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miniseries

miniseries

24 3.4
A short series on TV, radio, or online that tells a complete story in a few episodes
  • noun
  • /ˈmɪnɪˌsɪriz/
: miniserie
  • The documentary miniseries provided an in-depth look at climate change over six thought-provoking parts.
  • miniseries or special
  • miniseries or movie
  • miniseries actress

And that is nothing compared to AMC's new Hillary miniseries Running Radham.

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Examples

  • I went to Boston University and majored in acting and I got cast in a Korean miniseries from New York.

    GQ
  • I binge-watched a gripping miniseries that explored the lives of characters during the Great Depression.

  • It's an animated miniseries on Cartoon Network.

  • And then that gets turned into a Netflix series, miniseries by Sarah Polley.

  • Yeah, that's, I mean, one of the best miniseries I've seen in years.

  • And an incredible writer, journalist, author, Thomas Page Mcbee, who I met doing a miniseries called Tales of the City.

  • I hope that this little miniseries has clarified communal narcissism for you.

  • He was born in La Spezia, Italy and made his television debut starring as David Copperfield in the TV miniseries Made by Rai.

  • The new historical miniseries tells the story of a famous battle in just four episodes.

How Long

soap opera
90 2.3
series
623 2.3
serial
14 3.4
miniseries
24 3.4
special
209 2.3

Surface Forms

miniseries singular
miniseries plural

Morphology

miniseries = series (transparent) = mini + series + mini

The prefix 'mini-' productively indicates a smaller or shorter version of a 'series', so the meaning 'short series' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Miniseries combines mini 'small' and series 'a set' of things, so think of it as a 'mini' TV story in just a few parts. That's why a miniseries is a short group of episodes that tells a complete story.