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Teleplays are scripts written for episodic television.

Welcome to the 8FLiX Teleplays Database

Read, study, and download TV teleplays.

8FLiX has hundreds of original TV scripts (called teleplays) inside the database. And it's growing daily.

Our goal is to have the largest, privately-held script database in the world. But it's going to take some work. Imagine having every teleplay ever written available to read, study, and download. Free, and just a few clicks away.

And you can help make that a reality. In fact, you're already helping us! Just by visiting 8flix.com you bring attention to our database. Thank you!

Begin your discovery. Welcome to 8FLiX.

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What We Mean By "Teleplay"

Call it whatever you want, but it's a teleplay.

A teleplay, often referred to in general as a "script," is very similar to a screenplay. The exception being that teleplays are often written for multi-camera episodic television. Like screenplays, the formatting of teleplays is almost always universal and easily understood by performers and crew world-wide.

Let's take a closer look at what you can expect to see inside 8FLiX.

Teleplays: Explained

Like screenplays, but written for tele!

Teleplay scenes are grouped together and segmented into "ACTS." Scenes are short and to-the-point. The end of an "ACT" signifies a major reveal or a cliffhanger in the episode's plot.

There could be 3 or 4 (or more) "ACTS" for a single episode. Plus there's often an "INTRO/Teaser" (a short scene before the opening credits) and an "EXTRO" (a short scene before the end credits).

What's a teleplay.

More about acts and scenes.

Teleplay "ACTS" are numbered and SCENES are lettered. For example: "ACT II, SCENE M." The use of Roman Numerals is not uncommon to indicate "ACTS." Instead of writing "ACT TWO," one could also use "ACT II" (III, IV, V, and so on). Lettered scenes are sequential, beginning with "A". Even with a new "ACT" scenes are always listed successively.

Introducing: The New "Teleplay"

Try reading a script written for television back in the 1990s and then compare that to one written for Netflix. Styling rules for commercial-free teleplays are essentially non-existent. There are no "ACTS", per se, and scenes are longer; looking more like movies than TV shows.

But for now, at least, teleplays for sitcoms, procedurals, and other dramas found on network TV still follow what I call, "traditional formatting."

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Your discovery begins here.

Okay, now that you're up-to-speed, have a look at some of what 8FLiX has available. You can read, download, and study at your leisure. Don't forget, we're always open and our service is provided free of charge.

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Looking For Something Else?

If you can't find what you're looking for here, send us an email. We take requests, too!

If you're looking for a specific movie or TV show/series, please let us know. 8FLiX has more than 10,000 scripts and screenplays. Not all are currently listed here. Eventually, they'll all be available to download (but certainly not in your lifetime). To avoid waiting decades for 8FLiX to add the script that you're looking for, send us an email. You still may have to wait, but it'll be days rather than generations.

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If you can't find what you're looking for here, send us an email.

We literally have over 10,000 movie screenplays and TV scripts; but it takes a long time to post each one online. Shoot us an email, or contact us on our Social Platforms if you're looking for something specific.

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