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TV series/serial

 
 
Reply Sun 22 Jan, 2017 09:33 pm
a TV series
a TV serial

What is the difference between the phrases?

Thanks.
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Blickers
 
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Reply Sun 22 Jan, 2017 10:37 pm
@tanguatlay,
Don't know. In the US we call a TV show, whether comedy or drama, which has a different episode every week as being a TV series. I am not familiar with a "TV serial"-that phrase is not used here.
centrox
 
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Reply Mon 23 Jan, 2017 02:09 pm
A serial is a single story broken into episodes, whereas a fictional series contains the same characters throughout, but each episode is a different story.
Non-fictional series are also possible.
dalehileman
 
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Reply Mon 23 Jan, 2017 02:12 pm
@centrox,
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tanguatlay
 
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Reply Mon 23 Jan, 2017 08:50 pm
@centrox,
centrox wrote:

A serial is a single story broken into episodes, whereas a fictional series contains the same characters throughout, but each episode is a different story.
Non-fictional series are also possible.
Thank you.
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tanguatlay
 
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Reply Mon 23 Jan, 2017 08:51 pm
@Blickers,
Blickers wrote:

Don't know. In the US we call a TV show, whether comedy or drama, which has a different episode every week as being a TV series. I am not familiar with a "TV serial"-that phrase is not used here.
Thank you.
izzythepush
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2017 05:58 am
@tanguatlay,
A good rule of thumb is that with a serial, something like 24, it's important that you watch them in the correct order, with a series it's not so important.
tanguatlay
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2017 07:50 am
@izzythepush,
izzythepush wrote:

A good rule of thumb is that with a serial, something like 24, it's important that you watch them in the correct order, with a series it's not so important.
Thanks, izzythepush. Where I live, it is 24/7, which means every day of the week.
izzythepush
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2017 12:34 pm
@tanguatlay,
I'm sorry I should have been clearer. When I said 24 I was referring to this.

http://cdn.movieweb.com/img.news.tops/NE6dG2pxe38I8d_1_a.jpg

The action occurs in one twenty four hour period with 24 hour length episodes (including adverts.)
tanguatlay
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2017 09:29 pm
@izzythepush,
Thanks, izzythepush.
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