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Royal Feast (尚食)

Royal Feast (尚食, Shang Shi) is a 2022 Chinese Ming-dynasty costume food drama on Mango TV, 40 episodes, starring Xu Kai and Wu Jinyan as Zhu Zhanji and Shangshi Bureau cook Yao Zijin; 1.894 billion views, Douban 5.5.

Royal Nirvana (鹤唳华亭)

Royal Nirvana (鹤唳华亭) is a 2019 Youku Chinese costume drama, 60 episodes, directed by Yang Wenjun from Xue Man Liang Yuan's novel, starring Luo Jin and Li Yitong, styled on Song dynasty ritual aesthetics and the Lu Ji crane-cry allusion.

Royal Pains

Royal Pains is a USA Network medical comedy-drama (2009-2016, eight seasons, 104 episodes) created by Andrew Lenchewski and John P. Rogers, starring Mark Feuerstein as disgraced ER doctor turned Hamptons concierge physician Hank Lawson of HankMed.

Royal Rumours (花琉璃轶闻)

Royal Rumours (花琉璃轶闻), formerly 造作时光, is a 2023 Chinese costume romantic-comedy web drama adapted from Yue Xia Die Ying's novel, starring Xu Zhengxi and Meng Ziyi; 24 episodes on Tencent Video, March 15–30, 2023, heat over 26,000, Douban 6.2.

Royalties (2020 TV series)

Royalties is a 2020 Quibi musical comedy created by Darren Criss, starring Criss and Kether Donohue as songwriters Pierce and Sara; ten 8-minute episodes directed by Amy Heckerling, canceled after one season, later a Roku Original.

Roz Doyle

Roz Doyle is the fictional radio producer of The Dr. Frasier Crane Show on KACL 780AM in the sitcom Frasier (1993-2004), played by Peri Gilpin. Named after the real Wings producer Roz Doyle who died in 1991; Lisa Kudrow was recast; Roz rose to KACL station manager and returned in the 2023 Paramount+ revival.

Rozen Maiden (ローゼンメイデン)

Rozen Maiden (ローゼンメイデン), Peach-Pit's gothic fantasy manga about hikikomori Jun Sakurada and Shinku in the Alice Game; serialized 2002-2007 in Comic Birz, 2008-2014 in Weekly Young Jump, with a prequel Rozen Maiden 0, four anime series, and a 2025 Seven Seas Collector's Edition.

Rubí (2004 TV series)

Rubí (2004) is a Mexican Televisa telenovela, aired on Canal de las Estrellas from May 17 to October 22, 2004, in 115 episodes, starring Bárbara Mori as the ambitious antiheroine Rubí Pérez Ochoa, adapted by Ximena Suárez from Yolanda Vargas Dulché's comic, and remade in 2020 with Camila Sodi.

Ruby (Supernatural)

Ruby (Supernatural) is a demon in the TV series Supernatural, played by Katie Cassidy (season 3) and Genevieve Cortese/Padalecki (season 4, 15.13), who manipulated Sam into killing Lilith to free Lucifer and was killed by Dean.

Ruby & Jodi: A Cult of Sin and Influence

Four-part 2025 Investigation Discovery docuseries, directed by Olivia Crist and streaming on HBO Max, examining Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt's child abuse case, ConneXions, and the December 2023 guilty pleas.

Ruby Allen

Ruby Allen, EastEnders soap opera character, daughter of crime boss Johnny Allen, played by Louisa Lytton (2005–2006, 2018–2021, 2024–2025); known for the Rape Crisis consent storyline, marriage to Martin Fowler, and Stacey Slater feud.

Ruby Sunday

Ruby Sunday is a fictional Doctor Who companion, the Fifteenth Doctor's first companion, played by Millie Gibson; a foundling left at a church on Christmas Eve 2004, debuting in The Church on Ruby Road (2023).

Rudra: The Edge of Darkness

Rudra: The Edge of Darkness is a 2022 Hindi-language Disney+ Hotstar crime thriller, an official remake of BBC's Luther, starring Ajay Devgn as DCP Rudraveer Singh of Mumbai Police's Special Crimes Unit, directed by Rajesh Mapuskar, six episodes, released 4 March 2022.

Rue Bennett

Rue Bennett (Ruby Bennett), protagonist and narrator of HBO's Euphoria played by Zendaya, a biracial teen navigating drug addiction, grief, and bipolar disorder; created by Sam Levinson from his own addiction experience; dies of an overdose in the season 3 finale.

Rugrats

Rugrats is a Nickelodeon animated series created by Klasky, Csupo, and Germain, premiering August 11, 1991, following babies led by Tommy Pickles; nine seasons, three films, and a 2021 CGI Paramount+ revival.

Rugrats (2021 TV series)

Rugrats (2021 TV series), also called the Rugrats reboot or revival, is a Nickelodeon CG-animated reimagining of the 1991 series, premiering May 27, 2021 on Paramount+ with the original baby voice cast returning and three seasons through 2026.

Rukia Kuchiki (朽木 ルキア)

Rukia Kuchiki (朽木 ルキア) is Tite Kubo's first-designed BLEACH character, a 13th Division Soul Reaper who transfers her powers to Ichigo Kurosaki, wields the ice Zanpakuto Sode no Shirayuki, gains Bankai in the Thousand-Year Blood War arc, and is voiced by Fumiko Orikasa.

Rule the World (独步天下)

Rule the World (独步天下) is a 2017 Chinese historical romance drama, 45 episodes, adapted from Li Xin's novel, starring Tang Yixin and Raymond Lam as Dong Ge and Hong Taiji, streamed on Tencent Video from October 30, 2017; distinct from the 2022 drama Who Rules the World.

Rules of Engagement (TV series)

Rules of Engagement, CBS sitcom created by Tom Hertz (2007–2013, 100 episodes, seven seasons), starring Warburton, Spade, Hudson, Price, Kajlich; two couples plus a bachelor, renewed for syndication value.

Ruling Over All I See

Ruling Over All I See (万里江山入我怀), also The Horizon in My Grasp, is a 2025 Chinese vertical short drama on DramaBox: 74 two-minute episodes in which time-traveler Sun Jian must win the affection of three system-assigned wives.

Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole of the Bailey: British courtroom comedy-drama series (Thames Television, 1978-92, 44 episodes) starring Leo McKern as Old Bailey defense barrister Horace Rumpole, created by John Mortimer after a 1975 Play for Today pilot.

Run (American TV series)

Run (2020) is an American HBO comedy-thriller series created by Vicky Jones, starring Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleeson as exes honoring a 17-year-old 'RUN' text pact; seven episodes, canceled July 2020, not the Netflix series Run Away or the Australian miniseries Run.

Run Away (TV series)

Run Away is an eight-episode 2026 Netflix limited thriller series created by Harlan Coben from his 2019 novel, starring James Nesbitt, Ruth Jones, Minnie Driver, and Alfred Enoch, premiering 1 January 2026 and set in London.

Run BTS (달려라 방탄)

Run BTS (달려라 방탄) is BTS's self-produced South Korean web variety show, launched August 1, 2015 on V Live, later on Weverse and YouTube; 155 regular episodes plus 2022–2023 specials, revived as Run BTS 2.0 in April 2026.

Run for Young (风犬少年的天空)

Run for Young (风犬少年的天空) is a 2020 16-episode Chinese youth drama directed by Zhang Yibai, Han Yan, and Li Bingqiang, adapted by novelist Li Zelin from his own novel, set in millennium-era Chongqing, starring Peng Yuchang and Zhang Jingyi, which premiered on Bilibili and rose from a 7.1 to an 8.0 Douban score.

Run On (런온) (TV series)

Run On (런 온) is a 2020–2021 JTBC romantic drama, 16 episodes, directed by Lee Jae Hoon, written by Park Si Hyun, starring Im Siwan, Shin Se Kyung, Sooyoung, and Kang Tae Oh, streamed worldwide on Netflix.

Run's House

Run's House, MTV reality series (2005-2009) starring Run-D.M.C.'s Rev Run, wife Justine, and their children; six seasons, created by Russell Simmons, Stan Lathan, and Sean Combs.

Runaways (TV series)

Marvel's Runaways (Hulu, 2017-2019) is a superhero drama by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage based on Brian K. Vaughan's comic, following six LA teens whose parents run the criminal organization Pride; three seasons, 33 episodes, 84% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Running Man (런닝맨) (TV program)

Running Man (런닝맨) is SBS's Korean variety show, airing since July 11, 2010, famous for name-tag ripping chase games, a 564-episode record in 2021, over 800 episodes, and adaptations such as China's Keep Running.

Running Point

Running Point is an American sports comedy series that premiered on Netflix in 2025, starring Kate Hudson as a reformed party girl who becomes president of her family's basketball team.