List of TV show names as Regular expressions (Ruby)

seperator.rb

SEPERATOR  = '[-\._ ]'
def SEPERATOR? 
  "#{SEPERATOR}?"
end

tv_shows.txt

/russell#{SEPERATOR?}howard/i
/George#{SEPERATOR?}Clarkes/i
/jamie#{SEPERATOR?}oliver/i
/rhod#{SEPERATOR?}gilbert/i
/^8#{SEPERATOR?}out#{SEPERATOR?}of#{SEPERATOR?}10#{SEPERATOR?}cats/i
/^blue#{SEPERATOR?}bloods/i 
/^Blood#{SEPERATOR?}Drive/i #2017
/^Brooklyn#{SEPERATOR?}Nine#{SEPERATOR?}Nine/i
/^bull/i #2016
/^call#{SEPERATOR?}the#{SEPERATOR?}midwife/i
/^chicago#{SEPERATOR?}fire/i
/^Chicago#{SEPERATOR?}PD/i
/^Chicago#{SEPERATOR?}Med/i #2015
/^game#{SEPERATOR?}of#{SEPERATOR?}thrones/i
/^hawaii#{SEPERATOR?}five/i
/^have#{SEPERATOR?}i#{SEPERATOR?}got#{SEPERATOR?}news#{SEPERATOR?}for#{SEPERATOR?}you/i
/^ice#{SEPERATOR?}road#{SEPERATOR?}truckers/i #2017
/^jamestown/i #2017
/^killjoys/i  #2015
/^lethal#{SEPERATOR?}weapon/i #2016
/^Liar/i #2017
/^Lucifer/i #2016
/^the#{SEPERATOR?}brave/i #2017
/^the#{SEPERATOR?}good#{SEPERATOR?}place/i #2016
/^the#{SEPERATOR?}last#{SEPERATOR?}ship/i
/^macgyver/i #2016
/^marvels#{SEPERATOR?}inhumans/i #2017
/^mock#{SEPERATOR?}the#{SEPERATOR?}week/i
/^mr#{SEPERATOR?}robot/i 
/ncis/i
/^night#{SEPERATOR?}shift/i
/^new#{SEPERATOR?}girl/i
/^The#{SEPERATOR?}Player/i #2015
/^Rosewood/i #2015
/^seal{SEPERATOR?}team/i #2017
/^sleepy#{SEPERATOR?}hollow/i
/^saving#{SEPERATOR?}hope/i
/^scandal/i
/^strike#{SEPERATOR?}back/i
/^Stitchers/i #2016
/^sherlock/i
/^Shooter/i #2016
/^supernatural/i
/^supergirl/i
/^suits/i
/^taken/i #2017
/^Timeless/i #2016
/^tin#{SEPERATOR?}star/i #2017
/^travelers/i #2016
/^Timber#{SEPERATOR?}Kings/i
/^the#{SEPERATOR?}100/i
/^the#{SEPERATOR?}blacklist/i
/^the#{SEPERATOR?}graham#{SEPERATOR?}norton#{SEPERATOR?}show/i
/^the#{SEPERATOR?}Guest#{SEPERATOR?}Book/i #2017
/^the#{SEPERATOR?}good#{SEPERATOR?}doctor/i #2017
/^The#{SEPERATOR?}Handmaids#{SEPERATOR?}Tale/i #2017
/^the#{SEPERATOR?}sinner/i #2017
/^the#{SEPERATOR?}strain/i
/^The#{SEPERATOR?}Son/i #2017
/^the#{SEPERATOR?}librarians/i
/^this#{SEPERATOR?}is#{SEPERATOR?}us/i #2016
/^westworld/i #2016
/^greys#{SEPERATOR?}anatomy/i
/^red#{SEPERATOR?}dwarf/i
/^Scream#{SEPERATOR?}Queens/i #2016
/^qi/i
/^under#{SEPERATOR?}the#{SEPERATOR?}dome/i
/^valor/i #2017
/^Van#{SEPERATOR?}Helsing/i #2016
/^vikings/i
/^iZombie/i 
/^the#{SEPERATOR?}last#{SEPERATOR?}leg/i
/^the#{SEPERATOR?}last#{SEPERATOR?}man#{SEPERATOR?}on#{SEPERATOR?}earth/i
/^zoo/i
/^wynonna#{SEPERATOR?}earp/i #2016
/^wayward#{SEPERATOR?}pines/i #2015
/^z#{SEPERATOR?}nation/i

tv_shows_block.txt

/dvd/i
/The.100000.Dollar.Pyramid/i
/^revolting/i
/bdrip/i
/^breakout#{SEPERATOR?}kings/i
/^24#{SEPERATOR?}ch/i
/^camelot/i
/^campus/i
/doctor#{SEPERATOR?}who#{SEPERATOR?}confidential/i
/jurassic#{SEPERATOR?}csi/i
/house#{SEPERATOR?}crashers/i
/house#{SEPERATOR?}husbands/i
/house#{SEPERATOR?}rules/i
/House#{SEPERATOR?}of#{SEPERATOR?}Anubis/i
/House#{SEPERATOR?}of#{SEPERATOR?}cards/i
/^Hungry#{SEPERATOR?}Investors/i
/drinking#{SEPERATOR?}made#{SEPERATOR?}easy/i
/Kings#{SEPERATOR?}Cross#{SEPERATOR?}ER/i
/King#{SEPERATOR?}star/i
/Reverse#{SEPERATOR?}Missionaries/i
/rev#{SEPERATOR?}runs/i
/dallas#{SEPERATOR?}cowboys/i
/Dallas#{SEPERATOR?}Car#{SEPERATOR?}Sharks/i
/Oddities#{SEPERATOR?}San#{SEPERATOR?}Francisco/i
/white#{SEPERATOR?}collar#{SEPERATOR?}brawlers/i
/^the#{SEPERATOR?}next/i
/-mSD/
/-mrs/
/-mRS/
/-LP53/
/-ChameE/
/Supernatural#{SEPERATOR?}Sisters/i
/King.of.The.Nerds/i
/king#{SEPERATOR?}fishers/i
/Top#{SEPERATOR?}Gear#{SEPERATOR?}\(US\)/i
/Top#{SEPERATOR?}Gear#{SEPERATOR?}US/i
/Revenge#{SEPERATOR?}of#{SEPERATOR?}the#{SEPERATOR?}Egghead/i

zz-Shows no longer running

/^666#{SEPERATOR?}Park#{SEPERATOR?}Avenue/i
/^atlantis/i
/^alcatraz/i  
/^alphas/i
/^a#{SEPERATOR?}gifted#{SEPERATOR?}man/i
/^against#{SEPERATOR?}the#{SEPERATOR?}wall/i
/^almost#{SEPERATOR?}heroes/i
/^Backstrom/i
/^Beauty#{SEPERATOR?}and#{SEPERATOR?}the#{SEPERATOR?}Beast/i
/^being#{SEPERATOR?}human/i
/^blackstone/i
/^bluestone#{SEPERATOR?}42/i
/^body#{SEPERATOR?}of#{SEPERATOR?}proof/i
/^dexter/i
/^castle/i
/^chase/i
/^chaos/i
/^Crisis/i
/^chuck/i
/^charlies#{SEPERATOR?}angels/i
/^cougar#{SEPERATOR?}town/i
/^common#{SEPERATOR?}law/i
/^dallas/i
/^enlightened/i
/^enlisted/i
/^extant/i
/^flashpoint/i
/^free#{SEPERATOR?}agents/i
/^fringe/i
/^glee/i
/^harrys#{SEPERATOR?}law/i
/^hart#{SEPERATOR?}of#{SEPERATOR?}dixie/i
/^hawthorne/i
/^hellcats/i
/^house/i
/^hung/i
/^hustle/i
/^hot#{SEPERATOR?}in#{SEPERATOR?}cleveland/i
/^i#{SEPERATOR?}hate#{SEPERATOR?}my#{SEPERATOR?}teenage#{SEPERATOR?}daughter/i
/^justified/i
/^love#{SEPERATOR?}bites/i
/^longmire/i
/^luther/i
/^leverage/i
/^lost#{SEPERATOR?}girl/i
/^misfits/i
/^memphis#{SEPERATOR?}beat/i
/^merlin/i
/^running#{SEPERATOR?}wilde/i
/^sanctuary/i
  /^in#{SEPERATOR?}security/i
  /^true#{SEPERATOR?}blood/i
  /^terra#{SEPERATOR?}nova/i
  /^nurse#{SEPERATOR?}jackie/i
/^stargate/i
/^torchwood/i
/history#{SEPERATOR?}of#{SEPERATOR?}celtic#{SEPERATOR?}britain/i
/^jamies#{SEPERATOR?}dream#{SEPERATOR?}school/i
/^baboons#{SEPERATOR?}with#{SEPERATOR?}bill/i
/^mr#{SEPERATOR?}sunshine/i
/^(the)#{SEPERATOR?}closer/i
/^the#{SEPERATOR?}client#{SEPERATOR?}list/i
/^(the)#{SEPERATOR?}glades/i
/^weeds/i
/^(the)#{SEPERATOR?}finder/i
/^vegas/i
/^single#{SEPERATOR?}ladies/i
/^in#{SEPERATOR?}plain#{SEPERATOR?}sight/i
/^boss/i
/^Billy#{SEPERATOR?}Connollys#{SEPERATOR?}Route#{SEPERATOR?}66/i
/^eureka/i
/^nikita/i
/^king(.*)tv/i #Nasty hack to stop getting every thing starting with King
/^perfect#{SEPERATOR?}couples/
/^bad#{SEPERATOR?}judge/i
/^burn#{SEPERATOR?}notice/i
/^fairly#{SEPERATOR?}legal/i
/^primeval/i
/^ringer/i
/^the#{SEPERATOR?}la#{SEPERATOR?}complex/i
/^(the)#{SEPERATOR?}event/i
/^(the)#{SEPERATOR?}mentalist/i
/^battle#{SEPERATOR?}creek/i
  /^(the)#{SEPERATOR?}secret#{SEPERATOR?}circle/i
  /^(the)#{SEPERATOR?}vampire#{SEPERATOR?}diaries/i
  /^(the)#{SEPERATOR?}chicago#{SEPERATOR?}code/i
  /^(xiii)#{SEPERATOR?}the#{SEPERATOR?}series/i
    /^whitney/i
/^pan#{SEPERATOR?}am/i
/^prime#{SEPERATOR?}suspect/i
/^private#{SEPERATOR?}practice/i


## Aug2017 purge of all shows

/^24/
/^2#{SEPERATOR?}broke#{SEPERATOR?}girls/i
/^arrow/i
/^Aftermath/i #2016
/^American#{SEPERATOR?}Odyssey/i
/^APB/i #2017
/^Bitten/i
/^Blindspot/i
/^blue#{SEPERATOR?}bloods/i
/^bones/i

/^Chicago#{SEPERATOR?}Justice/i #2017
/^community/i
/^complications/i
/^comic#{SEPERATOR?}book#{SEPERATOR?}men/i
/^continuum/i
/^Containment/i #2016
/^conviction/i #2016
/^copper/i
/^countryfile/i
/^covert#{SEPERATOR?}affairs/i
/^Constantine/i
/^Conviction/i #2016
/^criminal#{SEPERATOR?}minds/i
/^crossing#{SEPERATOR?}lines/i
/csi/i
/^Dark#{SEPERATOR?}matter/i
/^Dads/i
/^Damned/i #2016
/^Defiance/i
/^Devious#{SEPERATOR?}Maids/i
/^Designated#{SEPERATOR?}Survivor/i
/^Divorce/i #2016
/^Dominion/i
/^downton#{SEPERATOR?}abbey/i
/^doctor#{SEPERATOR?}who#{SEPERATOR?}2005/i
/^drunk#{SEPERATOR?}history/i
/^elementary/i
/^endgame/i
/^Full#{SEPERATOR?}Frontal#{SEPERATOR?}With#{SEPERATOR?}Samantha#{SEPERATOR?}Bee/i
/^fargo/i
/^femme#{SEPERATOR?}fatales/i
/^Forever#{SEPERATOR?}US/i
/^franklin#{SEPERATOR?}and#{SEPERATOR?}bash/i
/^From#{SEPERATOR?}Dusk#{SEPERATOR?}Till#{SEPERATOR?}Dawn/i
/^Gang#{SEPERATOR?}Related/i

/^gotham/i
/^Graceland/i
/^grand#{SEPERATOR}design/i
/^grimm/i
/^guys#{SEPERATOR}with#{SEPERATOR}kids/i
/Hemsley#{SEPERATOR}And#{SEPERATOR}Hemsley/i #2016
/^heartbeat/i
/^Heroes#{SEPERATOR}Reborn/i
/^halt#{SEPERATOR}and#{SEPERATOR}catch#{SEPERATOR}fire/i
/^haven/i
/^hannibal/i
/^helix/i
/^hell#{SEPERATOR?}on#{SEPERATOR?}wheels/i
/^homeland/i
/^hostages/i
/^hooten#{SEPERATOR?}and#{SEPERATOR?}the#{SEPERATOR?}lady/i #2016
/^impastor/i
/^Intelligence/i
/^Ink#{SEPERATOR?}Master/i

/^Jonathan#{SEPERATOR?}Creek/i
/^Jennifer#{SEPERATOR?}falls/i

/^Limitless/i #2015

/^Law#{SEPERATOR?}and#{SEPERATOR?}Order#{SEPERATOR?}SVU/i

/^last#{SEPERATOR?}resort/i
/^Last#{SEPERATOR?}Week#{SEPERATOR?}Tonight#{SEPERATOR?}With#{SEPERATOR?}John#{SEPERATOR?}Oliver/i
/^live#{SEPERATOR?}at#{SEPERATOR?}the#{SEPERATOR?}apollo/i
/^Legends/
/^MacGyver/i #2016
/Mary#{SEPERATOR?}Berry/i
/^Made#{SEPERATOR?}in#{SEPERATOR?}Jersey/i
/^man#{SEPERATOR?}up/i
/^mad#{SEPERATOR?}love/i
/^major#{SEPERATOR?}crimes/i
/^Mary#{SEPERATOR?}and#{SEPERATOR?}Jane/i #2016
/^minority#{SEPERATOR?}report/i  #2015
/^murder#{SEPERATOR?}in#{SEPERATOR?}the#{SEPERATOR?}first/i
/S\.H\.I\.E\.L\.D\./i
/^mom/i

/^missing/i
/^mike#{SEPERATOR?}and#{SEPERATOR?}molly/i

/^necessary#{SEPERATOR?}roughness/i

/^outcast/i #2016
/^pure#{SEPERATOR?}genius/i #2017
/^rev/i
/^revenge/i
/^raising#{SEPERATOR?}hope/i

/^rookie#{SEPERATOR?}blue/i
/^royal#{SEPERATOR?}pains/i
/^Rogue/i
/^Salem/i
/^Satisfaction/i

/^save#{SEPERATOR?}me/i

/^State#{SEPERATOR?}of#{SEPERATOR?}Affairs/i
/^Stalker/i
/^Stan#{SEPERATOR?}Lees#{SEPERATOR?}Lucky#{SEPERATOR?}Man/i


/^Sons#{SEPERATOR?}of#{SEPERATOR?}Anarchy/i
/^suburgatory/i

/^tattoo#{SEPERATOR?}nightmares/i
/^traffic#{SEPERATOR?}light/i

/^touch/i


/^the#{SEPERATOR?}flash/i
/^the#{SEPERATOR?}firm/i

/^the#{SEPERATOR?}delivery#{SEPERATOR?}man/i

/^the#{SEPERATOR?}neighbors/i
/^the#{SEPERATOR?}night#{SEPERATOR?}shift/i
/^two#{SEPERATOR?}and#{SEPERATOR?}a#{SEPERATOR?}half#{SEPERATOR?}men/i
/^Transporter#{SEPERATOR?}The#{SEPERATOR?}Series/i
/^working#{SEPERATOR?}class/i
/^Would#{SEPERATOR?}i#{SEPERATOR?}lie#{SEPERATOR?}to#{SEPERATOR?}you/i
/^Welcome#{SEPERATOR?}to#{SEPERATOR?}Sweden/i
/^falling#{SEPERATOR?}skies/i
/^white#{SEPERATOR?}collar/i
/^pretty#{SEPERATOR?}little#{SEPERATOR?}liars/i
/^lights#{SEPERATOR?}out/i
/^(the)?#{SEPERATOR?}good#{SEPERATOR?}wife/i
/^(the)#{SEPERATOR?}middle/i
/^(the)#{SEPERATOR?}protector/i
/^the#{SEPERATOR?}killing/i
/^the#{SEPERATOR?}listener/i
  /^(the)#{SEPERATOR?}walking#{SEPERATOR?}dead/i
  /^warehouse#{SEPERATOR?}13/i
  /^(the)?#{SEPERATOR}big#{SEPERATOR?}bang#{SEPERATOR?}theory/i
  /^outnumbered/i
/^prisoner#{SEPERATOR?}of#{SEPERATOR?}interest/i
/^person#{SEPERATOR?}of#{SEPERATOR?}interest/i
/^perception/i
/^rush/i
/^russell#{SEPERATOR?}howard(s)?#{SEPERATOR?}good#{SEPERATOR?}news/i
/^psych/i
/^unforgettable/i
/^top#{SEPERATOR?}gear/i
/^one#{SEPERATOR?}big#{SEPERATOR?}happy/i
/^secrets#{SEPERATOR?}and#{SEPERATOR?}lies/i

/^quantico/i