About 4 days ago it was brought to my attention that Fringe S2E2 wasn’t downloading for some users. In fact, it wasn’t even downloading for myself. After hunting around for a bit and not finding any errors in the log file I finally realized what the culprit was.

Unfortunately, 720p (1.1GB+) versions of Fringe are the only ones available. If your Quality preferences are set below “Very High (720p)” then TVShows won’t download Fringe until it’s given up on downloading the quality you have selected. This isn’t just an “issue” with Fringe, either. It goes for any show that doesn’t match the quality preferences you have set. After 5 days (I think) of not being able to find the episode in your quality, TVShows will go ahead and download the closest match.

I’m currently considering per-show preferences, and also looking into updating the algorithm that decides whether or not it should download the show immediately or not. (Since Fringe has always been 720p, we might as well give up on a lower quality immediately.) Until then, sit tight. TVShows is doing exactly what it’s supposed to do, and your episodes will be downloading soon enough.