diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/TV/TVSeriesManager.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/TV/TVSeriesManager.cs
index f0734340be..839b62448b 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/TV/TVSeriesManager.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/TV/TVSeriesManager.cs
@@ -143,10 +143,31 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.TV
             var allNextUp = seriesKeys
                 .Select(i => GetNextUp(i, currentUser, dtoOptions));
 
+            // If viewing all next up for all series, remove first episodes
+            // But if that returns empty, keep those first episodes (avoid completely empty view)
+            var alwaysEnableFirstEpisode = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(request.SeriesId);
+            var anyFound = false;
+
             return allNextUp
                 .Where(i =>
                 {
-                    return i.Item1 != DateTime.MinValue;
+                    if (request.DisableFirstEpisode)
+                    {
+                        return i.Item1 != DateTime.MinValue;
+                    }
+
+                    if (alwaysEnableFirstEpisode || i.Item1 != DateTime.MinValue)
+                    {
+                        anyFound = true;
+                        return true;
+                    }
+
+                    if (!anyFound && i.Item1 == DateTime.MinValue)
+                    {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+
+                    return false;
                 })
                 .Select(i => i.Item2())
                 .Where(i => i != null);
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/TvShowsController.cs b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/TvShowsController.cs
index ca18901e5d..223f588593 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/TvShowsController.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/TvShowsController.cs
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Api.Controllers
         /// <param name="enableImageTypes">Optional. The image types to include in the output.</param>
         /// <param name="enableUserData">Optional. Include user data.</param>
         /// <param name="enableTotalRecordCount">Whether to enable the total records count. Defaults to true.</param>
+        /// <param name="disableFirstEpisode">Whether to disable sending the first episode in a series as next up.</param>
         /// <returns>A <see cref="QueryResult{BaseItemDto}"/> with the next up episodes.</returns>
         [HttpGet("NextUp")]
         [ProducesResponseType(StatusCodes.Status200OK)]
@@ -81,7 +82,8 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Api.Controllers
             [FromQuery] int? imageTypeLimit,
             [FromQuery, ModelBinder(typeof(CommaDelimitedArrayModelBinder))] ImageType[] enableImageTypes,
             [FromQuery] bool? enableUserData,
-            [FromQuery] bool enableTotalRecordCount = true)
+            [FromQuery] bool enableTotalRecordCount = true,
+            [FromQuery] bool disableFirstEpisode = false)
         {
             var options = new DtoOptions { Fields = fields }
                 .AddClientFields(Request)
@@ -95,7 +97,8 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Api.Controllers
                     SeriesId = seriesId,
                     StartIndex = startIndex,
                     UserId = userId ?? Guid.Empty,
-                    EnableTotalRecordCount = enableTotalRecordCount
+                    EnableTotalRecordCount = enableTotalRecordCount,
+                    DisableFirstEpisode = disableFirstEpisode
                 },
                 options);
 
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Querying/NextUpQuery.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Querying/NextUpQuery.cs
index 4ad336d333..001d0623cc 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Querying/NextUpQuery.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Querying/NextUpQuery.cs
@@ -64,10 +64,16 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Querying
 
         public bool EnableTotalRecordCount { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether do disable sending first episode as next up.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool DisableFirstEpisode { get; set; }
+
         public NextUpQuery()
         {
             EnableImageTypes = Array.Empty<ImageType>();
             EnableTotalRecordCount = true;
+            DisableFirstEpisode = false;
         }
     }
 }