diff --git a/core/automation/handlers/video_auto_wishlist_airing.py b/core/automation/handlers/video_auto_wishlist_airing.py
index 7477342a..33c98af0 100644
--- a/core/automation/handlers/video_auto_wishlist_airing.py
+++ b/core/automation/handlers/video_auto_wishlist_airing.py
@@ -28,14 +28,22 @@ def _default_fetch_airing(today: str) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
 
 
 def _default_add_episodes(show_tmdb_id: Any, show_title: Any, episodes: List[Dict[str, Any]],
-                          library_id: Any = None) -> int:
+                          library_id: Any = None, poster_url: Any = None) -> int:
     from api.video import get_video_db
     from core.video.sources import resolve_video_server
     return get_video_db().add_episodes_to_wishlist(
-        show_tmdb_id, show_title, episodes, library_id=library_id,
+        show_tmdb_id, show_title, episodes, poster_url=poster_url, library_id=library_id,
         server_source=resolve_video_server())
 
 
+def _show_poster_url(library_id: Any) -> Optional[str]:
+    """The SAME poster a manual add stores for a library show — the show poster proxy
+    path the wishlist orb renders directly. Mirrors the get-modal's
+    pUrl = '/api/video/poster/show/<library_id>'. Without it the orb falls back to the
+    show's initials, reading as 'not matched'."""
+    return ('/api/video/poster/show/%s' % library_id) if library_id is not None else None
+
+
 def _default_season_meta(tmdb_id: Any, season_number: Any):
     """The SAME TMDB season fetch the show modal uses for a manual add — so auto-added
     episodes carry identical stills / overviews / season posters, not the patchy values
@@ -114,7 +122,8 @@ def auto_video_add_airing_episodes(
 
         added = 0
         for (tid, title), grp in by_show.items():
-            added += int(add_episodes(tid, title, grp['eps'], grp['library_id']) or 0)
+            added += int(add_episodes(tid, title, grp['eps'], grp['library_id'],
+                                      _show_poster_url(grp['library_id'])) or 0)
         shows = len(by_show)
 
         deps.update_progress(
diff --git a/tests/test_video_auto_wishlist_airing.py b/tests/test_video_auto_wishlist_airing.py
index 341d5c66..b945f5a1 100644
--- a/tests/test_video_auto_wishlist_airing.py
+++ b/tests/test_video_auto_wishlist_airing.py
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ def test_adds_unowned_airings_grouped_by_show():
     ]
     added = []
 
-    def add(tid, title, eps, library_id=None):
-        added.append((tid, title, len(eps), library_id))
+    def add(tid, title, eps, library_id=None, poster_url=None):
+        added.append((tid, title, len(eps), library_id, poster_url))
         return len(eps)
 
     res = auto_video_add_airing_episodes(
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ def test_adds_unowned_airings_grouped_by_show():
     assert res["status"] == "completed"
     assert res["episodes_added"] == 3        # 2 of Widows Bay + 1 of Another Show
     assert res["shows"] == 2
-    # the show's library_id (show_id) is carried so the wishlist can match the show
-    assert (1, "Widows Bay", 2, 100) in added and (2, "Another Show", 1, 200) in added
+    # the show's library_id (show_id) + poster proxy are carried so the wishlist
+    # matches the show and the orb renders the show poster (like a manual add)
+    assert (1, "Widows Bay", 2, 100, "/api/video/poster/show/100") in added
+    assert (2, "Another Show", 1, 200, "/api/video/poster/show/200") in added
 
 
 def test_uses_tmdb_season_metadata_like_a_manual_add():
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ def test_uses_tmdb_season_metadata_like_a_manual_add():
 
     captured = {}
 
-    def add(tid, title, eps, library_id=None):
+    def add(tid, title, eps, library_id=None, poster_url=None):
         captured["eps"] = eps
         return len(eps)
 
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ def test_falls_back_to_db_values_when_tmdb_unavailable():
              "has_file": False, "overview": "db synopsis", "still_url": "/library/metadata/9/thumb/1"}]
     captured = {}
 
-    def add(tid, title, eps, library_id=None):
+    def add(tid, title, eps, library_id=None, poster_url=None):
         captured["eps"] = eps
         return len(eps)