ongoing series
Still being made
An ongoing series is a sequence of related works—television episodes, books, comics, or other media—that continues to produce new installments without a predetermined endpoint.
Unlike a limited series or miniseries, an ongoing series runs indefinitely until cancelled or concluded by its creators: The comic has been an ongoing series since 1963.
The term distinguishes works with continuing narratives from self-contained or finite productions.
- episodicOccurring in distinct segments
- continuingGoing on without stopping
- to be continuedPromise of future episodes
- sagaExtended heroic narrative
- sequelContinuation of prior work
installment · story arc · season · season finale · recurring · storyline · unfolding · marathon · episode guide · binge · cliffhanger · narrative · chapters · franchise · weekly · running · plotline · spinoff
- comicscomic books, comic book, comic strip, comic art, comic panel
- book seriestrilogy, duology, tetralogy, pentalogy, saga
- visual storytellingcomic strip, comic book, graphic novel, manga, picture book
- comic book termspanels, speech bubbles, thought bubbles, gutters, splash page
- serialsserials, periodicals, magazines, journals, newsletters
ongoing seriesone-shot
Occurring just once
miniseries · limited series · feature film · anthology · standalone
ongoing, series, going, goes, goer, goers, outgoing, serial, serialize