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* ''Series/TheLastOfTheBaskets'' only ran for thirteen episodes over two series.
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Australia television also has a tradition of short TV series, particularly on Creator/TheABC.[[note]]Possibly relevant to this is the fact that the ABC is Australia's home for British television.[[/note]] In some cases, however, two series a year are made.

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Australia television also has a tradition of short TV series, particularly on Creator/TheABC.the [[Creator/AustralianBroadcastingCorporation ABC]].[[note]]Possibly relevant to this is the fact that the ABC is Australia's home for British television.[[/note]] In some cases, however, two series a year are made.
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* ''Series/TheUpperCrusts'' only ran for six episodes in one series.
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* ''WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared'' had six installments spread out over six years. When it was made into [[Series/DontHugMeImScared a TV series]] in 2022, it was in the form of one six-episode season.
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* ''Series/TheTrainNowStanding'' only ran for fifteen episodes over two series.
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* Only one series of seven episodes of ''Series/NoAppointmentNecessary1977'' was made.
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* Only one series of six episodes of ''Series/YoureOnlyYoungTwice1971'' was made.
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* ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'' -- Eight seasons, 10 episodes each, sometimes more than a year between two seasons.

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* ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'' -- Eight 12 seasons, 10 episodes each, sometimes more than a year between two seasons.
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Similarly, competition reality and primetime game show tend to complete a "series" in 10-15 episodes, many culminating in the crowning of a champion. However, parallel to "slice of life" reality, the most successful may run two separate "series" with different casts (and champions in autumn and spring. For example, the first season of ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' ran exactly 13 weeks as a summer fill-in, in its first 24 years it has had 46 nominal series (missing two in 2020-21 due to COVID-19).
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* The original UK version of ''Series/KitchenNightmares'' ran for six series between 2004 and 2014, with between four and eight episodes per season, plus one special double-length episode for a total of 35 episodes in ten years. Taking into account that a number of these episodes were revisits to restaurants from the previous season, the total number of restaurants featured was 28. Contrast the US version with eight seasons having between 10 and 17 episodes each, for a total of 88 restaurants featured across 102 episodes.
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* Only one series of six episodes of ''Series/FriendsAndNeighbours1954'' was made.
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* Only one series of thirteen episodes of ''Series/BestOfFriends1963'' was made.
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* Only one series of six episodes of ''Series/BirdsOnTheWing'' was made.
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* Only one series of six episodes of ''Series/TwoUpTwoDown'' was made.
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* Appropriately enough for a Canadian show, the ''Franchise/{{Degrassi}}'' franchise started out this way and has moved away from it over time, with 26 episodes of the original ''Series/TheKidsOfDegrassiStreet'' made between 1979-1986 (with a progression from one a year to four a year to an actual series within that), and [[Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration The Revival]] having 48 episodes in the current (10th) season alone.

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* Appropriately enough for a Canadian show, the ''Franchise/{{Degrassi}}'' franchise started out this way and has moved away from it over time, with 26 episodes of the original ''Series/TheKidsOfDegrassiStreet'' made between 1979-1986 (with a progression from one a year to four a year to an actual series within that), and [[Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration The Revival]] having 48 episodes in the current (10th) 10th season alone.
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* ''Series/CallTheMidwife'' both plays this straight - no more than 8 episodes per series--and averts this--10 series since 2012 with plans to air until 2022 at least.

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* ''Series/CallTheMidwife'' both plays this straight - no more than 8 episodes per series--and averts this--10 series since 2012 with plans to air until 2022 2026 at least.
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* Only a {{Pilot}} and six episodes of ''Series/ItsAwfullyBadForYourEyesDarling'' were produced in one year.

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