diff --git a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_search.tmpl b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_search.tmpl
index 4e91969..165ebdd 100755
--- a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_search.tmpl
+++ b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_search.tmpl
@@ -341,6 +341,13 @@
 						</div>
 
 						<div id="nzbget-settings">
+#if $sickbeard.NZBGET_SKIP_PM
+							<div class="field-pair">
+								<span class="component-desc" style="margin:0;width:100%">
+									<div class="clear-left"><p><span class="grey-text"><span class="red-text">Important!</span> NZBGet script calls will not process media. Set</span> nzbget_skip_process_media = 0 <span class="grey-text">in <code>config.ini</code> for full process</span></p></div>
+								</span>
+							</div>
+#end if
 							<div class="field-pair">
 								<label for="nzbget_use_https">
 									<span class="component-title">Connect using HTTPS</span>
diff --git a/sickbeard/__init__.py b/sickbeard/__init__.py
index 018c35a..71dc6b3 100755
--- a/sickbeard/__init__.py
+++ b/sickbeard/__init__.py
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ NZBGET_USE_HTTPS = False
 NZBGET_PRIORITY = 100
 NZBGET_SCRIPT_VERSION = None
 NZBGET_MAP = None
+NZBGET_SKIP_PM = False
 
 SAB_USERNAME = None
 SAB_PASSWORD = None
@@ -654,7 +655,7 @@ def init_stage_1(console_logging):
     # Search Settings/NZB search
     global USE_NZBS, NZB_METHOD, NZB_DIR, SAB_HOST, SAB_USERNAME, SAB_PASSWORD, SAB_APIKEY, SAB_CATEGORY, \
         NZBGET_USE_HTTPS, NZBGET_HOST, NZBGET_USERNAME, NZBGET_PASSWORD, NZBGET_CATEGORY, NZBGET_PRIORITY, \
-        NZBGET_SCRIPT_VERSION, NZBGET_MAP
+        NZBGET_SCRIPT_VERSION, NZBGET_MAP, NZBGET_SKIP_PM
     # Search Settings/Torrent search
     global USE_TORRENTS, TORRENT_METHOD, TORRENT_DIR, TORRENT_HOST, TORRENT_USERNAME, TORRENT_PASSWORD, \
         TORRENT_LABEL, TORRENT_LABEL_VAR, TORRENT_PATH, TORRENT_SEED_TIME, TORRENT_PAUSED, \
@@ -984,6 +985,7 @@ def init_stage_1(console_logging):
     if None is NZBGET_PRIORITY:
         NZBGET_PRIORITY = check_setting_int(CFG, 'NZBget', 'nzbget_priority', 100)
     NZBGET_MAP = check_setting_str(CFG, 'NZBGet', 'nzbget_map', '')
+    NZBGET_SKIP_PM = bool(check_setting_int(CFG, 'NZBGet', 'nzbget_skip_process_media', 0))
 
     try:
         ng_script_file = ek.ek(os.path.join, ek.ek(os.path.dirname, ek.ek(os.path.dirname, __file__)),
@@ -1902,6 +1904,7 @@ def save_config():
             ('use_https', int(NZBGET_USE_HTTPS)),
             ('priority', NZBGET_PRIORITY),
             ('map', NZBGET_MAP),
+            ('nzbget_skip_process_media', int(NZBGET_SKIP_PM)),
         ]),
         ('SABnzbd', [
             ('username', SAB_USERNAME), ('password', helpers.encrypt(SAB_PASSWORD, ENCRYPTION_VERSION)),
diff --git a/sickbeard/postProcessor.py b/sickbeard/postProcessor.py
index c56db53..7974d40 100644
--- a/sickbeard/postProcessor.py
+++ b/sickbeard/postProcessor.py
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ class PostProcessor(object):
             logger.log(u' or Parse result(air_date): ' + str(parse_result.air_date), logger.DEBUG)
             logger.log(u'Parse result(release_group): ' + str(parse_result.release_group), logger.DEBUG)
 
-    def _find_info(self):
+    def _find_info(self, history_only=False):
         """
         For a given file try to find the show_obj, season, and episode.
         :return: tuple of tv show object, season number, list of episode numbers, quality or None, None, [], None
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ class PostProcessor(object):
         episode_numbers = []
 
         # try to look up the nzb in history
-        try_list = [self._history_lookup,
+        try_list = [self._history_lookup] + ([
 
                     # try to analyze the nzb name
                     lambda: self._analyze_name(self.nzb_name),
@@ -640,7 +640,9 @@ class PostProcessor(object):
                     lambda: self._analyze_name(self.folder_name + u' ' + self.file_name),
 
                     # try to analyze file name with previously parsed show_obj
-                    lambda: self._analyze_name(self.file_name, show_obj=show_obj, rel_grp=rel_grp)]
+                    lambda: self._analyze_name(self.file_name, show_obj=show_obj, rel_grp=rel_grp)],
+
+                [])[history_only]
 
         # attempt every possible method to get our info
         for cur_try in try_list:
@@ -719,7 +721,7 @@ class PostProcessor(object):
 
         If the episode(s) can be found then a TVEpisode object with the correct related eps will
         be instantiated and returned. If the episode can't be found then None will be returned.
-        
+
         :param show_obj:
         :type show_obj: sickbeard.tv.TVShow
         :param season_number:
@@ -995,6 +997,63 @@ class PostProcessor(object):
                   u' would be better to examine the files', logger.DEBUG)
         return False
 
+    def _change_ep_objs(self, show_obj, season_number, episode_numbers, quality):
+        sql_l = []
+        ep_obj = self._get_ep_obj(show_obj, season_number, episode_numbers)
+        # if we're processing an episode of type anime, get the anime version
+        anime_version = (-1, self.anime_version)[ep_obj.show_obj.is_anime and None is not self.anime_version]
+        for cur_ep_obj in [ep_obj] + ep_obj.related_ep_obj:
+            with cur_ep_obj.lock:
+                if self.release_name:
+                    self._log(u'Found release name ' + self.release_name, logger.DEBUG)
+
+                cur_ep_obj.release_name = self.release_name or ''
+
+                any_qualities, best_qualities = common.Quality.splitQuality(cur_ep_obj.show_obj.quality)
+                cur_status, cur_quality = common.Quality.splitCompositeStatus(cur_ep_obj.status)
+
+                cur_ep_obj.status = common.Quality.compositeStatus(
+                    **({'status': common.DOWNLOADED, 'quality': quality},
+                       {'status': common.ARCHIVED, 'quality': quality})
+                    [cur_ep_obj.status in common.Quality.SNATCHED_BEST or
+                     (cur_ep_obj.show_obj.upgrade_once and
+                      (quality in best_qualities and
+                       (quality not in any_qualities or (cur_status in
+                                                         (common.SNATCHED, common.SNATCHED_BEST,
+                                                          common.SNATCHED_PROPER, common.DOWNLOADED) and
+                                                         cur_quality != quality))))])
+
+                cur_ep_obj.release_group = self.release_group or ''
+
+                cur_ep_obj.is_proper = self.is_proper
+
+                cur_ep_obj.version = anime_version
+
+                cur_ep_obj.subtitles = []
+
+                cur_ep_obj.subtitles_searchcount = 0
+
+                cur_ep_obj.subtitles_lastsearch = '0001-01-01 00:00:00'
+
+                sql = cur_ep_obj.get_sql()
+                if None is not sql:
+                    sql_l.append(sql)
+
+        if 0 < len(sql_l):
+            my_db = db.DBConnection()
+            my_db.mass_action(sql_l)
+
+    def process_minimal(self):
+        self._log('Processing without any files...')
+        (show_obj, season_number, episode_numbers, quality) = self._find_info(history_only=True)
+        if show_obj and season_number and episode_numbers and quality and quality not in (None, common.Quality.UNKNOWN):
+            self._change_ep_objs(show_obj, season_number, episode_numbers, quality)
+            self._log('Successfully processed.', logger.MESSAGE)
+
+        else:
+            self._log('Can\'t figure out what show/episode to process', logger.WARNING)
+            raise exceptions_helper.PostProcessingFailed()
+
     def process(self):
         """
         Post-process a given file
@@ -1075,51 +1134,7 @@ class PostProcessor(object):
             # get metadata for the show (but not episode because it hasn't been fully processed)
             ep_obj.show_obj.write_metadata(True)
 
-        # if we're processing an episode of type anime, get the anime version
-        anime_version = (-1, self.anime_version)[ep_obj.show_obj.is_anime and None is not self.anime_version]
-
-        # update the ep info before we rename so the quality & release name go into the name properly
-        sql_l = []
-        for cur_ep_obj in [ep_obj] + ep_obj.related_ep_obj:
-            with cur_ep_obj.lock:
-
-                if self.release_name:
-                    self._log(u'Found release name ' + self.release_name, logger.DEBUG)
-
-                cur_ep_obj.release_name = self.release_name or ''
-
-                any_qualities, best_qualities = common.Quality.splitQuality(cur_ep_obj.show_obj.quality)
-                cur_status, cur_quality = common.Quality.splitCompositeStatus(cur_ep_obj.status)
-
-                cur_ep_obj.status = common.Quality.compositeStatus(
-                    **({'status': common.DOWNLOADED, 'quality': new_ep_quality},
-                       {'status': common.ARCHIVED, 'quality': new_ep_quality})
-                    [ep_obj.status in common.Quality.SNATCHED_BEST or
-                     (cur_ep_obj.show_obj.upgrade_once and
-                      (new_ep_quality in best_qualities and
-                       (new_ep_quality not in any_qualities or (cur_status in
-                        (common.SNATCHED, common.SNATCHED_BEST, common.SNATCHED_PROPER, common.DOWNLOADED) and
-                                                                cur_quality != new_ep_quality))))])
-
-                cur_ep_obj.release_group = self.release_group or ''
-
-                cur_ep_obj.is_proper = self.is_proper
-
-                cur_ep_obj.version = anime_version
-
-                cur_ep_obj.subtitles = []
-
-                cur_ep_obj.subtitles_searchcount = 0
-
-                cur_ep_obj.subtitles_lastsearch = '0001-01-01 00:00:00'
-
-                sql = cur_ep_obj.get_sql()
-                if None is not sql:
-                    sql_l.append(sql)
-
-        if 0 < len(sql_l):
-            my_db = db.DBConnection()
-            my_db.mass_action(sql_l)
+        self._change_ep_objs(show_obj, season_number, episode_numbers, new_ep_quality)
 
         # Just want to keep this consistent for failed handling right now
         release_name = show_name_helpers.determineReleaseName(self.folder_path, self.nzb_name)
@@ -1226,6 +1241,7 @@ class PostProcessor(object):
         ep_obj.create_meta_files()
 
         # log it to history
+        anime_version = (-1, self.anime_version)[ep_obj.show_obj.is_anime and None is not self.anime_version]
         history.log_download(ep_obj, self.file_path, new_ep_quality, self.release_group, anime_version)
 
         # send notifications
diff --git a/sickbeard/processTV.py b/sickbeard/processTV.py
index ce88092..7a74eb0 100644
--- a/sickbeard/processTV.py
+++ b/sickbeard/processTV.py
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ import lib.rarfile.rarfile as rarfile
 
 # noinspection PyUnreachableCode
 if False:
-    from typing import AnyStr, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+    from typing import Any, AnyStr, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+    from .tv import TVShow
 
 
 # noinspection PyArgumentList
@@ -1148,6 +1149,14 @@ class ProcessTVShow(object):
                 self._log_helper(u'%s failed: (%s, %s): %s'
                                  % (task, str(nzb_name), dir_name, process_fail_message), logger.WARNING)
 
+    def process_minimal(self, nzb_name, show_obj, failed, webhandler):
+        if failed:
+            self._process_failed('', nzb_name=nzb_name, show_obj=show_obj)
+        else:
+            processor = postProcessor.PostProcessor('', nzb_name=nzb_name, webhandler=webhandler, show_obj=show_obj)
+            processor.process_minimal()
+            self._buffer(processor.log.strip('\n'))
+
 
 # backward compatibility prevents the case of this function name from being updated to PEP8
 def processDir(dir_name, nzb_name=None, process_method=None, force=False, force_replace=None,
@@ -1185,3 +1194,8 @@ def processDir(dir_name, nzb_name=None, process_method=None, force=False, force_
     # backward compatibility prevents the case of this function name from being updated to PEP8
     return ProcessTVShow(webhandler, is_basedir, skip_failure_processing=skip_failure_processing).process_dir(
         dir_name, nzb_name, process_method, force, force_replace, failed, pp_type, cleanup, show_obj)
+
+
+def process_minimal(nzb_name, show_obj, failed, webhandler):
+    # type: (AnyStr, TVShow, bool, Any) -> None
+    ProcessTVShow(webhandler).process_minimal(nzb_name, show_obj, failed, webhandler)
diff --git a/sickbeard/webserve.py b/sickbeard/webserve.py
index 9885ec2..43e51de 100644
--- a/sickbeard/webserve.py
+++ b/sickbeard/webserve.py
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ class Home(MainHandler):
         :param tvid_prodid:
         :type tvid_prodid:
         :param season:
-        :type season: 
+        :type season:
         :param episode:
         :type episode:
         :param absolute:
@@ -1780,7 +1780,7 @@ class Home(MainHandler):
         r = notifiers.NotifierFactory().get('TELEGRAM').test_notify(
             send_icon=bool(config.checkbox_to_value(send_icon)), access_token=access_token, chatid=chatid)
         return json.dumps(r)
-    
+
     def test_email(self, host=None, port=None, smtp_from=None, use_tls=None, user=None, pwd=None, to=None):
         self.set_header('Cache-Control', 'max-age=0,no-cache,no-store')
 
@@ -1993,8 +1993,8 @@ class Home(MainHandler):
             last_found = ('', ' since %s' % SGDatetime.fromordinal(
                 show_obj.last_found_on_indexer).sbfdate())[1 < show_obj.last_found_on_indexer]
             show_message = (
-                'The master ID of this show has been <span class="addQTip" title="many reasons exist, including: ' + 
-                '<br>show flagged as a duplicate, removed completely... etc">abandoned</span>%s, ' % last_found + 
+                'The master ID of this show has been <span class="addQTip" title="many reasons exist, including: ' +
+                '<br>show flagged as a duplicate, removed completely... etc">abandoned</span>%s, ' % last_found +
                 '<a href="%s/home/edit-show?tvid_prodid=%s&tvsrc=0&srcid=%s#core-component-group3">replace it here</a>'
                 % (sickbeard.WEB_ROOT, tvid_prodid, show_obj.prodid)
                 + ('', '<br>%s' % show_message)[0 < len(show_message)])
@@ -3281,30 +3281,36 @@ class HomeProcessMedia(Home):
                 logger.log('Calling SickGear-NG.py script %s is not current version %s, please update.' %
                            (kwargs.get('pp_version', '0'), sickbeard.NZBGET_SCRIPT_VERSION), logger.ERROR)
 
-            if isinstance(dir_name, string_types):
-                dir_name = decode_str(dir_name)
-                if nzbget_call and isinstance(sickbeard.NZBGET_MAP, string_types) and sickbeard.NZBGET_MAP:
-                    m = sickbeard.NZBGET_MAP.split('=')
-                    dir_name, not_used = helpers.path_mapper(m[0], m[1], dir_name)
-
-            result = processTV.processDir(dir_name if dir_name else None,
-                                          None if not nzb_name else decode_str(nzb_name),
-                                          process_method=process_method, pp_type=process_type,
-                                          cleanup=kwargs.get('cleanup') in ('on', '1'),
-                                          force=force in ('on', '1'),
-                                          force_replace=force_replace in ('on', '1'),
-                                          failed='0' != failed,
-                                          webhandler=None if '0' == stream else self.send_message,
-                                          show_obj=show_obj, is_basedir=is_basedir in ('on', '1'),
-                                          skip_failure_processing=skip_failure_processing)
-
-            if '0' == stream:
-                regexp = re.compile(r'(?i)<br(?:[\s/]+)>', flags=re.UNICODE)
-                result = regexp.sub('\n', result)
-                if None is not quiet and 1 == int(quiet):
-                    regexp = re.compile(u'(?i)<a[^>]+>([^<]+)<[/]a>', flags=re.UNICODE)
-                    return u'%s' % regexp.sub(r'\1', result)
-                return self._generic_message('Postprocessing results', u'<pre>%s</pre>' % result)
+            if sickbeard.NZBGET_SKIP_PM and nzbget_call and nzbget_dupekey and nzb_name and show_obj:
+                processTV.process_minimal(nzb_name, show_obj,
+                                          failed in (1, '1', True, 'True', 'true'),
+                                          webhandler=None if '0' == stream else self.send_message)
+            else:
+
+                if isinstance(dir_name, string_types):
+                    dir_name = decode_str(dir_name)
+                    if nzbget_call and isinstance(sickbeard.NZBGET_MAP, string_types) and sickbeard.NZBGET_MAP:
+                        m = sickbeard.NZBGET_MAP.split('=')
+                        dir_name, not_used = helpers.path_mapper(m[0], m[1], dir_name)
+
+                result = processTV.processDir(dir_name if dir_name else None,
+                                              None if not nzb_name else decode_str(nzb_name),
+                                              process_method=process_method, pp_type=process_type,
+                                              cleanup=kwargs.get('cleanup') in ('on', '1'),
+                                              force=force in ('on', '1'),
+                                              force_replace=force_replace in ('on', '1'),
+                                              failed='0' != failed,
+                                              webhandler=None if '0' == stream else self.send_message,
+                                              show_obj=show_obj, is_basedir=is_basedir in ('on', '1'),
+                                              skip_failure_processing=skip_failure_processing)
+
+                if '0' == stream:
+                    regexp = re.compile(r'(?i)<br(?:[\s/]+)>', flags=re.UNICODE)
+                    result = regexp.sub('\n', result)
+                    if None is not quiet and 1 == int(quiet):
+                        regexp = re.compile(u'(?i)<a[^>]+>([^<]+)<[/]a>', flags=re.UNICODE)
+                        return u'%s' % regexp.sub(r'\1', result)
+                    return self._generic_message('Postprocessing results', u'<pre>%s</pre>' % result)
 
     def processEpisode(self, dir_name=None, nzb_name=None, process_type=None, **kwargs):
         """ legacy function name, stubbed but can _not_ be removed as this
@@ -6551,7 +6557,7 @@ class ConfigSearch(Config):
                     sab_username=None, sab_password=None, sab_apikey=None, sab_category=None, sab_host=None,
                     nzbget_username=None, nzbget_password=None, nzbget_category=None, nzbget_host=None,
                     nzbget_use_https=None, nzbget_priority=None, nzbget_parent_map=None,
-                    torrent_username=None, torrent_password=None, torrent_label=None, torrent_label_var=None, 
+                    torrent_username=None, torrent_password=None, torrent_label=None, torrent_label_var=None,
                     torrent_verify_cert=None, torrent_path=None, torrent_seed_time=None, torrent_paused=None,
                     torrent_high_bandwidth=None, torrent_host=None):