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Almost Family

Almost Family was a 2019-2020 Fox drama starring Brittany Snow, Emily Osment, Megalyn Echikunwoke, and Timothy Hutton, remaking Australia's Sisters about a fertility doctor's secret children; cancelled after 13 low-rated episodes. Not the 2025 Brazilian Netflix film.

Almost Human (TV series)

Almost Human (TV series): American FOX science fiction crime drama, 2013-2014, created by J.H. Wyman with J.J. Abrams; Karl Urban as Det. John Kennex with android partner Dorian (Michael Ealy) in 2048; 13 episodes, canceled after one season.

Almost Lover (谁都知道我爱你)

Almost Lover (谁都知道我爱你) is a 2022 Chinese urban romance drama adapted from Yue Xia Xiao Sheng's novel, starring Victoria Song and Timmy Xu in 36 episodes about an eight-year secret crush, directed by Dai Xiaozhe, premiered 26 October 2022 on Tencent Video.

Almost Paradise (TV series)

Almost Paradise is an American crime drama by Dean Devlin and Gary Rosen starring Christian Kane as ex-DEA agent Alex Walker in Cebu; the first US series filmed entirely in the Philippines, two seasons (WGN America 2020, Freevee 2023), cancelled April 2025.

Alone (TV series)

Alone is a History Channel survival reality series (premiered June 18, 2015, Leftfield Pictures) in which ten self-filming survivalists with ten tools compete in remote wilderness for $500,000; 13 seasons, plus Alone Australia and UK versions.

Alone Again, Natura-Diddily

"Alone Again, Natura-Diddily" is the fourteenth episode of season 11 of The Simpsons, first broadcast in 2000, remembered for the death of Maude Flanders, wife of Ned Flanders.

Alone Denmark

Alone Denmark (Danish: Alene i vildmarken) is a Danish reality series on DR since 2017, in which contestants survive alone in Norwegian and Finnish wilderness, filming themselves until one remains.

Alone Together (TV series)

Alone Together (TV series) is a 2018 Freeform single-camera comedy created by and starring Esther Povitsky and Benji Aflalo with Eben Russell, produced by the Lonely Island, about strictly platonic friends in Los Angeles; 20 episodes over two seasons before cancellation.

Alone UK

Alone UK is the first British version of the survival format Alone, made by The Garden for Channel 4. Eleven contestants survived alone in Canada's Northwest Territories for a £100,000 prize; axed after one 2023 season.

Alpha House

Alpha House is an American political comedy series created by Garry Trudeau for Amazon Prime Video (2013-2014), its first original series, starring John Goodman, Clark Johnson, Matt Malloy, and Mark Consuelos as four Republican senators sharing a Capitol Hill row house.

Alpha Males

Alpha Males (Machos Alfa) is a Spanish Netflix comedy created by Alberto and Laura Caballero, premiering December 30, 2022, about four Madrid friends in their forties struggling with changing masculinity; six seasons, international remakes, final season in production 2026.

Alphas

Alphas (2011-2012) is a Syfy science fiction drama created by Zak Penn and Michael Karnow, also known by its development title Section 8, about a Department of Defense team of people with superhuman abilities led by David Strathairn's Dr. Lee Rosen; it ran 24 episodes over two seasons before cancellation in January 2013.

AlRawabi School for Girls (مدرسة الروابي للبنات)

AlRawabi School for Girls (مدرسة الروابي للبنات) is a Jordanian Netflix teen drama created by Tima Shomali, premiering 12 August 2021, about bullied girls at an elite Amman school seeking revenge; two seasons, 12 episodes.

also 爸爸,你凶我我也爱你 (护崽计划)

爸爸,你凶我我也爱你 (护崽计划) is a 2025 Chinese vertical micro short drama by Beijing Dianzhong Kuankan, starring Cui Xiuzi and Sun Feixiang, 92 episodes, released 13 July 2025; it topped DataEye charts and reached 900 million combined Douyin plays under its two cut titles.

also 顶级偏爱!妈咪,我找到爹地了 (好孕甜妻被钻石老公宠上天)

顶级偏爱!妈咪,我找到爹地了 (好孕甜妻被钻石老公宠上天) is Yuewen's 2025 80-episode vertical sweet-romance short drama starring Zhan Ni and Wang Zhaoyang; 20 million yuan revenue in 24 hours, No. 4 in Yunhe's 2025 ranking.

Altered Carbon (TV series)

Altered Carbon is a Netflix cyberpunk noir series (2018–2020, 2 seasons, 18 episodes) adapted by Laeta Kalogridis from Richard K. Morgan's 2002 novel, starring Joel Kinnaman and Anthony Mackie as Takeshi Kovacs; cancelled after season 2.

Alternative versions of Batman

Alternative versions of Batman: depictions of Batman outside DC main continuity, spanning the Multiverse, Elseworlds (Gotham by Gaslight, Red Rain, Kingdom Come), Flashpoint's Thomas Wayne, the Dark Multiverse's Batman Who Laughs, Absolute Batman, and separate film and animation continuities.

Alucard (アーカード) (Hellsing)

Alucard (アーカード, Ākādo), formerly Count Dracula, is the vampire antihero of Kohta Hirano's Hellsing manga; his name is Dracula reversed. He serves the Hellsing Organization under Integra, wields the Casull and Jackal, and longs to be killed by a human.

Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983 TV series)

Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983 TV series): Bagdasarian Productions' NBC Saturday morning revival, 8 seasons and 100 episodes, introduced the Chipettes, retitled The Chipmunks and The Chipmunks Go to the Movies.

Always a Witch

Always a Witch (Siempre Bruja) is a Colombian Netflix fantasy drama (2019-2020, 2 seasons, 18 episodes) by Caracol TV, based on Isidora Chacón's novel Yo, Bruja, about an enslaved 17th-century witch who time-travels to modern Cartagena.

Always Home (树下有片红房子)

Always Home (树下有片红房子) is a 2025 Chinese 30-episode youth coming-of-age drama on Tencent Video, directed by Zhang Xiaoan, adapted from Xiao Ge's novel, starring Zhai Xiaowen, Zhou Keyu, Yang Xizi, and He Qiu as friends growing up in a hospital family compound from 2008 to 2018.

Always Meet Again (언제나 다시 만나)

Always Meet Again (언제나 다시 만나) is a 2026 South Korean BL fantasy romance web series, 8 episodes, in which painter Jang Hye Seong time-travels to 2008 and reunites with first love Lee U Jin; stars Woo Ji Han and Shin Jeong You, streamed on Heavenly and iQIYI.

Am I Being Unreasonable?

Am I Being Unreasonable? is a British BBC One comedy thriller (2022) created by and starring Daisy May Cooper and Selin Hizli, about grieving mother Nic, her toxic friendship with Jen, and a secret death; two series aired, a third and final confirmed.

Amadeus (TV series)

Amadeus (2025/2026) is a five-part Sky/Starz miniseries by Joe Barton starring Will Sharpe as Mozart, Paul Bettany as Salieri, and Gabrielle Creevy as Constanze, adapted from Shaffer's 1979 play.

Amanda Rollins

Amanda Rollins is a fictional NYPD detective on Law & Order: SVU, played by Kelli Giddish from season 13 (2011), written out in season 24 (2022), and restored as a season 27 series regular in 2025.

Amanda Setton

Amanda Setton (born 1985) is an American actress from Great Neck, New York, known as Brook Lynn Quartermaine on General Hospital since 2019, Penelope Shafai on Gossip Girl, and Kimberly Andrews on One Life to Live.

Amanda Waller

Amanda Waller, "The Wall," is a DC Comics government official created by John Ostrander, Len Wein, and John Byrne in Legends #1 (1986). She runs Task Force X, the Suicide Squad of expendable super-villains, and is played by Viola Davis on screen.

Amandaland

Amandaland is a BBC One sitcom (2025-present) spun off from Motherland, starring Lucy Punch as divorced influencer Amanda Hughes, relocated from Chiswick to "SoHa" (South Harlesden), with Joanna Lumley as her mother Felicity; it won the 2026 BAFTA for best scripted comedy.

Amanecer (TV series)

Amanecer (2025) is a Mexican TelevisaUnivision telenovela produced by Juan Osorio, starring Fernando Colunga and Livia Brito, adapted from Monte Calvario and Delia Fiallo's La mujer que no podía amar; 80 episodes on Las Estrellas, July 7 to October 24, 2025, also on Univision and ViX.

Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)

Amazing Stories (1985 TV series): NBC anthology created by Steven Spielberg, also credited to Joshua Brand and John Falsey; ran 1985–1987, 45 episodes, $44 million, John Williams theme, Emmy for John Lithgow, later Apple TV+ revival.