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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.

Rawhide

★ 7.9
5K 217 1959–1965
Rural & frontier · Period piece
8/10

Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre

★ 6.1
5K 12 2023–2023
Unsettling · Anthology
8/10

Sister Boniface Mysteries

★ 7.1
5K 38 2022–present
Cozy · Procedural
8/10

Dragon Tales

★ 6.5
5K 95 1999–2005
Kids & family · Family-safe
8/10

Mater's Tall Tales

★ 6.8
5K 11 2008–2012
Kids & family · Family-safe
8/10

Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron

★ 8.4
5K 27 1993–1995
Adrenaline · Episodic · Fast-paced
8/10

Republic of Doyle

★ 7.6
5K 78 2010–2014
Witty banter · Episodic
8/10

The Bullwinkle Show

★ 7.8
5K 163 1959–1963
Parody · Satirical · Absurdist
8/10

Super Friends

★ 7.2
5K 93 1973–1985
Kids & family · Family-safe
8/10

Fear Itself

★ 6.9
5K 13 2008–2009
Anthology · Monster horror
8/10

Kid vs. Kat

★ 6.2
5K 52 2008–2011
Kids & family · Slapstick
8/10

Back at the Barnyard

★ 5.8
5K 52 2007–2011
Kids & family · Family-safe
8/10

My Three Sons

★ 7.1
5K 380 1960–1972
Sitcom · Family-safe · Wholesome
8/10

Hope & Faith

★ 5.5
5K 74 2003–2006
Sitcom · Family-safe · Episodic
8/10

History 101

★ 6.9
5K 20 2020–2022
Real history · Docuseries
8/10

Sofia the First

★ 6.9
5K 110 2012–2018
Kids & family · Family-safe
8/10

All Creatures Great & Small

★ 8.4
5K 90 1978–1990
Cozy · Wholesome · British TV
8/10

Zorro

★ 8.2
5K 82 1957–1959
Kids & family · Period piece
8/10

Maya

★ 6.7
5K 104 1975–1980
Kids & family · Family-safe
8/10

Crazy, Confused, Normal

★ 8.5
5K 309 2007–2021
Long-runner · Sitcom
8/10

The Lost World

★ 7.1
5K 66 1999–2002
Episodic · Campy · Easy watching
8/10

The Backyardigans

★ 7.2
5K 82 2004–2013
Kids & family · Whimsical
8/10

Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi

★ 6.1
5K 39 2004–2006
Kids & family · Whimsical
8/10

Wishbone

★ 8.3
5K 50 1995–1998
Kids & family · Family-safe
8/10