Basic JQuery Ajax

gistfile1.js

    $("#EnglishName").blur(function () {
        $.ajax({
            url: "/Search/AjaxAddSearch",
            dataType: "json",
            data: {
                showTitle: $("#EnglishName").val()
            },
            success: function (data) {
                $(".possibleShows").css("visibility", "visible")
                .html("<pre>"+ data +"</pre>")
            }
        })
    });

$(document).ready(function() {

  function lastWord(data){
    if(data.indexOf(",") > 0){
      var words = data.split(",");
      return jQuery.trim(words.pop());
    } else {
      return data;
    }
  }

  function split(val){
    return val.split(/,\s*/);
  }

  $("#show_genres_string").autocomplete({
    source: function(request, response){
              $.ajax({
                url: "/genres/all.json",
                dataType: "json",
                data: {
                  genre: lastWord(request.term)
                },
                success: function(data) {
                          response(data)
                         }
              })
            },
    minLength: 1,
    focus: function() {return false;},
    select: function(event, ui){
      var terms = split(this.value);
      terms.pop();
      terms.push(ui.item.value);
      terms.push("");
      this.value = terms.join(", ");
      return false;
    }
  });

});