diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/NzbDrone.Core.Test.csproj b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/NzbDrone.Core.Test.csproj
index d770a3eea..5ca9e255f 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/NzbDrone.Core.Test.csproj
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/NzbDrone.Core.Test.csproj
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@
     <Compile Include="OrganizerTests\FileNameBuilderTests\CleanTitleFixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="OrganizerTests\FileNameBuilderTests\EpisodeTitleCollapseFixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="OrganizerTests\FileNameBuilderTests\MultiEpisodeFixture.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="OrganizerTests\FileNameBuilderTests\TitleTheFixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ParserTests\MiniSeriesEpisodeParserFixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Qualities\RevisionComparableFixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="QueueTests\QueueServiceFixture.cs" />
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/OrganizerTests/FileNameBuilderTests/TitleTheFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/OrganizerTests/FileNameBuilderTests/TitleTheFixture.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8145ead25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/OrganizerTests/FileNameBuilderTests/TitleTheFixture.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using FizzWare.NBuilder;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using NzbDrone.Core.MediaFiles;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Organizer;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Qualities;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Test.Framework;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Tv;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.OrganizerTests.FileNameBuilderTests
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class TitleTheFixture : CoreTest<FileNameBuilder>
+    {
+        private Series _series;
+        private Episode _episode;
+        private EpisodeFile _episodeFile;
+        private NamingConfig _namingConfig;
+
+        [SetUp]
+        public void Setup()
+        {
+            _series = Builder<Series>
+                    .CreateNew()
+                    .With(s => s.Title = "South Park")
+                    .Build();
+
+            _episode = Builder<Episode>.CreateNew()
+                            .With(e => e.Title = "City Sushi")
+                            .With(e => e.SeasonNumber = 15)
+                            .With(e => e.EpisodeNumber = 6)
+                            .With(e => e.AbsoluteEpisodeNumber = 100)
+                            .Build();
+
+            _episodeFile = new EpisodeFile { Quality = new QualityModel(Quality.HDTV720p), ReleaseGroup = "SonarrTest" };
+
+            _namingConfig = NamingConfig.Default;
+            _namingConfig.RenameEpisodes = true;
+
+            Mocker.GetMock<INamingConfigService>()
+                  .Setup(c => c.GetConfig()).Returns(_namingConfig);
+
+            Mocker.GetMock<IQualityDefinitionService>()
+                .Setup(v => v.Get(Moq.It.IsAny<Quality>()))
+                .Returns<Quality>(v => Quality.DefaultQualityDefinitions.First(c => c.Quality == v));
+        }
+
+        [TestCase("The Mist", "Mist, The")]
+        [TestCase("A Place to Call Home", "Place to Call Home, A")]
+        [TestCase("An Adventure in Space and Time", "Adventure in Space and Time, An")]
+        [TestCase("The Flash (2010)", "Flash, The (2010)")]
+        [TestCase("A League Of Their Own (AU)", "League Of Their Own, A (AU)")]
+        [TestCase("The Fixer (ZH) (2015)", "Fixer, The (ZH) (2015)")]
+        [TestCase("The Sixth Sense 2 (Thai)", "Sixth Sense 2, The (Thai)")]
+        [TestCase("The Amazing Race (Latin America)", "Amazing Race, The (Latin America)")]
+        [TestCase("The Rat Pack (A&E)", "Rat Pack, The (A&E)")]
+        [TestCase("The Climax: I (Almost) Got Away With It (2016)", "Climax- I (Almost) Got Away With It, The (2016)")]
+        //[TestCase("", "")]
+        public void should_get_expected_title_back(string title, string expected)
+        {
+            _series.Title = title;
+            _namingConfig.StandardEpisodeFormat = "{Series TitleThe}";
+
+            Subject.BuildFileName(new List<Episode> { _episode }, _series, _episodeFile)
+                   .Should().Be(expected);
+        }
+
+        [TestCase("A")]
+        [TestCase("Anne")]
+        [TestCase("Theodore")]
+        [TestCase("3%")]
+        public void should_not_change_title(string title)
+        {
+            _series.Title = title;
+            _namingConfig.StandardEpisodeFormat = "{Series TitleThe}";
+
+            Subject.BuildFileName(new List<Episode> { _episode }, _series, _episodeFile)
+                   .Should().Be(title);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Organizer/FileNameBuilder.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Organizer/FileNameBuilder.cs
index 890c067b1..cd984d7b4 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Organizer/FileNameBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Organizer/FileNameBuilder.cs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Organizer
 
         public static readonly Regex AirDateRegex = new Regex(@"\{Air(\s|\W|_)Date\}", RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
 
-        public static readonly Regex SeriesTitleRegex = new Regex(@"(?<token>\{(?:Series)(?<separator>[- ._])(Clean)?Title\})",
+        public static readonly Regex SeriesTitleRegex = new Regex(@"(?<token>\{(?:Series)(?<separator>[- ._])(Clean)?Title(The)?\})",
                                                                             RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
 
         private static readonly Regex FileNameCleanupRegex = new Regex(@"([- ._])(\1)+", RegexOptions.Compiled);
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Organizer
 
         private static readonly char[] EpisodeTitleTrimCharacters = new[] { ' ', '.', '?' };
 
+        private static readonly Regex TitlePrefixRegex = new Regex(@"^(The|An|A) (.*?)((?: *\([^)]+\))*)$", RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
+
         public FileNameBuilder(INamingConfigService namingConfigService,
                                IQualityDefinitionService qualityDefinitionService,
                                ICacheManager cacheManager,
@@ -253,6 +255,11 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Organizer
             return title;
         }
 
+        public static string TitleThe(string title)
+        {
+            return TitlePrefixRegex.Replace(title, "$2, $1$3");
+        }
+
         public static string CleanFileName(string name, bool replace = true)
         {
             string result = name;
@@ -277,6 +284,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Organizer
         {
             tokenHandlers["{Series Title}"] = m => series.Title;
             tokenHandlers["{Series CleanTitle}"] = m => CleanTitle(series.Title);
+            tokenHandlers["{Series TitleThe}"] = m => TitleThe(series.Title);
         }
 
         private string AddSeasonEpisodeNumberingTokens(string pattern, Dictionary<string, Func<TokenMatch, string>> tokenHandlers, List<Episode> episodes, NamingConfig namingConfig)
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Organizer/FileNameSampleService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Organizer/FileNameSampleService.cs
index 966061fb3..de1046485 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Organizer/FileNameSampleService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Organizer/FileNameSampleService.cs
@@ -41,19 +41,19 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Organizer
             _standardSeries = new Series
             {
                 SeriesType = SeriesTypes.Standard,
-                Title = "Series Title (2010)"
+                Title = "The Series Title (2010)"
             };
 
             _dailySeries = new Series
             {
                 SeriesType = SeriesTypes.Daily,
-                Title = "Series Title (2010)"
+                Title = "The Series Title (2010)"
             };
 
             _animeSeries = new Series
             {
                 SeriesType = SeriesTypes.Anime,
-                Title = "Series Title (2010)"
+                Title = "The Series Title (2010)"
             };
 
             _episode1 = new Episode
diff --git a/src/UI/Settings/MediaManagement/Naming/Partials/SeriesTitleNamingPartial.hbs b/src/UI/Settings/MediaManagement/Naming/Partials/SeriesTitleNamingPartial.hbs
index cc76c95b5..938055535 100644
--- a/src/UI/Settings/MediaManagement/Naming/Partials/SeriesTitleNamingPartial.hbs
+++ b/src/UI/Settings/MediaManagement/Naming/Partials/SeriesTitleNamingPartial.hbs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
         <li><a href="#" data-token="Series Title">Series Title</a></li>
         <li><a href="#" data-token="Series.Title">Series.Title</a></li>
         <li><a href="#" data-token="Series_Title">Series_Title</a></li>
+        <li><a href="#" data-token="Series TitleThe">Series Title, The</a></li>
         <li><a href="#" data-token="Series CleanTitle">Series CleanTitle</a></li>
         <li><a href="#" data-token="Series.CleanTitle">Series.CleanTitle</a></li>
         <li><a href="#" data-token="Series_CleanTitle">Series_CleanTitle</a></li>