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Loki (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Loki (MCU) is the Marvel Cinematic Universe's God of Mischief, Frost Giant son of Laufey adopted by Odin, played by Tom Hiddleston from Thor (2011) through the Disney+ series Loki (2021–2023), ending as the multiverse's sacrificial guardian.

Loki (TV series)

Loki is a Marvel Studios Disney+ series (2021–2023, two six-episode seasons) starring Tom Hiddleston as the God of Mischief, arrested by the Time Variance Authority after Avengers: Endgame; created by Michael Waldron, directed by Kate Herron in season 1.

LOL - Chi ride è fuori

LOL - Chi ride è fuori (LOL: Last One Laughing Italy) is a Prime Video Italian comedy show adapting Hitoshi Matsumoto's Japanese format Documental: ten comedians, six hours, no laughing, €100,000 to charity, debuting 1 April 2021.

LOL (HITOSHI MATSUMOTO presents ドキュメンタル)

LOL: Last One Laughing, originally HITOSHI MATSUMOTO Presents Documental (ドキュメンタル), is Hitoshi Matsumoto's Amazon Prime Video comedy survival show: ten comedians, 1 million yen entry fee each, six hours, last one not laughing wins 10 million yen.

LOL: Last One Laughing Philippines

LOL: Last One Laughing Philippines is a Prime Video comedy reality competition, the local adaptation of Hitoshi Matsumoto's Documental, hosted by Vice Ganda; ten comedians endure six hours without laughing for ₱1 million, with Chad Kinis winning season 1 in 2024.

LOL: Last One Laughing UK

LOL: Last One Laughing UK is a Prime Video British comedy reality series adapted from Japan's Documental, hosted by Jimmy Carr with Roisin Conaty, where ten comedians must not laugh for six hours; Bob Mortimer won series 1 in March 2025.

Lola Pearce

Lola Pearce, later Lola Pearce-Brown, is a fictional EastEnders character played by Danielle Harold (2011-2015, 2019-2023). Billy Mitchell's granddaughter, mother of Lexi, wife of Jay Brown; died of a glioblastoma in the 31 May 2023 episode.

Lolicon (ロリコン)

Lolicon (ロリコン), from "Lolita complex", is a Japanese slang term for sexual attraction to young girls and the manga/anime genre depicting them; coined after Nabokov's Lolita, boomed in 1980s eromanga, never an academic term, antonym shotacon.

LoliRock

LoliRock is a French magical girl animated series, launched on France 3 in 2014, about teenage alien princesses who fight evil while performing in a pop band.

Lolita Lobosco

Lolita Lobosco, broadcast as Le indagini di Lolita Lobosco, is a Rai 1 Italian crime dramedy (2021–2024, three seasons) freely adapted from Gabriella Genisi's novels, directed by Luca Miniero and starring Luisa Ranieri as a Bari vicequestore.

LONA (TV series)

LONA (ロナ) is an original Japanese TV anime announced June 2026 for a Spring 2027 premiere: Akiko Nogi's original story and screenplay, directed by Takashi Katagiri, produced by WIT STUDIO, set in a near-future VR space Mahora where researchers analyze the brains of the dead.

London Kills

London Kills is a British police procedural series created by Paul Marquess, following an elite London murder investigation squad, first broadcast by Acorn TV in 2019.

London Spy

London Spy is a 2015 five-part BBC Two miniseries written by Tom Rob Smith, directed by Jakob Verbruggen, starring Ben Whishaw, Edward Holcroft, Jim Broadbent and Charlotte Rampling; a gay love story and espionage mystery inspired by the Gareth Williams case.

London Tipton

London Tipton (London Leah Tipton) is the fictional Paris Hilton-parody hotel heiress of Disney Channel's Suite Life franchise, played by Brenda Song from 2005 to 2011, daughter of Wilfred Tipton, with the catchphrase "Yay me!".

London's Burning (TV series)

London's Burning: British ITV drama by London Weekend Television following Blue Watch firefighters at fictional Blackwall fire station; ran 14 series, 1988–2002, from Jack Rosenthal's 1986 TV film, peaking above 16 million viewers.

Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger: masked Texas Ranger hero created at Detroit's WXYZ radio in 1933 (credited variously to Trendle, Striker, Jewell), with Tonto, Silver, silver bullets, and William Tell Overture; radio, 221 ABC TV episodes, and 2013 Disney film.

Lone Wolf and Cub

Lone Wolf and Cub (Kozure Ōkami, 子連れ狼) is a gekiga samurai manga by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, serialized 1970–1976 in Weekly Manga Action, about executioner Ogami Ittō and son Daigorō; 28 volumes, six films, 2001 Eisner Award.

Lonelygirl15

Lonelygirl15 (LG15) was a scripted YouTube web series (June 2006 to August 2008) disguised as the vlog of homeschooled teen Bree, played by New Zealand actress Jessica Rose, created by Miles Beckett, Greg Goodfried, and Ramesh Flinders and unmasked in September 2006.

Lonesome Dove (miniseries)

Lonesome Dove is a 1989 CBS four-part Western miniseries adapted from Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer-winning novel, directed by Simon Wincer, starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones as Texas Rangers driving cattle to Montana; it won six Emmys and a Peabody Award.

Lonesome Dove series

Lonesome Dove series: Larry McMurtry's four-novel Western tetralogy (Lonesome Dove, Streets of Laredo, Dead Man's Walk, Comanche Moon) about Texas Rangers Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call, plus the Pulitzer-winning 1985 novel and its Emmy-winning 1989 CBS miniseries adaptations.

Long Bright River (TV series)

Long Bright River is a Peacock limited crime drama series, March 13, 2025, adapted from Liz Moore's 2020 novel, starring Amanda Seyfried as Philadelphia cop Mickey Fitzpatrick searching Kensington's opioid crisis for a killer and her missing sister.

Long For You (我与你的光年距离)

Long For You (我与你的光年距离) is a 2017 Chinese fantasy romance web drama adapted from Korean manhwa Snow Girl, directed by Mao De Shu, starring Song Weilong and Zhou Yutong, streamed on LeTV from 14 February 2017 in 21 episodes, passing 1 billion views, with a 2018 Mango TV sequel.

Long Story Short (TV series)

Long Story Short is a 2025 Netflix adult animated comedy by BoJack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg about the Jewish Schwooper family across decades, told non-chronologically; renewed for a 2026 second season and WGA Award winner.

Long Vacation (ロングバケーション)

Long Vacation (ロングバケーション) is a 1996 Fuji TV Getsuku romance drama, 11 episodes written by Eriko Kitagawa, starring Takuya Kimura and Tomoko Yamaguchi; finale rated 36.7%, first overseas remake announced 2026 by Hong Kong's MakerVille.

Long Way Down

Long Way Down (2007) is the BBC2 motorcycle docuseries in which Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman rode BMW R 1200 GS Adventure bikes 15,000 miles in 85 days from John O'Groats to Cape Agulhas, South Africa, directed by David Alexanian and Russ Malkin.

Long Way Home (2025 TV series)

Long Way Home is a 2025 Apple TV+ documentary travel series, the fourth Long Way installment, following Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman on vintage motorcycles about 10,000 miles from Scotland to England via Scandinavia, the Arctic Circle, and the Baltics, premiering May 9, 2025.

Long Way Round

Long Way Round is a 2004 Sky One documentary series and book following actors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman riding BMW R 1150 GS Adventure motorcycles 20,000 miles east from London to New York across 12 countries in 115 days; first of the Long Way series.

Long Way Up

Long Way Up (2020) is an Apple TV+ documentary, the third Long Way series, following Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman 13,000 miles on prototype electric Harley-Davidson LiveWires from Ushuaia, Argentina to Los Angeles through 13 countries in 100 days.

Longmire (TV series)

Longmire (2012–2017) is an American neo-Western crime drama based on Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire novels, starring Robert Taylor as a Wyoming county sheriff; three seasons on A&E, then three on Netflix, 63 episodes total.

Look Around You

Look Around You is a British comedy series on BBC Two that parodies 1970s and 1980s schools science programs, devised by Robert Popper and Peter Serafinowicz.