Thank you for your interest, but I don't think the problem is the filter. It's the auto-detect of the series name. As I posted originally, it WILL work if you manually specify a query with the --q option. The problem occurs when you don't hardcode a query and leave the application to figure it out ...

Using the CLI, the rename operation is auto-detecting the wrong query and matching to the incorrect series . "strict" matching... D:\Media\Unsorted\Scream.The.TV.Series.S01E02.HDTV.x264-KILLERS[ettv]>filebot -rename Scream.The.TV.Series.S01E02.HDTV.x264-KILLERS.mp4 --action test --db tvrage --filter ...