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Password (American game show)
Password is the American word-association game show created by Bob Stewart for Goodson-Todman, debuting on CBS October 2, 1961 with host Allen Ludden; celebrity-contestant teams exchange one-word clues, and the franchise spans Password Plus, Super Password, Million Dollar Password, and the 2022 NBC revival.
Pat (Saturday Night Live)
Pat is the androgynous Saturday Night Live character played by Julia Sweeney (sketches 1990-1994), whose gender other characters cannot determine; adapted into the poorly received 1994 film It's Pat and reassessed in the 2025 documentary We Are Pat.
Pat & Mat
Pat & Mat (Pat a Mat) is a Czechoslovak silent stop-motion slapstick series created by Lubomír Beneš and Vladimír Jiránek, first shown in 1976 as Kuťáci, about two clumsy handymen whose repairs backfire, ending in their handshake.
Pat Butcher
Pat Butcher (Pat Harris, Wicks, Evans) is a fictional EastEnders matriarch played by Pam St Clement from 12 June 1986 until her on-screen pancreatic cancer death on 1 January 2012, with posthumous returns in 2016 and December 2025.
Pati Patni Aur Panga – Jodiyon Ka Reality Check (पति पत्नी और पंगा – जोड़ियों का रियलिटी चेक)
Pati Patni Aur Panga – Jodiyon Ka Reality Check (पति पत्नी और पंगा), also Dhamaal with Pati Patni Aur Panga, is a Colors TV and JioHotstar Hindi celebrity-couple reality show hosted by Sonali Bendre and Munawar Faruqui; season 1 premiered 2 August 2025, won by Rubina Dilaik and Abhinav Shukla, and season 2 premiered 10 October 2026. Distinct from the unrelated MX Player web series of the same name.
Patiala Babes
Patiala Babes (पटियाला बेब्स) is a Hindi TV drama on Sony TV, 27 Nov 2018 to 27 Mar 2020, 349 episodes, 2 seasons; Ashnoor Kaur as Mini pushes mother Babita (Paridhi Sharma) toward independence in Patiala, Punjab.
Patience (TV series)
Patience is a British Channel 4 crime drama (2025), adapted by Matt Baker from Astrid et Raphaëlle, starring autistic actress Ella Maisy Purvis as York police archivist Patience Evans opposite Laura Fraser's DI Bea Metcalf; renewed for an eight-episode second series with Jessica Hynes.
Patlabor (機動警察パトレイバー)
Patlabor (機動警察パトレイバー, Mobile Police Patlabor) is a Japanese media franchise begun in 1988 by the Headgear collective, depicting Tokyo police piloting humanoid Labors against Labor crime, spanning OVA, TV, films, manga, live action, and the 2026 series EZY.
Patlabor EZY
Patlabor EZY (機動警察パトレイバーEZY) is a new Mobile Police Patlabor anime directed by Yutaka Izubuchi, written by Kazunori Ito, and animated by J.C.STAFF. Released as three theatrical chapters from May 2026 to March 2027, it follows a new Special Vehicles Section 2 generation piloting the AV-98Plus Ingram in 2030s Japan.
Patria
Patria (HBO España, 2020) is an eight-episode miniseries by Aitor Gabilondo adapting Fernando Aramburu's novel, following two Basque families divided by ETA, starring Elena Irureta and Ane Gabarain, with Platino and Ondas awards.
Patrick Jane
Patrick Jane is the fictional lead of CBS's The Mentalist (2008–2015), played by Simon Baker: a former fake TV psychic who, after Red John murdered his wife and daughter, became a California Bureau of Investigation consultant using observation and mentalism.
Patrick Mower
Patrick Mower (born Patrick Archibald Shaw, 12 September 1938, Oxford) is an English actor known for James Cross in Callan, Tom Haggerty in Special Branch, Steve Hackett in Target, and Rodney Blackstock in Emmerdale since 2000.
Patrick Star
Patrick Star is the pink starfish, SpongeBob's best friend in SpongeBob SquarePants, living under a rock in Bikini Bottom; voiced by Bill Fagerbakke since 1999, created by Stephen Hillenburg, star of the spin-off The Patrick Star Show and a major meme icon.
Patriot (TV series)
Patriot is a Prime Video spy comedy-drama created by Steven Conrad, starring Michael Dorman as undercover officer John Tavner posing as a Milwaukee piping-firm employee to stop Iran going nuclear; two seasons, 2015-2018, canceled.
Patsy Palmer
Patsy Palmer is the stage name of Julie Anne Merkell, an English actress and DJ best known for playing Bianca Jackson in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
Patty and Selma
Patty and Selma Bouvier are Marge Simpson's cynical older twin sisters in The Simpsons, voiced by Julie Kavner since their December 17, 1989 debut; celibate Patty contrasts with repeatedly married Selma, whose episodes include Selma's Choice and Goo Goo Gai Pan.
Paul Danan
Paul Danan (2 July 1978 – 15 January 2025) was an English actor and reality TV personality, born in Waltham Forest, London. Known as Sol Patrick in Hollyoaks (1997–2001) and for Celebrity Love Island and Celebrity Big Brother; death ruled misadventure in 2025.
Paul Henry (actor)
Paul Henry is an English actor and presenter known for New Zealand breakfast television and various hosting duties, who launched a political career as an Act Party candidate in 2026.
Paul Kellerman
Paul Kellerman is a Prison Break character played by Paul Adelstein: a Secret Service agent for Vice President Reynolds, alias Owen Kravecki, who turns against the conspiracy, becomes a congressman, and dies in the 2017 revival.
Paul Martin (TV presenter)
Paul Martin (born 1959, Teddington), British antiques dealer and TV presenter, main presenter of BBC's Flog It! for 18 years; also Trust Me, I'm a Dealer and Make Me A Dealer; oak furniture specialist, distinct from the Japanese sword expert of the same name.
Paul Nicholls (actor)
Paul Nicholls (actor), born Gerard Paul Greenhalgh in 1979 in Bolton, England, played Joe Wicks in EastEnders 1996-1997 and 2024, later DS Sam Casey in Law & Order: UK and Steve Bell in Ackley Bridge.
Paul Robinson (Neighbours)
Paul Robinson (Paul Stewart Robinson) is the villainous Lassiters-owning businessman of Australian soap Neighbours, played by Stefan Dennis from episode 1 (18 March 1985) to the 2025 finale, with six wives, many children, and storylines from money laundering to a leg amputation.
Paul T. Goldman
Paul T. Goldman is a 2023 Peacock docuseries directed by Jason Woliner in which Paul Finkelman reenacts his memoir Duplicity, claiming his ex-wife ran an international crime ring, while the show investigates his story.
Paula Wilcox
Paula Wilcox (Mary Paula Wilcox, born 1949) is an English actress, star of 1970s sitcoms The Lovers and Man About the House, later Hilary Potts in Emmerdale and Elaine Jones in Coronation Street.
Pauline Hanson's Please Explain
Pauline Hanson's Please Explain is an Australian satirical animated web series commissioned by One Nation, produced by Stepmates Studios, running on YouTube since November 2021, distinct from the 2016 Broinowski documentary of the same name.
Paurashpur
Paurashpur (पौरशपुर) is a Hindi erotic period drama web series that premiered 29 December 2020 on ALTBalaji and ZEE5, starring Annu Kapoor, Shilpa Shinde, Milind Soman, and Shaheer Sheikh across three seasons (2020, 2023, 2024).
Pavel Chekov
Pavel Chekov is the fictional Russian navigator and weapons officer of the USS Enterprise in Star Trek, added in season two and played by Walter Koenig, later Anton Yelchin; famous for the 'invented in Russia' gag and the 'nuclear wessels' line.
Pavithram (TV series)
Pavithram (പവിത്രം) is a Malayalam Asianet serial premiering 16 December 2024, a remake of Bengali Khelaghor starring Surabhi Santhosh as Vedha and Sreekanth Sasikumar as Vikram; Season 2 streams only on JioHotstar from 13 July 2026.
Pavitra Rishta (पवित्र रिश्ता)
Pavitra Rishta (पवित्र रिश्ता), "Pure Relationship," is a Hindi Zee TV romantic family drama by Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms, airing June 1, 2009 to October 25, 2014 across 1,424 episodes, starring Sushant Singh Rajput and Ankita Lokhande as Manav and Archana, with a 2021 ZEE5 sequel.
PAW Patrol
PAW Patrol is a Canadian CGI preschool series created by toy company Spin Master and Keith Chapman, premiering on Nickelodeon August 12, 2013, following Ryder and rescue pups in Adventure Bay, with over $15 billion in retail sales and three theatrical films.