The title is also an explanation of what happened to the rest of its words.
Examples of One-Word Title in live-action TV. open/close all folders
A
- Absolutely
- Accused
- Action
- Airwolf
- Alcatraz
- Alias
- Alice (1976)
- Alice (2009)
- Alphas
- A*mazing: The final round of this game show involves a run through a maze.
- Ambassadors
- Amen
- Andromeda: A Vehicle Title.
- Angel
- Annika (2021)
- ANZACs: Follows the exploits of members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during World War I.
- APB
- Apocalypse
- Arabela
- Argumental
- Arli$$
- Arrow
- Ascension (Miniseries)
- Atlanta
- Atlantis
- Automan
- Awake (2012)
- Awkward.: The title is about the awkwardness of being a social outcast after a suicide attempt.
B
- Baantjer
- Babylon (2014)
- BACK
- Backstrom
- Backup
- Badger
- Bagani
- Baggage
- Bagpuss
- Ballers
- Pilot
- Ends
- Flamingos
- Elidee
- Saturdaze
- Crackback
- Doink
- Copernicursed
- Municipal
- Crumbs
- Edutainment
- Ballykissangel: The Place
- Banshee
- Banzai
- Baretta
- Bargearse
- Barry
- Baskets
- Batman (1966): Protagonist Title
- Battlestars
- Baywatch
- Bearcats!
- Beastmaster
- Becker
- Becoming
- Bedlam
- Beetleborgs
- Believe
- Benidorm: The Place
- Benson: Protagonist Title
- Bergerac: Protagonist Title
- Best of Friends (1963)'s first episode was titled "Incognito".
- Betty
- Between
- Beyond
- Bibleman
- Billions
- Bitten
- Black
- Blackadder II used this for all its episode titles:
- "Bells"
- "Head"
- "Potato"
- "Money"
- "Beer"
- "Chains"
- Blackish
- Blackout
- Blackpool
- Blade
- Bligh
- Blindspot
- Blockbusters
- Bloodline (2015)
- Blossom
- Bluey (1976)
- B.o.B
- Bodyline: Retelling of the story of the "Bodyline" cricket series from 1932-33.
- Bonanza "Bonanza" is a term used by miners in regard to a large vein or deposit of ore; a source of wealth. The Comstock Lode, one of the largest bonanzas is located near the fictional ranch owned by the main characters. When the show was put into syndication in 1972, it was given a different One Word Title, "Ponderosa", which was the name of the ranch itself.
- Bonekickers
- Bones: It is a series about Temperance "Bones" Brennan, forensic anthropologist. Both a Character Title and a reference to what she works with.
- Boohbah
- Bookaboo
- BOOM!
- Boomtown (2002)
- Borderline
- Borgen
- Borgia
- Boris
- Bosch
- Boss
- Botineras
- Bottom
- Bramwell
- Braquo
- Brass
- Bread
- Brimstone
- Britannia
- Brockmire
- Broke
- Brookside
- Brotherhood
- Bruiser
- Brum
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: There are a few, like these two from the first season. There are seven seasons, with at least one a season. Some being Verbed Titles.
- "Angel"
- "Nightmares"
- Bugs
- Bull (2016)
- Bull (2000)
- Bullseye (UK)
- Bullseye (U.S.)
- Bumble
- Bunheads
- Bunk'd
- Burnside: Protagonist Title
- Butterflies
- Buzz (2000)
C
- Cake
- Cadfael
- Californication
- Callan
- Camelot
- Campion: Protagonist Title
- Candy (2022): Protagonist Title
- Cane
- Pilot.
- Brotherhood.
- HurriCane.
- Caprica
- Capture
- Cardinal: Protagonist Title
- Carnivà le
- Casanova
- Castle (2009): Protagonist Title
- Casual
- CASUAL+Y
- Cavemen
- Chaos (2011)
- Charmed (1998)
- Charmed (2018)
- Cha$e (2008)
- Chase (NBC)
- Cheers
- Chef! (1993)
- Chespirito
- Chickens
- CHiPs
- Chopped
- Chuck
- Cinematech
- Circle
- Class (2016): Besides the show itself, a couple episodes.
- Cleverman
- Click
- Clone
- Cluedo
- Coach
- Cockroaches
- Colditz: The Place
- Collateral (2018)
- Colony
- Columbo
- Combat! (1962)
- Community
- Complications
- Conan
- Concentration
- Condor
- Connections
- Conquest
- Constantine (2014)
- Continuum
- Conviction
- Conviction (2016)
- Copper
- COPS
- Countdown
- Counterpart (2018)
- Coupling
- Cracker
- Cram
- Cranford
- Crashing (UK)
- Crashing (US)
- Crazyhead
- Crisis (2014)
- Crisis (2017)
- Cristela
- Crossbones
- Crossroads
- Crownies: The series involves a group of solicitors fresh from law school, working with Crown Prosecutors, or 'Crownies'.
- Crusade
- Crusoe
- Rum
- Gunpowder
- Sacrifice
- Cuckoo
- Cucumber
- Cuffs
- Cult
- Cupid
- Cybergirl: A show about a robot alien gynoid, or 'cybergirl', who crashes on Earth.
- Cybill
D
- dads
- Dagvaktin
- Dallas
- Damages
- Damien
- Damnation
- Daredevil (2015)
- Dark (2017)
- Dateline
- Dates
- Daybreak (2019)
- Deadbeat (2014)
- Deadwood: The Place
- Debt
- Deception (2013)
- Deception (2018)
- Deceptions
- Decoy
- Defiance
- Definition
- Delocated
- Demons
- Departures
- Derek
- Desmond's
- Destinos
- Detectorists
- Dexter
- Dickensian
- Digitiser
- Dinnerladies
- Dinosaurs
- Drrt
- Disjointed
- Distraction
- The Doctor Blake Mysteries: "Bedlam".
- Doctors
- From Doctor Who:
- "The Sensorites" episode 5: "Kidnap"
- "Planet of Giants" episode 3: "Crisis"
- "The Dalek Invasion of Earth" episode 6: "Flashpoint"
- "The Romans" episodes 3 and 4: "Conspiracy" and "Inferno"
- "The Web Planet" episode 5: "Invasion"
- "The Time Meddler" episode 4: "Checkmate"
- "The Daleks' Master Plan" episode 8: "Volcano"
- "Inferno"
- "Invasion of the Dinosaurs" episode 1 is titled simply "Invasion", to avoid being a Spoiler Title.
- "Robot"
- "Underworld"
- "Meglos"
- "Logopolis"
- "Castrovalva"
- "Kinda"
- "Earthshock"
- "Snakedance"
- "Terminus"
- "Enlightenment"
- "Frontios"
- "Timelash"
- "Mindwarp"
- "Dragonfire"
- "Battlefield"
- "Survival"
- "Doomsday"
- "Gridlock"
- "42"
- "Blink"
- "Utopia"
- "Midnight"
- "Hide"
- "Listen"
- "Flatline"
- "Smile"
- "Oxygen"
- "Extremis"
- "Kerblam!
- "Resolution"
- "Spyfall"
- "Praxeus"
- Dogfights
- Dollhouse
- Dominion
- Donkey Hodie: One episode is titled "Squibbit", named after the sound a penguin character makes in the episode.
- Donny!
- Doomwatch
- Dotto
- Downfall (2010)
- Dracula (2013)
- Dracula (2020)
- Dragnet
- Dragula
- Drifters
- Drive (2007)
- Duel
- Dune
- Dynasty (1981)
- Dynasty (2017)
E
- Eagleheart
- Earthflight
- Earthsea
- Eastwick
- Ed
- Elementary
- Ellen
- Emergency!
- Emeril
- Fat
- Halloween
- Emmerdale
- Empire
- Encantadia - This is the name of the show's setting.
- Endeavour: Every episode:
- Endurance
- Engrenages
- Enlightened
- Enlisted
- Enterprise, prior to being retitled as Star Trek: Enterprise.
- Entourage
- Episodes
- Eureka
- Eve:
- Everwood
- Evil (2019)
- Excused
- Exit (2013)
- Extant
- Extinct
- Extras
- Eyewitness
F
- Faith
- Family
- Fantasy
- Fargo
- Farscape
- Fastlane
- Fauda
- Fauji
- Fearless
- Felicity
- Feud
- Firefly
- Fireman
- The First Lady:
- Nadir.
- Rift.
- Flashpoint: Series about a police tactical response team dealing with volatile situations; i.e. at flashpoint.
- Fleabag
- Flipper
- Floricienta
- Flowers
- Forbrydelsen
- From Foreign Exchange
- Knockout
- Sunburn
- Hostel
- Forever
- Fortitude
- Fortysomething
- Frasier
- Freaky
- Freddie
- Pilot
- Halloween
- Frequency
- Fresno
- Friends: It's called Friends because it's about a group of friends.
- Fringe
- Frontier:
- Frontline: A satirical sitcom about a current affairs show titled Frontline.
G
- Galavant
- Galidor
- Gallipoli: The Place
- Gambit
- Gangland
- GARO
- Gaslit
- Will
- California
- Honeymoon
- Tuffy
- Generations
- Genius
- Ghosted
- Ghosts (UK)
- Ghosts (US)
- Gigantic
- Girlboss
- Girls
- Gladiators
- Glee
- Glitch
- Glue
- The first episode of The Gnomes of Dulwich is called "Neighbours".
- Go
- Godiva's
- Godless
- Gogglebox
- Goosebumps (1995)
- Gotham: The Place
- Graceland
- Gracepoint
- Graduados
- Grandfathered
- Pilot
- Deadbeat
- The Grand Tour has a few one-word episode titles:
- "Enviro-mental"
- "Unscripted"
- "Jaaaaaaaags"
- "Seamen"
- "Lochdown"
- "Eurocrash"
- Grantchester
- Gravity
- Greed (Game Show)
- Greek
- Grimm
- Guardian: The Lonely and Great God is also known by the one-word title Goblin.
- Guerrilla
- Gunpowder
- Gunsmoke
- Gypsy
H
- Hack: Job Title. "Hack" is a slang term for a cab driver.
- Hannibal
- Happy!
- Hardball
- Hardware (2003)
- Harlots
- Haven
- Hawaii (2004)
- Underground
- Hazel
- Healer: Appears to be a Job Title.
- Heartbeat
- Heathers (2018)
- Heist
- Pilot.
- Strife.
- Helix
- Hellcats
- Hellevator
- Heroes
- HEX
- H/JACK
- Hindsight
- Hoarders
- Hollyoaks
- Homeland
- Hooperman
- Hostages
- Hotel
- Hounded
- House
- Housos: The title comes from Australian slang for those who live in the government's Housing Commission's public housing.
- Huff
- Pilot
- Control
- Flashpants
- Bethless
- Huge
- Humans
- Hung
- Hunter
- Hustle
- Hwarang
- Hyperdrive
I
- Ideal
- Identity
- Idiotest
- Episodes two and five of If It Moves, File It were simply titled "Surveillance" and "Grandmothers".
- Impact!
- Imposters
- Incorporated
- Inhumans
- Inquisitio
- Inquizition
- Insatiable
- Insecure
- Insecurity
- Instinct
- Intelligence (2006)
- Intelligence (2014)
- Interceptor
- Intervention
- Intimate
- Intruders
- Invasion
- Iris
- Ironside (1967): Protagonist Title.
- Ironside (2013)
- Isabel
J
K
- Kaamelott
- Kamen Rider Kuuga: Every episode has a single name, such as "Revival" and "Yusuke".
- Kidnapped
- Kidsongs
- Kikaider
- Killjoys
- Kingdom (2007)
- Kingdom (2014)
- Kingdom (2019)
- Kings
- Knightmare
- Kojak: Protagonist Title
- Krypton
L
- The Lakes
- Laredo: The Place
- Lassie
- Law & Order: A few episodes, like:
- "Indifference"
- "Mushrooms"
- "Confession"
- "Church"
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: A certain era of this show loves this trope for episode titles. It's not as common in Season 1 (although it's still a majority of the episodes), but all but three episodes of Season 2note and every episode in Season 3 plays the trope straight. Then we get to Season 4, which started with four straight examples, then had one episode with the two-word title "Disappearing Acts" — which would become the last multi-word episode title until the Season 13 premiere. For those keeping count, that's almost nine straight seasons of nothing but One Word Titles.
- Lawman: Job Title
- Legacies
- Legend
- Legends
- Legion
- Legit:
- Leonardo
- Leverage
- Lewis
- Lexx
- Lidsville
- Life (2007)
- Lilyhammer
- Limitless
- Lingo
- Longitude
- Longmire: Protagonist Title
- Longstreet: Protagonist Title
- Lost: The series is about the passengers of a airliner that is lost at sea when it crashes on a mysterious island. The name acquires further nuances as the series progresses.
- Louie
- Love
- Lovejoy
- Lovesick
- Loving
- Luck
- Lucky
- Pilot
- Savant
- Lucifer
- Luther
M
- Maigret: Protagonist Title
- Maigret: Protagonist Title
- Malparida
- Manchild
- Manimal
- Mannix
- Manswers
- Mantracker
- Marcella
- Marple
- Martin
- Masada
- Mastermind
- Matador
- Matlock
- Maude
- Maury
- Maverick: Protagonist Title
- Mawang
- McCloud: Protagonist Title
- Medium: Job Title
- Mentors
- Mercy
- Merlin (1998 miniseries)
- Merlin (2008 series)
- Metrosexuality
- Millennium (1996)
- Minder
- Mindhunter
- Mindreaders
- Miracles
- Miranda
- Misfits
- Missing
- Mixology
- Moesha
- Mom
- Mongrels
- Monk
- Monkey
- Monopoly
- Monsters
- Monty (1994)
- Pilot
- Eggheads
- Moonlight
- Moonlighting
- Mosquito
- Motive: Detective show that focuses as much on the motive as on the actual crime.
- Mulaney
- Murder in Mind: Crime show focused on murder from the perspective of the killers. Each episode has a one-word title referring either to the identity of the killer (e.g. "Teacher", "Landlord"), or something to do with the narrative (e.g. "Mercy" is about an ostensible Mercy Kill.)
N
- Næturvaktin
- Napoléon
- Narcos
- Nashville
- Neighbours: Follows the lives of the residents of Ramsay Street, a street in the fictional suburb of Erinsborough; i.e. neighbours.
- Newhart
- Newsnight
- Newswipe
- Neverland
- ''Nichols: Both a Protagonist Title and The Place, as the it follows the adventures of Sheriff Frank Nichols in the town of Nichols, Arizona.
- Nikita
- Nikki
- Fierce
- Humiliated
- Topless
- Fallback
- Notorious
- Nova
- NUMB3RS
- Nuremberg
- Nurses (1991)
- Nurses (2020)
O
- Oddities
- Offspring
- Oobi
- Otherworld
- Outcast
- Outcasts
- Outlander
- Outlaw (2010)
- Pilot
- Outnumbered
- Out of this World (1962): Episodes "Impostor" and "Immigrant", in keeping with their source material, "Impostor" and "Immigrant".
- Outsourced
- Overhaulin'
- Oz: The Place
- Ozark
P
- Paleoworld
- Panorama
- Paradox
- Parallax: The Parallax is a network of alternate universes linked by portals through which the main characters travel.
- Paranoia
- Parenthood
- Parlamentet
- Passions
- Password
- Pasta
- Perception
- Pets
- Philly
- Photon
- Pictureka
- Pinwheel
- Pitch
- Pitfall!
- Pixelface: Pixelface Games in the name of the gaming console within which the show is set.
- Pizza: Pizza is about the local Fat Pizza shop, staffed by a Ragtag Bunch of Misfits.
- Players
- Playr
- Plebs
- Pointless
- Poldark
- Popular
- Porridge
- Portlandia
- Power
- Powerhouse
- Pose
- Powerless
- Powers
- Power Rangers S.P.D. was an entire season of this, barring the use of two-part inclusives. Some examples being, "Shadow pt. 1", "Recognition", "Abandoned", and "Zapped".
- Pramface
- Prey
- Prey (British miniseries)
- Primeval
- Privileged
- Probe
- Profiler: Job Title
- Profit
- Proof
- Providence
- Pyramid
- Psych
- Psychoville
- Punk'd
Q
- Quacks
- Quantico
- Quark
- Quatermass
- Queens
- 1999.
- Bars.
- 2022.
- Quintuplets
- Pilot.
- Quintagious.
R
- Rainbow
- Raines
- Rake: About the antics of an irascible, hedonistic, self-destructive lawyer; i.e. a rake.
- Raumpatrouille
- Ransom: The show: Ransom negotiations are the focus of the series.
- Episodes: "Regeneration"
- Raven
- Rawhide
- Readalong
- Reaper
- Reba
- Rebus
- Rectify
- Reign
- Renegade
- All episode titles on Rescue Me.
- Resurrection
- Rev.
- Revenge (2011): All episodes also have one-word titles.
- Reverie
- Review
- Revolution
- Rhoda
- Riget
- Ringer
- Riptide (1984)
- Pilot
- Mirage
- Echoes
- Rise (2018)
- River
- Riverdale
- Roar
- Roc
- Pilot
- Unforgiven
- R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
- Brothers
- Rodney
- Pilot
- Superhero
- Teacher
- Halloween
- Thanksgiving
- Tassels
- Keith
- Celebrity
- Finale
- Rölli
- Rome
- Roots (1977) and its remake.
- Roseanne
- Rosewood (2015)
- Roswell
- Roughnecks
- Roundhouse
- RubÃ
- Rubicon
- Runaways (2017)
- Rush:
S
- Sadakatsiz
- Safe (2018)
- Salamander
- Salem
- Saludos
- Salvation
- Sanctuary (2007)
- Saxondale
- Search
- Scandal (2012)
- Scattergories
- Scorpion:
- The series itself, being the name of the company the protagonists work for.
- Episodes:
- "Pilot"
- "Talismans"
- "Revenge"
- "Dominoes"
- "Charades"
- "Cliffhanger"
- "Robots"
- "Adaptation".
- Scrabble
- Scream
- Screenwipe
- Scrubs
- Seinfeld
- Selfie
- Shadowhunters
- Shafted
- Shameless (For both the British and American versions)
- Shark
- Sharpe: Protagonist Title
- Shazam
- Sheena
- Sherlock: A Character Title.
- Shetland
- Shoestring: Protagonist Title
- Shooter
- Siberia
- Sign
- Signal
- Silk
- Silversun
- Sinbad
- Siren
- Sirens (UK)
- Sirens (US)
- Sisters
- Six
- Skedaddle
- Skin
- Skins
- Slasher
- SLiDE
- Sliders
- Slingers
- Smallville (All episodes of Smallville also have one word titles.)
- Smash
- Snobs
- Snowfall
- Soap It's a parody of soapoperas.
- Solitary
- Sorjonen
- Southland
- Spaced
- Spellbinder
- Spender
- Spirited
- Spooks
- Spotless
- Spy
- Spyforce
- Stalker
- Standoff
- Pilot
- Circling
- Shanghai'd
- Heroine
- Borderline
- Backfire
- Severance
- Starcade
- Stargirl
- Starhunter
- Starman
- Starstuff
- Stella (UK)
- Stella (US)
- Stingray (1964)
- Stingray (1985)
- Stitchers
- Stingers
- Storylords
- Strange
- Suburgatory
- Succession, which is about a Succession Crisis. Many episodes are also one-word location titles.
- Suits
- Supercar
- Supergirl
- Superhjältejul
- Supernanny
- Supernatural
- Superstition
- Supertrain
- Supervet
- Survivor
- Survivorman
- Svengoolie
- SWAG
- Swarm
- Swashbuckle
- Switch (1975)
- Switch (1997)
- Switch (2012)
- Switched: The series and each episode are these. Every title refers to a significant event within that episode, such as Kaga's confession in "Confession" or the trap executed in "Trap".
- Sykes
T
- Taboo
- Taggart
- Taina
- Taken
- Talkabout
- Tanked
- Taskmaster
- Tatort
- Taxi: The main cast all work for a small taxi company.
- Teachers:
- Tehran
- Telenovela
- Teletubbies
- Temptation
- Tenko
- Teresa
- Terrahawks
- Terriers
- Testees
- Herfume
- thirtysomething
- Thompson
- Threshold
- Thriller
- Thunderbirds
- Thunderstone
- Timecop
- Timeless
- Tinsel
- Tiswas
- Titans
- Titus
- Today: Daily news and current information show.
- Togetherness
- Tommy (2020)
- Vic
- Topper
- Torchwood
- Torn
- Touch (2012)
- Trace
- Tracker (2001)
- Transparent
- Trapped
- Trashed
- Trauma
- Travelers
- Treme
- Tremors
- Trinity
- Trollied
- Trust
- Tucker
- Turks
- Turn
- Tut
- Tweenies
- Episodes four and six of Two Up, Two Down were "Pyramidiocy" and "Meadowlarks".
- Tyrant (2014)
U
V
W
- Wallander
- Watching
- Wayne
- Webster
- Wednesday
- Weeds
- Weinerville
- Westworld
- Whew!
- Whiplash
- Whitechapel (TV Series)
- Whites
- Whitney
- Whodunnit?
- Whodunnit: A British panel show where the panel had to solve a mystery acted out in front of them.
- Whoopi
- Pilot
- Shout
- Airplane!
- Wilbur
- Wildboyz
- Wildfire
- Wilfred
- Will
- Wings: The main characters are all associated with a small private air-transport company or the airport it operates out of.
- Winsanity
- Wipeout (1988)
- Wipeout (2008)
- Wiseguy
- Wishbone
- Witchblade
- Wizbit
- Wonderfalls
- Woof!
- Wolfblood
- Wordplay
- Workaholics
- Wrecked
Y
- Yeralash
- Yonderland
- Younger
- Youngers
- The Young Ones lived this trope for 11 out of the 12 episodes:
- "Demolition"
- "Oil"
- "Boring"
- "Bomb"
- "Interesting"
- "Flood"
- "Bambi"
- "Cash"
- "Nasty"
- "Time"
- "Sick"
- Yuma
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