This happens all the time and isn't related to the rating (especially when I've seen movies that are in the 2's and 3's on IMDb
). Hallmark has had plenty of movies over the years where I couldn't find it in IMDb until later on. Lifetime has this happen. GAF, etc they all have that happen. Someone is inputting the information but I'm not sure what/who is responsible for it.
It can also be confusing if the main cast isn't actually listed which happened more often than you'd think. Then there's title switches, movies that are purchased and aired as a different name on the network. Those can make it difficult to find the movie once it is added to IMDb.
Yes, I'm aware that sometimes the listing isn't up in time. Yet, one time, the IMDb listing was up. I had to look up the main actors ahead of time, so I know it was there, to put in my weekly Reminder post here. After watching the movie, that turned out to be quite a horrific bomb, I went back to the IMDb listing to see what the rating currently was and to read any reviews.
I found the page was "locked." One could no longer add a rating or a review. It already had a rating of 5.6 and about 3-5 reviews. That would likely go down with time as more people weighed in. Looking at the page more closely, I saw
someone, I suspect the producer,
changed the date of movie's U.S. premiere date to some 6 months ahead, which locked the page from ratings and reviews. It did NOT however, get rid of it's current rating and the reviews already posted.
There is a button for corrections to a page. I wrote in how the premiere date had been altered. The movie had indeed premiered and had even already been getting reviews and a low rating. I included links to verify my info that the movie had aired here.
The next day, IMDb changed the premiere date back to the original date and the page was unlocked. The next several days the rating went going down further.
I forget what movie it was, so we can't see what the rating is now. Most likely 5.2-ish. I purposely sent in the IMDb correction as, I feel the people involved with making the movie need to put their adult panties on and take the hit for putting out a bad movie.
I took the time to watch as much as I did. Time I will never get back. They need to allow whatever rating and reviews they get, so we can warn each other.
Well done, women!
I couldn't make it past the first 5 minutes. She was so "unlikable" (that's one word for it).
They probably will sneak the entry in at a later date when no one will remember to rate it then. 
