☰
Genres
DramaComedyAnimationActionCrimeAdventureRomanceReality-TV More genres →
Decades
2020s2010s2000s1990s1980s1970s1960s1950s1940s1930s1920s1900s
Tags Search Sign in
Episodic

Episodic TV Series

Self-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.

Ranked by how defining this tag is for each show · 1162 series

10/10 means the show is a defining example. Shows scoring below 7/10 don't make the list.

Filter & sort
Genres

Genres as assigned by IMDb. Selecting several means a show must match all of them.

Decades

By first-air year. Several selections widen the range; a specific year narrows within its decade.

Specific year
Tags

Rating patterns, computed from IMDb episode-rating trajectories. Deliberately strict: only shows with an unmistakable pattern carry one, so expect small numbers.

Rating patterns

Taste tags, judged by our AI taste model. They cover the 5,000 most-rated shows.

Tone & mood
Pacing & structure
Humor style
Themes & subject matter
Characters & perspective
Emotional payoff
Craft & style
Format & audience
Viewing-culture clusters
Intensity & content character
1,162 series Taste tags cover the 5,000 most-rated shows.

Popeye the Sailor

★ 7.1
16K 220 1960–1962
Episodic · Slapstick
10/10

Oggy and the Cockroaches

★ 7.5
6K 517 1997–2018
Slapstick · Episodic
10/10

The Scooby-Doo Show

★ 7.7
5K 40 1976–1978
Episodic · Kids & family
10/10

The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show

★ 7.8
4K 354 1986–2000
Slapstick · Episodic
10/10

The Simpsons

★ 8.6
470K 858 1989–present
Long-runner · Satirical · Episodic
9/10

Seinfeld

★ 8.9
386K 172 1989–1998
Sitcom · Dialogue-driven · Cynical
9/10

Two and a Half Men

★ 7.1
299K 262 2003–2015
Sitcom · Episodic · Easy watching
9/10

Mr. Bean

★ 8.6
152K 15 1990–1995
Slapstick · Family-safe · Episodic
9/10

SpongeBob SquarePants

★ 8.2
126K 355 1999–present
Slapstick · Whimsical · Absurdist
9/10

Married... with Children

★ 8.1
118K 263 1987–1997
Sitcom · Episodic · Working class
9/10

The Twilight Zone

★ 9.0
109K 156 1959–1964
Anthology · Episodic
9/10

Star Trek

★ 8.4
101K 80 1966–1969
Space & sci-fi · Episodic
9/10

The King of Queens

★ 7.4
95K 207 1998–2007
Sitcom · Working class · Episodic
9/10

Everybody Loves Raymond

★ 7.3
83K 210 1996–2005
Sitcom · Episodic · Easy watching
9/10

Poker Face

★ 7.7
69K 22 2023–2025
Procedural · Detective mystery
9/10

Phineas and Ferb

★ 8.1
68K 151 2007–present
Whimsical · Kids & family
9/10

CSI: Miami

★ 6.5
65K 232 2002–2012
Procedural · Episodic
9/10

Black Books

★ 8.4
65K 18 2000–2004
Dry humor · Sitcom · British TV
9/10

Dexter's Laboratory

★ 7.8
58K 80 1996–2003
Kids & family · Episodic
9/10

MythBusters

★ 8.3
57K 300 2003–2018
Nature & science · Episodic
9/10

The Fairly OddParents

★ 7.2
52K 159 2001–2017
Whimsical · Kids & family
9/10

Impractical Jokers

★ 8.5
52K 332 2011–present
Friendship · Episodic
9/10

Law & Order

★ 7.8
51K 550 1990–present
Procedural · Legal · Long-runner
9/10

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

★ 8.5
49K 220 1998–2007
Game & quiz show
9/10