The players and managers on both sides agreed it was a little early to call anything a crucial series.

Republican staff members of his committee are recommending that he call a series of hearings early next year.

Painters are prone to repeating themselves and calling the results a series.

Then he turned and called a series of strange words into the darkness.

Test matches between two teams are usually played in a group of matches called a "series".

As soon as we hang up, I call a series of people, starting with my travel agent.

In most leagues, teams of individuals bowl three games (called a "series") each.

Rock layers deposited during an epoch are called a series.

President Kennedy immediately called a series of meetings for a small group of senior officials to debate the crisis.

Any why is this series, every episode of which has been totally different from the one before, called a series at all?