Feature Request: Pause Pass until x date/Pause Pass for x amount of days

Currently in the DVR Passes you can tell it to Pause a Pass. This will stop recordings of the show until the Pass is manually resumed. I am requesting a feature that extends the functionality of the Pause Pass so that it auto resumes automatically at a certain specified date or after a specified number of days.

For example, right now I have a Pass set up for Jeopardy! to only record New episodes. Jeopardy! has gone into their yearly summer hiatus for 6 weeks. During the hiatus they are showing reruns, but unfortunately the guide data is marking them incorrectly as New episodes. This is causing Channels DVR to continue recording the episodes although they are reruns. I understand that this is not Channels DVR fault and instead is the fault of bad guide data. I could Pause the Pass to fix the problem, but then I would have to remember to resume the Pass once the new season begins. If I don't remember, then some episodes will not be recorded until I remember to resume the Pass. If there was an option to resume on x date or after x amount of days, then I would not have to remember to manually resume the Pass and I would not lose any episodes.

Can you use an advanced rule on the pass, like SeasonNumber>38?

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Oh I was not aware of the advanced rules. I just added a rule for SeasonNumber>38. That should work. Thanks!

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Not Gracenote's fault. Sony/Jeopardy is telling them that they are "new" episodes as a "special presentation of select episodes." I haven't watched the re-runs, but am wondering if they are doing some special 30 second intro into it so they can claim it is new content?

But I agree, totally silly of them to do so with obvious re-runs!

Well the good news is that they still have these episodes listed as Season 38 so @tmm1 suggestion telling it to only record anything larger than Season 38 should work.