Television or radio episode (on the web) (APA)

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Reference list entries

Glass, I. (Host). (2012, November 23). Little war on the prairie (No. 479) [Radio series episode]. In This American life. Retrieved from http://www.thisamericanlife.org/

Morton, D. (Producer). (2012). Fast times at West Philly High [Television series episode]. In M. Hager (Executive producer), Frontline. Retrieved from http://www.wgbh.org/

Explain

  • Begin with the director, producer, and other relevant contributors, adding a title in parentheses following each name.
  • Give the date on which the episode was posted.
  • Add the title of the episode, neither italicized nor in quotation marks. Follow the title with “Television series episode” or “Radio series episode” in brackets.
  • Give the name of the program, italicized, and the city and network or station.
  • If the program has a producer, director, or other relevant contributor, add that person’s name and title before the program title, as in the second example.
  • End with the URL for the home page of the website where you found the episode.

Note on breaking URLs and DOIs

  • If you must break a URL or a DOI at the end of a line, break it after a double slash or before any other mark of punctuation.
  • Do not add a hyphen.
  • Do not put a period at the end of the entry.

General guidelines for the APA reference list

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Related reference list entries:

Television or radio program (series)

Television or radio episode (on the air)