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{{Episode table}} easily adds a standard header row to episode tables for television series, with up to 13 different columns, and optionally set the widths of these columns, and includes the {{Episode list}} template in the "episode" parameter. Cells are included by declaring the specific variable in one of two ways: |title= includes the "Title" cell with no set width, and |title=30 includes the "Title" cell with a width of 30%.

For pages using a manually created table, either convert them to use this template, or tag them with {{Convert to Episode table}}, which will place the pages in Category:Articles lacking Episode table templates (1,779).

Usage

Parameters
{{Episode table \|caption = TEXT \|background = COLOR \|total_width = WIDTH \|overall = WIDTH \|overall2 = WIDTH \|series = WIDTH \|season = WIDTH \|title = WIDTH \|aux1 = WIDTH \|director = WIDTH \|writer = WIDTH \|aux2 = WIDTH \|aux3 = WIDTH \|airdate = WIDTH \|altdate = WIDTH \|prodcode = WIDTH \|viewers = WIDTH \|aux4 = WIDTH \|country = COUNTRY \|viewers_type = TEXT \|overallT = TEXT \|seriesT = TEXT \|seasonT = TEXT \|titleT = TEXT \|aux1T = TEXT \|directorT = TEXT \|writerT = TEXT \|aux2T = TEXT \|aux3T = TEXT \|airdateT = TEXT \|altdateT = TEXT \|prodcodeT = TEXT \|viewersT = TEXT \|aux4T = TEXT \|overallR = REFERENCE \|seriesR = REFERENCE \|seasonR = REFERENCE \|titleR = REFERENCE \|aux1R = REFERENCE \|directorR = REFERENCE \|writerR = REFERENCE \|aux2R = REFERENCE \|aux3R = REFERENCE \|airdateR = REFERENCE \|altdateR = REFERENCE \|prodcodeR = REFERENCE \|viewersR = REFERENCE \|aux4R = REFERENCE \|episodes = EPISODE LISTS/PART ROWS \|dontclose = BOOLEAN }}

Parameters

{{Episode table
|caption      = TEXT
|background   = COLOR

|total_width  = WIDTH
|overall      = WIDTH
|overall2     = WIDTH
|series       = WIDTH
|season       = WIDTH
|title        = WIDTH
|aux1         = WIDTH
|director     = WIDTH
|writer       = WIDTH
|aux2         = WIDTH
|aux3         = WIDTH
|airdate      = WIDTH
|altdate      = WIDTH
|prodcode     = WIDTH
|viewers      = WIDTH
|aux4         = WIDTH
|country      = COUNTRY
|viewers_type = TEXT

|overallT     = TEXT
|seriesT      = TEXT
|seasonT      = TEXT
|titleT       = TEXT
|aux1T        = TEXT
|directorT    = TEXT
|writerT      = TEXT
|aux2T        = TEXT
|aux3T        = TEXT
|airdateT     = TEXT
|altdateT     = TEXT
|prodcodeT    = TEXT
|viewersT     = TEXT
|aux4T        = TEXT

|overallR     = REFERENCE
|seriesR      = REFERENCE
|seasonR      = REFERENCE
|titleR       = REFERENCE
|aux1R        = REFERENCE
|directorR    = REFERENCE
|writerR      = REFERENCE
|aux2R        = REFERENCE
|aux3R        = REFERENCE
|airdateR     = REFERENCE
|altdateR     = REFERENCE
|prodcodeR    = REFERENCE
|viewersR     = REFERENCE
|aux4R        = REFERENCE

|episodes     = EPISODE LISTS/PART ROWS
|dontclose    = BOOLEAN
}}

Examples

Standard columns

{{Episode table|caption=This is a caption|background=#B40000 |overall=5 |season=5 |title=17 |director=11 |writer=37 |airdate=10 |prodcode=6 |viewers=9 |country=U.S.}}

This is a caption
No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)

All columns

{{Episode table |overall= |season= |title= |aux1= |director= |writer= |aux2= |aux3= |airdate= |altdate= |prodcode= |viewers= |aux4= |country= |aux1T=Aux1 |aux2T=Aux2 |aux3T=Aux3 |aux4T=Aux4 |altdateT=AltDate}}

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Aux1	Directed by	Written by	Aux2	Aux3	Original release date	AltDate	Prod. code	Viewers (millions)	Aux4

With Episode list template

Code
{{Episode table \|background = #005F6C \|overall = 6 \|series = 6 \|title = 20 \|director = 14 \|writer = 15 \|airdate = 16 \|prodcode = 8 \|viewers = 9 \|aux4 = 6 \|country = UK \|overallT = Story \|seriesT = Episode \|aux4T = AI \|aux4R = {{Dummy reference}} \|dontclose = y}} {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber = 203 \|EpisodeNumber2 = 1 \|Title = [[The Eleventh Hour (Doctor Who)\|The Eleventh Hour]] \|DirectedBy = Adam Smith \|WrittenBy = [[Steven Moffat]] \|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2010\|4\|3\|df=y}} \|ProdCode = 1.1 \|Viewers = 10.09 \|Aux4 = 86 \|LineColor = 005F6C }} {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber = 204 \|EpisodeNumber2 = 2 \|Title = [[The Beast Below]] \|DirectedBy = [[Andrew Gunn (director)\|Andrew Gunn]] \|WrittenBy = Steven Moffat \|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2010\|4\|10\|df=y}} \|ProdCode = 1.2 \|Viewers = 8.42 \|Aux4 = 86 \|LineColor = 005F6C }} {{End\|html=y\|Episode table}}

Code

{{Episode table |background = #005F6C |overall = 6 |series = 6 |title = 20 |director = 14 |writer = 15 |airdate = 16 |prodcode = 8 |viewers = 9 |aux4 = 6 |country = UK |overallT = Story |seriesT = Episode |aux4T = AI |aux4R = {{Dummy reference}} |dontclose = y}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 203
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1
 |Title = [[The Eleventh Hour (Doctor Who)|The Eleventh Hour]]
 |DirectedBy = Adam Smith
 |WrittenBy = [[Steven Moffat]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|4|3|df=y}}
 |ProdCode = 1.1
 |Viewers = 10.09
 |Aux4 = 86
 |LineColor = 005F6C
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 204
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2
 |Title = [[The Beast Below]]
 |DirectedBy = [[Andrew Gunn (director)|Andrew Gunn]]
 |WrittenBy = Steven Moffat
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|4|10|df=y}}
 |ProdCode = 1.2
 |Viewers = 8.42
 |Aux4 = 86
 |LineColor = 005F6C
}}
{{End|html=y|Episode table}}

Story	Episode	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions)	AI ^[1]
203	1	"The Eleventh Hour"	Adam Smith	Steven Moffat	3 April 2010 (2010-04-03)	1.1	10.09	86
204	2	"The Beast Below"	Andrew Gunn	Steven Moffat	10 April 2010 (2010-04-10)	1.2	8.42	86

Parted seasons

For seasons which have been split into parts, use {{Episode table/part}}, as per the examples below. The part row has a HTML ID attribute applied to it, equal to the text displayed; i.e. the ID attributes of the following examples will be "Part 1" and "Athelstan's Journal".

There are multiple available parameters for the parted template:

|act=1 gives Act 1
|chapter=1 gives Chapter 1
|part=1 gives Part 1
|volume=1 gives Volume 1
|week=1 gives Week 1

The use of a subtitle is used through |subtitle=Subtitle Name, and can be used by itself or combined with any of the previous parameters. (Italics in the subtitle are to be inserted manually.) For example:

|chapter=1|subtitle=Crossover gives Chapter 1: Crossover
|subtitle=''Crossover'' gives Crossover

Examples

{{Episode table/part|c=#183E54|part=1}}

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
Part 1

{{Episode table/part|c=#061453|subtitle=''Athelstan's Journal''}}

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Length (minutes)
Athelstan's Journal

Parameters

Each cell parameter has an alias to match the parameters used in {{Episode list}}. In the Cell Inclusion & Widths rows, the original parameter is listed, followed by its episode-list alias. This means that this:

{{Episode table |background=#B40000 |overall=5 |season=5 |title=17 |director=11 |writer=37 |airdate=10 |prodcode=6 |viewers=9 |country=U.S.}}

will produce exactly the same as this:

{{Episode table |background=#B40000 |EpisodeNumber=5 |EpisodeNumber2=5 |Title=17 |DirectedBy=11 |WrittenBy=37 |OriginalAirDate=10 |ProdCode=6 |Viewers=9 |country=U.S.}}

Template parameters
Parameter			Description	Type	Status
Table caption		caption	A caption should be provided that describes in general the content of the table. By default, the caption uses {{Screen reader-only}} to not be visually displayed in a browser, but still be present and voiced by a screen reader for accessibility. To make the caption visible, use `\|show_caption=y`. e.g. `NCIS season 11 episodes`	Wikitext	Required for accessibility
Background color		background	The background color of the header row. If no color is specified, the background defaults to #CCCCFF. Format: #595959	String	Optional
Total width		total_width	Table width defaults to 100%. For tables that are less than 100%, set this field as necessary, with or without a percentage sign. Set to "auto" or blank to remove the set width and allow the table to display naturally. Format: 75	Number	Optional
Anchor		anchor	In {{Episode list}}, `\|EpisodeNumber=` is a number representing the episode's order in the series. For example, the first episode would be `1`. When defined, the specified number also generates a link anchor, prefixed by `ep`; for example, `[[List of episodes#ep1]]`; see more at Template:Episode list § EpisodeNumber. In the case of multiple tables with the same anchored episode number, the anchor can be made unique with the `\|anchor=` parameter in the call of {{Episode table}}. For example, if `\|anchor=` in this template is set to `\|anchor=Minisodes`, then the anchor will be `[[List of episodes#Minisodesep1]]`. Note that the `\|anchor=` parameter has no effect if the `\|episodes=` parameter is absent.	Wikitext	Optional
Cell Inclusion & Widths^[a]	Overall Number	overall EpisodeNumber	The inclusion (and optionally the width) of the "No." / "No. overall" cell. Use `\|forceoverall=y` to force this column to display "No. overall" when `season`/`series` is not set. Change the "overall" term by using `\|overall_type=`) Format: 10 / <blank>	Number	Optional
	Season	season EpisodeNumber2	The inclusion (and optionally the width) of the "No. in season" cell. (Inclusion will set "No." cell to "No. overall" if overallT is unset. Change the "season" term by using `\|season_type=`) Format: 10 / <blank> Note: "series" and "season" cannot be included in the same table.	Number	Optional
	Series	series EpisodeNumber2Series	The inclusion (and optionally the width) of the "No. in series" cell. (Inclusion will set "No." cell to "No. overall" if overallT is unset. Change the "series" term by using `\|series_type=`) Format: 10 / <blank> Note: "series" and "season" cannot be included in the same table.	Number	Optional
	Title	title Title	The inclusion (and optionally the width) of the "Title" cell. Format: 10 / <blank>	Number	Optional
	Aux1	aux1 Aux1	The inclusion (and optionally the width) of the "Aux1" cell. Format: 10 / <blank>	Number	Optional
	Director	director DirectedBy	The inclusion (and optionally the width) of the "Directed by" cell. Format: 10 / <blank>	Number	Optional
	Writer	writer WrittenBy	The inclusion (and optionally the width) of the "Written by" cell. Format: 10 / <blank>	Number	Optional
	Aux2	aux2 Aux2	The inclusion (and optionally the width) of the "Aux2" cell. Format: 10 / <blank>	Number	Optional
	Aux3	aux3 Aux3	The inclusion (and optionally the width) of the "Aux3" cell. Format: 10 / <blank>	Number	Optional
	Air/Release Date	airdate OriginalAirDate	The inclusion (and optionally the width) of the "Original release date" cell. Format: 10 / <blank>	Number	Optional
	Alternative Air/Release Date	altdate AltDate	The inclusion (and optionally the width) of the "Alternative Release Date" cell. Format: 10 / <blank>	Number	Optional
	Production Code	prodcode ProdCode	The inclusion (and optionally the width) of the "Production code" cell. Format: 10 / <blank>	Number	Optional
	Viewers	viewers Viewers	The inclusion (and optionally the width) of the "Viewers" cell. Format: 10 / <blank>	Number	Optional
	Aux4	aux4 Aux4	The inclusion (and optionally the width) of the "Aux4" cell. Format: 10 / <blank>	Number	Optional
Content	Country	country	The series' originating country; displayed before "viewers". (Exclusion capitalized "Viewers"; inclusion un-capitalizes "viewers".) Format: U.S.	String	Optional / Unrequired when viewers is not set
	Viewers type	viewers_type	The numeric format that viewers are grouped within the episode table. Set to "millions" by default. Including the parameter but leaving it blank will disclude the bracketed format. Format: thousands	String	Optional
	Variable Content	{variable}T	Custom content of any cell (e.g. overallT, titleT). Format: Any string	String	Optional / Required when aux{1-4} and altdate set
	Reference	{variable}R	Reference for any cell (e.g. overallR, titleR). If Wikipedia's link colours are not WCAG 2 AAA Compliant with the background colour, {{Episode table/ref}} is used to provide the reference with a compliant background colour. Format: Reference	Reference	Optional
	Episodes	episodes	An infinite number of consecutive episode rows. Format: {{Episode list}} or {{Episode table/part}}	Template	Required when using {{Episode list}}
	Don't Close	dontclose	Set this parameter to "y" to be able to close the initial wikicode declaration of the episode table, but to be able to continue displaying the separate episode rows after the header but outside of the initial declaration. Particularly useful for when the individual rows have to be transcluded outside of the article and thus must be outside of a template, or in articles with lots of templates that would otherwise exceed the post-expand include size limit. To close the initial declaration, `{{End\|html=y\|Episode table}}` must be used.	Text	Optional

↑ These variables can be included but not set to a value, e.g. |title=, which will include the cell but not set a width to it.

TemplateData

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Template parameters
This template has custom formatting.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Background	`background`	no description	Line	optional
Total width	`total_width`	no description	Number	optional
Show caption	`show_caption`	no description Auto value `y`	Boolean	optional
Caption	`caption`	no description	String	optional
overall	`overall` `EpisodeNumber`	Displaying and width of "No. overall".	Number	optional
(Force overall)	`forceoverall`	Replaces "No." with "No. overall" when "series" or "season" is not set, also activates "overall_type" in such cases. Auto value `1`	Boolean	optional
(Overall type)	`overall_type`	Replaces "overall" in "No. overall". Use "overallT" to replace header completely.	Line	optional
overall2	`overall2` `*`	Displaying and width of additional 2nd column for overall numbers, without headline by default.	Number	optional
season	`season` `EpisodeNumber2`	Displaying and width of "No. in season".	Number	optional
(Season type)	`season_type`	Replaces "season" in "No. in season". Use "seasonT" to replace header completely.	Line	optional
series	`series` `EpisodeNumber2Series`	Displaying and width of "No. in series".	Number	optional
(Series type)	`series_type`	Replaces "series" in "No. in series". Use "seriesT" to replace header completely.	Line	optional
title	`title` `Title`	Displaying and width of "Title".	Number	optional
aux1	`aux1` `Aux1`	Displaying and width of the 1st additional column.	Number	optional
director	`director` `DirectedBy`	Displaying and width of "Directed by".	Number	optional
writer	`writer` `WrittenBy`	Displaying and width of "Written by".	Number	optional
aux2	`aux2` `Aux2`	Displaying and width of the 2nd additional column.	Number	optional
aux3	`aux3` `Aux3`	Displaying and width of the 3rd additional column.	Number	optional
airdate	`airdate` `OriginalAirDate`	Displaying and width of "Original release date".	Number	optional
altdate	`altdate` `AltDate`	Displaying and width of AltDate.	Number	optional
guests	`guests` `Guests`	Guest(s) Example Displaying and width of "Guest(s)".	Number	optional
musicalguests	`musicalguests` `MusicalGuests`	Musical/entertainment guest(s) Example Displaying and width of "Musical/entertainment guest(s)".	Number	optional
prodcode	`prodcode` `ProdCode`	Displaying and width of "Prod. code".	Number	optional
viewers	`viewers` `Viewers`	Displaying and width of "Viewers".	Number	optional
(Country)	`country`	Specifying the country for viewers	String	optional
(Viewers type)	`viewers_type`	Replaces "millions"	Line	optional
aux4	`aux4` `Aux4`	Displaying and width of the 4th additional column.	Number	optional
[text] overall	`overallT` `EpisodeNumberT`	no description	String	optional
[text] overall2	`overall2T` `*T`	no description	String	optional
[text] season	`seasonT` `EpisodeNumber2T`	no description	String	optional
[text] series	`seriesT` `EpisodeNumber2SeriesT`	no description	String	optional
[text] title	`titleT` `TitleT`	no description	String	optional
[text] aux1	`aux1T` `Aux1T`	no description	String	optional
[text] director	`directorT` `DirectedByT`	no description	String	optional
[text] writer	`writerT` `WrittenByT`	no description	String	optional
[text] aux2	`aux2T` `Aux2T`	no description	String	optional
[text] aux3	`aux3T` `Aux3T`	no description	String	optional
[text] airdate	`airdateT` `OriginalAirDateT`	no description	String	optional
[text] altdate	`altdateT` `AltDateT`	no description	String	optional
[text] guests	`guestsT` `GuestsT`	no description	String	optional
[text] musicalguests	`musicalguestsT` `MusicalGuestsT`	no description	String	optional
[text] prodcode	`prodcodeT` `ProdCodeT`	no description	String	optional
[text] viewers	`viewersT` `ViewersT`	no description	String	optional
[text] aux4	`aux4T` `Aux4T`	no description	String	optional
[ref] overall	`overallR` `EpisodeNumberR`	no description	String	optional
[ref] overall2	`overall2R` `*R`	no description	String	optional
[ref] season	`seasonR` `EpisodeNumber2R`	no description	String	optional
[ref] series	`seriesR` `EpisodeNumber2SeriesR`	no description	String	optional
[ref] title	`titleR` `TitleR`	no description	String	optional
[ref] aux1	`aux1R` `Aux1R`	no description	String	optional
[ref] director	`directorR` `DirectedByR`	no description	String	optional
[ref] writer	`writerR` `WrittenByR`	no description	String	optional
[ref] aux2	`aux2R` `Aux2R`	no description	String	optional
[ref] aux3	`aux3R` `Aux3R`	no description	String	optional
[ref] airdate	`airdateR` `OriginalAirDateR`	no description	String	optional
[ref] altdate	`altdateR` `AltDateR`	no description	String	optional
[ref] guests	`guestsR` `GuestsR`	no description	String	optional
[ref] musicalguests	`musicalguestsR` `MusicalGuestsR`	no description	String	optional
[ref] prodcode	`prodcodeR` `ProdCodeR`	no description	String	optional
[ref] viewers	`viewersR` `ViewersR`	no description	String	optional
[ref] aux4	`aux4R` `Aux4R`	no description	String	optional
Anchor	`anchor`	no description	Line	optional
Don't close	`dontclose`	no description Auto value `y`	Boolean	optional
Episodes	`episodes`	Listing of {{Episode list}}	Content	optional

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Template:Episode table

Usage

Examples

Standard columns

All columns

With Episode list template

Parted seasons

Examples

Parameters

TemplateData

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See also