diff --git a/source/net/filebot/media/MediaDetection.java b/source/net/filebot/media/MediaDetection.java
index cb712a58..ed2d384c 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/media/MediaDetection.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/media/MediaDetection.java
@@ -394,6 +394,15 @@ public class MediaDetection {
 						for (File path : listPathTail(f, 2, true)) {
 							String sn = seriesNameMatcher.matchByEpisodeIdentifier(getName(path));
 							if (sn != null && sn.length() > 0) {
+								// try simplification by separator (for name - title naming style)
+								if (!strict) {
+									String snbs = seriesNameMatcher.matchBySeparator(getName(path));
+									if (snbs != null && snbs.length() > 0) {
+										if (snbs.length() < sn.length()) {
+											sn = snbs;
+										}
+									}
+								}
 								matches.add(sn);
 								break;
 							}
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/similarity/SeriesNameMatcher.java b/source/net/filebot/similarity/SeriesNameMatcher.java
index 7e192612..b35beb6a 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/similarity/SeriesNameMatcher.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/similarity/SeriesNameMatcher.java
@@ -204,6 +204,17 @@ public class SeriesNameMatcher {
 		return null;
 	}
 
+	public String matchBySeparator(String name) {
+		Pattern separator = Pattern.compile("[\\s]+[-]+[\\s]+");
+
+		Matcher matcher = separator.matcher(name);
+		if (matcher.find() && matcher.start() > 0) {
+			return normalizePunctuation(name.substring(0, matcher.start()));
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Try to match a series name from the first common word sequence.
 	 *