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India's Got Talent

India's Got Talent (IGT) is the Indian Hindi-language version of the Got Talent franchise, first aired in Asia, premiering 27 June 2009 on Colors and moving to Sony TV from season 9; first winner Prince Dance Group.

India's Next Superstars

India's Next Superstars: 2018 Star Plus Hindi reality acting and dance talent hunt judged by Karan Johar and Rohit Shetty, hosted by Karan Wahi and Rithvik Dhanjani; winners Aman Gandotra and Natasha Bharadwaj won Rs 10 lakh and a film contract.

Indian Idol (Hindi TV series)

Indian Idol (इंडियन आइडल) is the Hindi adaptation of the Idols singing competition, launched in 2004 on Sony TV and produced by Fremantle; it votes on singers via SMS, centers Hindi film music and playback singing, and has run over 20 seasons-spanning years.

Indian Idol (इंडियन आइडल)

Indian Idol (इंडियन आइडल), Sony TV's Hindi singing reality competition adapted from Pop Idol, running since 2004; winners from Abhijeet Sawant to Jyotirmayee Nayak (Season 16), with Season 17 Legends Return premiering October 2026.

Indian Matchmaking

Indian Matchmaking is a Netflix reality series (2020-2023, three seasons) created by Smriti Mundhra, following Mumbai matchmaker Sima Taparia arranging marriages for South Asian singles in India and the US; Emmy-nominated and widely debated for depicting casteism, colorism, and sexism.

Indian Police Force (TV series)

Indian Police Force (इंडियन पुलिस फोर्स) is a 2024 seven-part Hindi Amazon Original action series by Rohit Shetty, starring Sidharth Malhotra, Shilpa Shetty Kundra, and Vivek Oberoi, extending his Cop Universe to streaming.

Indian Predator: Beast of Bangalore

Indian Predator: Beast of Bangalore is a 2022 Netflix three-episode Kannada-language true-crime docuseries directed by Ashwin Rai Shetty about serial offender Umesh Reddy's 1996-1998 crimes in Karnataka.

Indian Predator: Murder In A Courtroom

Indian Predator: Murder in a Courtroom is a 2022 Netflix three-episode VICE Studios docuseries, season three of Indian Predator, directed by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni, about the 2004 lynching of gangster Akku Yadav by women of Nagpur's Kasturba Nagar slum.

Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi

Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi (इंडियन प्रीडेटर: दिल्ली का कसाई) is a 2022 Netflix Hindi true crime docuseries, directed by Ayesha Sood, about serial killer Chandrakant Jha; first of the Indian Predator franchise, three episodes, premiered 20 July 2022.

Indian Predator: The Diary of a Serial Killer

Indian Predator: The Diary of a Serial Killer (इंडियन प्रीडेटर: एक सीरियल किलर की डायरी) is a 2022 Netflix three-episode Hindi true crime docuseries by India Today Originals, directed by Dheeraj Jindal, about Raja Kolander, convicted of murdering journalist Dhirendra Singh.

Indian Summers

Indian Summers is a two-season Channel 4 drama (2015-2016), created by Paul Rutman and co-produced with PBS Masterpiece, set in Simla in 1932 and 1935 during the decline of the British Raj, starring Julie Walters.

Indiana Evans

Indiana Rose Evans, Australian actress and singer-songwriter born 1990 in Sydney; known as Matilda Hunter in Home and Away, Bella Hartley in H2O: Just Add Water, and Emmaline Robinson in Blue Lagoon: The Awakening, returning in A Remarkable Place to Die (2024).

Indori Ishq

Indori Ishq (इंदौरी इश्क) is a 2021 Hindi MX Player romantic drama web series, 9 episodes, directed by Samit Kakkad, starring Ritvik Sahore and Vedika Bhandari as Kunal and Tara.

Indu

Indu (ইন্দু) is a Bengali mystery-drama hoichoi web series created by Sahana Dutta, directed by Sayantan Ghosal, starring Ishaa Saha as a bride probing secrets in her marital home; three seasons since 2021.

Indubala Bhaater Hotel

Indubala Bhaater Hotel (ইন্দুবালা ভাতের হোটেল) is a 2021 Bengali novel by Kallol Lahiri and its 2023 Hoichoi web series adaptation directed by Debaloy Bhattacharya, starring Subhashree Ganguly as a Khulna-born widow who runs a rice hotel in Kolkata; eight episodes, IMDb 8.1, plus a real Pabna restaurant of the same name.

Industry (TV series)

Industry (TV series): HBO/BBC drama created by former bankers Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, premiering November 2020, about graduates competing at the fictional London investment bank Pierpoint; four seasons through 2026, covering ESG investing and a payments firm's fraud.

Inferno Cop (インフェルノコップ)

Inferno Cop (インフェルノコップ) is a 2012-2013 ONA, Trigger's first complete series, directed by Akira Amemiya and supervised by Hiroyuki Imaishi: 13 three-minute episodes about a flaming undead vigilante cop versus the Southern Cross syndicate.

Infinite Challenge (무한도전)

Infinite Challenge (무한도전, Muhan Dojeon) is MBC's Korean real-variety comedy show, launched 6 May 2006 from the 2005 corner Reckless Challenge under producer Kim Tae-ho, known for unscripted challenges, the Song Festival, and 563 episodes until 2018.

Infinity Train

Infinity Train is an American animated anthology series created by Owen Dennis (2019–2021), in which passengers with trauma board a train of infinite worlds and leave only when a glowing number on their hand reaches zero.

Infomercials

Infomercials are long-form television advertisements, typically 28-30 minutes, styled as talk shows or demonstrations. Emerging after 1984 US deregulation, they average 5.82 information cues and face FTC paid-advertisement disclosure rules.

Ingobernable

Ingobernable (Ungovernable) is a Mexican Netflix political thriller series (2017–2018), created by Epigmenio Ibarra, Verónica Velasco, and Natasha Ybarra-Klor, starring Kate del Castillo as first lady Emilia Urquiza, produced by Argos in two seasons of 27 episodes.

Inhumans (TV series)

Marvel's Inhumans is a 2017 ABC one-season series (showrunner Scott Buck) about Black Bolt's royal family fleeing Maximus's coup in Attilan to Hawaii; the first live-action TV series to premiere in IMAX, canceled after scoring 10% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Initial D (頭文字D)

Initial D (頭文字D) is Shigeno Shūichi's street racing manga serialized in Weekly Young Magazine 1995–2013, 48 volumes, 55 million copies sold, about tofu-delivery driver Takumi Fujiwara and his AE86; distinct from other works named Initial D.

Injustice Society

Injustice Society (Injustice Society of the World): DC Comics supervillain team, evil counterpart of the Justice Society of America, debuting in All-Star Comics #37 (1947) with the Wizard, Vandal Savage, and Per Degaton; later incarnations include Injustice Unlimited and Johnny Sorrow's JSA-era team.

Ink Master

Ink Master is an American tattoo competition reality series, first aired January 17, 2012 on Spike TV, now on Paramount+. Created as the first tattoo competition show, hosted by Dave Navarro, later Joel Madden; 17 seasons, $250,000 prize.

Innate

Innate (Innato) is a 2025 Spanish Netflix psychological thriller, 8 episodes, created by Fran Carballal and Enrique Lojo, starring Elena Anaya and Imanol Arias as daughter and serial-killer father, the "diesel killer."

Innocent Defendant (피고인)

Innocent Defendant (피고인) is a South Korean legal thriller television drama that stars Ji Sung as a prosecutor accused of murdering his wife and daughter.

Insatiable (TV series)

Insatiable is a Netflix dark comedy-drama created by Lauren Gussis, starring Debby Ryan as Patty Bladell, a bullied teen who loses 70 pounds and seeks revenge via beauty pageants; ran 2018-2019, 22 episodes, canceled after backlash over fat-shaming and bi-erasure.

Insecure (TV series)

Insecure, HBO comedy-drama created by and starring Issa Rae with Larry Wilmore, ran 2016–2021 for five seasons, following Issa Dee and Molly Carter in South Los Angeles; Peabody winner, 14 Emmy nominations.

Inside (TV series)

Inside is a British reality competition web series created by the Sidemen, released in 2024, where contestants' purchases deduct from a £1 million prize fund.