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Master of the House (สืบสันดาน) (TV series)

Master of the House (สืบสันดาน) is a 2024 Thai Netflix limited series by Kantana Motion Pictures, directed by Sivaroj Kongsakul, about a diamond tycoon's mysterious death and an inheritance war; the first Thai series to top Netflix's Global Top 10 Non-English TV chart.

Master's Sun (주군의 태양)

Master's Sun (주군의 태양) is a 2013 SBS Korean supernatural romantic-comedy horror drama, 17 episodes, written by the Hong sisters, directed by Jin Hyuk, starring So Ji-sub and Gong Hyo-jin; rated up to 21.8% Nielsen.

MasterChef Asia (2026 edition)

MasterChef Asia (2026 edition) is the revived pan-Asian MasterChef series, returning after a 10-year hiatus. Produced by Warner Bros. Discovery and CreAsia Studio in Macao, it features ten former MasterChef contestants judged by Edward Lee, Pam Soontornyanakij, and Kelvin Cheung, premiering September 22, 2026.

Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer

Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer is a 2024 three-episode Hulu documentary series, directed by Abby Fuller and executive produced by Dakota and Elle Fanning, profiling FBI profiling pioneer Dr. Ann Burgess.

Masterpeace (TV series)

Masterpeace (മാസ്റ്റര്‍പീസ്) is a 2023 Malayalam comedy-drama web series by Sreejith N on Disney+ Hotstar, starring Nithya Menen and Sharaf U Dheen as a couple whose meddling parents turn a marital quarrel into family chaos across five episodes.

Masterpiece (TV series)

Masterpiece, originally Masterpiece Theatre, is a PBS anthology drama series produced by WGBH Boston, debuting January 10, 1971 with The First Churchills. Known for British imports like Upstairs, Downstairs and Downton Abbey, its biggest hit.

Masters of Evil

Masters of Evil, Marvel Comics supervillain team and Avengers counterparts, first appearing in Avengers #6 (1964) by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby under Baron Zemo; later led by Ultron-5 and Helmut Zemo, famous for Under Siege and the Thunderbolts connection.

Masters of Horror

Masters of Horror: Showtime horror anthology series (2005-2007) created by Mick Garris; two seasons, 26 one-hour standalone films by Argento, Carpenter, Landis, Hooper, Miike and other genre directors; followed by Fear Itself on NBC.

Masters of Sex

Masters of Sex is a Showtime period drama (2013–2016) created by Michelle Ashford, starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan as sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson, adapted from Thomas Maier's 2009 biography.

Masters of the Air

Masters of the Air is a 2024 Apple TV+ nine-episode WWII limited series from Spielberg, Hanks, and Goetzman, based on Donald L. Miller's book, following the 100th Bomb Group's B-17 crews in the Eighth Air Force, starring Austin Butler and Callum Turner.

Masters of the Universe

Masters of the Universe (MOTU) is Mattel's 1982-created He-Man action figure and media franchise set on Eternia, where He-Man defends Castle Grayskull from Skeletor, spanning Filmation animation, the 1987 Cannon film, multiple reboots, and the 2026 Amazon MGM film.

Masters of the Universe: Revelation

Masters of the Universe: Revelation is a 2021 Netflix animated series by Kevin Smith and Mattel Television, a direct sequel to the 1980s Filmation He-Man cartoon, starring Mark Hamill, Chris Wood, and Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Mastram (2020 TV series)

Mastram (मस्तराम) is a 2020 Hindi erotic drama web series on MX Player, starring Anshuman Jha as 1980s pulp writer Rajaram, pen name Mastram; 10 episodes, premiered April 30, 2020, IMDb 6.8/10.

Masyanya

Masyanya (Масяня) is a Russian flash-animated comedy web series created by Oleg Kuvaev on 22 October 2001, starring Masyanya, Khryundel, and Lokhmaty; a 2000s internet phenomenon later on NTV, now crowdfunded on YouTube and anti-war, with its creator sentenced in absentia in Russia.

Mat Franco

Mat Franco, Rhode Island-born Las Vegas magician, first magician to win America's Got Talent (Season 9, 2014, $1 million prize); headliner of Magic Reinvented Nightly at The LINQ since 2015.

Match Game

Match Game is an American celebrity panel game show, also known as The Match Game and Match Game PM, where contestants match fill-in-the-blank answers with six celebrities; it premiered on NBC in 1962 and peaked with the bawdy CBS Match Game '73 revival hosted by Gene Rayburn.

Match of the Day

Match of the Day is a BBC television program that broadcasts Premier League highlights on Saturday evenings. It is the longest-running football program in the world.

Match Point (รักนี้ต้องเสิร์ฟ) (TV series)

Match Point (รักนี้ต้องเสิร์ฟ, Rak Ni Tong Soep) is a 2026 GMMTV Thai BL series starring Teshow and Ping as sons of rival dim sum restaurants forced into a secret tennis doubles partnership, airing 10 episodes on GMM25 from 26 July to 27 September 2026.

Mathagam

Mathagam (மத்தகம்) is a 2023 Tamil-language crime drama web series on Disney+ Hotstar, directed by Prasath Murugesan, starring Atharvaa as DCP Ashwath and Manikandan as gangster Padalam Sekar in a 30-hour Chennai crime story.

Matilda Ziegler

Matilda Ziegler (born 1964) is a British actress known as Donna Ludlow in EastEnders, Irma Gobb in Mr. Bean, and Pearl Pratt in Lark Rise to Candleford; also stage work and teaching.

Mating Season

Mating Season is a Netflix adult animated romantic comedy from the Big Mouth creators (Kroll, Levin, Flackett, Goldberg), premiering May 22, 2026 with 10 TV-MA episodes about forest animals navigating love and sex, voiced by Kroll, Woods, Raphael, and Jalees.

Matka King

Matka King is a 2026 Hindi-language Prime Video period crime drama, 8 episodes, created by Abhay Koranne and directed by Nagraj Manjule, starring Vijay Varma as cotton trader Brij Bhatti, loosely based on Mumbai gambling pioneer Ratan Khatri.

Matlock (2024 TV series)

Matlock (2024) is a CBS legal drama starring Kathy Bates as Madeline "Matty" Matlock, a septuagenarian lawyer with a hidden revenge agenda at the firm Jacobson Moore; inspired by, not a reboot of, the Andy Griffith series, created by Jennie Snyder Urman, renewed through Season 3.

Matsya Kaand

Matsya Kaand is a 2021 Hindi MX Player crime-drama web series, also called MX Original Matsya Kaand, directed by Ajay Bhuyan. Ravi Dubey plays conman Matsya Thada pursued by Ravi Kishan's ACP Tejraj Singh across 11 Mahabharata-titled episodes released 18 November 2021.

Matt Di Angelo

Matt Di Angelo (Mario Angelo Stavrou Constantinou, born 1987) is a British actor known as Dean Wicks in EastEnders (2006–2024) and Sean Kennedy in Hustle, plus Strictly Come Dancing 2007.

Matt Dillon (Gunsmoke)

Matt Dillon is the fictional U.S. Marshal of Dodge City, Kansas, in Gunsmoke, created by John Meston; played by William Conrad on radio (1952–1961) and James Arness on television (1955–1975, 635 episodes) and in later TV movies.

Matt Foley

Matt Foley is Chris Farley's recurring Saturday Night Live motivational speaker, written by Bob Odenkirk, famous for "living in a van down by the river" and destroying furniture; named for Farley's priest friend.

Matt Murdock (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Matt Murdock (MCU) is Charlie Cox's blind Hell's Kitchen attorney and vigilante Daredevil, from Netflix's 2015-2018 series through Spider-Man: No Way Home, She-Hulk, Echo, and Disney+'s Daredevil: Born Again (2025-2027).

Matt Saracen

Matt Saracen, formally Matthew Saracen, is a fictional character played by Zach Gilford in Friday Night Lights, who becomes the Dillon Panthers' starting quarterback after Jason Street's injury.

Matthew Casey

Matthew Casey is the fictional firefighter played by Jesse Spencer on NBC's Chicago Fire, lieutenant then captain at Firehouse 51 from 2012, who left in season 10 for Portland, Oregon, with guest returns afterward.