diff --git a/ythdd_inv_tl.py b/ythdd_inv_tl.py
index cc1a879..873e49b 100644
--- a/ythdd_inv_tl.py
+++ b/ythdd_inv_tl.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def videos(data):
 	title              = safeTraverse(video_details, ['title'], default=video_id)
 	views              = int(safeTraverse(video_details, ['viewCount'], default=0))
 	length             = int(safeTraverse(video_details, ['lengthSeconds'], default=1))
-	published          = datetime.datetime.fromisoformat(safeTraverse(microformat, ['publishDate'], default="2004-10-29T10:30:00-07:00")).timestamp() # ISO format to Unix timestamp
+	published          = datetime.datetime.fromisoformat(safeTraverse(microformat, ['publishDate'], default="1970-01-02T00:00:00Z")).timestamp() # ISO format to Unix timestamp
 	published_date     = epochToDate(published)
 	premiere_timestamp = safeTraverse(microformat, ['liveBroadcastDetails', 'startTimestamp'], default=0) # let's ignore the nitty gritty for the time being
 	premiere_timestamp = premiere_timestamp if premiere_timestamp else safeTraverse(microformat, ['playabilityStatus', 'liveStreamability', 'liveStreamabilityRenderer', 'offlineSlate', 'liveStreamOfflineSlateRenderer', 'scheduledStartTime'], default=0)
@@ -201,7 +201,6 @@ def videos(data):
 	is_upcoming        = safeTraverse(video_details, ['isUpcoming'], default=False)
 	keywords           = safeTraverse(video_details, ['keywords'], default=[])
 
-	# TODO: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/blob/master/src/invidious/videos/parser.cr#L258
 	related_raw        = safeTraverse(wdata, ['ec2', 'contents', 'twoColumnWatchNextResults', 'secondaryResults', 'secondaryResults', 'results'], default=[]) # can possibly change in the future
 	related            = []
 	for x in related_raw:
@@ -216,6 +215,8 @@ def videos(data):
 		related_video['authorId']           = safeTraverse(y, ['longBylineText', 'runs', 0, 'navigationEndpoint', 'browseEndpoint', 'browseId'], default="UNKNOWNCHANNELID")
 		related_video['authorUrl']          = '/channel/' + related_video['authorId']
 		related_video['authorVerified']     = False
+		if "ownerBadges" in y:
+			related_video['authorVerified'] = True # hopefully this won't break things, as invidious API doesn't distinguish music and normal verified badges
 		related_video['authorThumbnails']   = safeTraverse(y, ['channelThumbnail', 'thumbnails'], default=[])
 		for z in related_video['authorThumbnails']:
 			z['url'] = ythdd_globals.translateLinks(z['url'])
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ def videos(data):
 		for z in range(len(time_list)):
 			related_video['lengthSeconds'] += time_lookup_list[z] * int(time_list[len(time_list) - 1 - z])
 		related_views_text                  = safeTraverse(y, ['viewCountText', 'simpleText'], default="0").split(" ")[0]
-		related_video['viewCountText']      = related_views_text
+		related_video['viewCountText']      = safeTraverse(y, ['shortViewCountText', 'simpleText'], default="0").split(" ")[0]
 		related_views                       = 0
 		if related_views_text:
 			related_views                   = int("".join([z for z in related_views_text if 48 <= ord(z) and ord(z) <= 57]))
@@ -265,7 +266,11 @@ def videos(data):
 	for x in author_thumbnail:
 		# rewrite to use views.py
 		x['url'] = ythdd_globals.translateLinks(x['url'])
-	# TODO: author_verified = ...
+
+	# so far it seems to be impossible to tell if a channel is verified or not, 
+	# that is - without making another request
+	author_verified = False
+
 
 	hls_url            = safeTraverse(idata, ['stage1', 'streamingData', 'hlsManifestUrl'], default="")
 	adaptive_formats   = safeTraverse(idata, ['stage1', 'streamingData', 'adaptiveFormats'], default=[])
@@ -279,6 +284,11 @@ def videos(data):
 	else:
 		video_type = "video"
 
+	premium = False
+	if "YouTube Red" in keywords:
+		premium = True
+	# TODO: detect paywalled patron-only videos
+
 	if not format_streams:
 		format_streams = []
 		# providing format streams breaks Clipious client
@@ -305,7 +315,7 @@ def videos(data):
 		"dislikeCount": 0,
 
 		"paid": False, # not implemented
-		"premium": False, # not implemented
+		"premium": premium,
 		"isFamilyFriendly": family_friendly,
 		"allowedRegions": allowed_regions,
 		"genre": genre,
@@ -314,7 +324,7 @@ def videos(data):
 		"author": author,
 		"authorId": ucid,
 		"authorUrl": "/channel/" + ucid,
-		"authorVerified": False, # not implemented
+		"authorVerified": author_verified,
 		"authorThumbnails": author_thumbnail,
 
 		"subCountText": subs_text,