miniseries
noun
mini·se·ries
ˈmi-nē-ˌsir-(ˌ)ēz 
: a television production of a story presented in sequential episodes
Examples of miniseries in a Sentence
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Netflix made both a prequel and sequel miniseries called Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp and Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later, respectively.
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Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 12 Jan. 2023
The Midnight Angels first made a minor appearance in two issues of the 2010 miniseries Doomwar, which introduced them as the cream of the crop of T’Challa’s bodyguards.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2022
Early in his career, Hopkins played the central character of Leo Tolstoy's acclaimed piece of world literature in the 1972 TV miniseries, War & Peace.
—Robert English, EW.com, 10 Nov. 2022
The Hawks don’t know how many episodes will be in the first season of the miniseries, produced by its Banner production team— maybe another four or five.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2022
The movie is based on a 2009 British miniseries (Unforgiven), and Bullock also served as a producer here, as well.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 19 Oct. 2022
Toni Collette and Merritt Wever lead this miniseries based on a 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning story about the hunt for a serial rapist.
—Jihane Bousfiha, Men's Health, 20 Jan. 2023
On a grimmer note, this five-episode miniseries starts at the outbreak of World War I and goes through Dublin's violent Easter Rising of 1916.
—Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 13 Jan. 2023
Based on the popular podcast of the same name, this miniseries shows how he was finally taken down.
—Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 1 Jan. 2023
Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 12 Jan. 2023
The Midnight Angels first made a minor appearance in two issues of the 2010 miniseries Doomwar, which introduced them as the cream of the crop of T’Challa’s bodyguards.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2022
Early in his career, Hopkins played the central character of Leo Tolstoy's acclaimed piece of world literature in the 1972 TV miniseries, War & Peace.
—Robert English, EW.com, 10 Nov. 2022
The Hawks don’t know how many episodes will be in the first season of the miniseries, produced by its Banner production team— maybe another four or five.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2022
The movie is based on a 2009 British miniseries (Unforgiven), and Bullock also served as a producer here, as well.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 19 Oct. 2022
Toni Collette and Merritt Wever lead this miniseries based on a 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning story about the hunt for a serial rapist.
—Jihane Bousfiha, Men's Health, 20 Jan. 2023
On a grimmer note, this five-episode miniseries starts at the outbreak of World War I and goes through Dublin's violent Easter Rising of 1916.
—Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 13 Jan. 2023
Based on the popular podcast of the same name, this miniseries shows how he was finally taken down.
—Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 1 Jan. 2023
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“Miniseries.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/miniseries. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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