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Rolie Polie Olie
Rolie Polie Olie is a CGI-animated preschool TV series created by William Joyce, produced by Nelvana, and aired on Disney Channel from October 4, 1998, about a robot boy, his family, and friend Billy Bevel; the first CGI preschool series, with six seasons and 78 episodes.
Roman Empire (TV series)
Roman Empire is a Netflix docudrama anthology (2016–2019, 3 seasons, 15 episodes) by Stephen David Entertainment, narrated by Sean Bean, covering Commodus, Julius Caesar, and Caligula with historian commentary.
Romana (Doctor Who)
Romana (Romanadvoratrelundar) is a Time Lady companion of the Fourth Doctor in Doctor Who, played by Mary Tamm (1978-79) then Lalla Ward (1979-81); assigned by the White Guardian for the Key to Time quest, later President of Gallifrey in Big Finish audios.
Romance in the House (가족X멜로)
Romance in the House (가족X멜로) is a 2024 JTBC Saturday-Sunday family romantic comedy, 12 episodes, directed by Kim Da-ye, starring Ji Jin-hee, Kim Ji-soo, Son Na-eun, and Choi Min-ho, about an estranged father returning as his family's landlord; it streamed on Netflix and reached number 1 on Netflix's weekly non-English ranking.
Romance Is a Bonus Book (로맨스는 별책부록)
Romance Is a Bonus Book (로맨스는 별책부록) is a 2019 tvN romantic comedy, 16 episodes, set at a publishing house, starring Lee Na-young and Lee Jong-suk, directed by Lee Jung-hyo, written by Jung Hyun-jung, streamed on Netflix.
Romantics Anonymous (TV series)
Romantics Anonymous is a 2025 Netflix Japanese-language romcom series, 8 episodes, remaking the French film Les Emotifs Anonymes. Shun Oguri and Han Hyo-joo star as a touch-phobic heir and a scopophobic chocolatier; directed by Sho Tsukikawa, produced by YONG FILM.
Rome (TV series)
Rome (2005-2007) is an HBO-BBC historical drama created by Bruno Heller, John Milius, and William J. MacDonald, running two seasons and 22 episodes on the fall of the Republic, starring Vorenus and Pullo.
Romper Room
Romper Room: American franchised preschool TV series created by Bert and Nancy Claster for WBAL-TV Baltimore in 1953, produced locally by stations with their own 'Miss' teachers; ran 1953-1994 in the US and in Australia, Canada, Japan, the UK, and elsewhere.
Romper Stomper (2018 TV series)
Romper Stomper (2018) is a six-part Stan Original Australian crime drama, a sequel to Geoffrey Wright's 1992 film set 25 years later, following far-right group Patriot Blue, Antifasc activists, and Lebanese Australian characters; it premiered 1 January 2018 and won a Logie for Most Outstanding Miniseries.
Romulan
Romulans: fictional Star Trek alien species, an offshoot of Vulcans who rejected Surak's logic and founded the Romulan Star Empire on Romulus and Remus, known for cloaking devices, the Tal Shiar, and the 2387 supernova that destroyed their homeworld.
Ron Swanson
Ron Swanson (Ronald Ulysses Swanson), played by Nick Offerman, is the libertarian director of Pawnee's Parks Department on NBC's Parks and Recreation, created by Mike Schur from a real government employee and known for his mustache and anti-government quotes.
Ronin (Marvel Comics)
Ronin is a masked vigilante identity in Marvel Comics, first worn by Maya Lopez (Echo) in New Avengers #11 (2005) and later by Clint Barton in New Avengers #27; other users include Red Guardian and Blade, and Clint used it in Avengers: Endgame.
Ronin Warriors
Ronin Warriors (Yoroiden Samurai Troopers, 鎧伝サムライトルーパー) is a 1988–1989 Sunrise anime about five armored warriors fighting the Yoma emperor Arago; an English dub aired in 1995 and a sequel, Yoroi Shinden, premiered in 2026.
Ronja, the Robber's Daughter (2024 TV series)
Ronja Rövardotter (2024) is a Swedish live-action fantasy series adapting Astrid Lindgren's 1981 novel, written by Hans Rosenfeldt, starring Kerstin Linden, released on Netflix in two six-episode parts in 2024.
Ronn Moss
Ronn Moss (Ronald Montague Moss, born 1952) is an American actor-musician, founding member of Player ("Baby Come Back," a No. 1 pop hit) and the original Ridge Forrester on CBS's The Bold and the Beautiful, 1987-2012, later of The Bay and solo albums.
Ronnie Mitchell
Ronnie Mitchell (Ronnie Branning), fictional EastEnders character played by Samantha Womack 2007-2017; Mitchell sister whose 2011 baby swap storyline drew 13,400 complaints and who drowned with Roxy in 2017.
Ronon Dex
Ronon Dex, the Satedan warrior played by Jason Momoa in Stargate Atlantis; a former Wraith "Runner" from planet Sateda, introduced in "Runner" (2005), who joined Atlantis Reconnaissance 1 as Aiden Ford's replacement.
Roo Stewart
Roo Stewart (Ruth Martha Stewart, also Morgan and Ryan) is a fictional character in the Australian soap Home and Away, daughter of Alf and Martha Stewart; first seen 20 January 1988, played by Justine Clarke 1988–1989 and Georgie Parker from 2010.
Rooftop Prince (옥탑방 왕세자)
Rooftop Prince (옥탑방 왕세자) is a 2012 SBS 20-episode time-slip romantic comedy in which Joseon crown prince Lee Gak (Park Yoo-chun) travels 300 years to Seoul with three retainers, investigates his wife's murder, and falls for Park-ha (Han Ji-min); its finale hit 14.8% AGB Nielsen.
Roohaniyat
Roohaniyat is a 2022 Hindi romantic mystery drama web series on MX Player, adapted from Novoneel Chakraborty's Forever Series, starring Arjun Bijlani as Saveer Rathod and Kanika Mann as Prisha Srivastava across two seasons (13 and 27 episodes).
Rookie Blue
Rookie Blue (working title Copper) is a Canadian police drama, 2010-2015, six seasons and 74 episodes, simulcast on Global and ABC, starring Missy Peregrym as Toronto rookie Andy McNally.
Rookie Cops (너와 나의 警察授業)
Rookie Cops (너와 나의 경찰수업, You and My Police Class) is a 2022 Disney+ Korean coming-of-age drama, 16 episodes, set at the Korean National Police University, starring Kang Daniel and Chae Soo-bin.
Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung (신입사관 구해령)
Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung (신입사관 구해령), also known as Rookie Historian Goohaeryung, is a 2019 MBC South Korean romantic historical drama starring Shin Sae-kyeong and Cha Eun-woo about Joseon's first female historians, produced by Chorokbaem Media, streamed globally on Netflix, and rated 7.3% Nielsen.
Room 104
Room 104 is an HBO anthology series (2017-2020) created by Mark and Jay Duplass: 48 half-hour episodes, all set in one motel room, spanning genres and eras, ending with the finale Generations in October 2020.
Room 222
Room 222: American half-hour comedy-drama on ABC, 1969–1974, created by James L. Brooks; Lloyd Haynes as teacher Pete Dixon at Walt Whitman High, Los Angeles; won 3 Emmys including Outstanding New Series.
Roommate (룸메이트) (TV program)
Roommate (룸메이트) was an SBS Korean observational reality show (2014–2015, two seasons) in which celebrities including Lee Dong-wook, Nana, Park Bom, and Chanyeol shared a Seongbuk-dong house, moving from Good Sunday to Tuesday nights before ending April 14, 2015.
Rooms (TV series)
Rooms (1974–77) is a British ITV afternoon drama created by John Finch and produced by Thames Television, telling two-part stories of tenants renting bedsits at 35 Mafeking Terrace, London, with Sylvia Kay as landlady Dorothy Lawson.
Rooster (TV series)
Rooster is a 2026 HBO Original half-hour comedy series created by Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses, starring Steve Carell as author Greg Russo at fictional Ludlow College, with Charly Clive, renewed for a second season.
Roots (1977 miniseries)
Roots (1977 miniseries): ABC's eight-night, 12-hour dramatization of Alex Haley's book about Kunta Kinte and his enslaved descendants; record-breaking 1977 ratings, nine Emmys, major cultural impact.
Roots: The Next Generations
Roots: The Next Generations (Roots II) is a 1979 ABC seven-part miniseries continuing Alex Haley's family saga from 1882 to the 1960s, starring James Earl Jones as Haley and Marlon Brando as George Lincoln Rockwell, based on the last seven chapters of Haley's novel.