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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.

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1,162 series Taste tags cover the 5,000 most-rated shows.

Midnight Diner

★ 8.6
4K 30 2009–2014
Food & cooking · Vignette style
9/10

Have Gun - Will Travel

★ 8.4
4K 225 1957–1963
Episodic · Rural & frontier
9/10

Postman Pat

★ 6.4
4K 190 1981–2017
Kids & family · Family-safe · Cozy
9/10

Dragnet 1967

★ 7.7
4K 98 1967–1970
Procedural · Episodic
9/10

The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo

★ 7.3
4K 13 1985–1985
Kids & family · Family-safe
9/10

Perman

★ 5.8
4K 526 1983–1985
Anime · Kids & family · Episodic
9/10

How It Should Have Ended

★ 8.2
4K 323 2005–present
Parody · Ironic & meta · Episodic
9/10

Wheeler Dealers

★ 8.2
4K 291 2003–present
Episodic · Easy watching
9/10

The Cramp Twins

★ 6.1
4K 52 2001–2005
Episodic · Kids & family
9/10

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

★ 8.1
4K 65 2015–present
British TV · Episodic
9/10

That Girl

★ 7.3
4K 137 1966–1971
Sitcom · Episodic · Wholesome
9/10

Kino's Journey

★ 8.3
4K 14 2003–2003
Philosophical · Episodic
9/10

Hey Dude

★ 7.2
4K 65 1989–1991
Kids & family · Family-safe
9/10

F Troop

★ 7.4
4K 65 1965–1967
Sitcom · Episodic · Slapstick
9/10

Max & Ruby

★ 6.2
4K 129 2002–2021
Kids & family · Family-safe
9/10

Run BTS!

★ 9.2
4K 170 2015–present
Feel-good · Episodic
9/10

McHale's Navy

★ 7.4
4K 138 1962–1966
Episodic · Easy watching · Sitcom
9/10

Daily Lives of High School Boys

★ 7.7
4K 18 2012–2012
Vignette style · School & campus
9/10

Ca$h Cab

★ 7.1
4K 458 2005–2020
Game & quiz show · Episodic
9/10

Barnaby Jones

★ 6.9
4K 178 1973–1980
Procedural · Episodic
9/10

Jake and the Fatman

★ 6.4
4K 103 1987–1992
Procedural · Episodic
9/10

Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends

★ 8.5
4K 17 1998–2000
Docuseries · Episodic
9/10

The Lucy Show

★ 7.2
4K 156 1962–1968
Sitcom · Slapstick · Family-safe
9/10

Riptide

★ 6.8
4K 56 1984–1986
Episodic · Easy watching
9/10