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A
television program (USA), television programme (in most
Commonwealth countries and Ireland), or television show (USA/UK)
is a segment of content broadcast on television. It may be a one-off
broadcast or part of a periodically recurring television series.
A television series that is intended to be broadcast a finite
number of episodes is usually called a miniseries or serial (although
the latter term also has other meanings). A short run lasting less than
a year is known in North America as a season and in the United
Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland as a series.
This season or series usually consists of 6–26 installments in the
USA, but in the UK there is no defined length. U.S. industry practice
tends to favor longer seasons than those of some other countries.
A single instance of a program is called an episode, although
particularly in the USA this is sometimes also called a "show"
or "program", and in Great Britain and Ireland a "programme".
A one-off broadcast may, again particularly in the USA and
USA-influenced countries, be called a "special", or
particularly in the UK a "special episode".
A television movie or in the UK a television film
("made-for-TV" movie) is a film that is initially broadcast on
television rather than being released in cinemas or direct-to-video,
although many successful television movies are later released on DVD.
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