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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 (but not always) written for multi-camera episodic television -- think "Seinfeld" and "Friends".

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 TV!

Let's look at our highlighted examples: "Friends," written by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, and Larry David's "Seinfeld." Basically, scenes are grouped together and segmented into "ACTS." Scenes are short and to the point. The end of an "ACT" usually 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).

"ACTS" are numbered and SCENES are lettered. For example: "ACT II, SCENE M." The use of Roman Numerals is common 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.

With the advent of commercial-free streaming services, the teleplay has also evolved.

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Introducing: The New "Teleplay"

Try reading a script written for television back in the 1990s and then compare that to one written specifically for ad-free streamers. "Old-school" formatting 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. Discover our screenplays explainer for a more detailed look at the similarities.

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

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Image of Theo James as Eddie Horniman, Kaya Scodelario as Susie Glass, and Daniel Ings as Freddy Horniman from the Netflix series The Gentlemen. Read the scripts.

The Gentlemen #101 “Refined Aggression” Teleplay

Image of Vedette Lim as Vera Ye in episode 101 of 3 Body Problem. Read the teleplay.

3 Body Problem #101 “Countdown” Teleplay

Image of Louis Hofmann as Werner and Aria Mia Loberti as Marie-Laure, embracing each other after meeting for the first time, from episode 4 of the Netflix series All the Light We Cannot See. Read the teleplay.

All the Light We Cannot See #104 “Episode 4” Teleplay

Image of Aria Mia Loberti as Marie-Laure, sitting in front of a shortwave radio microphone in WWII France, from episode 3 of the Netflix series All the Light We Cannot See. Read the teleplay.

All the Light We Cannot See #103 “Episode 3” Teleplay

Image of Aria Mia Loberti as Marie-Laure, standing in front of a warmly lit but damaged carousel in the middle of a bombed-out city street in WWII Paris, from episode 2 of the Netflix series All the Light We Cannot See. Read the teleplay.

All the Light We Cannot See #102 “Episode 2” Teleplay

Image of Louis Hofmann as Werner, a young Nazi soldier in WWII France, sitting in front of a shortwave radio, from episode 1 of the Netflix series All the Light We Cannot See. Read the teleplay.

All the Light We Cannot See #101 “Episode 1” Teleplay

Image of John Malkovich as Reeves Minot sitting at a Café table in Italy, from the Netflix series Ripley. Read the episode 8 teleplay, Narcissus.

Ripley #108 “VIII – NARCISSUS” Teleplay

Image of Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley looking away from nearby police officers, from the Netflix series Ripley. Read the episode 7 teleplay, Macabre Entertainment.

Ripley #107 “VII – MACABRE ENTERTAINMENT” Teleplay

Image of Dakota Fanning as Marge Sherwood sitting at desk writing a letter, from the Netflix series Ripley. Read the episode 6 teleplay, Some Heavy Instrument.

Ripley #106 “VI – SOME HEAVY INSTRUMENT” Teleplay

Image of Eliot Sumner as Freddie Miles, sitting in a chair holding a glass of whiskey, from the Netflix series Ripley. Read the episode 5 teleplay, Lucio.

Ripley #105 “V – LUCIO” Teleplay

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