--- src/mythtv/bindings/python/tmdb3/tmdb3/request.py.orig	2015-09-29 16:11:52.436024705 +0000
+++ src/mythtv/bindings/python/tmdb3/tmdb3/request.py	2015-09-29 16:13:24.297824407 +0000
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import urllib2
 import json
 import os
+import time
 
 DEBUG = False
 cache = Cache(filename='pytmdb3.cache')
@@ -113,21 +114,29 @@
     def readJSON(self):
         """Parse result from specified URL as JSON data."""
         url = self.get_full_url()
-        try:
-            # catch HTTP error from open()
-            data = json.load(self.open())
-        except TMDBHTTPError, e:
-            try:
-                # try to load whatever was returned
-                data = json.loads(e.response)
-            except:
-                # cannot parse json, just raise existing error
-                raise e
-            else:
-                # response parsed, try to raise error from TMDB
-                handle_status(data, url)
-            # no error from TMDB, just raise existing error
-            raise e
+        while True:
+           try:
+              # catch HTTP error from open()
+              data = json.load(self.open())
+              break
+           except TMDBHTTPError, e:
+              try:
+                 # try to load whatever was returned
+                 data = json.loads(e.response)
+              except:
+                 # cannot parse json, just raise existing error
+                 raise e
+              else:
+                 # Check for error code of 25 which means we are doing more than 40 requests per minute.
+                 if data.get('status_code', 1) == 25:
+                    # Sleep and retry query.
+                    time.sleep(10)
+                    continue
+                 else:
+                    # response parsed, try to raise error from TMDB
+                    handle_status(data, url)
+              # no error from TMDB, just raise existing error
+              raise e
         handle_status(data, url)
         if DEBUG:
             import pprint