season premiere
First episode of cycle
The season premiere is the first episode of a television series' new season, typically airing after a months-long hiatus.
Networks promote season premieres heavily, and they often draw larger audiences than regular episodes: I can't wait for the season premiere of that show.
The term also applies to the broadcast event itself: The season premiere is next Thursday.
Serialized content unit
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
- networkInterconnected system
- ratingsEvaluative scores assigned
- viewershipCollective television audience
timeslot · primetime · streaming · simulcast · cable · syndication · Nielsen · audience
Exaggerated promotional fanfare
- buzzContinuous low drone
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
fan theories · predictions · spoilers · teaser · trailer · eagerness · suspense · buildup
Suspenseful unresolved ending
- storylineSequence of fictional events
- arcCurved line segment
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- charactersPersons in a narrative
return · recap · previously on · cold open · hook · revelation · twist · setup
Performers, throw, or splint
- directorOne who leads
- showrunnerTV series creative head
- scriptWritten words for performance
- filmingRecording on camera
set · location · budget · writing room · cinematography · post-production · editing · special effects
episode
Serialized content unit
viewership · timeslot · primetime · streaming · simulcast · cable · syndication · Nielsen · audience · demographic
hype
Exaggerated promotional fanfare
- buzzContinuous low drone
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
speculation · fan theories · predictions · spoilers · teaser · trailer · eagerness · suspense · buildup · fandom
cliffhanger
Suspenseful unresolved ending
characters · return · recap · previously on · cold open · hook · revelation · twist · setup · continuity
cast
Performers, throw, or splint
- directorOne who leads
- showrunnerTV series creative head
- scriptWritten words for performance
filming · set · location · budget · writing room · cinematography · post-production · editing · special effects · costume
- televisionTV, television, broadcast, TV shows, TV series
- broadcast televisionnetworks, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox
- debutsdebut, first show, debut performance, first appearance, launch
- pop culturememe, celebrities, memes, trending, fandoms
- sitcomssitcom, sitcoms, episode, episodic, pilot episode
- TV programmingprimetime, talk shows, game shows, prime time, sitcoms
season premiereseason finale
Concluding episode of broadcast cycle
finale · final episode · series finale · mid-season finale · pilot
season, premiere, seasons, seasonal, seasonally, seasoned, seasoning, unseasonable, preseason