diff --git a/server/internal/database/taxonomy.go b/server/internal/database/taxonomy.go
index d03c867..5fadf60 100644
--- a/server/internal/database/taxonomy.go
+++ b/server/internal/database/taxonomy.go
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ func EnsureTaxonomyTable(ctx context.Context, conn *sql.DB) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	seeded = append(seeded, moved...)
+	// After the Food move as well as the legacy seeding: TV is unhidden here
+	// and the legacy seeding is what creates it, while Listicles and Books are
+	// left where the move put them. The two seeds touch disjoint rows, so the
+	// order between them is about legibility rather than correctness.
+	if err = SeedEntertainmentVisibility(ctx, conn); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	if err = RefreshCategoryAliases(ctx, conn); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -494,6 +501,105 @@ func SeedFoodSubsection(ctx context.Context, conn *sql.DB) ([]string, error) {
 	return touched, writeSettingRaw(ctx, conn, "food_subsection_seeded", "1")
 }
 
+// entertainmentVisibility is which A&E subsections earn a link in the section's
+// strip, as decided by the desk: Listicles and Books come out, TV goes in.
+//
+// TV is the substantial one. It arrived hidden with the rest of the legacy
+// WordPress sub-categories -- that seeding deliberately gave 48 categories a
+// home without adding 48 nav links -- but it carries 135 published articles,
+// more than most of the rows that do have a link. Listicles and Books have nine
+// each.
+//
+// Visibility only. Every one of these keeps its page, its URL and its articles;
+// a hidden row still feeds its section. The strip is a curation decision, which
+// is exactly the kind of thing that belongs to an editor and not to a deploy --
+// see the run-once note on SeedEntertainmentVisibility.
+var entertainmentVisibility = map[string]bool{
+	"listicles": false,
+	"books":     false,
+	"tv":        true,
+}
+
+// SeedEntertainmentVisibility applies those decisions once.
+//
+// Once, and recorded in cms_settings, for the reason the other seeds are: the
+// strip is editable from the sections screen, and an editor who puts Books back
+// must not find it hidden again after the next deploy. The flag is set even when
+// nothing changed, since "already in that state" and "already ran" want the same
+// outcome.
+//
+// Each update is guarded on the CURRENT value, so a row somebody already set by
+// hand is left alone rather than rewritten, and the log reports only what this
+// actually moved.
+//
+// An empty table means the sections have not been imported yet, so it returns
+// without recording the flag and tries again next boot -- otherwise a server
+// that starts before its seed import would burn the one run it gets.
+func SeedEntertainmentVisibility(ctx context.Context, conn *sql.DB) error {
+	if conn == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var settingsTableExists int
+	if err := conn.QueryRowContext(ctx,
+		"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema = DATABASE() AND table_name = 'cms_settings'",
+	).Scan(&settingsTableExists); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if settingsTableExists == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var done string
+	switch err := conn.QueryRowContext(ctx,
+		"SELECT value_text FROM cms_settings WHERE key_name = 'entertainment_visibility_seeded' LIMIT 1",
+	).Scan(&done); err {
+	case nil:
+		if strings.TrimSpace(done) == "1" {
+			return nil
+		}
+	case sql.ErrNoRows:
+		// Not yet seeded.
+	default:
+		return err
+	}
+
+	subsections, err := existingSlugsByKind(ctx, conn, "subsection")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if len(subsections) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	changed := make([]string, 0, len(entertainmentVisibility))
+	for slug, visible := range entertainmentVisibility {
+		if _, exists := subsections[slug]; !exists {
+			slog.Warn("skipping a visibility change for a subsection that does not exist", "slug", slug)
+			continue
+		}
+		result, err := conn.ExecContext(ctx, `
+			UPDATE site_taxonomy
+			SET is_visible = ?
+			WHERE kind = 'subsection' AND slug = ? AND is_visible = ?
+		`, visible, slug, !visible)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		// RowsAffected is not proof of anything through MaxScale, which can
+		// report 0 for a write that landed. It is only used to keep the log
+		// honest about what moved, so a wrong answer costs a log line.
+		if affected, err := result.RowsAffected(); err == nil && affected > 0 {
+			changed = append(changed, slug)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(changed) > 0 {
+		slog.Info("applied the A&E subsection strip changes", "slugs", changed)
+	}
+	return writeSettingRaw(ctx, conn, "entertainment_visibility_seeded", "1")
+}
+
 func existingSlugsByKind(ctx context.Context, conn *sql.DB, kind string) (map[string]struct{}, error) {
 	rows, err := conn.QueryContext(ctx, "SELECT slug FROM site_taxonomy WHERE kind = ?", kind)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/server/internal/database/taxonomy_integration_test.go b/server/internal/database/taxonomy_integration_test.go
index d5bb170..ea44e5e 100644
--- a/server/internal/database/taxonomy_integration_test.go
+++ b/server/internal/database/taxonomy_integration_test.go
@@ -425,3 +425,85 @@ func TestFoodSubsectionSeedMovesTheReviewCategories(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("wine-reviews parent = %q, want entertainment -- the seed re-ran over an editor's change", got)
 	}
 }
+
+// TestEntertainmentVisibilitySeedRunsOnce covers the strip changes the desk
+// asked for: Listicles and Books lose their link, TV gains one.
+//
+// The run-once half is the point. The strip is curated from the sections
+// screen, so an editor who puts Books back must not find it hidden again on the
+// next deploy.
+func TestEntertainmentVisibilitySeedRunsOnce(t *testing.T) {
+	conn := taxonomyTestDB(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	if err := EnsureSettingsTable(ctx, conn); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ensure settings table: %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, key := range []string{"legacy_subsections_seeded", "entertainment_visibility_seeded"} {
+		if _, err := conn.ExecContext(ctx, "DELETE FROM cms_settings WHERE key_name = ?", key); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("clear %s: %v", key, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := EnsureTaxonomyTable(ctx, conn); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ensure taxonomy table: %v", err)
+	}
+	insertTaxonomyRow(t, conn, 1, "section", "entertainment", "Entertainment")
+	// Listicles and Books are current, visible subsections; TV arrives hidden
+	// from the legacy seeding, which runs in the same boot.
+	for id, slug := range map[int64]string{2: "listicles", 3: "books"} {
+		insertTaxonomyRow(t, conn, id, "subsection", slug, strings.ToUpper(slug[:1])+slug[1:])
+		if _, err := conn.ExecContext(ctx,
+			"UPDATE site_taxonomy SET parent_slug = 'entertainment', is_visible = 1 WHERE slug = ?", slug,
+		); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("parent %s: %v", slug, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := EnsureTaxonomyTable(ctx, conn); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("second ensure: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	visibilityOf := func(slug string) int {
+		t.Helper()
+		var visible int
+		if err := conn.QueryRowContext(ctx,
+			"SELECT is_visible FROM site_taxonomy WHERE slug = ?", slug,
+		).Scan(&visible); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("read visibility of %s: %v", slug, err)
+		}
+		return visible
+	}
+
+	for slug, want := range entertainmentVisibility {
+		got := visibilityOf(slug)
+		if (got == 1) != want {
+			t.Errorf("%s is_visible = %d, want %v", slug, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Hiding is only ever about the link: TV keeps its articles either way, and
+	// Books keeps its page. Prove the seed touched nothing else.
+	if parent := func() string {
+		var p sql.NullString
+		if err := conn.QueryRowContext(ctx, "SELECT parent_slug FROM site_taxonomy WHERE slug = 'books'").Scan(&p); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("read books parent: %v", err)
+		}
+		return p.String
+	}(); parent != "entertainment" {
+		t.Errorf("books parent = %q, want entertainment -- hiding must not re-file a row", parent)
+	}
+
+	// An editor puts Books back, and a restart leaves it visible.
+	if _, err := conn.ExecContext(ctx,
+		"UPDATE site_taxonomy SET is_visible = 1 WHERE slug = 'books'",
+	); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unhide books: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := EnsureTaxonomyTable(ctx, conn); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("third ensure: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got := visibilityOf("books"); got != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("books is_visible = %d after a restart, want 1 -- the seed re-ran over an editor's change", got)
+	}
+}