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Manga Plus (マンガプラス)

Manga Plus (マンガプラス), MANGA Plus by SHUEISHA, is Shueisha's official free manga app and website launched in 2019 for readers outside Japan, China, and Korea, simulpublishing Weekly Shonen Jump titles like One Piece in nine languages, with first and latest three chapters free and a paid MAX tier.

Mangal Lakshmi (मंगल लक्ष्मी)

Mangal Lakshmi (मंगल लक्ष्मी) is a Hindi Colors TV family drama premiered 27 February 2024, a remake of Kannada serial Bhagyalakshmi, starring Deepika Singh as Mangal seeking a respectful husband for sister Lakshmi; reached 700 episodes and faced off-air reports in 2026.

Manhattan (TV series)

Manhattan is a WGN America period drama (2014–2015, two seasons, 23 episodes) created by Sam Shaw about fictional scientists at the 1943 Los Alamos Manhattan Project, starring John Benjamin Hickey, cancelled in 2015 despite strong reviews.

Manhunt (2017 TV series)

Manhunt (2017) is a US true-crime anthology series, also called Manhunt: Unabomber; season 1 dramatizes the FBI hunt for Ted Kaczynski with Paul Bettany and Sam Worthington, and season 2, Deadly Games, is set in Atlanta.

Manhunt (2019 TV series)

Manhunt (2019 TV series) is an ITV true-crime drama starring Martin Clunes as DCI Colin Sutton, dramatizing his memoirs of catching Levi Bellfield (Delagrange, McDonnell, Dowler murders); sequel The Night Stalker (2021) covers Delroy Grant. Distinct from Discovery's Unabomber and Apple TV+'s Lincoln series.

Manhunt (miniseries)

Manhunt (miniseries): 2024 Apple TV+ seven-episode limited series by Monica Beletsky, starring Tobias Menzies as Edwin Stanton hunting John Wilkes Booth, based on James L. Swanson's book; distinct from the 2017 Discovery anthology and ITV's Manhunt.

Maniac (miniseries)

Maniac (2018) is a 10-episode Netflix limited series by Patrick Somerville and Cary Joji Fukunaga, starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill in a pharmaceutical drug trial, loosely based on the 2015 Norwegian series Maniac.

Manimal

Manimal: 1983 NBC science-fiction crime series created by Glen A. Larson and Donald R. Boyle, starring Simon MacCorkindale as shape-shifting professor Jonathan Chase; canceled after eight episodes, later linked to Marvel via a 1998 Night Man crossover.

Manjurukum Kalam (മഞ്ഞരുകും കാലം)

Manjurukum Kalam (മഞ്ഞരുകും കാലം) is a Malayalam-language soap opera broadcast on Mazhavil Manorama until 2017, adapted from Joycee's novel and telling the life story of the adopted girl Janikutty.

Mann Atisundar

Mann Atisundar (मन अति सुंदर) is a Hindi family drama on Dangal TV, a spin-off of Mann Sundar, premiering 24 July 2023. Produced by Suzana Ghai's Panorama Entertainment, it stars Tanishq Seth as Radhika and passed 1,000 episodes in 2026.

Mann Jogi

Mann Jogi is a Pakistani miniseries that premiered on Hum TV in 2024. The story centers on an attempted halala, the practice of remarrying a divorced wife.

Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya (मन की अवाज़ प्रतिज्ञा)

Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya (मन की अवाज़ प्रतिज्ञा), also Mann Ki Awaaz Pratigya, an Indian Hindi-language Star Plus serial (7 December 2009–2012) starring Pooja Gor and Arhaan Behll, revived as Pratigya 2 on Star Bharat in 2021.

Mann Mast Malang (من مست ملنگ)

Mann Mast Malang (من مست ملنگ) is a 2025 Pakistani Geo TV romantic drama by 7th Sky Entertainment, written by Nooran Makhdoom, directed by Ali Faizan, starring Danish Taimoor and Sahar Hashmi as Kabir and Riya, ex-fiancés from feuding families; 56 episodes, one billion YouTube views, heavy controversy.

Mann Mayal (من مائل)

Mann Mayal (من مائل) is a Pakistani prime-time serial about the love story of two neighbors in Sindh. It stars Hamza Ali Abbasi and Maya Ali.

Mannat – Har Khushi Paane Ki (मन्नत – हर खुशी पाने की)

Mannat – Har Khushi Paane Ki (मन्नत – हर खुशी पाने की), also Mannat: Harr Khushi Paane Ki, is a Hindi Colors TV romantic family drama premiering 6 January 2025, starring Ayesha Singh, Adnan Khan, and Mona Vasu, about an abandoned girl who becomes a chef unaware her employer is her birth mother.

Mannix

Mannix, CBS detective series 1967–1975 starring Mike Connors as Armenian-American PI Joe Mannix; created by Levinson and Link, 8 seasons, 194 episodes, Intertect season 1 then solo with Peggy Fair (Gail Fisher).

Manorathangal (മനോരഥങ്ങൾ)

Manorathangal (മനോരഥങ്ങൾ, Mindscapes) is a 2024 ZEE5 Malayalam anthology series of nine episodes adapting M.T. Vasudevan Nair short stories, directed by eight filmmakers including Priyadarshan, with Mohanlal, Mammootty, Fahadh Faasil, and presenter Kamal Haasan.

Mansion 24

Mansion 24 is a 2023 Telugu-language horror thriller web series directed by Ohmkar, starring Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Sathyaraj, Avika Gor, and Bindu Madhavi. Six 30-minute episodes premiered 17 October 2023 on Disney+ Hotstar; journalist Amrutha searches a haunted mansion for her missing archaeologist father.

Manvat Murders

Manvat Murders is a 2024 Marathi-language SonyLIV true-crime series, directed by Ashish Bende and based on Ramakant Kulkarni's memoir, dramatizing the 1972-1974 ritualistic killings in Manvat, Maharashtra.

Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart

Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart is a Cartoon Network animated action-comedy created by Parker Simmons, produced with Titmouse, premiering July 1, 2019. It follows Sheriff Mao Mao, Badgerclops, and Adorabat protecting Pure Heart Valley; renewed for season 2 in 2020 but unaired.

Maomao (猫猫) (The Apothecary Diaries)

Maomao (猫猫) is the apothecary protagonist of The Apothecary Diaries (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto), raised in the pleasure district and sold into the Rear Palace as poison taster; voiced by Aoi Yūki and Emi Lo.

Map Men

Map Men is a British educational comedy YouTube series by Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones, running since May 2016, explaining maps, borders, and geography through sketches, songs, and deadpan humor; also authors of the book This Way Up.

Mapleworth Murders

Mapleworth Murders is a 2020 Quibi short-form comedy-mystery series created by Paula Pell and John Lutz, starring Pell as sleuth Abigail Mapleworth; 12 episodes, J.B. Smoove won a 2021 Emmy, now on The Roku Channel.

Maquis (Star Trek)

The Maquis are a fictional Star Trek resistance of Federation colonists and ex-Starfleet officers fighting the Cardassians after a treaty ceded their colonies, introduced on The Next Generation, central to Voyager, and destroyed after Cardassia joined the Dominion.

Maradona: Blessed Dream

Maradona: Blessed Dream (Maradona: Sueño bendito) is a 2021 Amazon Prime Video biographical miniseries, 10 episodes, created by Alejandro Aimetta, dramatizing Diego Maradona's life from Villa Fiorito to the 1986 World Cup, criticized for historical errors such as Perón's death date.

Marble Hall Murders (TV series)

Marble Hall Murders is a 2026 six-part BBC/PBS MASTERPIECE miniseries adapting Anthony Horowitz's third Susan Ryeland novel, starring Lesley Manville and Tim McMullan, with editor Susan drawn into a murder and becoming a suspect.

Marble Hornets

Marble Hornets is a 2009–2014 YouTube found-footage horror web series by Troy Wagner and Joseph DeLage, the first major Slender Man adaptation, featuring the Operator, the totheark channel, and a 2015 film adaptation.

Marceline the Vampire Queen

Marceline the Vampire Queen (Marceline Abadeer) is a 1,000-year-old half-demon vampire in Adventure Time, voiced by Olivia Olson, who feeds on the color red, plays an ax bass, and is Princess Bubblegum's partner.

Marcelito Pomoy

Marcelito Pomoy (born 1984), Filipino dual-voice singer, winner of Pilipinas Got Talent season 2 (2011), fourth place on America's Got Talent: The Champions (2020), known for singing both tenor and soprano parts of duets like "The Prayer".

Marcella (TV series)

Marcella is a British noir crime drama created by Hans Rosenfeldt and Nicola Larder, starring Anna Friel as London detective Marcella Backland. It premiered on ITV in April 2016, streams on Netflix, and ran three series, moving to an undercover Belfast plot.