| 1 | Also known as a "series" in the UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdom. These tropes are all about how a [[{{Series}} television series]] and its {{story arc}}s can be laid out episode to episode, and season to season. |
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| 3 | Also see {{Episodes}}. Not to be confused with SeasonalIndex, which is about the actual seasons of the year. |
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| 5 | !!Tropes: |
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| 7 | [[index]] |
| 8 | * TwelveEpisodeAnime: An anime show that intentionally lasts only twelve episodes. |
| 9 | * AbortedArc: An ongoing storyline is abruptly dropped and never resolved. |
| 10 | * ArcWelding: The stories of a previously episodic show are retconned to be part of one overarching story arc. |
| 11 | * BritishBrevity: The tendency for British shows to be short (in comparison to American shows). |
| 12 | * FinaleSeason: The last season of a series, which comes with a conclusive story arc to wrap up everything. |
| 13 | * FiveEpisodePilot: The series begins with a multi-part episode. |
| 14 | * Front13Back9: The first 13 episodes of a series' first season are more self-contained because the last 9 hadn't been ordered yet. |
| 15 | * HalfArcSeason: A series alternates episodes between those that advance its story arc and those that are mostly unconnected. |
| 16 | * LayoutOfASeason: The kinda StrictlyFormula structuring of a show's seasons. |
| 17 | * MidSeasonTwist: An episode which serves as a climactic moment during the middle of the season's story arc. |
| 18 | * MiniSeries: A TV series which was intentionally produced to only run for a single season. |
| 19 | * MythArc: A story arc that spans the entire series. |
| 20 | * NotSoEpisodic: A show's story appears to be episodic, but is revealed to actually have been part of a wider MythArc all along. |
| 21 | * PostScriptSeason: A show gets renewed for more episodes after it was supposed to end. |
| 22 | * RotatingArcs: A season following two or more separate story arcs at once, with little to no overlap. |
| 23 | * SeasonFinale: The last episode of a specific season, (usually) concluding that season's story arc. |
| 24 | * SeasonFluidity: Some series can be watched in any order because nothing changes over time, whereas others must be viewed in order to understand what's happening. |
| 25 | * SeasonalRot: The opinion that a show has declined in quality because it's lasted way too long. |
| 26 | * SecondSeasonDownfall: A show's second season is so poorly received it doesn't get a third. |
| 27 | * SophomoreSlump: A show's second season is seen as a letdown, but things pick up again in the third season. |
| 28 | * StoryArc: A storyline that takes multiple episodes to resolve. |
| 29 | * SynchronousEpisodes: Two different episodes of a show taking place at the same time. |
| 30 | [[/index]] |
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