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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 television 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 television 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 (television series).

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

Other genres

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

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

Non-episodic television

• For Made-for-TV movies, use (film)
• For all other programs use (television program) or (television 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 television 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 television series)
• Prefix with "animated" - (animated television 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 (24 (season 3), In Bed with Medinner (series 1)). Note that this use of "season" and "series" in the page name depends on the originating region.

For an article created about a single episode, add the series name in parentheses only if there are other articles by the same name:

• Bart the Genius (no other article with that name exists)
• The Sting (Futurama) (to differentiate the episode article from the 1973 film of the same name)

Where an episode title is the same as a character or object from the series which has its own page, disambiguate further using the word "episode":

• Serenity (Firefly episode)
• Serenity (Firefly vessel)
• Serenity (film)

Editors are encouraged to create extra redirects to help with internal linking and avoid creation of duplicate articles. For example, for the Lost episode All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues, one could create the following redirects:

• All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues (Lost)
• All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues (Lost episode).

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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