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A television program (U.S.), television programme (UK), or television show (U.S./UK) is something that people watch on television. It may be a one-off broadcast or, more usually, part of a periodically recurring television series. A television series that
is intended to be broadcast a finite number of episodes is usually called a miniseries or serial (although the latter term also has other meanings). North Americans call a short run lasting less than a year a season; People of the United Kingdom and the
Republic of Ireland call this a series. This season or series usually consists of 6-26 installments in the USA, but in the UK there is no defined length. U.S. industry practice tends to favor longer seasons than those of some other countries. A
single instance of a program is called an episode, although particularly in the USA this is sometimes also called a "show", and in the UK a "programme" or "program" (USA). A one-off broadcast may, again particularly in the USA and USA-influenced
countries, be called a "special", or particularly in the UK a "special episode". A television movie or in the UK a television film ("made-for-TV" movie) is a film that is initially broadcast on television rather than being released in cinemas or
direct-to-video, although many successful television movies are later released on DVD.
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