TV series rest on a structure and narrative process characterized by tensions : fragment vs whole, formula vs continuity, repetition vs variation, interruption vs neverendedness. Such shows are in fact based upon interruption and pause if we take into account the fragmented structure they reveal with credits, previously ons, vanity cards, midseason finales, Christmas specials etc. More generally, time and temporality are essential dimensions to consider in this form, especially when TV series are clearly rooted in a specific genre which implies a specific treatment of temporality. SF and detection propose narrative structures which are founded on a temporal tension and it will thus be interesting to see how fragmentation operates in terms of suspension of disbelief and hermeneutic exploration of the potential futures of humanity. As a sympton of screen culture, TV series are a good example of the contemporary paradoxical way we envisage the present and more generally time.