An anthology series presents a different story and often a different cast in each installment, whether as a written series, or on radio, television, film or video game. Some anthology programs, such as Four Star Playhouse, instead kept a permanent troupe of actors who appeared in a different drama each week, and the format has moved between media, as when Studio One expanded from radio to television. In 2011, American Horror Story introduced a season-based variant in which each season rather than each episode tells a standalone story, a model since echoed by American Crime Story and True Detective. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Domain (category)The form spans written, radio, television, film and video game series; television is the primary domain. Concept DomainSerial storytelling across media 1 Connections
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An anthology series is a written series, radio, television, film, or video game series that presents a different story and a different set of characters in each different episode, season, segment, or short.
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