How to Cite TV Sources

Citing a Television Program in MLA Style

• 1

  List the name of the episode in quotation marks, followed by a period. For example:

  "The Gang Gets Invincible."

• 2

  List the name of the program in italics, followed by a period. For example:

  It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

• 3

  List the network, followed by a period. For example:

  FX.

• 4

  List the call letters of the station that broadcast the episode, followed by a comma and the city where the station is based. For example: WLBZ, Bangor.

• 5

  List the date of the broadcast, followed by a period. List the day first, followed by the month and the year. The names of months other than May should be abbreviated. For example: 9 Jul. 2009.

• 6

  List the medium, television, followed by a period. The complete citation should read:

  "The Gang Gets Invincible." It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. FX. WLBZ, Bangor. 9 Jul. 2009. Television.

Citing a Television Program in APA Style

• 7

  List first the writer then the director of the episode, last names followed by first initials. For example: Smith, J. (Writer), & Jones, A. (Director).

• 8

  List the date on which the episode aired, the year first, followed by a comma, then the month and day, all in parentheses, followed by a period. For example: (2009, July 9).

• 9

  List the title of the episode, followed by Television series episode in brackets, then a period. Capitalize only the first letter of the title, as well as any proper nouns. For example: The gang gets invincible [Television series episode].

• 10

  List the first initial and last name of the producer, preceded by the word "In" and followed by the word "producer" in parentheses, followed by a comma. For example:

  In A. Brown (Producer),

• 11

  List the title of the series in italics, followed by a period. Capitalize only the first letter of the title and the first letters of any proper nouns. For example: It's always sunny in Philadelphia.

• 12

  List the city and state in which the series is produced, followed by a colon, then the name of the studio that produces it and a period. For example: New York, NY: FX Studios. The finished citation reads: Smith, J. (Writer), & Jones, A. (Director). (2009, July 9). The gang gets invincible [Television series episode]. In A. Brown (Producer), It's always sunny in Philadelphia. New York, NY: FX Studios.