diff --git a/ox/web/imdb.py b/ox/web/imdb.py
index 6c5ae90..e310c88 100644
--- a/ox/web/imdb.py
+++ b/ox/web/imdb.py
@@ -285,7 +285,10 @@ class Imdb(SiteParser):
'writer': reference_section('writers'),
'year': {
'page': 'reference',
- 're': '(\d+)',
+ 're': [
+ '(.*?)',
+ '(\d+)[- ]*<',
+ ],
'type': 'int'
},
'credits': {
@@ -444,7 +447,7 @@ class Imdb(SiteParser):
if 'year' in series:
self['seriesYear'] = series['year']
- if not 'year' in self:
+ if 'year' not in self:
self['year'] = series['year']
if 'year' in self: