miniseries
noun
mini·se·ries
ˈmi-nē-ˌsir-(ˌ)ēz 
: a television production of a story presented in sequential episodes
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Netflix made both a prequel and sequel miniseries called Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp and Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later, respectively.
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Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 12 Jan. 2023
The Midnight Angels first made a minor appearance in two issues of the 2010 miniseries Doomwar, which introduced them as the cream of the crop of T’Challa’s bodyguards.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2022
Early in his career, Hopkins played the central character of Leo Tolstoy's acclaimed piece of world literature in the 1972 TV miniseries, War & Peace.
—Robert English, EW.com, 10 Nov. 2022
The Hawks don’t know how many episodes will be in the first season of the miniseries, produced by its Banner production team— maybe another four or five.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2022
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Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 12 Jan. 2023
The Midnight Angels first made a minor appearance in two issues of the 2010 miniseries Doomwar, which introduced them as the cream of the crop of T’Challa’s bodyguards.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2022
Early in his career, Hopkins played the central character of Leo Tolstoy's acclaimed piece of world literature in the 1972 TV miniseries, War & Peace.
—Robert English, EW.com, 10 Nov. 2022
The Hawks don’t know how many episodes will be in the first season of the miniseries, produced by its Banner production team— maybe another four or five.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2022
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“Miniseries.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/miniseries. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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