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Renegade (TV series)

Renegade (1992–1997) is an American Stephen J. Cannell action series, also known as El renegado, starring Lorenzo Lamas as Reno Raines, a cop framed for murder by Lt. Dutch Dixon who becomes a fugitive bounty hunter; 110 episodes, syndication then USA Network.

Renegade Nell

Renegade Nell is a 2024 British Disney+ action-fantasy series by Sally Wainwright, starring Louisa Harland as 18th-century highwaywoman Nell Jackson; eight episodes premiered March 29, 2024, and it was cancelled after one season.

Reno 911!

Reno 911! is an improvised Comedy Central mockumentary spoofing Cops, created by and starring Garant, Kenney-Silver, and Lennon of The State; six seasons from 2003, plus Quibi/Roku revivals and films.

Rent-A-Girlfriend (TV series)

Rent-A-Girlfriend (Kanojo, Okarishimasu) is a TMS Entertainment anime adapting Reiji Miyajima's Weekly Shonen Magazine manga; five seasons since July 2020, following Kazuya and rented girlfriend Chizuru, commercially successful despite divided reviews.

Rent-A-Girlfriend (彼女、お借りします)

Rent-A-Girlfriend (Kanojo, Okarishimasu, 彼女、お借りします) is Reiji Miyajima's Weekly Shonen Magazine romantic comedy since 2017 about dumped student Kazuya and rental girlfriend Chizuru; over 13 million copies, five anime seasons, and a 2022 live-action drama.

Rentaghost

Rentaghost: British BBC1 children's sitcom (1976–1984, 58 episodes, 9 series) by Bob Block about dead Fred Mumford's agency hiring out ghosts; referenced in Being Human, remake licensed in 2008.

Rented in Finland

Rented in Finland (핀란드 셋방살이) is a 2024–2025 tvN Korean reality show in which actors Lee Je-hoon, Lee Dong-hwi, Kwak Dong-yeon, and Cha Eun-woo live self-sufficiently in Lapland, Finland, without electricity or running water.

Replay: The Moment (리플레이: 다시 시작되는 순간)

Replay: The Moment (리플레이: 다시 시작되는 순간) is a 2021 South Korean web drama about a high school band and a love triangle, aired in ten episodes on YouTube.

Reply 1988 (응답하라 1988)

Reply 1988 (응답하라 1988) is a 2015 tvN Korean drama, third in the Reply series, directed by Shin Won-ho, set in 1988 Ssangmun-dong, Seoul, about five alley families, peaking at 18.8% ratings.

Reply 1994

Reply 1994 (응답하라 1994, Answer Me 1994) is a 2013 tvN series by Shin Won-ho and Lee Woo-jung, second in the Reply franchise, about 1994 Sinchon boarders and the mystery of Sung Na-jung's husband.

Reply 1997 (응답하라 1997)

Reply 1997 (응답하라 1997) is a 2012 tvN Korean retro drama, the first of the Reply series, about a 1990s H.O.T. fangirl in Busan, starring Jung Eun-ji and Seo In-guk, with record cable ratings and Baeksang recognition.

Reprisal (TV series)

Reprisal is a 2019 Hulu action drama series created by Josh Corbin, starring Abigail Spencer as Katherine Harlow, a femme fatale seeking revenge on her brother's gang, the Banished Brawlers. One 10-episode season, canceled in 2020; distinct from the 2018 Bruce Willis film of the same name.

Republic of Doyle

Republic of Doyle: Canadian CBC comedy-drama (2010-2014, 6 seasons, 77 episodes) created by Allan Hawco, about father-son private investigators Jake and Malachy Doyle in St. John's, Newfoundland; Rockford Files-inspired, shot locally, with a Murdoch Mysteries crossover.

Reputation (TV series)

Reputation is a six-part BBC legal drama created by Anya Reiss, produced by The Forge for BBC One and iPlayer, starring Naomie Harris and Christina Hendricks in a celebrity libel battle.

Requiem (TV series)

Requiem (2018 BBC One/Netflix series), created by Kris Mrksa, directed by Mahalia Belo, starring Lydia Wilson: a six-part psychological thriller about a London cellist investigating a 1994 Welsh toddler disappearance.

Rescue Me (American TV series)

Rescue Me (American TV series), FX comedy-drama 2004–2011 created by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan; seven seasons, 93 episodes; Denis Leary's alcoholic firefighter Tommy Gavin copes with post-9/11 trauma in a New York firehouse.

Rescue: HI-Surf

Rescue: HI-Surf is a Fox action drama (2024–2025) created by Matt Kester with John Wells, following North Shore of O'ahu lifeguards; 19 episodes, 4.7 million premiere viewers, canceled after one season.

Reservation Dogs

Reservation Dogs is an FX/Hulu comedy-drama (2021–2023) co-created by Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi about four Indigenous Oklahoma teens; the first American series with all-Indigenous writers and directors, winning two Peabody Awards.

Reset (开端)

Reset (开端, Kaiduan) is a 2022 Chinese 15-episode time-loop suspense web drama on Tencent Video, adapted from Qidaojun's novel, starring Bai Jingting and Zhao Jinmai, produced by Daylight Entertainment, with over 2.1 billion views and a 2023 Magnolia supporting-actress award.

Resident Alien (TV series)

Resident Alien is an American sci-fi comedy-drama TV series created by Chris Sheridan for Syfy (2021–2025), adapted from Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse's Dark Horse comic; Alan Tudyk plays alien Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle in Patience, Colorado, across four seasons ending on USA Network.

Residue

Residue is a 2015 British science fiction supernatural horror miniseries created and written by John Harrison, starring Natalia Tena, Iwan Rheon, and Jamie Draven, released on Netflix in 2015.

Resort (TV series)

Resort (ரிசார்ட்) is a 2026 Indian Tamil-language comedy-drama series on JioHotstar, created by and starring YouTuber Vijay Kumar Rajendran, running 100 episodes in its first season.

Resurrection (American TV series)

Resurrection is an American ABC fantasy drama (2014-2015) based on Jason Mott's novel The Returned, about dead loved ones returning unaged in Arcadia, Missouri; distinct from the French series Les Revenants and A&E's The Returned.

Return of His Majesty

Return of His Majesty (皇帝回乡) is a 2024 Chinese vertical short drama, 63 two-minute episodes on DramaBox, about a disguised emperor returning home to keep a marriage promise and punish corrupt officials.

Return of the Living Dead (film series)

Return of the Living Dead is a zombie horror-comedy film series begun by Dan O'Bannon's 1985 unofficial sequel to Night of the Living Dead, known for brain-craving, running, talking Trioxin zombies and four sequels released 1988 to 2005.

Return to Mayberry

Return to Mayberry: 1986 NBC made-for-television reunion comedy reviving The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D. characters; premiered April 13, 1986, highest-rated TV film of 1986, with sixteen original cast members but no Frances Bavier.

Return to Paradise (2024 TV series)

Return to Paradise (2024) is an Australian-British six-part whodunit, the second spin-off of Death in Paradise, starring Anna Samson as DI Mackenzie Clarke in fictional Dolphin Cove, filmed in Illawarra NSW, airing on ABC and BBC One.

Reunion (British TV series)

Reunion is a 2025 four-part BBC One thriller by deaf writer William Mager, produced by Warp Films, starring Matthew Gurney as Daniel Brennan, a deaf ex-prisoner seeking truth; bilingual BSL and English, set in Sheffield and the Peak District.

Reunited Worlds (다시 만난 세계)

Reunited Worlds (다시 만난 세계, Into the New World) is a 2017 SBS Wednesday-Thursday fantasy romance drama by Lee Hee-myung and Baek Soo-chan, 40 episodes, starring Yeo Jin-goo, Lee Yeon-hee, and Ahn Jae-hyun; aired July 19 to September 21, 2017.

Revenant (악귀) (TV series)

Revenant (악귀) is a 2023 SBS occult mystery drama, also on Disney+ and Hulu, written by Kim Eun-hee and starring Kim Tae-ri, Oh Jung-se, and Hong Kyung; a possessed woman and a folklorist investigate deaths tied to five spirits.