Does " the series' attempt" mean " the series of attempt"?

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The numbers of scientists who question Darwinism is a minority, but it is growing fast. This is happening in the face of fierce attempts to intimidate and suppress legitimate dissent. Young scientists are threatened with deprivation of tenure. Others have seen a consistent pattern of answering scientific arguments with ad hominem attacks. In particular, the series' attempt to stigmatize all critics--including scientists--as religious "creationists" is an excellent example of viewpoint discrimination.[31]

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In the series' attempt the apostrophe after the final s is a possessive apostrophe; so - the attempt of (or by) the [TV] series ["Evolution"] to stigmatize all critics.

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@Tes yeux noirs,

I knew the function of apostrophe, but unsure of what are "series".
Thank you.

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You do not know what a television series is?

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@Tes yeux noirs,

Tes yeux noirs wrote:

You do not know what a television series is?

I know. But I do not know for absolutely certain that the series usually refer to TV series. Do you learn a second language in addition to your native tongue? If you do, you would know where the problem is.

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You do know for certain that it is a TV series in this case, because that is explicitly mentioned in the very text that you quoted from:

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Meyer alleges that those who oppose Darwinism are persecuted by the scientific community and prevented from publishing their views. In 2001, he signed the statement A Scientific Dissent from Darwinism, coinciding with the launch of the PBS TV series Evolution, saying in part:

The numbers of scientists who question Darwinism is a minority, but it is growing fast. This is happening in the face of fierce attempts to intimidate and suppress legitimate dissent. Young scientists are threatened with deprivation of tenure. Others have seen a consistent pattern of answering scientific arguments with ad hominem attacks. In particular, the series' attempt to stigmatize all critics--including scientists--as religious "creationists" is an excellent example of viewpoint discrimination.

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Does " the series' attempt" mean " the series of attempt"?

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