ANSWERED: Prime Suspect etc.

What I am also curious about is why Prime Suspect 4 is listed as three separate TV-movies, while all other series of the show are listed as Mini-series with several episodes.

Hi hatoju,

As far as I understand it Prime Suspect and Above Suspicion were separate series therefore are correctly listed. Prime Suspect 4 was actually 3 separate TV movies - Helen Mirren was nominated and won an Emmy for Scent of Darkness http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominations/award-search?search_api_views_fulltext=helen+mirren&submit=Search&field_celebrity_details_field_display_name=&field_show_details_field_nominee_show_nr_title=&field_show_details_field_network=All&field_show_details_field_production_company=All&field_nominations_year=1949-01-01+00%3A00%3A00&field_nominations_year_1=2017-01-01+00%3A00%3A00&field_award_category=All

Regards,
Will

Hi Will,

you know that the Brits often refer to seasons as series, right? Maybe this is were some kind of confusion comes from.

And, while I am aware of Mirren's emmy nomination for the single episode/film "Scent of Darkness", the Emmys haven't always been clear or consistent with their nominations. As a counter example, I could offer Kenneth Branagh's Emmy nomination in 2009 for "Wallander: One Step Behind" (see here: http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominations/award-search?search_api_views_fulltext=kenneth+branagh&submit=Search&field_celebrity_details_field_display_name=&field_show_details_field_nominee_show_nr_title=&field_show_details_field_network=All&field_show_details_field_production_company=All&field_nominations_year=1949-01-01+00%3A00%3A00&field_nominations_year_1=2017-01-01+00%3A00%3A00&field_award_category=All)
This is also a nomination for a single feature-length title, which is listed on imdb as an episode of a series.

Furthermore, I see "Prime Suspect" similar to "Columbo", since it initially aired yearly, with several feature-length episodes (even though Prime Suspect did with two to three episodes each year) until the show only was on sporadically over the latter years. However, Columbo is listed as a series (I remember that the individual episodes were once listed as individual TV movies (which I find better), but there must have been a decision in this regards at one point), while Prime Suspect remains as 8 different entries with one "season" and several episodes. I don't really see a difference that would warrant the different listings.


Above all, Above Suspicion is currently added as TV series with around three episode in each of its seasons rather than "mini-series". This can't be right.

Bumping this, because even though it says SOLVED in the OP, it really isn't. Maybe the OP will come back at one point and edit it?!

Bumping this again, hoping staff will look at this despite the "ANSWERED" in the title, since it isn't answered.

Sorry Sabsi but this is ANSWERED, the titles are listed to correspond with the original release format.

Regards,
Will

Hi Hatoju,

Why are Prime Suspect or Above Suspicion not as one series but as several different series?

Because British contributors to IMDb are trying to submit standard UK TV formats such as Singles, Doubles, Part-Works, Serials and Strands to a database that only allows them to submit titles as TV Series, TV Mini-Series and TV Movies.

Contributors therefore have to make choices as to which format type to try and squeeze a title into.

IMHO I would also question whether Above Suspicion should be entered as a stop-start series of TV series - or whether the Prime Suspect 'model' may be a better fit in this instance.

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