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Hikaru Sulu

Hikaru Sulu, fictional Starfleet helmsman of the USS Enterprise in Star Trek: The Original Series, played by George Takei and later John Cho; later Captain of the Excelsior; first named Hikaru on screen in 1991; revealed gay in Star Trek Beyond (2016).

Hilary Farr

Hilary Farr (born Hilary Labow, 1951, Toronto) is a British-Canadian interior designer and TV host, former actress (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), longtime co-host of HGTV's Love It or List It (2008-2023), founder of Hilary Farr Design, and host of Tough Love With Hilary Farr.

Hilda (TV series)

Hilda is a British-Canadian 2-D animated Netflix series (2018-2023) adapted from Luke Pearson's graphic novels, produced by Silvergate Media and Mercury Filmworks, directed by Andy Coyle, with Bella Ramsey voicing Hilda across three seasons and a film.

Hill Street Blues

Hill Street Blues is an NBC ensemble police drama (1981–1987) created by Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll for MTM Enterprises. Set in an unnamed city precinct, it pioneered handheld realism, overlapping dialogue, and serialized ensemble storytelling despite low ratings, winning consecutive Outstanding Drama Series Emmys.

Hill Valley (Back to the Future)

Hill Valley is the fictional northern California town that serves as the setting of the Back to the Future trilogy and its animated spin-off series.

Him & Her

Him & Her (also known as Young, Unemployed, and Lazy) is a BBC Three single-camera sitcom, 2010–2013, 25 episodes, written by Stefan Golaszewski, starring Russell Tovey and Sarah Solemani as lazy couple Steve and Becky, and a BAFTA winner.

Himitsu Sentai Gorenger (秘密戦隊ゴレンジャー)

Himitsu Sentai Gorenger (秘密戦隊ゴレンジャー) is the 1975–1977 Toei tokusatsu series, 84 episodes on NET, created by Shotaro Ishinomori, regarded as the first Super Sentai series, with five color-coded rangers fighting the Black Cross Army.

Himouto! Umaru-chan (干物妹!うまるちゃん)

Himouto! Umaru-chan (干物妹!うまるちゃん), gag manga by Sankakuhead in Weekly Young Jump 2013–2018, 12 volumes; perfect-schoolgirl Umaru Doma becomes a cola-and-chips gremlin at home; two Doga Kobo anime seasons (2015, 2017 R), Seven Seas English release.

Himura Kenshin (緋村剣心)

Himura Kenshin (緋村剣心), protagonist of Watsuki's Rurouni Kenshin manga: a Meiji-era wanderer, once the assassin Hitokiri Battosai of Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu, red-haired with a cross scar, wielding a reverse-blade sword under a vow never to kill.

Hinata Hyuga (日向 ヒナタ)

Hinata Hyuga (日向ヒナタ), later Hinata Uzumaki, is a kunoichi of Konohagakure in Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto; Hyuga clan heiress with the Byakugan and Gentle Fist, Naruto's wife and mother of Boruto and Himawari.

Hinterland (TV series)

Hinterland (Y Gwyll, 'the dusk') is a Welsh crime drama set in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, starring Richard Harrington as DCI Tom Mathias. Shot back-to-back in Welsh and English for S4C and BBC, it ran three series (2013-2016) and founded Welsh noir.

Hip Hop Evolution

Hip-Hop Evolution is a Canadian documentary series (2016-2020, HBO Canada and Netflix) hosted by rapper Shad, directed by Darby Wheeler for Banger Films, tracing hip-hop history from the 1970s Bronx to the 2000s across four seasons, and winning a Peabody Award and International Emmy.

Hiro Nakamura (中村広)

Hiro Nakamura (中村広) is a fictional Japanese office worker on NBC's Heroes, played by Masi Oka, whose space-time manipulation power covers teleportation, time travel, and time-stopping. Distinct from Big Hero 6's Hiro and from Heroes Reborn's Tommy Clark.

His & Hers (2026 TV series)

His & Hers is a 2026 Netflix six-episode limited series adapting Alice Feeney's 2020 novel, starring Tessa Thompson and Jon Bernthal as estranged spouses investigating a Georgia murder; created by William Oldroyd, it hit 98.2 million views.

His Dark Materials (TV series)

His Dark Materials is a BBC One and HBO fantasy series adapted by Jack Thorne from Philip Pullman's trilogy, produced by Bad Wolf, starring Dafne Keen as Lyra, across three seasons ending with The Amber Spyglass.

His Man (남의연애)

His Man (남의연애) is South Korea's first gay dating reality series, premiering July 15, 2022 on Wavve; eight gay men share a house and date to find love, across four seasons (2022–2026).

HIStory (2017 TV series)

HIStory is a Taiwanese BL anthology streaming series produced by CHOCO TV (later LINE TV), first aired February 14, 2017. Nine stand-alone units across five seasons ran to 2023; season 1 drew 3.5 million views in three months and was the first Taiwanese web drama exported to Japan.

History of anime

The history of anime, also called anime history, traces Japanese commercial animation from 1917 through milestones like Astro Boy (1963) and Spirited Away to a record ¥3.84 trillion market in 2024.

History of Doctor Who

History of Doctor Who: the BBC science fiction series first broadcast 23 November 1963, created under Sydney Newman, known for the Doctor's regenerations, missing 1960s episodes, the 1989 hiatus, and the 2005 Russell T Davies revival.

History of Saturday Night Live

History of Saturday Night Live: NBC's live sketch comedy show, created by Lorne Michaels, premiered in 1975 as NBC's Saturday Night with George Carlin hosting. Covers the 1980 collapse, Michaels's 1985 return, Weekend Update satire, and its record 113 Emmy wins.

History of Scruffiness (찌질의 역사)

History of Scruffiness (찌질의 역사) is a 2025 South Korean youth romantic comedy web series in eight episodes, directed by Kim Sung-hoon and starring Jo Byeong-kyu, Song Ha-yoon, and Ryeoun.

History of Swear Words

History of Swear Words: 2021 Netflix comedy-documentary series, six 20-minute episodes hosted by Nicolas Cage on Fk, Sh*t, B*tch, Dk, Puy, and Damn; Funny or Die/B17 production, 69% on Rotten Tomatoes.

History of the World, Part II

History of the World, Part II is a 2023 Hulu sketch comedy series, sequel to Mel Brooks's 1981 film, with eight episodes over four nights, Brooks narrating, and Kroll, Sykes, and Barinholtz as leads.

History's Greatest Mysteries

History's Greatest Mysteries is a HISTORY channel one-hour documentary series, hosted and narrated by Laurence Fishburne, premiering November 2020; 7 seasons, 103 episodes covering D.B. Cooper, the Titanic, Roswell, and John Wilkes Booth.

HIStory4 (HIStory4:近距离爱上你)

HIStory4: Close to You (HIStory4:近距離愛上你) is a 2021 Taiwanese BL romantic comedy-drama, the fourth HIStory series entry, airing 20 episodes on LINE TV from 14 March to 16 May 2021, following a fake-dating workplace couple and a stepbrother couple at a wedding planning company.

Hit & Run (TV series)

Hit & Run is a 2021 Netflix espionage thriller, billed as Netflix's first original Israeli series, created by Fauda's Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff with Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin; nine episodes, cancelled after one season over cost.

Hit Point (TV series)

Hit Point is a 2026 British six-part crime drama, U&Dave's first original scripted series, written by Howard Overman, directed by David Caffrey, starring Nick Blood and Saffron Hocking as detectives in London's underworld.

Hit the Top (최고의 한방)

Hit the Top (최고의 한방, The Best Hit) is a 2017 KBS2 time-travel comedy drama, 32 episodes, June 2–July 22, 2017, starring Yoon Si-Yoon, Lee Se-Young, Kim Min-Jae, and Cha Tae-Hyun, about a 1993 idol presumed dead who lands in 2017.

Hit-Monkey (TV series)

Hit-Monkey is a Hulu adult animated Marvel series (2021–2024) by Will Speck and Josh Gordon, based on Daniel Way's 2010 comic, starring Jason Sudeikis and Fred Tatasciore across two 10-episode seasons.

Hitler: The Rise of Evil

Hitler: The Rise of Evil is a 2003 two-part CBS miniseries, also called Origins of Evil, directed by Christian Duguay with Robert Carlyle as Hitler, covering his Austrian boyhood, World War I service, and rise to power, and winning two Emmy awards.