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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.

Starsky and Hutch

★ 7.0
12K 92 1975–1979
Episodic · Banter chemistry
9/10

The Cuphead Show!

★ 7.4
12K 36 2022–2022
Slapstick · Episodic · Whimsical
9/10

Shark Tank

★ 7.6
12K 380 2009–present
Episodic · Reality competition
9/10

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

★ 7.4
11K 65 2008–2011
Campy · Episodic · Kids & family
9/10

Taz-Mania

★ 6.7
11K 65 1991–1995
Slapstick · Kids & family
9/10

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

★ 5.3
11K 4642 1992–2014
Talk & panel · Long-runner
9/10

Johnny Test

★ 5.5
11K 117 2005–2014
Kids & family · Family-safe
9/10

Matlock

★ 7.2
11K 181 1986–1995
Legal · Procedural · Episodic
9/10

Leave It to Beaver

★ 7.6
11K 236 1957–1963
Wholesome · Family-safe · Sitcom
9/10

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour

★ 8.5
10K 7 1968–1978
Slapstick · Kids & family
9/10

The Outer Limits

★ 8.1
10K 49 1963–1965
Anthology · Episodic · Unsettling
9/10

Gunsmoke

★ 8.1
10K 635 1955–1975
Long-runner · Rural & frontier
9/10

Pingu

★ 7.4
10K 159 1980–2006
Kids & family · Family-safe
9/10

Fantasy Island

★ 6.6
10K 154 1977–1984
Anthology · Episodic
9/10

Goof Troop

★ 6.8
10K 78 1992–1993
Kids & family · Family-safe
9/10

Dirty Jobs

★ 7.7
10K 180 2005–present
Lifestyle reality · Working class
9/10

Laverne & Shirley

★ 7.0
10K 178 1976–1983
Friendship · Sitcom · Episodic
9/10

The Nostalgia Critic

★ 7.5
10K 972 2007–present
Nostalgic · Episodic · Parody
9/10

Teletubbies

★ 3.9
10K 389 1997–2001
Kids & family · Family-safe
9/10

Diagnosis Murder

★ 6.9
10K 178 1993–2001
Procedural · Episodic
9/10

Newhart

★ 7.8
9K 184 1982–1990
Dry humor · Sitcom · Episodic
9/10

Corner Gas

★ 8.4
9K 107 2004–2009
Small town · Dry humor · Episodic
9/10

The Bionic Woman

★ 6.7
9K 58 1976–1978
Episodic · Strong female lead
9/10

Punk'd

★ 5.9
9K 148 2003–2015
Episodic · Cringe comedy
9/10