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Table 1

Characteristics and descriptive statistics of series used in the study

Series	Character	Seasons	Runtime	Network	Streaming service	Sex of autistic character	Savantism	Canonically autistic	% viewers overall N = 348	Liking series overall	Liking character overall
The A-Word	Joe Hughes	3	2016–x	Fox	Disney+	m	no	yes	9.20	3.41	3.75
As We See It	Violet	1	2022–x	Netflix	Netflix	f	no	yes	6.90	3.33	3.46
Atypical	Sam Gardner	4	2017–21	ABC	Netflix	m	no	yes	27.01	3.76	4.01
The Big Bang Theory	Sheldon Cooper	12	2007–19	CBS	Amazon	m	yes	no	91.38	3.85	4.03
Bones	Temperance Brennan	12	2005–17	CBS	Netflix	f	yes	no	54.89	3.36	3.85
The Bridge SE	Saga Noren	1	2011–18	ZDF	ZDFMediathek	f	no	no	10.34	3.72	3.94
The Bridge US	Sonya Cross	2	2013–14	FX	Amazon (roku)	f	no	no	6.90	3.54	3.75
Community	Abed Nadir	6	2009–15	NBC	Netflix	m	no	no	21.84	3.53	4.09
Elementary	Sherlock Holmes	7	2012–19	Amazon	Amazon	m	yes	no	34.20	3.40	3.82
Ella Schön	Ella Schön	5	2008–22	BBC	Disney+	f	no	yes	6.90	3.00	3.50
Everything’s Gonna Be Okay	Matilda Moss	2	2020–21	BBC	Amazon	f	no	yes	8.05	3.18	3.75
The Good Doctor	Shaun Murphy	6	17–x	Netflix	Netflix	m	yes	yes	52.01	3.88	4.18
Love On The Spectrum	Kaelynn	2	2019–21	ABC	Netflix	f	no	yes	10.06	3.40	3.66
The Queen’s Gambit	Beth Harmon	1	2020	SVT1	Netflix	f	yes	no	39.08	3.99	4.31
Sherlock	Sherlock Holmes	4	2010–17	Freeform	Hulu	m	yes	no	62.07	3.94	4.23

Series	Character	Seasons	Runtime	Network	Streaming service	Sex of autistic character	Savantism	Canonically autistic	% viewersoverallN = 348	Liking seriesoverall	Likingcharacteroverall
The A-Word	Joe Hughes	3	2016–x	Fox	Disney+	m	no	yes	9.20	3.41	3.75
As We See It	Violet	1	2022–x	Netflix	Netflix	f	no	yes	6.90	3.33	3.46
Atypical	Sam Gardner	4	2017–21	ABC	Netflix	m	no	yes	27.01	3.76	4.01
The Big Bang Theory	Sheldon Cooper	12	2007–19	CBS	Amazon	m	yes	no	91.38	3.85	4.03
Bones	Temperance Brennan	12	2005–17	CBS	Netflix	f	yes	no	54.89	3.36	3.85
The Bridge SE	Saga Noren	1	2011–18	ZDF	ZDFMediathek	f	no	no	10.34	3.72	3.94
The Bridge US	Sonya Cross	2	2013–14	FX	Amazon (roku)	f	no	no	6.90	3.54	3.75
Community	Abed Nadir	6	2009–15	NBC	Netflix	m	no	no	21.84	3.53	4.09
Elementary	Sherlock Holmes	7	2012–19	Amazon	Amazon	m	yes	no	34.20	3.40	3.82
Ella Schön	Ella Schön	5	2008–22	BBC	Disney+	f	no	yes	6.90	3.00	3.50
Everything’s Gonna Be Okay	Matilda Moss	2	2020–21	BBC	Amazon	f	no	yes	8.05	3.18	3.75
The Good Doctor	Shaun Murphy	6	17–x	Netflix	Netflix	m	yes	yes	52.01	3.88	4.18
Love On The Spectrum	Kaelynn	2	2019–21	ABC	Netflix	f	no	yes	10.06	3.40	3.66
The Queen’s Gambit	Beth Harmon	1	2020	SVT1	Netflix	f	yes	no	39.08	3.99	4.31
Sherlock	Sherlock Holmes	4	2010–17	Freeform	Hulu	m	yes	no	62.07	3.94	4.23

Source: Authors’ own work