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This page documents an English Wikipedia naming conventions.

Editors should generally follow it, though exceptions may apply. Substantive edits to this page should reflect consensus. When in doubt, discuss first on this guideline's talk page.

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When disambiguating articles related to television from other similarly named programs, series, movies, books or terms, use the most appropriate method as described below. Remember the disambiguator should only be added if multiple articles would normally have the same name. If the title of the TV program is the most common usage of the phrase, let it be the title of the article for example The Apprentice or Guiding Light.

Television programming

Most TV shows (both broadcast and cable) are typically produced under a single name, with each episode relating to the others in an understandable way. For these, use (TV series).

Examples: Lost (TV series), Survivor (TV series), King of the Hill (TV series)

Other genres

Use these, where appropriate, instead of "TV series".

Game shows use (game show)
Talk shows use (talk show)
Miniseries use (TV miniseries) or (TV serial) according to common usage in the originating country

Non-episodic television

For Made-for-TV movies, use (film)
For all other programs use (TV program) or (TV programme) according to common usage in the originating country

Additional disambiguation

Use the following when there are two or more television productions of the same name.

Prefix the country of broadcast - (US TV series)

(write US without periods as per WP:NCA, and "US" is preferred over "USA".

Prefix the year of release or series debut - (1997 film)
Prefix the network identification - (BBC TV series)
Prefix with "animated" - (animated TV series)

Series in different formats

For articles about series that have been presented in multiple formats such as radio, television, or novelization where a significant portion of the article covers information other than television and disambiguation is needed use (series)

Examples: Beulah (series), Dragnet (series)

Episode articles

Please follow the recommendations at WikiProject Television episodes, notability of fiction and MoS writing about fiction when creating articles about television episodes.

Episode summaries should be combined onto a single page (List of Knight Rider episodes) or organized as a summary by season (The X-Files (season 1), In Bed with Medinner (series 1)). Note that this use of "season" and "series" in the page name depends on the originating region.

Where an article is created about a single episode, add the series name in parentheses if there are other articles by the same name, e.g. Bart the Genius, but The Sting (Futurama).

Articles about television

Articles which relate to general concepts related to television technology, terminology, and industry (but not programming) should use (television).

Examples: Ghost (television), Stripping (television), Revival (television)

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 Episode summaries should be combined onto a single page ([[List of Knight Rider episodes]]) or organized as a summary by season ([[The X-Files (season 1)]], [[In Bed with Medinner (series 1)]]). Note that this use of "season" and "series" in the page name depends on the originating region.
-Where an article is created about a single episode, add the series name in parentheses if there are other articles by the same name, e.g. [[Bart the Genius]], but [[The Sting (Futurama)]]. For [[:Category:Star Trek episodes|Star Trek episodes]], always add the series name.
+Where an article is created about a single episode, add the series name in parentheses if there are other articles by the same name, e.g. [[Bart the Genius]], but [[The Sting (Futurama)]].
 == Articles about television ==