Dramas in prime slots are in the telenovella format, rarely running over 500 episodes. Different dramas appear on each of the nationwide networks, Sun TV, STAR Vijay, Kalaignar TV, Colors Tamil, Zee Tamizh, Jaya TV, Raj TV, Polimer TV, Puthuyugam TV, Vendhar TV, Mega TV, Makkal TV, DD Podhigai, Shakthi TV, Vasantham TV, MediaCorp Vasantham, Astro Vaanavil, TV2 and Deepam TV. The broadcast time for flagship dramas is 12 pm - 3 pm to 6 pm - 11 pm, with episodes on 5 to 6 consecutive nights : Monday–Friday or Monday–Saturday and weekends.

Mini series may be longer, with 100 to 200 episodes, but they also run for only one season.

Series are likely to have only one season, with 1–500 or 1–1000 episodes. Tamil television serials are usually helmed by one director, written by one screenwriter, thus having a distinct directing style and language, unlike American television series, where often several directors and writers work together.

6 List of longest-running Tamil Language television series.

Because they attract the most viewers, each channel competes for the most popular stars.

It may air 5 or 6 episodes a week, the pattern usually being Monday through Friday or Monday through Saturday.Ī channel usually airs 5 to 15 TV dramas simultaneously at any given time. A series will run for about 3 or 4 years. They are usually shown on Tamil television channels and start at 12 pm to 3 pm (afternoon), 6 pm to 8 pm (evening) and 8 pm to 11 pm (primetime and night). They are also broadcast in other parts of Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia and North America. The television series industry has played a pivotal role in increasing Tamil popularity in India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Malaysia. Today's format of 100–500 episodes started in the 2000s. Tamil serial started to broadcast television series in the 1990s. All major TV networks in India produce a variety of drama series including family, comedy, romance, history stories, horror, devotional, fantasy stories and many others. Tamil television drama or Tamil serials are a genre of Tamil-language television produced in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks or boxes, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tamil script.

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