TVSeries

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CreativeWorkSeries dedicated to TV broadcast and associated online delivery.

Usage: Between 1000 and 10,000 domains
PropertyExpected TypeDescription
Properties from TVSeries
actor Person An actor, e.g. in tv, radio, movie, video games etc., or in an event. Actors can be associated with individual items or with a series, episode, clip. Supersedes actors.
containsSeason CreativeWorkSeason A season that is part of the media series. Supersedes season.
countryOfOrigin Country The country of the principal offices of the production company or individual responsible for the movie or program.
director Person A director of e.g. tv, radio, movie, video gaming etc. content, or of an event. Directors can be associated with individual items or with a series, episode, clip. Supersedes directors.
episode Episode An episode of a tv, radio or game media within a series or season. Supersedes episodes.
musicBy MusicGroup  or
Person 
The composer of the soundtrack.
numberOfEpisodes Integer The number of episodes in this season or series.
numberOfSeasons Integer The number of seasons in this series.
productionCompany Organization The production company or studio responsible for the item e.g. series, video game, episode etc.
trailer VideoObject The trailer of a movie or tv/radio series, season, episode, etc.
Properties from CreativeWorkSeries
endDate Date  or
DateTime 
The end date and time of the item (in ISO 8601 date format).
startDate Date  or
DateTime 
The start date and time of the item (in ISO 8601 date format).
Properties from CreativeWork
audience Audience An intended audience, i.e. a group for whom something was created. Supersedes serviceAudience.
encoding MediaObject A media object that encodes this CreativeWork. This property is a synonym for associatedMedia. Supersedes encodings.
hasPart CreativeWork Indicates a CreativeWork that is (in some sense) a part of this CreativeWork.
Inverse property: isPartOf.
isPartOf CreativeWork Indicates a CreativeWork that this CreativeWork is (in some sense) part of.
Inverse property: hasPart.
learningResourceType Text The predominant type or kind characterizing the learning resource. For example, 'presentation', 'handout'.
Properties from Thing
additionalType URL An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. In RDFa syntax, it is better to use the native RDFa syntax - the 'typeof' attribute - for multiple types. Schema.org tools may have only weaker understanding of extra types, in particular those defined externally.
alternateName Text An alias for the item.
description Text A description of the item.
disambiguatingDescription Text A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation.
image ImageObject  or
URL 
An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
mainEntityOfPage CreativeWork  or
URL 
Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details.
Inverse property: mainEntity.
name Text The name of the item.
potentialAction Action Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
sameAs URL URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Freebase page, or official website.
url URL URL of the item.

Available properties in extensions



Examples

Example 1
Grey's Anatomy is a medical drama television series created by Shonda Rimes
Starring:
Justin Chambers
Jessica Capshaw
Season 1 - May 22, 2005
Season 2 - May 14, 2006
<div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/TVSeries">
 <span itemprop="name">Greys Anatomy</span> is a medical drama television series created by
 <div  itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">
   <span itemprop="name">Shonda Rimes</span>
 </div>
 Starring:
 <div itemprop="actor" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">
   <span itemprop="name">Justin Chambers</span>
 </div>
 <div itemprop="actor" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">
   <span itemprop="name">Jessica Capshaw</span>
 </div>
 <div itemprop="containsSeason" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/TVSeason">
   <span itemprop="name">Season 1</span> -
   <meta itemprop="numberOfEpisodes" content="14"/>
   <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2005-05-22">May 22, 2005
 </div>
 <div itemprop="containsSeason" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/TVSeason">
   <span itemprop="name">Season 2</span> -
   <meta itemprop="numberOfEpisodes" content="27"/>
   <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2006-05-14">May 14, 2006
   <div itemprop="episode" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/TVEpisode">
     <span itemprop="name">Episode 1</span> -
     <meta itemprop="episodeNumber" content="1"/>
   </div>
 </div>
</div>
<div vocab="http://schema.org/" typeof="TVSeries">
 <span property="name">Greys Anatomy</span> is a medical drama television series created by
 <div  property="author" typeof="Person">
   <span property="name">Shonda Rimes</span>
 </div>
 Starring:
 <div property="actor" typeof="Person">
   <span property="name">Justin Chambers</span>
 </div>
 <div property="actor" typeof="Person">
   <span property="name">Jessica Capshaw</span>
 </div>
 <div property="containsSeason" typeof="TVSeason">
   <span property="name">Season 1</span> -
   <meta property="numberOfEpisodes" content="14"/>
   <meta property="datePublished" content="2005-05-22">May 22, 2005
 </div>
 <div property="containsSeason" typeof="TVSeason">
   <span property="name">Season 2</span> -
   <meta property="numberOfEpisodes" content="27"/>
   <meta property="datePublished" content="2006-05-14">May 14, 2006
   <div property="episode" typeof="TVEpisode">
     <span property="name">Episode 1</span> -
     <meta property="episodeNumber" content="1"/>
   </div>
 </div>
</div>
<script type="application/ld+json">
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  "@context": "http://schema.org",
  "@type": "TVSeries",
  "actor": [
    {
      "@type": "Person",
      "name": "Justin Chambers"
    },
    {
      "@type": "Person",
      "name": "Jessica Capshaw"
    }
  ],
  "author": {
    "@type": "Person",
    "name": "Shonda Rimes"
  },
  "name": "Greys Anatomy",
  "containsSeason": [
    {
      "@type": "TVSeason",
      "datePublished": "2005-05-22",
      "name": "Season 1",
      "numberOfEpisodes": "14"
    },
    {
      "@type": "TVSeason",
      "datePublished": "2006-05-14",
      "episode": {
        "@type": "TVEpisode",
        "episodeNumber": "1",
        "name": "Episode 1"
      },
      "name": "Season 2",
      "numberOfEpisodes": "27"
    }
  ]
}
</script>
Example 2
<div>
 <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006q2x0">Doctor Who</a>,
 <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rs69w">Series 5</a>,
 <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sj9sq">The Hungry Earth</a>, episode 8,
 broadcast on BBC One at 18:15, 22nd of May 2010, available on
 <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/b00sj9sq">BBC iPlayer</a> from 19:45
 on the 2nd of June until the 9th.
</div>
<div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/TVSeries">
  <a itemprop="url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006q2x0">
   <span itemprop="name">Doctor Who</span></a>,
  <div itemprop="containsSeason" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/TVSeason">
    <a itemprop="url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rs69w">
     <span itemprop="name">Series 5</span></a>,
    <div itemprop="episode" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/TVEpisode">
      <a itemprop="url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sj9sq">
       <span itemprop="name">The Hungry Earth</span></a>,
      episode <span itemprop="position">8</span>, broadcast on
      <div itemprop="publication" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BroadcastEvent">
        <div itemprop="publishedOn" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BroadcastService">
          <a itemprop="url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone"><span itemprop="name">BBC One</span></a>
        </div> at
        <span itemprop="startDate"
          content="2010-05-22T18:15:00+01:00">18:15, 22nd of May 2010</span>
      </div>,
      available on
      <div itemprop="video" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/VideoObject">
        <a itemprop="url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00sj9sq">BBC iPlayer</a>
      </div> from
      <div itemprop="publication" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/OnDemandEvent">
        <span itemprop="startDate"
         content="2012-06-02T19:45:00+01:00">19:45 on the 2nd of June</span> until the
        <span itemprop="endDate" content="2012-06-09T19:44:00+01:00">9th</span>.
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
<div vocab="http://schema.org/" typeof="TVSeries">
  <a property="url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006q2x0">
   <span property="name">Doctor Who</span></a>,
  <div property="containsSeason" typeof="TVSeason">
    <a property="url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rs69w">
     <span property="name">Series 5</span></a>,
    <div property="episode" typeof="TVEpisode">
      <a property="url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sj9sq">
       <span property="name">The Hungry Earth</span></a>,
      episode <span property="position">8</span>, broadcast on
      <div property="publication" typeof="BroadcastEvent">
        <div property="publishedOn" typeof="BroadcastService">
          <a property="url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone"><span property="name">BBC One</span></a>
        </div> at
        <span property="startDate"
          content="2010-05-22T18:15:00+01:00">18:15, 22nd of May 2010</span>
      </div>,
      available on
      <div property="video" typeof="VideoObject">
        <a property="url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00sj9sq">BBC iPlayer</a>
      </div> from
      <div property="publication" typeof="OnDemandEvent">
        <span property="startDate"
         content="2012-06-02T19:45:00+01:00">19:45 on the 2nd of June</span> until the
        <span property="endDate" content="2012-06-09T19:44:00+01:00">9th</span>.
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
<script type="application/ld+json">
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  "@type": "TVSeries",
  "containsSeason": {
    "@type": "TVSeason",
    "episode": {
      "@type": "TVEpisode",
      "position": "8",
      "publication": [
        {
          "@type": "BroadcastEvent",
          "publishedOn": {
            "@type": "BroadcastService",
            "url": "http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone"
          },
          "startDate": "18:15, 22nd of May 2010"
        },
        {
          "@type": "OnDemandEvent",
          "endDate": "9th",
          "startDate": "19:45 on the 2nd of June"
        }
      ],
      "url": "http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sj9sq",
      "video": {
        "@type": "VideoObject",
        "url": "http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00sj9sq"
      }
    },
    "url": "http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rs69w"
  },
  "url": "http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006q2x0"
}
</script>

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