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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.

Suddenly Susan

★ 5.9
4K 93 1996–2000
Sitcom · Workplace · Episodic
7/10

Haunted

★ 4.7
4K 18 2018–present
Anthology · Supernatural
7/10

Property Brothers

★ 7.1
4K 188 2011–2019
Lifestyle reality · Family-safe
7/10

The Croods: Family Tree

★ 6.8
4K 52 2021–2023
Kids & family · Family-safe
7/10

Sex, Explained

★ 6.9
4K 5 2020–2020
Docuseries · Episodic
7/10

Dalziel and Pascoe

★ 7.5
4K 61 1996–2007
Detective mystery · British TV
7/10

Brandy & Mr. Whiskers

★ 6.4
4K 77 2004–2007
Kids & family · Whimsical
7/10

Fixer Upper

★ 8.1
4K 80 2013–2018
Lifestyle reality · Feel-good
7/10

The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange

★ 2.1
4K 62 2012–2014
Kids & family · Slapstick
7/10

True Jackson, VP

★ 6.0
4K 56 2008–2011
Kids & family · Family-safe
7/10

Mystic Pop-up Bar

★ 7.9
4K 12 2020–2020
K-drama · Supernatural · Whimsical
7/10

Star Trek: Short Treks

★ 7.1
4K 10 2018–2020
Anthology · Space & sci-fi
7/10

Webster

★ 5.8
4K 150 1983–1989
Sitcom · Family-safe
7/10

Power Rangers Ninja Storm

★ 6.5
4K 38 2003–2004
Kids & family · Family-safe
7/10

The Great Indoors

★ 6.2
4K 22 2016–2017
Sitcom · Workplace · Easy watching
7/10

The Virginian

★ 7.6
4K 249 1962–1971
Rural & frontier · Long-runner
7/10

Silk Stalkings

★ 6.6
4K 176 1991–1999
Sexually explicit · Procedural
7/10

So Weird

★ 8.3
4K 65 1999–2001
Supernatural · Kids & family
7/10

It's Bruno!

★ 7.4
4K 8 2019–2019
Lo-fi charm · Warm humor
7/10

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

★ 7.5
4K 52 1980–1981
Kids & family · Family-safe
7/10

Combat!

★ 8.4
4K 152 1962–1967
War & military · Gritty
7/10

Bitange i princeze

★ 8.5
4K 108 2005–2010
Sitcom · Banter chemistry
7/10

Olacak O Kadar

★ 8.5
4K 11 1986–2010
Sketch & variety · Satirical
7/10

The Life and Times of Juniper Lee

★ 6.5
4K 40 2005–2007
Kids & family · Urban fantasy
7/10