diff --git a/templates/content-correspondent.tpl.html b/templates/content-correspondent.tpl.html
index d604db25..9d3b8679 100644
--- a/templates/content-correspondent.tpl.html
+++ b/templates/content-correspondent.tpl.html
@@ -3,46 +3,17 @@
 <!--% PROCESS 'shared-utils.tpl.html' %-->
 <!--% PROCESS "queries-correspondent.tpl.html" %-->
 <!--% USE DBI(constants.driver) %-->
-<!--% results_hpr_shows = DBI.prepare(query_hpr_shows)
-	%-->
+<!--% results_hpr_shows = DBI.prepare(query_hpr_shows) %-->
 	<!--% results_hpr_show_count = DBI.prepare(query_hpr_show_count) %-->
-	<!--% hpr_shows_to_count = results_hpr_show_count.execute(id); %-->
+	<!--% hpr_result_status = results_hpr_show_count.execute(id); %-->
 	<!--% hpr_shows = results_hpr_shows.execute(id); %-->
-	<!--% hpr_show_count = 0 %-->
-	<!--% FOREACH show IN hpr_shows_to_count %-->
-	<!--% hpr_show_count = hpr_show_count +1; %-->
-	<!--% END %-->
+	<!--% hpr_show_count = results_hpr_show_count.fetchrow_array %-->
 
-	<!--% query_twt_show_count = DBI.prepare('
-		SELECT id
-		FROM twat_eps AS eps
-		WHERE eps.hostid = ?
-		')
-		%-->
-		<!--% query_twt_shows = DBI.prepare('
-			SELECT
-			eps.id,
-			CASE eps.explicit WHEN 1 THEN \'Explicit\' ELSE \'Clean\' END AS explicit ,
-			eps.date, eps.license, eps.duration,
-			eps.title, eps.summary, eps.tags,
-			eps.notes,
-			hosts.local_image,
-			hosts.hostid,
-			hosts.host, hosts.email, hosts.profile,
-			miniseries.name AS series, miniseries.id AS seriesid
-			FROM twat_eps AS eps
-			INNER JOIN hosts ON eps.hostid = hosts.hostid
-			INNER JOIN miniseries ON eps.series = miniseries.id
-			WHERE hosts.hostid = ?
-			ORDER BY eps.id DESC
-			')
-			%-->
-			<!--% twt_shows_to_count = query_twt_show_count.execute(id); %-->
-			<!--% twt_shows = query_twt_shows.execute(id); %-->
-			<!--% twt_show_count = 0 %-->
-			<!--% FOREACH show IN twt_shows_to_count %-->
-			<!--% twt_show_count = twt_show_count +1; %-->
-			<!--% END %-->
+	<!--% results_hpr_shows = DBI.prepare(query_twt_shows) %-->
+	<!--% results_twt_show_count = DBI.prepare(query_twt_show_count) %-->
+	<!--% twt_result_status = results_twt_show_count.execute(id); %-->
+	<!--% twt_shows = results_hpr_shows.execute(id); %-->
+	<!--% twt_show_count = results_twt_show_count.fetchrow_array %-->
 
 			<!--% hosts = DBI.tie('hosts', 'hostid') %-->
 
diff --git a/templates/queries-correspondent.tpl.html b/templates/queries-correspondent.tpl.html
index 3363afe1..bd0f6377 100644
--- a/templates/queries-correspondent.tpl.html
+++ b/templates/queries-correspondent.tpl.html
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
-<!--% query_hpr_shows = '
-		SELECT
+<!--% query_hpr_shows = 'WITH
+	comment_tallies AS (	
+		SELECT 
+			eps_id,
+			COUNT(eps_id) AS eps_tally
+		FROM comments
+		GROUP BY eps_id 
+	)
+	SELECT
 		eps.id,
 		eps.explicit,
 		eps.date, eps.license, eps.duration,
@@ -8,17 +15,44 @@
 		hosts.local_image,
 		hosts.hostid,
 		hosts.host, hosts.email, hosts.profile,
-		miniseries.name AS series, miniseries.id AS seriesid
+		miniseries.name AS series, miniseries.id AS seriesid,
+		COALESCE(comment_tallies.eps_tally,0) AS commentsTally
 	FROM eps
 	INNER JOIN hosts ON eps.hostid = hosts.hostid
 	INNER JOIN miniseries ON eps.series = miniseries.id
+	LEFT JOIN comment_tallies ON eps.id = comment_tallies.eps_id
 	WHERE hosts.hostid = ? AND eps.date < date(\'now\', \'+1 days\')
 	ORDER BY eps.id + 0 DESC
 	'
 %-->
 <!--% query_hpr_show_count = '
-	SELECT id
+	SELECT COUNT(id) as Tally
 	FROM eps
 	WHERE eps.hostid = ? AND eps.date < date(\'now\', \'+1 days\')
 	'
 %-->
+<!--% query_twt_show_count = '
+		SELECT COUNT(id) as Tally
+		FROM twat_eps AS eps
+		WHERE eps.hostid = ?
+		'
+%-->
+<!--% query_twt_shows = '
+		SELECT
+			eps.id,
+			CASE eps.explicit WHEN 1 THEN \'Explicit\' ELSE \'Clean\' END AS explicit ,
+			eps.date, eps.license, eps.duration,
+			eps.title, eps.summary, eps.tags,
+			eps.notes,
+			hosts.local_image,
+			hosts.hostid,
+			hosts.host, hosts.email, hosts.profile,
+			miniseries.name AS series, miniseries.id AS seriesid
+		FROM twat_eps AS eps
+		INNER JOIN hosts ON eps.hostid = hosts.hostid
+		INNER JOIN miniseries ON eps.series = miniseries.id
+		WHERE hosts.hostid = ?
+		ORDER BY eps.id DESC
+		'
+%-->
+
diff --git a/templates/queries-episodes.tpl.html b/templates/queries-episodes.tpl.html
index d2f846bd..9905fb17 100644
--- a/templates/queries-episodes.tpl.html
+++ b/templates/queries-episodes.tpl.html
@@ -1,14 +1,24 @@
-<!--% query_episodes = 'SELECT
+<!--% query_episodes = 'WITH
+	comment_tallies AS (	
+		SELECT 
+			eps_id,
+			COUNT(eps_id) AS eps_tally
+		FROM comments
+		GROUP BY eps_id 
+	)
+	SELECT
         eps.id,
         eps.explicit,
         eps.date, eps.license, eps.title, eps.summary,
         eps.duration, eps.notes, eps.tags,
         hosts.hostid,
         hosts.host, hosts.email, hosts.local_image,
-        miniseries.name AS series, miniseries.id AS seriesid
+        miniseries.name AS series, miniseries.id AS seriesid,
+		COALESCE(comment_tallies.eps_tally,0) AS commentsTally
     FROM eps
         INNER JOIN hosts ON eps.hostid = hosts.hostid
         INNER JOIN miniseries ON eps.series = miniseries.id
+		LEFT JOIN comment_tallies ON eps.id = comment_tallies.eps_id
         WHERE eps.date <= date(\'now\')
         ORDER BY eps.id + 0 DESC'
 %-->
diff --git a/templates/shared-episode-summary.tpl.html b/templates/shared-episode-summary.tpl.html
index 6d472e2f..0216323a 100644
--- a/templates/shared-episode-summary.tpl.html
+++ b/templates/shared-episode-summary.tpl.html
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ or
 	<span><label>Flag:</label> <!--% display_explicit(show.explicit) %-->.</span> 
 	<span><!--% show_series(show.series, show.seriesid) %--></span>  <br>
 	<!--% IF hide_tags == "" %--><!--% display_tags(show.tags) %--><!--% END %-->
-	<!--% IF show.comentsTally || show.commentsTally == 0 %-->
+	<!--% IF show.commentsTally || show.commentsTally == 0 %-->
 	<span><label>Comments:</label> <!--% display_comments_tally(show.id, show.commentsTally) %--></span>
 	<!--% END %-->
 <!--% END %-->