diff --git a/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py b/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py
index 7d35b997..ff63938e 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def natcmp(a, b):
     return cmp(natsortKey(a), natsortKey(b))
 
 def toIterable(value):
-    if isinstance(value, collections.Iterable):
+    if type(value) in [list, tuple]:
         return value
     return [value]
 
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/media/_base/searcher/main.py b/couchpotato/core/media/_base/searcher/main.py
index f7df9569..ba7ba2fd 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/media/_base/searcher/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/media/_base/searcher/main.py
@@ -157,11 +157,8 @@ class Searcher(SearcherBase):
     def search(self, protocols, media, quality):
         results = []
 
-        # TODO could this be handled better? (removing the need for 'searcher.get_media_searcher_id')
-        searcher_id = fireEvent('searcher.get_media_searcher_id', media['type'], single = True)
-
         for search_protocol in protocols:
-            protocol_results = fireEvent('provider.search.%s.%s' % (search_protocol, searcher_id), media, quality, merge = True)
+            protocol_results = fireEvent('provider.search.%s.%s' % (search_protocol, media['type']), media, quality, merge = True)
             if protocol_results:
                 results += protocol_results
 
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/media/movie/searcher/main.py b/couchpotato/core/media/movie/searcher/main.py
index b23fcceb..f80f63fe 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/media/movie/searcher/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/media/movie/searcher/main.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ class MovieSearcher(SearcherBase, MovieTypeBase):
         addEvent('movie.searcher.could_be_released', self.couldBeReleased)
         addEvent('searcher.correct_release', self.correctRelease)
         addEvent('searcher.get_search_title', self.getSearchTitle)
-        addEvent('searcher.get_media_searcher_id', self.getMediaSearcherId)
 
         addApiView('movie.searcher.try_next', self.tryNextReleaseView, docs = {
             'desc': 'Marks the snatched results as ignored and try the next best release',
@@ -348,9 +347,5 @@ class MovieSearcher(SearcherBase, MovieTypeBase):
         if media['type'] == 'movie':
             return getTitle(media['library'])
 
-    def getMediaSearcherId(self, media_type):
-        if media_type == 'movie':
-            return 'movie'
-
 class SearchSetupError(Exception):
     pass
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/media/show/searcher/main.py b/couchpotato/core/media/show/searcher/main.py
index 3aa1294c..16327cc0 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/media/show/searcher/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/media/show/searcher/main.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ class ShowSearcher(Plugin):
 
         addEvent('searcher.get_media_identifier', self.getMediaIdentifier)
         addEvent('searcher.get_media_root', self.getMediaRoot)
-        addEvent('searcher.get_media_searcher_id', self.getMediaSearcherId)
 
     def single(self, media, search_protocols = None, manual = False):
         if media['type'] == 'show':
@@ -224,6 +223,7 @@ class ShowSearcher(Plugin):
 
         return True
 
+    # TODO move this somewhere else
     def getMediaIdentifier(self, media_library):
         if media_library['type'] not in ['show', 'season', 'episode']:
             return None
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ class ShowSearcher(Plugin):
 
         return identifier
 
+    # TODO move this somewhere else
     def getMediaRoot(self, media):
         if media['type'] not in ['show', 'season', 'episode']:
             return None
@@ -264,10 +265,7 @@ class ShowSearcher(Plugin):
 
         return show.to_dict()
 
-    def getMediaSearcherId(self, media_type):
-        if media_type in ['show', 'season', 'episode']:
-            return 'show'
-
+    # TODO move this somewhere else
     def getMedia(self, media):
         db = get_session()
 
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/providers/base.py b/couchpotato/core/providers/base.py
index 1476ef77..3cbd382d 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/providers/base.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/providers/base.py
@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ class YarrProvider(Provider):
     def __init__(self):
         addEvent('provider.enabled_protocols', self.getEnabledProtocol)
         addEvent('provider.belongs_to', self.belongsTo)
-        addEvent('provider.search.%s.%s' % (self.protocol, self.type), self.search)
+
+        for type in toIterable(self.type):
+            addEvent('provider.search.%s.%s' % (self.protocol, type), self.search)
 
     def getEnabledProtocol(self):
         if self.isEnabled():
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/providers/info/base.py b/couchpotato/core/providers/info/base.py
index efb16621..8d06c322 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/providers/info/base.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/providers/info/base.py
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ class MovieProvider(Provider):
 
 
 class ShowProvider(Provider):
-    type = 'show'
+    type = ['season', 'episode']