diff --git a/sickbeard/name_parser/parser.py b/sickbeard/name_parser/parser.py
index f8e8872b..0cc8bc7f 100644
--- a/sickbeard/name_parser/parser.py
+++ b/sickbeard/name_parser/parser.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ 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 = '''((\[.*?\])|(\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}.+))))'''
+            show_pattern = '''(?:(?:\[.*?\])|(?:\d{3}[\.-]))*[ _\.]?(?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:
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ class NameParser(object):
                     # Do we have recognize this show?
                     series_name = self.clean_series_name(seriesname_match.group('series_name'))
                     self.showObj = helpers.get_show_by_name(series_name, useIndexer=self.useIndexers)
+                    if not self.showObj:
+                        series_name = re.sub('^(?:(?:\[.*?\])|(?:\d{3}[\.-]))*[ _\.]?', '', series_name)
+                        self.showObj = helpers.get_show_by_name(series_name, useIndexer=self.useIndexers)
 
             if not self.showObj:
                 return