        and 'q' in params and not (any(x in params for x in ['season', 'ep'])):
                     request_params['t'] = 'search'
                 request_params.update(params)
 
@@ -1048,10 +1048,10 @@ class NewznabProvider(generic.NZBProvider):
                 if exit_log:
                     self._log_search(mode, len(results), search_url)
 
-                if not try_all_searches and any([x in request_params for x in [
+                if not try_all_searches and any(x in request_params for x in [
                     v for c, v in iteritems(self.caps)
                     if c not in [NewznabConstants.SEARCH_EPISODE, NewznabConstants.SEARCH_SEASON,
-                                 NewznabConstants.SEARCH_TEXT]]]) and len(results):
+                                 NewznabConstants.SEARCH_TEXT]]) and len(results):
                     break
 
         return results, n_spaces
diff --git a/sickgear/scene_exceptions.py b/sickgear/scene_exceptions.py
index b7ee204a..ceaa42d4 100644
--- a/sickgear/scene_exceptions.py
+++ b/sickgear/scene_exceptions.py
@@ -583,6 +583,6 @@ def has_abs_episodes(ep_obj=None, name=None):
     :return:
     :rtype: bool
     """
-    return any([(name or ep_obj.show_obj.name or '').lower().startswith(x.lower()) for x in [
+    return any((name or ep_obj.show_obj.name or '').lower().startswith(x.lower()) for x in [
         'The Eighties', 'The Making of the Mob', 'The Night Of', 'Roots 2016', 'Trepalium'
-    ]])
+    ])
diff --git a/sickgear/tv.py b/sickgear/tv.py
index 8a6c274f..23641792 100644
--- a/sickgear/tv.py
+++ b/sickgear/tv.py
@@ -3042,7 +3042,7 @@ class TVShow(TVShowBase):
         page_url = 'https://www.imdb.com/title/{0}/'.format(imdb_id)
         try:
             response = requests.head(page_url, allow_redirects=True)
-            if response.history and any([h for h in response.history if 301 == h.status_code]):
+            if response.history and any(h for h in response.history if 301 == h.status_code):
                 return helpers.parse_imdb_id(response.url)
         except (BaseException, Exception):
             pass
diff --git a/sickgear/webapi.py b/sickgear/webapi.py
index 40246086..b91e1625 100644
--- a/sickgear/webapi.py
+++ b/sickgear/webapi.py
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ class ApiCall(object):
                     elif isinstance(value, string_types):
                         if '|' in value:
                             li = [int(v) for v in value.split('|')]
-                            if any([not isinstance(v, integer_types) for v in li]):
+                            if any(not isinstance(v, integer_types) for v in li):
                                 error = True
                             else:
                                 value = li
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ class ApiCall(object):
                         error = True
                 else:
                     li = value.split('|')
-                    if any([sub_type is not type(v) for v in li]):
+                    if any(sub_type is not type(v) for v in li):
                         error = True
                     else:
                         value = li