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In television and radio programming, a serial has a continuing plot that unfolds in a sequential episode-by-episode fashion. Serials typically follow main story arcs that span entire television seasons or even the full run of the series, which distinguishes them from traditional episodic television that relies on more stand-alone episodes. Worldwide, the soap opera is the most prominent form of serial dramatic programming. Serials rely on keeping the full nature of the story hidden and revealing elements episode by episode to keep viewers tuning in to learn more. Often these shows employ recapping segments at the beginning and cliffhangers at the end of each episode. Such shows also place a demand on viewers to tune into every episode to follow the plot. The invention of recording devices (such as VCRs, Digital video recorder (DVR) and TiVo) has made following these type of shows easier, which has resulted in increased success and popularity. Prior to the advent of DVRs, television networks shunned serials in prime time as they made broadcast programming reruns more difficult and television producers shunned them because they were tougher to go into broadcast syndication years down the road. Serials contrast with episodic television, with plots relying on a more independent stand-alone format. Procedural drama television programs are commonly episodic.〔 In British television, "serial" is also synonymous with the American term "miniseries"a short-run series with one title and plot. The conclusion of the serial is sometimes the end of the television program as a whole, but not necessarily, as sequel serials will sometimes be made. ==Terminology== The term "serial" refers to the intrinsic property of a seriesnamely its order. In literature, the term is used as a noun to refer to a format (within a genre) by which a story is told in contiguous (typically chronological) installments in sequential issues of a single periodical publication. More generally, "serial" is applied in library and information science to materials "in any medium issued under the same title in a succession of discrete parts, usually numbered (or dated) and appearing at regular or irregular intervals with no predetermined conclusion."〔Reitz, Joan M. (2004). (''Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science'' ). Retrieved March 15, 2006〕 The term has been used for a radio or television production with a continuously evolving, unified plot and set of characters, spread over multiple episodes. In the United States, daytime soap operas have long had a serial structure. Television mini-series also commonly come in a serial form. Starting in the mid-1970s, series with soap opera-like stories began to be aired in prime time (e.g. ''Dallas'', ''Dynasty''). In the 1990s, shows like ''The X-Files'' and ''The Sopranos'' began to use a more serial structure, and now there are a much wider range of shows in serial form.〔Jason Mittell. 2015. Complex TV: The Poetics of Contemporary Television Storytelling. NYU Press. ISBN 9780814769607〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Serial (radio and television)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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