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Lie to Me (내게 거짓말을 해봐) (2011 TV series)

Lie to Me (내게 거짓말을 해봐) is a 2011 SBS Korean romantic comedy drama, 16 episodes, starring Yoon Eun-hye and Kang Ji-hwan in a false-marriage scandal plot; it exported to eight countries and aired on Japan's TBS.

Life & Beth

Life & Beth is a semi-autobiographical Hulu comedy-drama created, written, directed by, and starring Amy Schumer, with Michael Cera; two seasons, 20 episodes, 2022-2024, cancelled after season 2.

Life After People

Life After People is a History Channel speculative documentary franchise (2008 special; series 2009-2010 and 2025, 3 seasons, 28 episodes) depicting what happens to cities, structures, and wildlife after humans suddenly vanish, narrated by James Lurie.

Life Below Zero

Life Below Zero is a National Geographic documentary reality series (2013-2025, 23 seasons, 231 episodes) following subsistence living in remote Alaska, produced by BBC Studios, starring Sue Aikens and the Hailstones, winner of nine Emmy Awards.

Life Goes On (TV series)

Life Goes On: ABC family drama (1989–1993, 4 seasons, 83 episodes), first major network series with a lead character with Down syndrome, Chris Burke as Corky Thacher; theme song Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da; later HIV storyline with Chad Lowe.

Life Hill Gayi

Life Hill Gayi (लाइफ हिल गयी) is a 2024 Hindi Hotstar Specials comedy series, directed by Prem Mistry, in which siblings Dev (Divyenndu) and Kalki (Kusha Kapila) race to revive their grandfather's failing Uttarakhand hotel; six episodes premiered 9 August 2024.

Life in Pieces

Life in Pieces is a CBS single-camera family sitcom created by Justin Adler, airing 2015–2019 in four seasons and 79 episodes. Each episode tells four standalone short stories about the Short family, starring James Brolin, Dianne Wiest, and Colin Hanks.

Life Is Strange (TV series)

Life Is Strange (TV series) is an upcoming Prime Video live-action adaptation of the 2015 Don't Nod game, showrun by Charlie Covell, starring Tatum Grace Hopkins and Maisy Stella, filmed in 2026.

Life of a Mountain Road Speed Demon (山道猴子的一生)

Life of a Mountain Road Speed Demon (山道猴子的一生) is a 2023 two-part YouTube animation by Eric Duan about a 37K-a-month store clerk ruined by motorcycle debt and vanity, with over 14 million views.

Life on Mars (British TV series)

Life on Mars: British BBC One police drama (2006–2007, 16 episodes) by Graham, Jordan, and Pharoah; John Simm's DI Sam Tyler wakes in 1973 after a car accident, under Philip Glenister's DCI Gene Hunt, with a coma-fantasy resolution, Emmy win, sequel Ashes to Ashes, and five remakes.

Life on Our Planet

Life on Our Planet (2023) is an eight-episode Netflix nature docuseries from Silverback Films and Amblin, narrated by Morgan Freeman, blending wildlife footage with ILM CGI to retell 4 billion years of life through five mass extinctions.

Life Sahi Hai

Life Sahi Hai is a Hindi comedy web series created by Tarun Jain, produced by Luv Ranjan and Ankur Garg (Luv Films), about four men sharing a Delhi apartment; two seasons, 2016 and 2018, later on ZEE5.

Life Sentence (TV series)

Life Sentence is an American comedy-drama television series created by Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith for The CW, starring Lucy Hale as a young woman whose cancer is cured.

Life Unexpected

Life Unexpected is a CW family drama (2010–2011) created by Liz Tigelaar, starring Shiri Appleby, Kristoffer Polaha, and Britt Robertson as a foster teen who finds her birth parents in Portland; 26 episodes, canceled after two seasons.

Life with Derek

Life with Derek is a Canadian teen sitcom (2005-2009, 70 episodes) created by Daphne Ballon for Family Channel and aired on Disney Channel in the US, starring Michael Seater and Ashley Leggat as rival step-siblings in a blended family, later spun off into Vacation with Derek and Life with Luca.

Life with Louie

Life with Louie, Fox animated series (1994–1998) created by and starring comedian Louie Anderson, based on his childhood; also known as Life With Louie. Three seasons, 39 episodes, two Emmys, three Humanitas Prizes, set in fictional Cedar Knoll, Wisconsin.

Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness

Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America (2026) is a seven-episode HBO sketch comedy limited series by Larry David and Jeff Schaffer, Higher Ground-produced, airing June 26 to August 7, 2026.

Lifeline

Lifeline (2017) is an American sci-fi thriller web series, also known as a YouTube Red Original, created by Ben Freiburger and Grant Wheeler and executive produced by Dwayne Johnson. Eight 25-minute episodes follow insurance agents who jump 33 days forward in time to prevent clients' deaths; one-way time travel is its distinguishing rule.

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous was an American first-run syndicated TV series (1984–1995), created by Al Masini and hosted by Robin Leach, touring celebrity mansions and yachts and popularizing "champagne wishes and caviar dreams," a forerunner of MTV Cribs and wealth-focused reality TV.

Light & Magic

Light & Magic is a Disney+ documentary series, directed by Lawrence Kasdan (season 1, 2022) and Joe Johnston (season 2, 2025), chronicling the history of Industrial Light & Magic, the visual effects company George Lucas founded in 1975 for Star Wars.

Light as a Feather (TV series)

Light as a Feather is an American supernatural teen thriller series on Hulu, based on Zoe Aarsen's Wattpad story, in which girls die as a party game predicted.

Light on Me (새빛남고 학생회)

Light on Me (새빛남고 학생회, Saebit Boys' High School Council) is a 2021 South Korean BL web drama, 16 episodes about 26 minutes each, directed by Lee Yoo Yeon for WhyNot Media and adapted from a mobile game; it aired June 29 to August 19, 2021, starring Lee Sae-on and Kang You-seok.

Light Shop (조명가게)

Light Shop (조명가게, Jomyeonggage) is a 2024 Disney+ Korean supernatural mystery drama, 8 episodes, directed by Kim Hee-won and written by Kang Full from his 2011 webtoon, starring Ju Ji-hoon and Park Bo-young as the living and dead cross paths at a lamp shop.

Light the Night (华灯初上)

Light the Night (华灯初上) is a 2021–2022 Taiwanese Netflix mystery drama, 24 episodes in three parts, set in 1988 Taipei's tiaotong nightclub district, starring and produced by Ruby Lin with Cheryl Yang, directed by Lien Yi-chi.

Light to the Night

Light to the Night (黑夜告白) is a 2026 Chinese suspense crime drama directed by Wang Zhi, starring Pan Yueming and Dylan Wang as detectives on an 18-year elevator disappearance case; 28 episodes on Youku and Netflix, distinct from Light the Night and Light the Dark.

Light Yagami (夜神月)

Light Yagami (夜神月), also known as Kira, is the protagonist of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's Death Note manga, an ace student who kills criminals with the Shinigami notebook and is hunted by detective L.

Lighter and Princess (点燃我,温暖你)

Lighter and Princess (点燃我,温暖你), originally titled 打火机与公主裙, is a 2022 Youku Chinese youth romance drama adapted from Twentine's novels, directed by Liu Junjie, starring Chen Feiyu and Zhang Jingyi, 36 episodes, Douban 7.6.

Like a Dragon: Yakuza (龍が如く~Beyond the Game~)

Like a Dragon: Yakuza (龍が如く ~Beyond the Game~) is a 2024 six-episode Amazon Original live-action crime drama adapting Sega's Yakuza games with an original screenplay, starring Ryoma Takeuchi as Kazuma Kiryu in Kamurocho across 1995 and 2005 timelines.

Like Flowers in Sand (모래에도 꽃이 핀다)

Like Flowers in Sand (모래에도 꽃이 핀다) is a 12-episode ENA South Korean drama, aired December 20, 2023 to January 31, 2024, directed by Kim Jin-woo and written by Won Yoo-jung, about faded ssireum wrestling prodigy Kim Baek-du (Jang Dong-yoon) reuniting with his first love Oh Yoo-kyung (Lee Ju-myoung), streamed on Netflix.

Liko (Pokémon)

Liko (リコ) is one of the two protagonists of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, alongside Roy, succeeding Ash Ketchum; she is the anime's first female main protagonist, a Paldean Indigo Academy student whose pendant is the Pokémon Terapagos and who is a descendant of Lucius.