The long tail
Mini-Series and TV Movie make up just 10.5% of everything we track, combined.
Format Breakdown
2,266
shows
8 in 10 are TV series
TV series include linear (over air, like ABC, NBC, CTV) and streaming (like Netflix).
-
TV Show
1,773 · 78.2%
-
Web Series
254 · 11.2%
-
Mini-Series
169 · 7.5%
-
TV Movie
70 · 3.1%
Format Mix by Decade
Before 1980s
86%
TV Show
- TV Show 36 · 85.7%
- TV Movie 5 · 11.9%
- Mini-Series 1 · 2.4%
42 shows
1980s
84%
TV Show
- TV Show 47 · 83.9%
- TV Movie 7 · 12.5%
- Mini-Series 2 · 3.6%
56 shows
1990s
87%
TV Show
- TV Show 128 · 86.5%
- Mini-Series 10 · 6.8%
- TV Movie 10 · 6.8%
148 shows
2000s
85%
TV Show
- TV Show 277 · 85%
- TV Movie 19 · 5.8%
- Mini-Series 15 · 4.6%
- Web Series 15 · 4.6%
326 shows
2010s
74%
TV Show
- TV Show 825 · 73.5%
- Web Series 224 · 20%
- Mini-Series 61 · 5.4%
- TV Movie 12 · 1.1%
1,122 shows
2020s
80%
TV Show
- TV Show 460 · 80.4%
- Mini-Series 80 · 14%
- TV Movie 17 · 3%
- Web Series 15 · 2.6%
572 shows
Statistics are updated daily.