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What (who) is mini-series - definition

TELEVISION PROGRAM THAT TELLS A STORY IN A PREDETERMINED, LIMITED NUMBER OF EPISODES
Mini-series; TV mini-series; Mini series; Television mini-series; Television miniseries; Microseries; Mini-Series; TV miniseries; British TV serial; TV mini series; Television mini series

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(mini-series)
A mini-series is a drama shown on television in two or three parts, usually in one week.
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Miniseries         
A miniseries or mini-series is a television series that tells a story in a predetermined, limited number of episodes. A miniseries can also be referred to and can also be shown as a television film in a limited number of episodes too.
miniseries         
¦ noun (plural same) a television drama shown in a small number of episodes.

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Miniseries

A miniseries or mini-series is a television series that tells a story in a predetermined, limited number of episodes. Many miniseries programs can also be referred to and can also be shown as a television film that is usually shown with only a few limited number of episodes too as well. "Limited series" is another more recent US term which is sometimes used interchangeably. As of 2021, the popularity of miniseries format has increased in both streaming services and broadcast television.

The term "serial" is used in the United Kingdom and in other Commonwealth nations to describe a show that has an ongoing narrative plotline, while "series" is used for a set of episodes in a similar way that "season" is used in North America.

Examples of use of mini-series
1. She won the best actress award for the mini–series Life Support.
2. But dogged persistence has paid off and the mini–series is proving timely.
3. It was quick to dump Mel Gibson‘s proposed Holocaust mini–series after the actor made his infamous anti–semitic remarks.
4. He plans to reduce the 30 hour–long episodes to a mini–series with subtitles aimed at a European market.
5. TV mini–series and co–presenting TV coverage in 1''' of the 200th anniversary of George Washington‘s death.