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Sex House

Sex House is a 2012 ten-episode Onion Digital Studios web series on YouTube parodying The Real World and MTV reality shows; six housemates locked in a house descend from sex-show satire into survival horror.

Sex/Life

Sex/Life, Netflix erotic dramedy created by Stacy Rukeyser from BB Easton's memoir 44 Chapters About 4 Men, starring Sarah Shahi; premiered June 25, 2021, reached 67 million households in 30 days, canceled April 2023 after two seasons.

Sexify

Sexify is a Polish Netflix comedy-drama series (2021–2023) by Kalina Alabrudzińska and Piotr Domalewski, starring Aleksandra Skraba, Maria Sobocińska, and Sandra Drzymalska as students building a female-orgasm app; two seasons, 16 episodes.

Sexy Beast (TV series)

Sexy Beast (2024) is a Paramount+ British crime drama, an eight-episode prequel to Jonathan Glazer's 2000 film, starring James McArdle as Gal Dove and Emun Elliott as Don Logan in 1990s East London; critics scored it 47 on Metacritic and 33% on Rotten Tomatoes.

SF8 (시네마틱드라마 SF8)

SF8 (에스 에프 에잇) is a 2020 Korean sci-fi anthology series of eight 50-minute episodes by eight DGK film directors, a MBC-Wavve-DGK-Soo Film crossover, premiered on Wavve July 2020 then MBC, compared to Black Mirror.

Sgt. Frog

Sgt. Frog (Keroro Gunso, ケロロ軍曹) is Mine Yoshizaki's comedy manga begun in Monthly Shōnen Ace in April 1999, about alien sergeant Keroro's failed Earth invasion; it won a Shogakukan Manga Award and ran as a 358-episode Sunrise anime from 2004 to 2011, with a new TV anime in 2026.

Sgt. Frog (TV series)

Sgt. Frog (Keroro Gunso, ケロロ軍曹) is the Sunrise-produced TV anime of Mine Yoshizaki's manga, 358 episodes on TV Tokyo 2004–2011, followed by a 2014 flash series and a recast BN Pictures reboot premiering October 3, 2026.

Shaadi Mubarak (शादी मुबारक)

Shaadi Mubarak (शादी मुबारक), Star Plus Hindi drama (2020–2021) by Shashi Sumeet Production: widow Preeti and ex-film star K.T. run a wedding planning firm; 206 episodes, cancelled May 2021, distinct from the 2021 Telugu film.

Shades of Blue (TV series)

Shades of Blue is an American NBC crime drama (2016-2018) created by Adi Hasak, loosely based on Michael Rudolph's novel, starring Jennifer Lopez as informant Harlee Santos and Ray Liotta as Lt. Matt Wozniak across three seasons and 36 episodes.

Shadow and Bone (TV series)

Shadow and Bone is a Netflix fantasy series (2021-2023, 2 seasons, 16 episodes) adapting Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse novels, showrun by Eric Heisserer, merging the Shadow and Bone trilogy with Six of Crows, canceled November 2023.

Shadow Detective (형사록)

Shadow Detective (형사록) is a South Korean Disney+ crime thriller series starring Lee Sung-min as detective Kim Taek-rok, blackmailed by a figure called "Friend". Two 8-episode seasons aired in 2022 and 2023, directed by Han Dong-hwa.

Shadow Love (与晋长安)

Shadow Love (与晋长安, Yu Jin Chang An) is a 2025 Chinese costume romance drama on iQiyi, 38 episodes from August 24, 2025, adapted from Jiu Lu Fei Xiang's novel, starring Song Yi and Cheng Lei, directed by Deng Ke.

Shadowhunters

Shadowhunters (Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments) is a Freeform supernatural drama, 2016-2019, adapted from Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments novels; 55 episodes, three seasons, cancelled in 2018 over economics, ended with a two-hour 2019 finale.

Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!

Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! is a 2006-2008 Warner Bros. Animation series on Kids' WB in which Shaggy inherits Uncle Albert's fortune and nanotech Scooby Snacks while fleeing Dr. Phibes, with Scott Menville as Shaggy.

Shahmaran

Shahmaran (Şahmaran) is the half-woman, half-serpent queen of snakes in Anatolian, Kurdish and Iranian folklore, betrayed by her human lover Camsab; also a 2023–2024 Turkish Netflix fantasy series by Tims&B starring Serenay Sarıkaya and Burak Deniz, 2 seasons, 14 episodes.

Shahrzad (شهرزاد) (TV series)

Shahrzad (شهرزاد) is an Iranian romantic historical drama series directed by Hassan Fathi that ran for three seasons between 2015 and 2018, set in 1950s Tehran.

Shahs of Sunset

Shahs of Sunset, a Bravo reality series (2012–2021, 9 seasons, 174 episodes) created by Ryan Seacrest, followed Persian-American friends in Los Angeles' 'Tehrangeles'; canceled after season 9, rebooted as The Valley: Persian Style in 2026.

Shaitan

Shaitan (సైతాన్) is a 2023 Telugu crime thriller web series written and directed by Mahi V Raghav, streaming on Disney+ Hotstar from June 15, 2023. Nine episodes, limited series, set in 1995 Madanapalle amid the Naxal movement, starring Rishi as Baali.

Shaitani Rasmein (शैतानी रस्में)

Shaitani Rasmein (शैतानी रस्में) is an Indian Hindi romantic horror fantasy TV series on Star Bharat from January 2024, adapted from Pratilipi Comics' Devil's Play, starring Naqiyah Haji and Vibhav Roy, about Nikki facing demonic wedding rituals in Bhurangarh.

Shaka Laka Boom Boom

Shaka Laka Boom Boom (शाका लाका बूम बूम) is an Indian Hindi children's fantasy TV series (2000–2004) about Sanju's magic pencil that brings drawings to life, first on DD National with Vishal Solanki, then remade on Star Plus with Kinshuk Vaidya, written and directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya.

Shaka Zulu (TV series)

Shaka Zulu is a 1986 South African ten-hour miniseries by Harmony Gold and the SABC, based on Joshua Sinclair's novel, starring Henry Cele as King Shaka; a major syndication hit seen by over 350 million viewers by 1992.

Shake It Up (American TV series)

Shake It Up (A todo ritmo) is a Disney Channel teen sitcom (2010-2013) created by Chris Thompson, starring Bella Thorne and Zendaya as Chicago friends who become dancers on the show Shake It Up Chicago; Disney's first dance-driven sitcom, three seasons, four soundtracks.

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators is a British cosy mystery comedy-drama set in Stratford-upon-Avon, created by Paul Matthew Thompson and Jude Tindall, starring Mark Benton and Jo Joyner, first broadcast on BBC One in 2018, with six series and sales to over 200 countries.

Shaktimaan (शक्तिमान)

Shaktimaan (शक्तिमान) is an Indian Hindi-language superhero TV series created by and starring Mukesh Khanna, aired on Doordarshan 1997–2005, featuring the hero Gangadhar with powers from the five elements.

Shaman King (シャーマンキング)

Shaman King (シャーマンキング) is Hiroyuki Takei's shonen manga about shaman Yoh Asakura competing in the once-every-500-years Shaman Fight; serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump 1998-2004, completed in Kodansha's 35-volume edition, adapted to anime in 2001 and 2021.

Shaman King (シャーマンキング) (2021 TV series)

Shaman King (シャーマンキング), 2021 TV anime: Bridge's 52-episode complete retelling of Hiroyuki Takei's manga, premiered April 1, 2021 on TV Tokyo, streamed on Netflix; praised for fidelity and music, criticized for rushed pacing and static fights.

Shameless (American TV series)

Shameless is Showtime's American adaptation of Paul Abbott's British series, running 11 seasons (2011–2021, 134 episodes) in Chicago's South Side, starring William H. Macy as alcoholic Frank Gallagher, led by Emmy Rossum's Fiona, executive produced by John Wells.

Shameless (British TV series)

Shameless (UK) is a Channel 4 comedy-drama created by Paul Abbott, broadcast 2004-2013 over 11 series and 139 episodes, set on Manchester's fictional Chatsworth Estate and following the alcoholic Frank Gallagher's family; it won BAFTAs and spawned US, Turkish, and Indian remakes.

Shane McCutcheon

Shane McCutcheon is the androgynous hairstylist heartthrob of Showtime's The L Word and its sequel The L Word: Generation Q, played by Katherine Moennig; known for serial romances, a salon empire, and the 2019 revival.

Shane Richie

Shane Richie, whose birth name is Shane Patrick Paul Roche, is an English actor, comedian, presenter, and singer best known for playing Alfie Moon in the BBC soap opera EastEnders since 2002.