diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmyth/programinfo.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmyth/programinfo.cpp
index 9854e12..6488c05 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmyth/programinfo.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmyth/programinfo.cpp
@@ -2027,9 +2027,6 @@ bool ProgramInfo::IsSameProgram(const ProgramInfo& other) const
     if (dupmethod & kDupCheckNone)
         return false;

-    if (title.compare(other.title, Qt::CaseInsensitive) != 0)
-        return false;
-
     if (catType == kCategorySeries)
     {
         if (programid.endsWith("0000"))
@@ -2052,6 +2049,9 @@ bool ProgramInfo::IsSameProgram(const ProgramInfo& other) const
         }
     }

+    if (title.compare(other.title, Qt::CaseInsensitive) != 0)
+        return false;
+
     if ((dupmethod & kDupCheckSub) &&
         ((subtitle.isEmpty()) ||
          (subtitle.compare(other.subtitle, Qt::CaseInsensitive) != 0)))
diff --git a/mythtv/programs/mythbackend/scheduler.cpp b/mythtv/programs/mythbackend/scheduler.cpp
index dbb2be3..b21cc00 100644
--- a/mythtv/programs/mythbackend/scheduler.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/programs/mythbackend/scheduler.cpp
@@ -3690,7 +3690,6 @@ void Scheduler::UpdateDuplicates(void)
 "  ( "
 "    RECTABLE.dupmethod > 1 AND "
 "    oldrecorded.duplicate <> 0 AND "
-"    p.title = oldrecorded.title AND "
 "    p.generic = 0 "
 "     AND "
 "     ( "
@@ -3705,6 +3704,7 @@ void Scheduler::UpdateDuplicates(void)
 "       (p.programid = '' OR oldrecorded.programid = '') " )
         + QString(
 "       AND "
+"    p.title = oldrecorded.title AND "
 "       (((RECTABLE.dupmethod & 0x02) = 0) OR (p.subtitle <> '' "
 "          AND p.subtitle = oldrecorded.subtitle)) "
 "       AND "
@@ -3727,7 +3727,6 @@ void Scheduler::UpdateDuplicates(void)
 "  ( "
 "    RECTABLE.dupmethod > 1 AND "
 "    recorded.duplicate <> 0 AND "
-"    p.title = recorded.title AND "
 "    p.generic = 0 AND "
 "    recorded.recgroup NOT IN ('LiveTV','Deleted') "
 "     AND "
@@ -3743,6 +3742,7 @@ void Scheduler::UpdateDuplicates(void)
 "       (p.programid = '' OR recorded.programid = '') ")
         + QString(
 "       AND "
+"    p.title = recorded.title AND "
 "       (((RECTABLE.dupmethod & 0x02) = 0) OR (p.subtitle <> '' "
 "          AND p.subtitle = recorded.subtitle)) "
 "       AND "