diff --git a/catalog/common/jsondata.py b/catalog/common/jsondata.py
index 9b59d9f2..299560e0 100644
--- a/catalog/common/jsondata.py
+++ b/catalog/common/jsondata.py
@@ -237,8 +237,9 @@ class ArrayField(JSONFieldMixin, DJANGO_ArrayField):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def from_json(self, value):  # backward compatible with dirty legacy data
-        if value or value == []:
+        if value:
             return value if isinstance(value, list) else [value]
+        return []
 
 
 class JSONField(JSONFieldMixin, DJANGO_JSONField):
diff --git a/catalog/tv/tests.py b/catalog/tv/tests.py
index 956e536b..1ec00ede 100644
--- a/catalog/tv/tests.py
+++ b/catalog/tv/tests.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class JSONFieldTestCase(TestCase):
         o.other_title = ["a", "b"]
         self.assertEqual(o.other_title, ["a", "b"])
         o.other_title = None
-        self.assertEqual(o.other_title, None)
+        self.assertEqual(o.other_title, [])
 
 
 class TMDBTVTestCase(TestCase):