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Most shows have titles for each episode, but there's also internal episode code numbers. These are codes given to each episode to help identify them, and usually match the broadcast order unless the episodes are for whatever reason (usually Executive Meddling) shuffled around.
There are three main ways to code episodes:
Sequential Numbering: The first episode is given the code "#1" and the numbers increment from there. This is the standard way to number long-running programs that don't have episode titles, such as Game Shows.
Seasonal Numbering: The code is a number that's a bit like hotel room numbers - the last two digits are the episode number, while the first one or two digits are the season number. So "#421" would be the 21st episode of Season 4. This can also be written as "4x21", "4.21", "4-21", or "S04E21".note That last one is what we like to use in our Recap articles.
Weird Numbering: The episode codes here are a jumble of alphanumerics. Internally, this probably is useful for something, but only the die-hard fans will bother to learn the code. Casual fans will probably apply one of the above codes to the episodes.
Pilot episodes usually aren't given a code, although some have a "season 1" code with an out-of-sequence episode number like 00, 99 or 79 (a strange yet surprisingly common number for pilots). Pilots with no code may be retroactively labeled "episode 0" for the sake of consistency.
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The 1980s $25,000 Pyramid skipped over episode numbers any time the program was preempted. For example, the November 29, 1982 show is labeled #0051, but was really the 49th overall episode.
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Not a unique phenomenon, as many programs have a two-hour opener or finale. In the case of Heroes, the opening credits even named the two episodes separately and billed the credits as such.
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The nighttime version of The Gong Show used seasonal numbering, with the first episode labeled "101".
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The 1978-79 syndicated run of You Don't Say! appears to have used seasonal numbering (for example, "#1075" being the 75th episode of Season 1).
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Whammy used seasonal numbering, with "1001" being the first episode of Season 1 and "2065" being the finale.
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Syndicated Barry-Enright games from about 1977 onward identified each episode in a season by a letter-number code. For example, "A-001" is the premiere (first episode of Season 1) and "F-025" is the 25th show of Season 6 (and in the case of Tic-Tac-Dough, its 1,000th episode, during which host Wink Martindale was given the slate).
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Sesame Street used sequential numbering for its first 42 seasons, switching to seasonal numbering in Season 44 (both schemes result in identical code numbers for episodes 4301–4327, which is Season 43).
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Shows like The Daily Show or The Colbert Report have sequential episode numbers, because episodes don't have titles, and seasons aren't as important to this kind of show. Due to the news-esque nature of the shows, it's more convenient to just refer to episodes by their airdates.
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Split Second (1972) used "SPS". The June 27, 1975 finale was #115-SPS-75.
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The current run of Family Feud uses seasonal numbering, with three digits prefaced by the last two digits of the first calendar year of that season (for example, "#99-001" is the premiere).
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For the current run of The Price Is Right, the daytime show originally used a "D" designation corresponding to the week number and day of that week — for example, #1412D was the Tuesday show of the 141st week (aired May 13, 1975). Once the show reached Week #1000, rather than expand the counter they switched the "D" to "K" and went from #9995D (aired May 24, 1996) to #0011K (aired May 27, 1996), skipping a week. Bob Barker's last show (June 15, 2007), #4035K, would be #14025D under the old numbering. After #9993K (aired November 23, 2022), the letter switched from "K" to "L" starting with #0011L (December 5, 2022).
This was done mainly to distinguish the daytime show from the nighttime run, which debuted at the same time and used sequential codes ending in "N" — #195N, for example, was the Season 5 finale and Dennis James' last show. 39 episodes were produced during each season of Dennis' tenure (1972-77), which was dropped to 35 for each of Bob Barker's three seasons (1977-80).
The second nighttime run, hosted by Tom Kennedy, used a four-digit counter like the daytime show with "N" at the front - for example, #N0335 (taped February 26, 1986) was the Friday show of the 33rd week and 165th overall. The show ran a total of 170 episodes.
The third nighttime run, hosted by Doug Davidson, also used a four-digit counter but was otherwise done the same as the 1972-80 nighttime counter.
The first five daytime episodes used a second production number that prefaced the normal "D" — "#0101-X", with "X" referring to the taping order from 1-5 (the first week's tapings went #0011D, #0013D, #0014D, #0012D, #0015D). There's no way to tell how this system would've continued, as the next taping (#0022D) didn't have an alternate code, but a logical conclusion may be that "#0101-X" could've also been written as "S01W01EX".
Oddly, three daytime "weeks" in Seasons 1-2 had no episodes produced for them at all: 042 (June 18-22, 1973), 054 (September 10-14, 1973), and 076 (February 11-15, 1974). CBS aired other programming during those weeks.
There were also several times an entire episode had to be scrapped and replaced (including #0101-2, above). One of these resulted in the episode number (1513K, which would've aired September 27, 2000) being changed to 1513X.
Nighttime specials also used different codes. The first six specials (1986) used "P", the 25th-Anniversary Special (1996) used "S", the 30th-Anniversary Special (2002) used "LV", and all specials afterward use "SP". The "P" and "SP" shows used a three-digit counter, while the anniversary specials used a four-digit one.
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Shows up to the 1969-70 season used a four-digit code where the first two indicated the series and season (often the second digit remained constant and the first one incremented each season) and the last two were the episode number. For example, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis began with 34xx in 1959-60, then 44xx in 1960-61, 54xx in 1961-62 and 64xx in 1962-63, while Daniel Boone began with 74xx in 1964-65, then 84xx in 1965-66, 94xx in 1966-67, 14xx in 1967-68, 30xx in 1968-69 and 50xx in 1969-70.
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While it's not certain what system was in place for the Lifetime era, the Family Channel version of Shop 'Til You Drop used seasonal numbering: "1xx" for the 1996-97 season, "2xx" for the 1997-98 season. The PAX revival used three-digit sequential numbering for Season 7 (001, 002, etc.), switching to seasonal numbering for at least Seasons 8-9 (for example, "#8100" was the 100th episode of the 2001-02 season and the last show before the overhaul, while "#9084" was the 84th episode of the 2003-04 season, the first year with the overhaul).
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In 1990-91 the code was standardized, with the number corresponding to the calendar year starting with 7 in 1990-91 and going from 9 in 1992-93 to 1 in 1993-94, and the letter corresponding to a series, such as "F" for The Simpsons note (there was a run of four episodes produced separately during the seventh season [3Fxx] and aired during the eighth and ninth seasons which received 3Gxx codes), "X" for (what else?) The X-Files, "S" for Space: Above and Beyond and "E" for King of the Hill.
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The 1970s syndicated Let's Make a Deal used sequential numbering with "/S" afterward.
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For some reason, Archer is sometimes aired out of order on FX, which results in some minor continuity errors. For example, in season-1-episode-3 "Diversity Hire" Cyril calls Cheryl "Carina", even though she only changes her name to that in season-1-episode-4 "Killing Utne". Another error is when Bilbo dies in season-4-episode-8 "Coyote Lovely", but his death is mentioned season-4-episode-6 "Once Bitten". The only way to get absolutely perfect continuity of the show is to watch it according to its episode codes, listed here.
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The syndicated revival of What's My Line? (1968-75) labeled each episode as #0076, followed by another four-digit code. "#0076" was an in-house number at CBS and Goodson-Todman that was used to identify the series. The latter set of digits denoted the week number and the episode of that week, in the same method as the current version of The Price Is Right. For example, #0076-0073 (taped August 20, 1968) was the Wednesday show of the 7th overall week (33rd episode overall), while #0076-1025 (taped November 5, 1970)◊ was the Friday show of the 102nd overall week and the 510th overall episode.
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The nighttime version of The Newlywed Game used "NEW/D". For instance, #20-NEW/D-69 was the May 17, 1969 show.
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At least Password CBS, Password Plus, and Super Password used sequential numbering, while Million-Dollar Password used seasonal numbering (for example, "106" was the sixth and final episode of Season 1).
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Blankety Blanks used "BKB", as did Barry-Enright's Break the Bank.
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The Star Trek franchise has had a few interesting variations to their sequential numbering:
Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Discovery have all started their episode counts from 101 (although TNG and Voyager used production code 721 for their respective Pilot Movies, reserving the 101/102 codes for when they're aired as standard-length two-part episodes in repeats). Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, being produced concurrently with TNG and Voyager, started its episode count from 401 (but also used 721 for its Pilot Movie).
TNG also used a non-sequential episode code, 747, for its Grand Finale, though the two halves of the episode, when aired separately, retain the sequential codes 277 and 278. The other series simply used their sequential numbers for their finales, as well as mid-series TV Movies.
Star Trek: The Original Series numbered its episodes sequentially from "The Cage", episode 01, even though it never aired as a standalone episode during the original run (only airing in 1988 as a lead-in to TNG's second season). But because most of the footage from "The Cage" was incorporated into the two-part episode "The Menagerie", that two-parter (which only had one episode's worth of new material) was given the episode codes 16A and 16B.
Star Trek: The Animated Series skipped episode production number 12, for reasons unknown.
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Press Your Luck used a four-digit sequential counter with leading zeroes (for example, #0188 was the Michael Larson game, taped May 19, 1984).
Whammy used seasonal numbering, with "1001" being the first episode of Season 1 and "2065" being the finale.
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Starting with the 1970-71 season, the first two digits became a hyphenated letter-number prefix, which was seemingly assigned at random for each production season of each series: for example, the episode code for M*A*S*H goes J-3xx, K-4xx, B-3xx, G-5xx, U-8xx, Y-1xx, T-4xx, S-6xx, Z-4xx, 1-Gxx, 9-Bxx through its ten-season run. In 1981-82 the prefix became number-letter (as can be seen in the M*A*S*H example) and by the mid-1980s the hyphen was dropped. The Simpsons debuted in that era with the famous 7Gxx code, which inspired the name of Sector 7G of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.
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Lexx had episode numbers that are one season off. The pilot films are numbered 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, and 4.0, like the version numbers for computer software. The first "full season" (Mantrid) was numbered onscreen as 2.xx, the second one (Fire and Water) is numbered 3.xx, and the third one (Little Blue Planet) has 4.xx numbers.
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Lost numbered its episodes hour by hour, such that a two-hour season finale is considered internally to be two episodes. As a result, "The Variable" was promoted as the 100th episode when in fact it was actually the 96th episode and the 100th hour.
On the DVD commentaries, the pilot is not counted toward the total; "Tabula Rasa" is referred to as the first episode, so by this logic "The Variable" should've been #95.
Not a unique phenomenon, as many programs have a two-hour opener or finale. In the case of Heroes, the opening credits even named the two episodes separately and billed the credits as such.
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Square One TV uses seasonal numbering across all seasons.
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The KTMA season of Mystery Science Theater 3000 is assigned "KXX" codes, such as K07 note (Gamera vs. Zigra). These episodes are identified as "Season Zero" to differentiate them from the national run of the series on Comedy Central and Syfy.
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Star Trek: The Original Series numbered its episodes sequentially from "The Cage", episode 01, even though it never aired as a standalone episode during the original run (only airing in 1988 as a lead-in to TNG's second season). But because most of the footage from "The Cage" was incorporated into the two-part episode "The Menagerie", that two-parter (which only had one episode's worth of new material) was given the episode codes 16A and 16B.
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The syndicated Sale of the Century with Jim Perry (1985-86) used the same episode counter as syndicated Wheel (#S-1, etc.). The concurrent daytime version on NBC (1983-89) used a conventional labeling system. Both were sequential.
The 2007-08 American Temptation used sequential numbering, with three digits prefaced by "1GT".
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The Big Showdown used "SWD". For example, #38-SWD-75 was the episode where Jim slips on the stairs during his entrance (commonly known as "The Big Falldown").
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The Season 4 premiere of Teen Titans is actually titled "Episode 257-494", its production number. As a gag, Control Freak's prisoner number is shown in a mugshot as 257-325, the production number of his first appearance.
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The Amazing World of Gumball uses "GB", the season number, and the episode number in production codes; for example, "GB233" (The Finale) and "GB301" (The Kids). Those rarely match the broadcast order, although the latter episode does.
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Wheel of Fortune has had a few.
The original NBC daytime run used a sequential counter, though GSN's Merv Griffin tribute marathon schedule in 2007 listed a code of "NTD1-3686" for Pat Sajak's last show (January 9, 1989).
When the daytime show moved to CBS in 1989, it got a new episode counter that had three digits prefaced by "C". The 1991 return to NBC reset the counter and replaced "C" with "DT". Both were sequential, though.
The syndicated version uses a four-digit counter prefaced by "S-", though it's not known to have used leading zeroes (the first episode is simply "#S-1"). Assuming they continue with 195 shows per season, they won't need a five-digit counter until late 2034.
At least one of the not-for-broadcast Lottery Experience Games in 2012 (taped between Seasons 29 and 30) used "MDI".
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Match Game had a couple of different styles:
The CBS daytime era used sequential numbering with four digits — for example, #0086 (taped October 13, 1973), #0158 (taped February 15, 1974), and #1416 (taped January 28, 1979).
The 1979-82 daily syndicated run used "YY-WW-D" — the first year of the current season, the week that was being taped, and the day of the week. For example, "79-01-1" was the Monday show of the first week of the 1979-80 season (the premiere) and "81-35-5" was the Friday show of the 35th week of the 1981-82 season (the finale).
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Episodes of Nickelodeon's Double Dare were numbered sequentially by the number and by a letter. The letter seemed to indicate the taping session number. For example, #001A was Express Vs. High Flyers (VTR: September 18, 1986), #118DD was Daredevils Vs. M.C.'s (VTR: February 16, 1987), and #136HH was Fish Heads Vs. Schizophrenics (VTR: February 20, 1987; last taping date of the second weekday Season). Weekday Season 1 had 18 taping sessions, 16 for weekday Season 2. For the Syndicated run in 1988, the count was reset back to #001A. An "S" was also added to indicate that this was the Syndicated version, so for example, #S012C is Wiz Kids Vs. Wrecking Two. The Fox and Nickelodeon runs of Family were numbered seasonally. For example, #340J (VTR: July 24, 1992) was the Tournament of Champions, the series finale. It's unclear which style of numbering both the 1987 and 1989 runs of Super Sloppy used.
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The syndicated Concentration hosted by Jack Narz used a "week number, day of the week" system much like Price (see below). The 1987-1991 run used sequential numbering.
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According to the BBC, the current run of Doctor Who is not the same as the old run, thus the Tenth Doctor ended his tenure in "Doctor Who (2005) Series 4".
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Mythbusters, due to the number of special episodes that may or may not be part of a series, has seen fans using several different and contradictory schemes. Of course, Mythbusters is unusually well-suited for "the one with..." designations, so many fans simply name the episode by its primary myth.
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TNG also used a non-sequential episode code, 747, for its Grand Finale, though the two halves of the episode, when aired separately, retain the sequential codes 277 and 278. The other series simply used their sequential numbers for their finales, as well as mid-series TV Movies.
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The Better Sex used "BSX". For example, the Grand Finale was #136-BSX-77 (taped December 10, 1977).
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Star Trek: The Animated Series skipped episode production number 12, for reasons unknown.
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While not the official codes, Pokémon: The Series episodes are among the fandom generally assigned a two-letter prefix (EP, AG, DP, BW, XY, SM, JN, HZ, or SS) followed by a three-digit episode number. "EP038", for example, is the 38th episode of the original series ("Electric Soldier Porygon"). "AG049" refers to the 49th episode of the Advanced Generation series, and so on. "DP" refers to the Diamond & Pearl series, "BW" to the Black & White series, "XY" to the XY series, "SM" to Sun & Moon series, "JN" to Journeys series, "HZ" to Horizons series, and "SS" to the "side-story" episodes occasionally shown on Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting Station or Pokémon Sunday, dubbed under the Pokémon Chronicles banner or as individual specials. The movies are designated with an M followed by a two-digit number ("M01" being...well, The First Movie), and a small handful of episodes do not have codes as a result of being aired Out of Order. Bulbapedia has this pretty much standardized and refers to them as epicodes.
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The 2007-08 American Temptation used sequential numbering, with three digits prefaced by "1GT".
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3-2-1 Contact displayed episode numbers in the intro, using the seasonal numbering method.
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Interview with the Vampire (2022): The Episode Title Cards feature sequential numbering: Episode 1, Episode 2, etc.
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The Electric Company (1971) uses sequential numbering for the first 4 seasons. Seasonal numbering is present in Seasons 5 and 6, with season 5 having an "A" suffix and season 6 with a "B" suffix.
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Baffle, Blockbusters, Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak, Gambit, Go, The Hollywood Squares (at least the original daytime and syndicated runs), and It's Anybody's Guess used sequential numbering. Double Dare (CBS), Give-n-Take, Pass the Buck, and Tattle Tales (at least the original CBS run) all used four-digit sequential counters with leading zeroes.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Discovery have all started their episode counts from 101 (although TNG and Voyager used production code 721 for their respective Pilot Movies, reserving the 101/102 codes for when they're aired as standard-length two-part episodes in repeats). Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, being produced concurrently with TNG and Voyager, started its episode count from 401 (but also used 721 for its Pilot Movie).
TNG also used a non-sequential episode code, 747, for its Grand Finale, though the two halves of the episode, when aired separately, retain the sequential codes 277 and 278. The other series simply used their sequential numbers for their finales, as well as mid-series TV Movies.
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