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ELI5: Why do they call it a season of television in the US but call it a series in Britain?
gpt
Network TV in the USA has a pretty regimented schedule, running from fall to spring, with around 23 episodes per program, year after year.  With this sort of regularity, it makes sense to call it a season.

In the UK, programming is more irregular.  *Sherlock*, for example, only did three episodes a year, once every two years.   There is nothing really seasonal about that, so series is a better term.