TV Time is gone. NextEp picks up exactly where it left off - import your whole watch history in one tap, keep every episode you're on, and track what's next. No ads.
Free, no ads. No card, nothing to unlock.
Updated September 2026, for people who left TV Time after the July shutdown.
Everything you relied on TV Time for - plus the things it never had.
Two ways in - whether or not you grabbed your export before TV Time went dark.
Go to app.nextep.show on your phone - it's a full app, no download.
Upload the CSV from TV Time, or Trakt's export ZIP as-is (Letterboxd, Simkl and IMDb work too).
Every series lands on the exact episode you were on. Done.
TV Time's export window has closed - but you don't need it. Screenshot your streaming apps (Netflix, Max, whatever you use) and NextEp reads the titles straight off the image, or just add shows as fast as you can name them. Either way, each one picks up on the exact episode you're on.
Start fresh - it's fast →Years of reactions, typed at midnight, right after the episode that got you. Those come back too.
It's widely repeated that TV Time's export didn't include comments. It does - they're in
episode_comment.csv,
bodies intact. NextEp reads that file and puts every comment back on the episode you wrote it about.
They don't land in a dead archive, either. They land in that show's Aftershow - the room where people who've reached the same episode talk about it. Your old reactions become the first posts in a conversation that's still going.
Top-level comments come across; replies are left behind on purpose, because a reply without the thread it answered reads as something you never meant. Anything flagged as a spoiler arrives hidden behind a tap.
Bring my comments back →Not just a promise - the real thing. Your history, restored and ready in seconds.
NextEp is faster than TV Time was, and quieter. One card, one swipe, and everything else is optional.
Home shows the next episode you should watch. Swipe left when you've seen it, tap to rate it. No menus.
Your next episode is one tap away on every show, and NextEp tells you the moment a new one airs.
Finish a season and the show's colour fills the screen for a moment. Finish a series and it's "That's a wrap." No confetti.
Friends, daily games and spoiler-sealed discussion are all there - each one a switch, off until you want it.
Export everything to JSON or CSV any time. No lock-in - the thing that made TV Time's shutdown hurt.
A tracker built only for TV - no movie clutter, no ads, no noise. Just your shows.
TV Time shut down in July 2026, leaving millions of users looking for a new place to track their shows and their watch history. NextEp was built to be that new home - and to import your TV Time export in one tap.
Yes. NextEp is free, with no ads and nothing to unlock. It runs in your browser on any phone or computer - no app store download required.
Yes. NextEp imports your TV Time CSV export in one tap and restores every show to the exact episode you left off on - even when the export has no TMDB IDs. It also imports from Trakt, Letterboxd, Simkl, and IMDb - and if you are weighing NextEp against Trakt specifically, there is an honest side-by-side of 35 trackers here.
Yes - and most people are told otherwise. TV Time's export does contain your comments: they're in episode_comment.csv with the text intact. NextEp reads that file during the import and puts each comment back on the episode you wrote it about, inside that show's Aftershow room. Top-level comments come across; replies are skipped on purpose, since a reply without its original thread reads as something you never meant. Anything that was flagged as a spoiler arrives hidden behind a tap.
It does everything TV Time did - track episodes, show your next-up, manage a watchlist, follow friends, comment on episodes - and it is faster: one card shows your next episode and one swipe marks it. Friends, spoiler-sealed discussion and daily games are all optional switches, and a full export means your data is always yours.
No. NextEp has no ads.
NextEp is on the Google Play Store for Android. It's also a fast web app (PWA) that works on any iPhone, Android phone, tablet, or desktop browser - add it to your home screen on iPhone and it behaves like a native app, no App Store detour needed there.
You're not stuck. TV Time's export window has closed, but NextEp can rebuild your list without the file: screenshot your streaming apps' watchlists (Netflix, Max, Hulu, anything) and NextEp reads the titles straight off the image and drops each show on the episode you were on. Or just add shows as fast as you can name them - either way you're back up and running in a couple of minutes.
The most-recommended TV Time alternatives are NextEp, Serializd, Simkl, and Trakt. Serializd and Simkl are strong general trackers that also handle movies; Trakt is powerful but more technical. NextEp is TV-only, imports your TV Time history in one tap, and is built around one card and one swipe - the fastest way to keep up. It's free.
Bring them home to NextEp - it takes about thirty seconds.
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