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Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn

Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn is a Nickelodeon family sitcom (2014–2018, 84 episodes) created by Matt Fleckenstein about Harper quadruplets played by Aidan Gallagher, Casey Simpson, Mace Coronel, and Lizzy Greene, cancelled after four seasons.

Nicola Mitchell

Nicola Mitchell is a fictional character in the BBC soap EastEnders, played by Laura Doddington; introduced 11 November 2024 as Teddy Mitchell's ex-wife and mother of Harry and Barney, a villain who killed Shireen Bashar.

Nicola Thorp

Nicola Thorp (Nicola Sian Thorp, born 1988, Blackpool) is an English actress and broadcaster who played Nicola Rubinstein in Coronation Street (2017–2019) and led the 150,000-signature high heels dress-code petition debated in Parliament in March 2017.

Night at the Museum (franchise)

Night at the Museum is a fantasy comedy franchise based on Milan Trenc's children's book, in which museum exhibits come to life via an Egyptian tablet. Three Shawn Levy films (2006, 2009, 2014) star Ben Stiller as night guard Larry Daley, plus a 2022 animated film and a planned reimagining.

Night Court

Night Court is an NBC sitcom (1984–1992, 193 episodes) created by Barney Miller veteran Reinhold Weege about Judge Harry T. Stone's zany Manhattan night court, starring Harry Anderson, John Larroquette, and Richard Moll; revived 2023 with Melissa Rauch, cancelled 2025.

Night Court (2023 TV series)

Night Court (2023) is an NBC sitcom revival of the 1984–1992 series, developed by Melissa Rauch, Dan Rubin, and John Larroquette, starring Rauch as Abby Stone and Larroquette as Dan Fielding, premiering January 17, 2023.

Night Gallery

Night Gallery (Rod Serling's Night Gallery) is NBC's horror-fantasy anthology series (1970–1973), created and hosted by Rod Serling after The Twilight Zone, with a 1969 pilot featuring Steven Spielberg's directorial debut and 98 story segments across three seasons.

Night Has Come (밤이 되었습니다) (TV series)

Night Has Come (밤이 되었습니다, Bami Dweeoseumnida) is a 2023 South Korean horror-thriller web drama, 12 episodes on U+ Mobile TV from December 4, 2023, about high schoolers forced into a deadly mafia game.

Night King

The Night King is the show-invented leader of the White Walkers in Game of Thrones, created by the Children of the Forest, distinct from the books' legendary Night's King, killed by Arya Stark in "The Long Night".

Night of the Living Dead (film series)

George A. Romero's Living Dead series: Night of the Living Dead (1968) and five sequels through Survival of the Dead (2009), plus the 1990 Savini remake, public-domain history, and zombie-fiction legacy.

Night Sky (TV series)

Night Sky, earlier titled Lightyears, is an American sci-fi drama created by Holden Miller for Prime Video, starring Sissy Spacek and J.K. Simmons as a couple guarding a backyard portal to a deserted planet; it premiered May 20, 2022 and was canceled after one season.

Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer

Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer is a four-part Netflix docuseries (January 13, 2021) directed by Tiller Russell about the 1985 manhunt for Richard Ramirez by detectives Gil Carrillo and Frank Salerno.

Night Wanderer (夜旅人)

Night Wanderer (夜旅人) is Zhao Xizhi's time-travel romance novel and its 24-episode iQiyi drama: a 1937 Shanghai lawyer and a modern forensic doctor meet nightly via apartment 699; shelved five years after Deng Lun's tax case, revived with Fu Xinbo via AI face-swap.

Nightflyers (TV series)

Nightflyers is a 10-episode Syfy/Netflix sci-fi horror series (2018) adapted from George R.R. Martin's 1980 novella, set in 2093 aboard the starship Nightflyer; canceled after one season.

Nikita (TV series)

Nikita (2010-2013) is an American CW action thriller, the second TV adaptation of Luc Besson's 1990 film Nikita after La Femme Nikita (1997-2001). Created by Craig Silverstein, starring Maggie Q as a rogue assassin, 73 episodes in 4 seasons.

Nikita Kuzmin (Нікіта Кузьмін)

Nikita Kuzmin (Нікіта Кузьмін), born 1997 in Kyiv, is a Ukrainian-born dancer, six-time Italian Latin and Ballroom champion, Let's Dance Germany pro (2020), Strictly Come Dancing professional since 2021, Celebrity Big Brother 2024 runner-up, and solo tour headliner.

Nikki Newman

Nikki Newman, born Nicole Reed, is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by Melody Thomas Scott since 1979.

Nikki Sanderson

Nikki Sanderson (born 1984) is an English actress known as Candice Stowe in Coronation Street (1999–2005) and Maxine Minniver in Hollyoaks (2012–2025), also in Heartbeat and the MGN phone hacking trial.

Niko and the Sword of Light

Niko and the Sword of Light: Amazon Prime Video animated fantasy series (2017–2019), based on a 2013 Imaginism/StudioNX motion comic app; two seasons, 23 episodes, Emmy-winning pilot, showrunner Rob Hoegee.

Niles Crane

Niles Crane is the fictional younger brother of Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcom Frasier (1993-2004), played by David Hyde Pierce. A Jungian psychiatrist in private practice, married to the never-seen Maris, and in love with Daphne Moon until their season 10 marriage; the role won Pierce four Emmys.

Nimki Mukhiya (निमकी मुखिया)

Nimki Mukhiya (निमकी मुखिया), Hindi serial on Star Bharat 2017–2019, 8:30 PM Mon–Fri; Bhumika Gurung as a Bihar village's first female mukhiya; created by Zama Habib; retitled Nimki Vidhayak in 2019.

Nina Toussaint-White

Nina Toussaint-White (born 1985) is an English actress trained at Italia Conti, known for Syd Chambers in EastEnders, Mels in Doctor Who's "Let's Kill Hitler", DS Louise Rayburn in Bodyguard, and Jane Thwaite in Murder Before Evensong (2025).

Nina Wadia

Nina Wadia OBE (born 1968, Bombay) is a British actress and comedian, a star of Goodness Gracious Me and Zainab Masood in EastEnders 2007–2013, later in Aladdin, The Sandman, and Still Open All Hours.

Nina's World

Nina's World (2015-2018) is an animated Sprout preschool series, a prequel to The Good Night Show, following 6-year-old Nina, her toy Star, grandmother Abuelita (Rita Moreno), and trilingual English, Spanish, and ASL dialogue.

Nine Perfect Strangers (TV series)

Nine Perfect Strangers is a Hulu drama series based on Liane Moriarty's 2018 novel, starring Nicole Kidman as wellness guru Masha Dmitrichenko. Season 1 (2021, 8 episodes) is set at Tranquillum House; season 2 (2025) moves to the Austrian Alps with a new cast.

Nine Puzzles

Nine Puzzles (나인 퍼즐) is a 2025 Disney+ Korean crime thriller, 11 episodes, directed by Yoon Jong-bin, starring Kim Da-mi as profiler Yoon E-na and Son Suk-ku as detective Han-saem hunting puzzle-piece serial murders.

Nineteen to Twenty

Nineteen to Twenty (19/20, 열아홉 스물) is a 2023 Netflix Korean reality dating show in which ten 2004-born participants spend their last week as 19-year-olds in '19 School' (no dating) and first week as 20-year-olds in '20 House'; 13 episodes, July 11 to August 1, 2023.

Ninja Gaiden

Ninja Gaiden (忍者龍剣伝, Ninja Ryukenden) is Koei Tecmo's ninja action franchise starring Ryu Hayabusa, begun as a 1988 Tecmo arcade game, rebooted in 3D by Team Ninja on Xbox in 2004, and revived in 2025 with Ninja Gaiden 4 by Team Ninja and PlatinumGames.

Ninja Hattori-kun (忍者ハットリくん)

Ninja Hattori-kun (忍者ハットリくん) is Fujiko Fujio A's 1964 ninja gag manga about an Iga ninja lodging with the Mitsuba family, adapted as the 1981 Shin-Ei/TV Asahi anime, a 1966 live-action drama, and a 2012 India-made remake hit in India.

Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation

Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation, also Hero Turtles: The Next Mutation, is Saban's 1997–1998 live-action Fox Kids TMNT series, 26 episodes, notable for introducing the first female Turtle, Venus de Milo, and for following the 1990s film continuity.