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Development, commissioning & orders · Core

Back nine

Also called: back-nine order

ELI5

Traditional U.S. broadcast shorthand for an additional order completing a full season after an initial thirteen episodes.

Used in conversation

“The season plan needs to show how the back nine functions within the run.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Back nine” in scripted television conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains how series are structured, staffed, commissioned, produced and released.

Connected terms

  • Back orderA back order adds episodes to an initial order; “back nine” is the traditional nine-episode version of that idea, not a universal count.
  • Season orderA back-nine can expand an initial season order.
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Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.