Yes there are... Just connect to a copy of a db and look around inside the db. You will find it!
But the best is to delete db and start from scratch... and do you use trakt everything will sync up perfectly afterworth [emoji4]
What you're looking for is exclude/ ignore folders and MP TV-Series doesn't has that. Not does Kodi or Plex either I think... All of them are builed for show me all in this folder. Or all in this or this folder etc.
So my recommendation is that you maybe need to think over your folder structure...
You're problem is simple. There are no series on www.thetvdb.com that has "Amy Winehouse" in the name. So you need to head over to www.thetvdb.com and add you're series yourself!
There are no changes in 1.17 that should break anything to do with the import... But was it here the change from .NET 3.5 to 4 went down?
If so, could that be the issue?
Changelog for 1.17: MediaPortal 1.17.0 Release - MEDIAPORTAL
It looks strange because it try to download, but it failed... and the images URL are valid. My quess is that you maybe don't have write permission to the place where you store the images?
2018-09-14 22:49:01.806 [INFO][03]: Banner download failed...
Okay... If its looked on www.thetvdb.com it makes it a little more problematic...
But I will recommend a change request on the thetvdb forum (they usually answer very quickly), before code change in MP TV-series
Go to the source on www.thetvdb.com and copy the apostrophe from "Jessica Jones" to the ones that isn't working and the refetch the series in MP.
(the problem should be that there are used to different apostrophes, even they "look" the same)