miniseries
noun
mini·se·ries
ˈmi-nē-ˌsir-(ˌ)ēz 
: a television production of a story presented in sequential episodes
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Toni Collette and Merritt Wever lead this miniseries based on a 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning story about the hunt for a serial rapist.
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Jihane Bousfiha, Men's Health, 20 Jan. 2023
On a grimmer note, this five-episode miniseries starts at the outbreak of World War I and goes through Dublin's violent Easter Rising of 1916.
—Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 13 Jan. 2023
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.
—Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 12 Jan. 2023
Based on the popular podcast of the same name, this miniseries shows how he was finally taken down.
—Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 1 Jan. 2023
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Jihane Bousfiha, Men's Health, 20 Jan. 2023
On a grimmer note, this five-episode miniseries starts at the outbreak of World War I and goes through Dublin's violent Easter Rising of 1916.
—Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 13 Jan. 2023
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.
—Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 12 Jan. 2023
Based on the popular podcast of the same name, this miniseries shows how he was finally taken down.
—Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 1 Jan. 2023
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“Miniseries.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/miniseries. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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