tv shows that means "a series within a series"?

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Jun 20, 2022 at 8:10	answer	added	Braeden		timeline score: 0
May 28, 2022 at 17:19	comment	added	Lambie		I can't even understand the question.
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Apr 29, 2022 at 16:33	comment	added	jsw29		If there is a term for this, it is a technical term of the industry, so you are more likely to get a useful response on the Movies & TV Stack Exchange.
Apr 28, 2022 at 18:02	comment	added	Stuart F		It's not clear what you want: arc or story arc seems to fit. Maybe if you think about what unifies the episodes. You might talk about all the episodes within a story/plot, which would be an arc, but you could talk about all the episodes with an actor or character (someone mentioned all the Dr Who episodes with a certain Doctor), or set in one place. Or you could choose episodes spaced along a run that aren't contiguous (all the Ethan Rayne in Buffy or appearances of Q in Star Trek or bottle episodes or IDK).
Apr 28, 2022 at 17:02	comment	added	garnerstan		I really don't think there is a good word for this and that's why they're inevitably given fan names or names related to the content/director/actors.
Apr 28, 2022 at 17:00	comment	added	Lambie		The Marvel franchise or the Bond franchise. But series within a series doesn't exist, afaik.
Apr 28, 2022 at 16:53	answer	added	The Photon		timeline score: 1
Apr 28, 2022 at 13:17	comment	added	Jim		@MarcInManhattan - Yes. I agree with your definition of universe. And I think it fits for the container of the series you’re asking about.
Apr 28, 2022 at 7:38	comment	added	Xanne		What’s wrong with subseries?
Apr 28, 2022 at 7:33	comment	added	Lawrence		Why did you reject “arc”? It sounds perfect for what you’ve described. “Season” is another term, but that’s tied more closely to a period of filming than to the content. Likewise “run”.
Apr 28, 2022 at 7:28	comment	added	Lawrence		Are you looking for something like all the Doctor Who episodes involving a particular Doctor?
Apr 28, 2022 at 7:07	history	edited	David	CC BY-SA 4.0	A title is a title. We don't need to know that the question has the detail
Apr 28, 2022 at 7:04	answer	added	Joachim		timeline score: -1
Apr 28, 2022 at 6:55	comment	added	Joachim		It's strange that you can't name an example of what it is you're looking for. Can you point out where your semi-examples deviate from the intended meaning?
Apr 28, 2022 at 6:02	comment	added	MarcInManhattan		@Jim I've always understood "universe" to mean the fictional world within which the action takes place. Various movies, comic books, TV shows, webisodes, etc. can take place within the same universe.
Apr 28, 2022 at 3:45	comment	added	Jim		Maybe you’re looking for the wrong thing. Maybe it’s called a series and what you don’t know is the word for the larger encompassing structure- not a series. Marvel calls it a universe. Another series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Apr 28, 2022 at 3:01	comment	added	Damila		When a new TV show is formed in the same universe- say a supporting character or even a minor character becomes the main character in a new show- it’s called a spinoff. But that is not within the same series. It becomes two shows. All in the Family and The Jeffersons for example.
Apr 28, 2022 at 1:30	history	asked	RexxiA	CC BY-SA 4.0

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