Umbrella title

An umbrella title is a title which is used to label a group of things which have all gone out under other titles.

According to Yale University — it is effectively synonymous with a series title, being a "title for a number of objects published individually but forming a logical group as defined by the publisher". Despite this, its usage amongst writers about television makes a distinction between a simple series title, and stresses the notion of a collection of distinct, if thematically related, things. Writing about 80s American television, for instance, Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh said, "For almost seventeen years, ending in early 1999, CBS had aired a potpurri of late-night programming under the umbrella title, The CBS Late Movie."

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