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Peshwa Bajirao (पेशवा बाजीराव) (TV series)

Peshwa Bajirao (पेशवा बाजीराव), also called Peshwa Bajirao TV series, is a Sony TV Hindi historical drama (23 January to 25 August 2017, 151 episodes) starring Karan Suchak, Rudra Soni, Manish Wadhwa, and Anuja Sathe as Bajirao I's parents.

Peta Murgatroyd

Peta Murgatroyd (Peta Jane Murgatroyd, born 1986, Auckland) is a New Zealand-born Australian professional dancer, two-time Dancing with the Stars Mirrorball champion (2012 Donald Driver, 2016 Nyle DiMarco), former Burn the Floor Broadway lead, wife of Maksim Chmerkovskiy, and founder of Peta Jane Beauty.

Pete Campbell

Pete Campbell (Peter Dyckman Campbell) is a fictional Mad Men character, an ambitious Sterling Cooper account executive played by Vincent Kartheiser; married to Trudy, fathered a son with Peggy, later SCDP partner, Weiner's most-changed character.

Peter Barlow (Coronation Street)

Peter Barlow (Peter Francis Barlow), fictional Coronation Street character born on screen 1965, twin son of Ken and Valerie Barlow; played by seven actors, most notably Chris Gascoyne 2000-2023; known for bigamy, alcoholism, and Stephen Reid storylines.

Peter Beale

Peter Beale is a fictional EastEnders character, son of Ian and Cindy Beale and twin of Lucy, born in 1993 and played by seven actors including Thomas Law, Ben Hardy, and Dayle Hudson.

Peter Benton

Peter Benton is a fictional surgeon played by Eriq La Salle on NBC's ER (1994–2002 regular, guest in season 15); a County General general surgeon whose arcs include his deaf son Reese's custody battle and mentoring John Carter.

Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time

Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time (ピーター・グリルと賢者の時間) is Daisuke Hiyama's fantasy harem ecchi comedy manga, serialized in Futabasha's Monthly Action 2017–2024 in 15 volumes, with a two-season Wolfsbane anime (2020, 2022) licensed by Sentai and Seven Seas.

Peter Kay's Car Share

Peter Kay's Car Share is a BBC One sitcom (2015-2020) created by Paul Coleman and Tim Reid, starring Peter Kay as John Redmond and Sian Gibson as Kayleigh Kitson, supermarket colleagues in a company car-share scheme; a double BAFTA winner whose finale drew six million viewers.

Petrichor The Series (หยดฝนกลิ่นสนิม)

Petrichor The Series (หยดฝนกลิ่นสนิม), 2024 Thai GL crime-mystery romance, iQIYI Original by Miss Grand International and TV Thunder, starring Engfa Waraha and Charlotte Austin; 10 episodes on One 31 and iQIYI from Nov 23, 2024.

Petscop

Petscop is a 2017-2019 YouTube horror web series by Tony Domenico, presented as let's play recordings of a fictional unfinished 1997 PlayStation game by Garalina, following player Paul through a hidden underworld tied to the real Candace Newmaker case.

Pettaikaali

Pettaikaali (பேட்டைக்காளி) is a 2022 Tamil action drama web series on Aha Tamil, the first based on Jallikattu, directed by La. Rajkumar, produced by Vetri Maaran, starring Kalaiyarasan and Kishore in 8 episodes.

Petticoat Junction

Petticoat Junction: CBS rural sitcom created by Paul Henning, 1963-1970, 222 episodes; widowed Kate Bradley and her three daughters run the Shady Rest Hotel in Hooterville, distinct from Green Acres.

Peyton Place (TV series)

Peyton Place: ABC primetime serial (September 15, 1964–June 2, 1969), TV's first primetime soap opera, adapted from Grace Metalious's 1956 novel; 514 episodes, 60-million-viewer peak, Mia Farrow and Ryan O'Neal breakout stars, revived as Return to Peyton Place.

Peyton Sawyer

Peyton Sawyer (Peyton Elizabeth Sawyer, later Scott) is a fictional character on One Tree Hill, played by Hilarie Burton for six seasons; an artist turned record label founder who marries Lucas Scott and leaves in season 6.

Phantom Blood (ファントムブラッド)

Phantom Blood (ファントムブラッド) is Part 1 of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1987 in 44 chapters; set in 1880s England, it pits Jonathan Joestar against Dio Brando and the stone mask, adapted in 2007 as a lost film and in 2012 as the anime's first nine episodes.

Phantom Lawyer (페이스 메이커)

Phantom Lawyer (신이랑 법률사무소), also translated Shin I-Rang Law Office, is a 2026 SBS supernatural legal K-drama, 16 episodes from March 13 to May 2, 2026, starring Yoo Yeon-seok and Esom, streamed weekly on Netflix.

Pharma (TV series)

Pharma (ഫാർമ) is a 2025 Malayalam Hotstar Specials web series directed by P. R. Arun, starring Nivin Pauly as medical rep K.P. Vinod who exposes a drug company; 8 episodes, JioHotstar, December 19, 2025.

Phil Mitchell

Phil Mitchell (Phillip James Mitchell) is a fictional EastEnders character played by Steve McFadden since 20 February 1990; brother of Grant and Sam, five-times married, alcoholic, and the soap's second-longest-serving character after Ian Beale.

Phil of the Future

Phil of the Future is a Disney Channel sitcom (2004–2006, 43 episodes, created by Tim Maile and Douglas Tuber) about the Diffy family from 2121 stranded in 2004 after a time machine malfunction, starring Ricky Ullman, Alyson Michalka, Amy Bruckner, Craig Anton, and Lise Simms.

Philip J. Fry

Philip J. Fry is the protagonist of Futurama, Matt Groening and David X. Cohen's animated sci-fi sitcom: a pizza delivery boy frozen December 31, 1999, who wakes 1,000 years later at Planet Express, voiced by Billy West.

Phineas and Ferb

Phineas and Ferb: Disney Channel animated comedy by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh (2007-2015, revived 2025) about stepbrothers' summer inventions, Perry the Platypus, and Dr. Doofenshmirtz; five Emmys, 650 million Disney+ hours.

Phineas Flynn

Phineas Flynn is the triangle-headed, orange-haired co-protagonist of Disney's Phineas and Ferb, voiced by Vincent Martella. First sketched by Dan Povenmire around 1993, he builds summer inventions with stepbrother Ferb and returned in the 2025 revival with a fourth shirt stripe.

Phir Bhi Na Maane...Badtameez Dil (फिर भी ना माने...बदतमीज़ दिल)

Phir Bhi Na Maane...Badtameez Dil is an Indian musical romantic television series starring Pearl V Puri and Asmita Sood that premiered on Star Plus in 2015.

Phlox (Star Trek)

Phlox (Phloxx-tunnai-oortann), Denobulan chief medical officer of Enterprise NX-01 in Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-2005), played by John Billingsley, Interspecies Medical Exchange physician with three wives, famous for Dear Doctor and Doctor's Orders.

Phoebe & Jay

Phoebe & Jay is a 2026 PBS KIDS animated preschool series by Genie Deez and Thy Than about 6-year-old twins in Tobsy Towers learning functional literacy from everyday texts, premiering February 2, 2026.

Phoebe Buffay

Phoebe Buffay is the eccentric masseuse-musician of the sitcom Friends (1994-2004), played by Lisa Kudrow, who won a 1998 Emmy for the role; known for "Smelly Cat", twin Ursula, and the triplets surrogacy arc.

Phoebe Halliwell

Phoebe Halliwell is a fictional character from the supernatural drama series Charmed (The WB, 1998–2006), played by Alyssa Milano, whose power of premonition grows into levitation and empathy.

Phoebe Tonkin

Phoebe Tonkin (Phoebe Jane Elizabeth Tonkin, born 1989) is an Australian actress known as Cleo in H2O: Just Add Water, Hayley Marshall in The Originals, and AACTA-winning lead of Boy Swallows Universe.

Phoenix Nights

Phoenix Nights, also known as Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights, is a British sitcom set in a Bolton working men's club, broadcast on Channel 4 from 2001 to 2002.

Phony

Phony is a 2026 Hulu coming-of-age mystery comedy-drama created by Nick Paley, starring Connie Britton and Sam Nivola. Teen Sonny Cooke, after a car accident, suspects his mother Ellen has been replaced by an impostor; eight half-hour episodes premiered October 20, 2026.