From 344514601df4e56c8d9b8e55b978a2660b553a9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cristian Asenjo <1554289+casenjo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2020 03:55:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Sort Kodi BrowseMedia children TV Shows and Movies (#41377)

---
 homeassistant/components/kodi/browse_media.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/homeassistant/components/kodi/browse_media.py b/homeassistant/components/kodi/browse_media.py
index 0c4522b5fbd..bdbac4ab762 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/kodi/browse_media.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/kodi/browse_media.py
@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ async def build_item_response(media_library, payload):
         except UnknownMediaType:
             pass
 
+    if search_type in (MEDIA_TYPE_TVSHOW, MEDIA_TYPE_MOVIE) and search_id == "":
+        children.sort(key=lambda x: x.title.replace("The ", "", 1), reverse=False)
+
     response = BrowseMedia(
         media_class=CONTAINER_TYPES_SPECIFIC_MEDIA_CLASS.get(
             search_type, MEDIA_CLASS_DIRECTORY