radio serial
Episodic audio program
A radio serial is a dramatic program broadcast in sequential episodes over radio, popular from the 1920s through the 1950s before television became dominant.
Serials ranged from daytime soap operas to evening adventure stories, with audiences tuning in regularly to follow ongoing narratives: My grandmother never missed an episode of her favorite radio serial.
- audio dramaScripted performance for listening
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
- cliffhangersUnresolved dramatic conclusions
- dramatic pauseIntentional silence for emphasis
- chapter oneOpening portion of text
scriptwriting · wartime propaganda · tuning in · science fiction · western · broadcast · historical drama · sound engineering · fan clubs · romance · horror · serialized fiction · studio recording · family saga · adventure · comedy · streaming audio · Dick Tracy
- dramaTV drama, acting, television drama, drama school, playwright
- radiocrystal set, AM, FM, news broadcast, AM/FM
- radio dramaaudio drama, The Green Hornet, Jack Benny, Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon
- serialsperiodicals, magazines, journals, newsletters, bulletins
- serialepisode, installment, sequel, prequel, season
- TV seriessitcom, soap opera, miniseries, pilot episode, season finale
radio serialtelevision series
Serialized broadcast entertainment program
TV drama · visual media · silent film · streaming series · television broadcast
radio serialstandalone episode
Self-contained series entry
feature film · miniseries · one-shot · anthology · one-act play
radio serialstreaming series
Netflix original · web series · podcast series · digital media
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