diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/similarity/EpisodeMetrics.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/similarity/EpisodeMetrics.java
index eba8ab2a..29a0d3c6 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/similarity/EpisodeMetrics.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/similarity/EpisodeMetrics.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package net.sourceforge.filebot.similarity;
 
 import static java.lang.Math.*;
-import static java.util.Arrays.*;
 import static java.util.Collections.*;
 import static java.util.regex.Pattern.*;
 import static net.sourceforge.filebot.Settings.*;
@@ -62,15 +61,22 @@ public enum EpisodeMetrics implements SimilarityMetric {
 			if (object instanceof Episode) {
 				Episode episode = (Episode) object;
 
-				if (episode.getSpecial() != null) {
-					return singleton(new SxE(0, episode.getSpecial()));
-				}
-
 				// get SxE from episode, both SxE for season/episode numbering and SxE for absolute episode numbering
-				SxE sxe = new SxE(episode.getSeason(), episode.getEpisode());
-				SxE abs = new SxE(null, episode.getAbsolute());
+				Set<SxE> sxe = new HashSet<SxE>(2);
 
-				result = (abs.episode < 0 || sxe.equals(abs)) ? singleton(sxe) : asList(sxe, abs);
+				// default SxE numbering
+				if (episode.getEpisode() != null) {
+					sxe.add(new SxE(episode.getSeason(), episode.getEpisode()));
+				}
+				// absolute numbering
+				if (episode.getAbsolute() != null) {
+					sxe.add(new SxE(null, episode.getAbsolute()));
+				}
+				// 0xSpecial numbering
+				if (episode.getSpecial() != null) {
+					sxe.add(new SxE(0, episode.getSpecial()));
+				}
+				result = sxe;
 			} else {
 				result = super.parse(object);
 			}
diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/similarity/SeasonEpisodeMatcher.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/similarity/SeasonEpisodeMatcher.java
index 8f6086e5..5d39e337 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/similarity/SeasonEpisodeMatcher.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/similarity/SeasonEpisodeMatcher.java
@@ -90,10 +90,12 @@ public class SeasonEpisodeMatcher {
 			protected Collection<SxE> process(MatchResult match) {
 				Set<SxE> sxe = new LinkedHashSet<SxE>(2);
 
-				// interpret match as season and episode
-				for (int i = 2; i <= match.groupCount(); i++) {
-					if (match.group(i) != null) {
-						sxe.add(new SxE(match.group(1), match.group(i)));
+				// interpret match as season and episode, but ignore 001 => 0x01 Season 0 matches
+				if (match.group(1).length() > 0 && Integer.parseInt(match.group(1)) > 0) {
+					for (int i = 2; i <= match.groupCount(); i++) {
+						if (match.group(i) != null) {
+							sxe.add(new SxE(match.group(1), match.group(i)));
+						}
 					}
 				}