diff --git a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/home_newShow.tmpl b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/home_newShow.tmpl
index 59d64864..69834360 100644
--- a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/home_newShow.tmpl
+++ b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/home_newShow.tmpl
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@
             <input type="hidden" name="indexerLang" value="en" />
             <input type="hidden" name="whichSeries" value="$provided_indexer_id" />
             <input type="hidden" id="providedName" value="$provided_indexer_name" />
+            <input type="hidden" id="providedIndexer" value="$provided_indexer" />
         #else:
+            <input type="hidden" id="providedIndexer" value="$provided_indexer" />
             <input type="text" id="nameToSearch" value="$default_show_name" style="margin-top: 1px;" />
             <select name="indexerLang" id="indexerLangSelect" style="height: 26px;margin-top: 1px;">
                 <option value="en" selected="selected">en</option>
diff --git a/gui/slick/js/newShow.js b/gui/slick/js/newShow.js
index 6f8521bc..da3a6ba7 100644
--- a/gui/slick/js/newShow.js
+++ b/gui/slick/js/newShow.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
 
         $('#searchResults').html('<img id="searchingAnim" src="' + sbRoot + '/images/loading32.gif" height="32" width="32" /> searching...');
 
-        $.getJSON(sbRoot + '/home/addShows/searchIndexersForShowName', {'name': $('#nameToSearch').val(), 'lang': $('#indexerLangSelect').val()}, function (data) {
+        $.getJSON(sbRoot + '/home/addShows/searchIndexersForShowName', {'name': $('#nameToSearch').val(), 'lang': $('#indexerLangSelect').val(), 'indexer': $('#providedIndexer').val()}, function (data) {
             var firstResult = true;
             var resultStr = '<fieldset>\n<legend>Search Results:</legend>\n';
             var checked = '';
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
         var show_name, sep_char;
         // if they've picked a radio button then use that
         if ($('input:radio[name=whichSeries]:checked').length) {
-            show_name = $('input:radio[name=whichSeries]:checked').val().split('|')[1];
+            show_name = $('input:radio[name=whichSeries]:checked').val().split('|')[2];
         }
         // if we provided a show in the hidden field, use that
         else if ($('input:hidden[name=whichSeries]').length && $('input:hidden[name=whichSeries]').val().length) {
diff --git a/lib/tvdb_api/tvdb_api.py b/lib/tvdb_api/tvdb_api.py
index bb27aa8d..9942ee51 100644
--- a/lib/tvdb_api/tvdb_api.py
+++ b/lib/tvdb_api/tvdb_api.py
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ from tvdb_ui import BaseUI, ConsoleUI
 from tvdb_exceptions import (tvdb_error, tvdb_userabort, tvdb_shownotfound,
     tvdb_seasonnotfound, tvdb_episodenotfound, tvdb_attributenotfound)
 
-lastTimeout = None
 
 def log():
     return logging.getLogger("tvdb_api")
@@ -535,20 +534,23 @@ class Tvdb:
             raise tvdb_error("Connection timed out " + str(e.message) + " while loading URL " + str(url))
 
         except Exception, e:
-            raise tvdb_error("Unknown exception while loading URL " + str(url) + ": " + str(e))
+            raise tvdb_error("Unknown exception occured: " + str(e.message) + " while loading URL " + str(url))
 
-        if 'application/zip' in resp.headers.get("Content-Type", ''):
-            try:
-                # TODO: The zip contains actors.xml and banners.xml, which are currently ignored [GH-20]
-                log().debug("We recived a zip file unpacking now ...")
-                zipdata = StringIO.StringIO()
-                zipdata.write(resp.content)
-                myzipfile = zipfile.ZipFile(zipdata)
-                return myzipfile.read('%s.xml' % language)
-            except zipfile.BadZipfile:
-                raise tvdb_error("Bad zip file received from thetvdb.com, could not read it")
+        if resp.ok:
+            if 'application/zip' in resp.headers.get("Content-Type", ''):
+                try:
+                    # TODO: The zip contains actors.xml and banners.xml, which are currently ignored [GH-20]
+                    log().debug("We recived a zip file unpacking now ...")
+                    zipdata = StringIO.StringIO()
+                    zipdata.write(resp.content)
+                    myzipfile = zipfile.ZipFile(zipdata)
+                    return myzipfile.read('%s.xml' % language)
+                except zipfile.BadZipfile:
+                    raise tvdb_error("Bad zip file received from thetvdb.com, could not read it")
 
-        return resp.content
+            return resp.content
+
+        return None
 
     def _getetsrc(self, url, params=None, language=None):
         """Loads a URL using caching, returns an ElementTree of the source
diff --git a/lib/tvrage_api/tvrage_api.py b/lib/tvrage_api/tvrage_api.py
index 2199622a..422ef251 100644
--- a/lib/tvrage_api/tvrage_api.py
+++ b/lib/tvrage_api/tvrage_api.py
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ from tvrage_ui import BaseUI
 from tvrage_exceptions import (tvrage_error, tvrage_userabort, tvrage_shownotfound,
     tvrage_seasonnotfound, tvrage_episodenotfound, tvrage_attributenotfound)
 
-lastTimeout = None
-
 def log():
     return logging.getLogger("tvrage_api")
 
@@ -255,13 +253,7 @@ class TVRage:
             trying again, and any requests within that one minute window will
             return an exception immediately.
         """
-        
-        global lastTimeout
-        
-        # if we're given a lastTimeout that is less than 1 min just give up
-        if not forceConnect and lastTimeout != None and dt.datetime.now() - lastTimeout < dt.timedelta(minutes=1):
-            raise tvrage_error("We recently timed out, so giving up early this time")
-        
+
         self.shows = ShowContainer() # Holds all Show classes
         self.corrections = {} # Holds show-name to show_id mapping
 
@@ -354,7 +346,6 @@ class TVRage:
         return os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), "tvrage_api-%s" % (uid))
 
     def _loadUrl(self, url, params=None):
-        global lastTimeout
         try:
             log().debug("Retrieving URL %s" % url)
 
@@ -370,29 +361,12 @@ class TVRage:
             raise tvrage_error("HTTP error " + str(e.errno) + " while loading URL " + str(url))
 
         except requests.ConnectionError, e:
-            lastTimeout = dt.datetime.now()
             raise tvrage_error("Connection error " + str(e.message) + " while loading URL " + str(url))
 
         except requests.Timeout, e:
-            lastTimeout = dt.datetime.now()
             raise tvrage_error("Connection timed out " + str(e.message) + " while loading URL " + str(url))
 
-        except Exception, e:
-            lastTimeout = dt.datetime.now()
-            raise tvrage_error("Unknown exception while loading URL " + str(url) + ": " + str(e))
-
-        if 'application/zip' in resp.headers.get("Content-Type", ''):
-            try:
-                # TODO: The zip contains actors.xml and banners.xml, which are currently ignored [GH-20]
-                log().debug("We recived a zip file unpacking now ...")
-                zipdata = StringIO.StringIO()
-                zipdata.write(resp.content)
-                myzipfile = zipfile.ZipFile(zipdata)
-                return myzipfile.read('%s.xml' % self.config['language'])
-            except zipfile.BadZipfile:
-                raise tvrage_error("Bad zip file received from tvrage.com, could not read it")
-
-        return resp.content
+        return resp.content if resp.ok else None
 
     def _getetsrc(self, url, params=None):
         """Loads a URL using caching, returns an ElementTree of the source
diff --git a/sickbeard/helpers.py b/sickbeard/helpers.py
index efca5845..8e43edee 100644
--- a/sickbeard/helpers.py
+++ b/sickbeard/helpers.py
@@ -196,11 +196,7 @@ Returns a byte-string retrieved from the url provider.
         logger.log(u"Connection timed out " + str(e.message) + " while loading URL " + url, logger.WARNING)
         return None
 
-    except Exception:
-        logger.log(u"Unknown exception while loading URL " + url + ": " + traceback.format_exc(), logger.WARNING)
-        return None
-
-    return resp.content
+    return resp.content if resp.ok else None
 
 def _remove_file_failed(file):
     try:
diff --git a/sickbeard/webserve.py b/sickbeard/webserve.py
index 6e8c960b..eef7cc5f 100644
--- a/sickbeard/webserve.py
+++ b/sickbeard/webserve.py
@@ -1900,7 +1900,7 @@ class NewHomeAddShows:
         return helpers.sanitizeFileName(name)
 
     @cherrypy.expose
-    def searchIndexersForShowName(self, name, lang="en"):
+    def searchIndexersForShowName(self, name, lang="en", indexer=None):
         if not lang or lang == 'null':
             lang = "en"
 
@@ -1924,8 +1924,13 @@ class NewHomeAddShows:
 
             paramsTVRAGE = {'show': searchTerm}
 
-            urlDataTVDB = helpers.getURL(baseURL_TVDB, params=paramsTVDB)
-            urlDataTVRAGE = helpers.getURL(baseURL_TVRAGE, params=paramsTVRAGE)
+            urlDataTVDB = None
+            if indexer is None or indexer in 'Tvdb':
+                urlDataTVDB = helpers.getURL(baseURL_TVDB, params=paramsTVDB)
+
+            urlDataTVRAGE = None
+            if indexer is None or indexer in 'TVRage':
+                urlDataTVRAGE = helpers.getURL(baseURL_TVRAGE, params=paramsTVRAGE)
 
             if urlDataTVDB is None and urlDataTVRAGE is None:
                 # When urlData is None, trouble connecting to TVDB and TVRage, don't try the rest of the keywords
@@ -2078,10 +2083,10 @@ class NewHomeAddShows:
         else:
             use_provided_info = False
 
-        # tell the template whether we're giving it show name & TVDB ID
+        # tell the template whether we're giving it show name & Indexer ID
         t.use_provided_info = use_provided_info
 
-        # use the given show_dir for the tvdb search if available
+        # use the given show_dir for the indexer search if available
         if not show_dir:
             t.default_show_name = ''
         elif not show_name:
@@ -2097,11 +2102,11 @@ class NewHomeAddShows:
 
         if use_provided_info:
             t.provided_indexer_id = indexer_id
-            t.provided_indexer = indexer
             t.provided_indexer_name = show_name
 
         t.provided_show_dir = show_dir
         t.other_shows = other_shows
+        t.provided_indexer = indexer
 
         return _munge(t)