// GET: /TVSearch/ public ActionResult Index() { ViewBag.Message = "Search TVSeries"; ViewBag.ChannelList = new List<string>();//subs Channel ViewBag.GenreList = new List<string>(); var tvSeriesList = new List<TV>(); var tvSearchDAL = new TVSearchDAL(); try { ViewBag.GenreList = tvSearchDAL.GetTVGenres(); ViewBag.ChannelList = tvSearchDAL.GetTVChannels(); //Causing significant page loads //tvSeriesList = tvSearchDAL.GetTopFiveTVSeries(); //do we need this? } catch (Exception) { } return View(); }