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Kodansha (講談社)

Kodansha (講談社), founded 1909 in Tokyo by Seiji Noma as Dai Nippon Yuben Kai, is a major Japanese family-owned publisher of manga, books, and magazines, behind Attack on Titan and AKIRA, with ¥169.2 billion FY2025 revenue.

Kodansha USA

Kodansha USA Publishing, also known as Kodansha USA, is the American publishing arm of Japan's Kodansha, founded in 2008 and publishing English-language manga and books since 2009.

Kodi Lee

Kodi Lee (Kodi Taehyun Lee, born 1996) is a blind, autistic American singer-pianist and prodigious savant who won America's Got Talent season 14 in 2019 after a Golden Buzzer audition of "A Song for You," and released the debut album Exactly As I Am in 2026.

Kodomo no Jikan (こどものじかん)

Kodomo no Jikan (こどものじかん), also romanized Kodomo no Jikan, is a romance comedy manga by Kaworu Watashiya serialized in Futabasha's Comic High! from 2004 to 2013 in 13 volumes, about teacher Aoki and pupil Rin Kokonoe; its 2007 anime saw broadcast cancellations and censorship.

Koffee with Karan (कॉफ़ी विद करण)

Koffee with Karan (कॉफ़ी विद करण) is Karan Johar's Indian celebrity talk show, first aired on Star World on 19 November 2004 with Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol; known for its rapid-fire round, hamper and controversies, it ended with a ninth and final season on JioHotstar in October 2026.

Kohrra

Kohrra is a Punjabi-language Netflix investigative crime drama set in Punjab, created by Gunjit Chopra, Diggi Sisodia, and Sudip Sharma. Season 1 (2023) follows cops probing an NRI bridegroom's murder; Season 2 (2026) stars Mona Singh alongside Barun Sobti.

Koi Laut Ke Aaya Hai (कोई लौट के आया है)

Koi Laut Ke Aaya Hai (कोई लौट के आया है) is a 2017 Hindi Star Plus psychological thriller, 33 episodes, starring Surbhi Jyoti, Shoaib Ibrahim, and Sharad Kelkar, about a royal widow whose presumed-dead army-officer husband returns.

Kojak

Kojak: CBS police drama (1973–1978) starring Telly Savalas as lollipop-sucking NYPD Lt. Theo Kojak, created by Abby Mann from the pilot movie The Marcus-Nelson Murders; Emmy and Golden Globe winner.

Kolangal (TV series)

Kolangal is a Tamil family drama serial that aired on Sun TV from 2003 to 2009. It centered on Abinaya, a middle-class woman who built a construction business.

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Kolchak: The Night Stalker is a 1974–75 ABC horror series starring Darren McGavin as reporter Carl Kolchak, spun off from the 1972 TV movie The Night Stalker and its 1973 sequel The Night Strangler; it inspired The X-Files.

Komi Can't Communicate (古見さんは、コミュ症です。)

Komi Can't Communicate (古見さんは、コミュ症です。) is Tomohito Oda's school comedy manga serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday 2016–2025, 37 volumes, about shy Komi Shoko's goal of making 100 friends; adapted into a 2021 NHK drama and two OLM anime seasons on Netflix.

Koose Munisamy Veerappan (கூஸ் முனிசாமி வீரப்பன்) (TV series)

Koose Munisamy Veerappan (கூஸ் முனிசாமி வீரப்பன்) is a 2023 ZEE5 Tamil docuseries, six episodes, directed by Sharath Jothi, built on Nakkheeran Gopal's unseen interview tapes with the bandit Veerappan; distinct from Netflix's The Hunt for Veerappan.

Korean drama (한국 드라마)

Korean drama (한국 드라마), or K-drama, is South Korean television drama. Grew from 1960s TV (KBS 1961, MBC 1969), spread to China in 1997, and became a top export; China banned it unofficially in 2016.

Korra

Korra is the Southern Water Tribe protagonist of The Legend of Korra (2012–2014), the Avatar after Aang, voiced by Janet Varney, facing Amon, Unalaq, Zaheer, and Kuvira, later vilified in Avatar: Seven Havens.

Kortney Wilson

Kortney Wilson (nee Galerno, born 1979, Windsor, Ontario), also known as singer Kortney Kayle, is a Canadian TV host, designer, and Nashville realtor, co-host of HGTV's Masters of Flip and later Life Is Messy with Kenny Brain.

Kota Factory (कोटा फैक्ट्री)

Kota Factory (कोटा फैक्ट्री), TVF's black-and-white Hindi web series on the Kota coaching industry, follows aspirant Vaibhav Pandey and mentor Jeetu Bhaiya; three seasons released 2019, 2021, and 2024, with Netflix from season 2.

Kotaro Lives Alone

Kotaro Lives Alone (コタローは1人暮らし) is Mami Tsumura's manga about a 4-year-old living alone in Apartment Shimizu; serialized in Big Comic Superior 2015–2023, 10 volumes, adapted into a 2021 TV Asahi drama and a 2022 Netflix anime by Liden Films.

Kothao Keu Nei (কোথাও কেউ নেই)

Kothao Keu Nei (কোথাও কেউ নেই) is a Bangladeshi BTV drama serial written by Humayun Ahmed and directed by Barkat Ullah, aired 1992–93. Its gangster hero Baker Bhai, played by Asaduzzaman Noor, was hanged in the finale, sparking street protests and enduring cultural fame.

Kotoura-san (琴浦さん)

Kotoura-san (琴浦さん), also romanized Kotoura-san by Enokizu, is a Japanese four-panel romantic comedy web manga about mind-reading schoolgirl Haruka Kotoura; it won Manga of the Year 2009, ran to seven Micro Magazine volumes, and received a 12-episode 2013 AIC Classic anime.

Kourtney and Kim Take Miami

Kourtney and Kim Take Miami, originally Kourtney & Khloé Take Miami, is an E! reality series (2009-2013), a Keeping Up with the Kardashians spin-off about the sisters running their D-A-SH boutique in Miami Beach, with Kim replacing Khloé in season 3.

KPOPPED

KPOPPED (Apple TV+ K-pop song battle series, 2025) hosted by PSY and Megan Thee Stallion: Western artists like Patti LaBelle and Boyz II Men team with K-pop idols in Seoul-audience-judged reinventions of hits.

Kraina Grzybów TV

Kraina Grzybów TV (KGTV, Mushroomland TV) is a Polish YouTube art project by Wiktor Stribog, started anonymously December 23, 2013, whose surreal children's-TV-style series Poradnik Uśmiechu (Smile Guide) predated analog horror.

Krapopolis

Krapopolis is an American adult animated sitcom created by Dan Harmon for Fox, premiering September 24, 2023, set in mythical ancient Greece, starring Richard Ayoade, Hannah Waddingham, and Matt Berry, produced by Bento Box Entertainment.

Krillin (クリリン)

Krillin (クリリン, Kuririn) is Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball character, Goku's monk friend from Orin Temple; name puns on chestnut and Shaolin, debut chapter 25, strongest Earthling.

Krishna Chali London

Krishna Chali London (कृष्णा चली लंदन), a Star Plus Hindi drama set in Kanpur, aired 21 May 2018 to 1 June 2019, starring Megha Chakraborty, Gaurav Sareen, and Karan Vohra, remade in Kannada as Nan Hendthi MBBS.

Kroll Show

Kroll Show is a Comedy Central sketch comedy series created by Nick Kroll, Jonathan Krisel, and John Levenstein, airing January 2013 to March 2015; it parodies reality TV through fictional shows-within-the-show whose characters spin off and crossover across three seasons.

Krusty Krab

Krusty Krab, the fictional Bikini Bottom fast-food restaurant in SpongeBob SquarePants founded by Mr. Krabs, home of the secret-formula Krabby Patty, rival of the Chum Bucket, and subject of a real Fifth Circuit trademark case.

Krusty the Clown

Krusty the Clown (Herschel Shmoikel Yerucham Pinchas Krustofsky) is The Simpsons' cynical Jewish children's TV entertainer, voiced by Dan Castellaneta, inspired by Portland clown Rusty Nails, originally conceived as Homer in disguise.

Krypto Saves the Day!

Krypto Saves the Day! is a Warner Bros. Animation and DC Studios series of dialogue-free animated shorts starring Superman's dog Krypto, announced February 2025, with four five-to-six-minute season 1 shorts on HBO Max and YouTube from August 2025 and season 2 from September 2026.

Krypto the Superdog

Krypto the Superdog: 2005–2006 Warner Bros. Animation series on Cartoon Network about Superman's Kryptonian dog, created by Chris Mitchell with Alan Burnett and Paul Dini, 39 episodes in two seasons, distinct from the comic character and the Super-Pets film.