Template:Episode table

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Usage

The purpose of the {{Episode table}} template is to easily add 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%.

Syntax

Parameters

{{Episode table |caption = TEXT |background = COLOR |total_width = WIDTH |overall = 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 |released = TEXT |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 }}

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 air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)

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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 air date	AltDate	Prod. code	Viewers (millions)	Aux4

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With {{Episode list}}:

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}} |episodes = {{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 }} }}

Story	Episode	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions)	AI
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

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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".

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

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

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{{Episode table/part|p=Athelstan's Journal|c=#061453|nopart=y}}

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air 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: white / #FFFFFF	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 "Minisodes", then the anchor will be "[[List of episodes#Minisodesep1]]".	Wikitext	Optional
Cell Inclusion & Widths*	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 Date	airdate OriginalAirDate	The inclusion (and optionally the width) of the "Original air date" cell. Format: 10 / <blank>	Number	Optional
	Alternate Air Date	altdate AltDate	The inclusion (and optionally the width) of the "Alternate Air 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
	Released/Aired	released	Determines whether the episodes were released online or aired. Changes the "Original air date" cell to "Original release date". Format: y	String	Optional
	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, </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.

Tracking category

• Category:Articles using Template:Episode table with invalid colour combination (0)

See also

• {{Episode table/part}}
• {{Episode table/ref}}

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