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Baki the Grappler

Baki the Grappler (グラップラー刃牙) is Keisuke Itagaki's martial arts manga serialized in Weekly Shonen Champion from October 1991, 42 volumes, first of the Baki franchise about Baki Hanma fighting to surpass his father Yujiro; adapted as a 2001 anime and Netflix series.

Baking Impossible

Baking Impossible is a 2021 Netflix American reality competition series pairing bakers with engineers as 'bakineers' in nine two-person teams building edible creations that survive stress tests for a $100,000 prize, hosted by Justin Willman.

Baking It

Baking It is a Peacock holiday baking competition series (2021-2023), a spin-off of Making It, hosted by Maya Rudolph with Andy Samberg then Amy Poehler, judged by four grandmothers for a $50,000 prize.

Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger (爆上戦隊ブンブンジャー)

Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger (爆上戦隊ブンブンジャー), the 48th Super Sentai series, aired on TV Asahi March 3, 2024 to February 9, 2025; a car-themed hero team fights the Hashiriyan, who harvest the despair-energy Gyasolin.

Bakugan (TV series)

Bakugan (爆丸), also called Bakugan 3.0 or Bakugan: Revolution, is the 2023 Netflix anime reboot, the sole season of Bakugan's third generation, following Dan Kouzo's Misfit Clan after brawls are banned, with 13 two-segment episodes.

Bakugan Battle Brawlers (爆丸バトルブローラーズ)

Bakugan Battle Brawlers (爆丸バトルブローラーズ) is a 52-episode Japanese-Canadian anime (TMS Entertainment, TV Tokyo, 2007-2008) based on the Sega Toys/Spin Master card game, following Dan Kuso and the Battle Brawlers in Vestroia.

Bakugan: Battle Planet (爆丸バトルプラネット)

Bakugan: Battle Planet (爆丸バトルプラネット) is the 2019 TMS Entertainment anime reboot of Bakugan, first of generation 2, co-produced with Spin Master and Nelvana; 50 episodes, TV Tokyo from April 1, 2019, Cartoon Network from December 23, 2018, followed by Armored Alliance.

Bakuman

Bakuman. (バクマン。) is a manga by Death Note creators Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump 2008-2012 in 176 chapters and 20 volumes, about two teens aiming to become serialized manga artists; adapted into a 2010 NHK anime and a 2015 live-action film.

Balamory

Balamory: Scottish live-action CBeebies preschool series (2002-2005) by BBC Scotland, set in Tobermory on the Isle of Mull; over 250 episodes, Bafta winner, revived by Lion Television Scotland in April 2026.

Bald and Bankrupt

Bald and Bankrupt, or Mr. Bald, is the YouTube travel vlog channel of British vlogger Benjamin Rich, started June 2018, focused on post-Soviet states, India, and raw handheld vlogging; about 4.5 million subscribers, detained at Baikonur and banned from Russia in 2022.

Balika Vadhu

Balika Vadhu is an Indian Hindi-language soap opera on Colors TV from 2008 to 2016, following Anandi, a child bride in rural Rajasthan, across 2,248 episodes.

Ball Boy Tactics (볼보이 택틱스)

Ball Boy Tactics (볼보이 택틱스) is a 2025 Korean BL drama, 8 episodes on Heavenly, adapted from Ji Seung-hyun's web novel, starring Choi Jae-hyeok and Yeom Min-hyeok as a basketball star and retired gymnast in a campus romance.

Ball in the Family

Ball in the Family, American reality series premiering August 29, 2017 on Facebook Watch, following LaVar, Tina, Lonzo, LiAngelo, and LaMelo Ball; Bunim/Murray-produced, 24 million premiere viewers, episodes lengthened after viewer comments.

Ball Lightning (球状闪电_(电视剧))

Ball Lightning (球状闪电) is an upcoming 30-episode iQIYI Chinese sci-fi web drama adapted from Liu Cixin's 2004 novel, directed by Dai Mo, supervised by Chen Sicheng, starring Tong Yao and Wang Anyu; filmed 2022, licensed 2025, trailer 2026, air date pending.

Ballard (TV series)

Ballard is a Prime Video police procedural (2025) starring Maggie Q as LAPD Detective Renée Ballard, head of a new cold case unit; a Michael Connelly adaptation and Bosch spinoff, renewed for season 2.

Ballers

Ballers: HBO comedy-drama (2015–2019, 5 seasons, 47 episodes) created by Stephen Levinson, starring Dwayne Johnson as retired NFL player turned Miami financial manager Spencer Strasmore; 72% Tomatometer, streamed on Netflix from 2023.

Ballykissangel

Ballykissangel: BBC Northern Ireland comedy-drama (1996-2001, six series) created by Kieran Prendiville, about Father Peter Clifford, an English priest in a fictional Irish village, starring Stephen Tompkinson and Dervla Kirwan.

Balthazar

Balthazar is a French TF1 crime thriller (2018–2023, 5 seasons, 38 episodes) created by Clélia Constantine and Clothilde Jamin, starring Tomer Sisley as eccentric forensic pathologist Raphaël Balthazar and Hélène de Fougerolles as Commander Hélène Bach.

Bambai Meri Jaan

Bambai Meri Jaan (बंबई मेरी जान) is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language period crime drama streaming series on Prime Video, directed by Shujaat Saudagar, about a gangster's rise in post-independence Bombay.

Bamm-Bamm Rubble

Bamm-Bamm Rubble, also spelled Bam-Bam, is the super-strong adopted son of Barney and Betty Rubble in Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones, debuting October 3, 1963, voiced by Don Messick, husband of Pebbles Flintstone.

Bamzooki

Bamzooki was a British children's game show on CBBC, first broadcast in 2004, where teams of children built computer creatures called zooks that competed in virtual contests over the studio set.

Ban Shu Lao Gong (半熟老公)

Ban Shu Lao Gong (半熟老公, Half-Mature Husband) is a 2025 Chinese vertical short drama on Hongguo, 71 episodes, starring Wang Kaimu and Xu Zhenzhen in a contract-marriage romance adapted from the Tomato Novel Jiang Lüshi Jintian Xindong le Ma?, with first-day heat of 90.76 million.

Banacek

Banacek is an American crime-drama television series that aired on NBC from 1972 to 1974, starring George Peppard as a Polish-American insurance investigator in Boston who recovers seemingly impossible thefts.

Banana Fish (バナナフィッシュ)

Banana Fish (バナナフィッシュ) is Akimi Yoshida's shōjo-published suspense manga, serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic 1985–1994 across 19 volumes, set in 1980s New York, with a 2018 MAPPA anime.

Bananas in Pyjamas

Bananas in Pyjamas: Australian ABC children's franchise about banana twins B1 and B2 and teddy bears on Cuddles Avenue; live-action series 1992 to 2001, animated revival from 2010/2011, 2026 live-action reboot by Windmill.

Bancroft (TV series)

Bancroft is an ITV British crime thriller (2017–2020) created by Kate Brooke, starring Sarah Parish as DCI Elizabeth Bancroft, a ruthless detective hiding her role in a 27-year-old murder; two four-part series filmed around Bolton and Manchester.

Band of Brothers (miniseries)

Band of Brothers, a 2001 HBO ten-part World War II miniseries adapted from Stephen Ambrose's 1992 book, produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg; follows Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne, cost a then-record $125 million, and won 7 Emmys and a Golden Globe.

Bandidos (TV series)

Bandidos is a Mexican action-adventure comedy series released on Netflix in 2024, following a ragtag crew of bandits hunting a Mayan treasure no one has found.

Bandini (बंदिनी) (TV series)

Bandini (बंदिनी), Hindi soap opera by Balaji Telefilms on NDTV Imagine, 19 January 2009 to 29 January 2011, about Santu (Aasiya Kazi) married to Dharamraj (Ronit Roy) in rural Gujarat; later rerun on Zee Anmol.

Bandish Bandits

Bandish Bandits is a Hindi musical drama on Amazon Prime Video (2020, Season 2 in 2024) created by Amritpal Singh Bindra and Anand Tiwari, starring Ritwik Bhowmik and Shreya Chaudhry as classical singer Radhe and pop star Tamanna, with music by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy in Season 1.