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Horizon (British TV programme)

Horizon (BBC Two, 1964–) is the BBC's long-running science documentary strand, launched for BBC2 with a Monitor-style magazine format, later single-themed film documentaries; over 1,100 episodes including 'Whales, Dolphins and Men' and 'Killer in the Village'.

Hormones: The Series

Hormones: The Series (ฮอร์โมนส์ วัยว้าวุ่น) is a Thai teen drama produced by GTH/Nadao Bangkok, aired 2013–2015 in three seasons on GMM One, following Bangkok high schoolers through sex, drugs, violence and LGBTQ+ themes, and sparking a Thai censorship debate.

Hornblower (TV series)

Hornblower (1998–2003) is a British TV film series based on C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower novels, starring Ioan Gruffudd, aired on ITV and A&E, costing about £12 million and winning the 1999 Emmy for Outstanding Miniseries.

Horrible Histories (2009 TV series)

Horrible Histories (2009 TV series) is a CBBC sketch-comedy show based on Terry Deary's books, with the original Six Idiots cast, Greg Jenner as historical consultant, nine BAFTAs, and a 2015 reboot.

Horrid Henry (TV series)

Horrid Henry (TV series): British animated CITV comedy based on Francesca Simon's books, produced by Novel Entertainment, premiered 31 October 2006, five series, 250 eleven-minute episodes, distributed by Zodiak Kids.

Horror Stories of Tang Dynasty (唐朝诡事录)

Horror Stories of Tang Dynasty (唐朝诡事录, Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty) is a Chinese costume suspense unit-case detective web series from iQiyi and Changxin Media, adapted from Wei Fenghua's 2013 novel and Tang zhiguai notebooks, first aired 2022, with three seasons, a spin-off, and an Asian Academy Creative Awards Best Series win.

Hospital Playlist (슬기로운 의사생활)

Hospital Playlist (슬기로운 의사생활, Wise Doctor Life) is a 2020–2021 tvN Korean medical drama by Shin Won-ho and Lee Woo-jung: five doctor friends at Yulje Medical Center, a band, retro OST covers, 14.1% finale rating, spin-off Resident Playbook.

Hospital Ship (병원선) (TV series)

Hospital Ship (병원선, Byungwonsun) is a 2017 MBC Korean medical drama, 40 episodes, starring Ha Ji-won and Kang Min-hyuk as doctors serving islands from a hospital ship; written by Yoon Sun-joo, later broadcast in Japan as 病院船.

Hostage (TV series)

Hostage is a 2025 Netflix British political thriller limited series, five episodes created by Matt Charman, starring Suranne Jones as UK PM Abigail Dalton and Julie Delpy as French President Vivienne Toussaint, released August 21, 2025.

Hostages (2022 TV series)

Hostages (2022 TV series) is a four-part HBO Documentary Films docuseries by Show of Force on the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, premiering September 28, 2022, with interviews of hostages and hostage-takers and a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Hostages (web series)

Hostages is a Hindi-language Indian thriller web series (2019-2020) on Hotstar, adapted from the Israeli series Bnei Aruba, directed by Sudhir Mishra and starring Tisca Chopra and Ronit Roy; distinct from the 2013 CBS series and Netflix's Hostage.

Hostel Days

Hostel Days is a 2023 Telugu comedy-drama Prime Video series, TVF's Telugu remake of Hostel Daze, directed by Aditya Mandala, five episodes about six engineering hostel students; distinct from the Bengali Hoichoi series of the same name.

Hostel Daze

Hostel Daze (हॉस्टल डेज़): TVF Hindi comedy-drama web series on Prime Video (2019–2023), four seasons, 21 episodes, following four engineering hostel wing-mates from first semester to final-year placements; IMDb 8.5; remade in Telugu as Hostel Days.

Hot Bench

Hot Bench is a syndicated American arbitration-based court show created by Judge Judy Sheindlin, premiering September 15, 2014. Its three-judge panel (originally DiMango, Acker, Bakman; now Juarez, Tewolde, Mentzer) hears real small-claims cases and rules by majority in binding arbitration.

Hot Girl (The Office)

Hot Girl is the sixth episode and season 1 finale of The Office, aired April 26, 2005. Written by Mindy Kaling and directed by Amy Heckerling, it guest stars Amy Adams as purse saleswoman Katy Moore.

Hot Haus

Hot Haus is a queer sex-positive reality competition series (2022–2023) on OUTtv from Daddy TV, hosted by Tiffany "New York" Pollard with judges CupcakKe, Matthew Camp, and Nicky Monet; two seasons, 13 episodes, won by Fantasia Royale Gaga.

Hot in Cleveland

Hot in Cleveland (TV Land, 2010-2015) was the network's first original scripted sitcom, starring Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick, and Betty White as three LA women who relocate to Ohio after an emergency landing; created by Suzanne Martin.

Hot Stove League (스토브리그) (TV series)

Hot Stove League (스토브리그) is a 2019–2020 SBS Korean baseball drama about GM Baek Seung-soo rebuilding last-place team Dreams during the off-season; 16 episodes, 19.1% finale rating, 56th Baeksang Best Drama winner.

Hotarubi no Mori e (蛍火の杜へ)

Hotarubi no Mori e (蛍火の杜へ, Into the Forest of Fireflies' Light) is a 2011 44-minute Japanese anime film by Takahiro Omori and Brain's Base, adapting Yuki Midorikawa's 2002 LaLa DX manga about Hotaru and the untouchable Gin, made by the Natsume's Book of Friends staff.

Hotel (American TV series)

Hotel is an American drama series that aired on ABC from 1983 to 1988, adapted from Arthur Hailey's novel and set in the fictional St. Gregory hotel in San Francisco.

Hotel Costiera

Hotel Costiera is a 2025 Prime Video action-drama series starring Jesse Williams as Daniel De Luca, a fixer at a luxury Positano hotel searching for the owner's missing daughter Alice; six episodes, canceled after one season.

Hotel del Luna (호텔 델루나)

Hotel del Luna (호텔 델루나) is a 2019 tvN Korean fantasy romance drama, 16 episodes, written by the Hong sisters, starring IU as ghost-hotel owner Jang Man-wol and Yeo Jin-goo as manager Goo Chan-sung; it ended at 12.0% ratings and is being remade by Skydance.

Hotel King (호텔킹)

Hotel King (호텔킹) is a 2014 MBC 32-episode weekend drama starring Lee Dong-Wook and Lee Da-Hae as a hotel general manager and heiress of Hotel Ciel, marked by a mid-run director-replacement controversy.

Hotel Portofino

Hotel Portofino is a British period drama series (2022, BritBox/PBS) created by Matt Baker, about the Ainsworth family running a 1920s hotel on the Italian Riviera under rising fascism; three seasons, filmed mainly in Croatia.

Hotel todo incluido

Hotel todo incluido is a Mexican fantasy comedy series on ViX, a series extension of the 2023 film Infelices para siempre, starring José Eduardo Derbez, Sofía Castro, and Consuelo Duval; it premiered 28 August 2026, was filmed entirely in Bilbao, and is distinct from the unrelated 2013 Televisa sitcom of the same name.

Hotel Transylvania: The Series

Hotel Transylvania: The Series is a 2017–2020 Nelvana/Sony Pictures Animation 2D prequel to the Hotel Transylvania films, following 114¾-year-old Mavis, her friends Hank N Stein, Pedro, and Wendy Blob, and Aunt Lydia on Disney Channel and TELETOON.

Houdini (miniseries)

Houdini (2014) is a two-part History channel miniseries, also called the Houdini miniseries, starring Adrien Brody as the escape artist, directed by Uli Edel, written by Nicholas Meyer, aired September 1-2, 2014, with mixed reviews and one Emmy win.

House (TV series)

House (House, M.D.), American Fox medical drama 2004–2012 created by David Shore, starring Hugh Laurie as Vicodin-addicted diagnostician Gregory House; 177 episodes, 8 seasons, Sherlock Holmes-inspired case-of-the-week format.

House Hunters

House Hunters is HGTV's long-running American reality series (since October 7, 1999) in which buyers tour three homes with an agent and pick one; created by Pie Town's Tara Sandler and Jennifer Davidson, it spawned House Hunters International and many spinoffs, though participants say the hunt is staged after closing.

House Husband

House husband: a man who stays home to keep house and care for children while his partner works. Also called stay-at-home husband; Korean reality show 살림하는 남자들 (Mr. House Husband, KBS2). Distinguished from housewife by reversed gender roles; studied in Indonesia and portrayed in Korean, Australian, British, and Nigerian television.