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Battle Through the Heavens (斗破苍穹)

Battle Through the Heavens (斗破苍穹), also Fights Break Sphere, is a Chinese level-up fantasy web novel by Tian Can Tu Dou; it ranked first on the 2017 Hurun IP list, spawned a poorly received 2018 TV drama, and a Tencent donghua with over 12 billion views.

Battle Trip (배틀 트립)

Battle Trip (배틀트립) was a KBS 2TV Korean travel variety show (2016–2020, 2022–2023) in which two celebrity teams presented competing itineraries and a 100-member studio audience voted for the winner.

Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction franchise created by Glen A. Larson in 1978 and reimagined by Ronald D. Moore in 2003-2009, following Cylon-attack survivors aboard the Galactica searching for Earth; four seasons, 74 episodes, Emmy-winning.

Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)

Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series), also called Classic Battlestar Galactica, is Glen A. Larson's American ABC science fiction series about Cylons pursuing 50,000 human survivors toward Earth; it cost $1 million per episode and was cancelled after 24 episodes.

Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)

Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009), Ronald D. Moore's reimagining of Glen A. Larson's 1978 series: four seasons, 76 episodes, human-form Cylons, post-9/11 allegory, Hugo and Peabody awards, finale March 20, 2009.

Battlestar Galactica (miniseries)

Battlestar Galactica (miniseries), aka Battlestar Galactica: The Mini Series, is the 2003 two-part Sci Fi Channel pilot by Ronald D. Moore and David Eick rebooting the 1978 series; Cylons destroy the Twelve Colonies and the Galactica leads under 50,000 survivors toward Earth, averaging nearly 4.2 million viewers.

Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome

Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (also Blood and Chrome) is a 2012-2013 prequel following young William Adama during the first Cylon War, released as ten Machinima webisodes, a Syfy TV film, and an unrated Blu-ray/DVD edition.

Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy

Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy is a ten-part 2008-2009 Sci Fi Channel webisode series set during the season 4 mid-season break, following Lt. Felix Gaeta stranded on a Raptor where passengers die mysteriously; notable for revealing Gaeta's bisexuality and for its absence from most home-video releases.

Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance

Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance is a 2006 series of ten webisodes on SCIFI.com bridging seasons 2 and 3 of the re-imagined series, covering the New Caprica resistance and Duck's and Jammer's divergent paths.

Batwoman (TV series)

Batwoman (2019-2022) is a CW Arrowverse superhero series, also called Kate Kane's show, starring Ruby Rose then Javicia Leslie as the first gay lead superhero on TV, 3 seasons, 51 episodes.

Bay Yanlış

Bay Yanlış ("Mr. Wrong") is a 2020 Turkish romantic comedy series by Gold Film for FOX, starring Can Yaman and Özge Gürel as neighbors Özgür and Ezgi. It ran 14 episodes (26 June–2 October 2020), ended early over ratings, and sold to 100+ countries as "Wrong".

Baylen Out Loud

Baylen Out Loud is a TLC reality series (premiered January 13, 2025) following TikToker Baylen Dupree and her West Virginia family as she lives with severe tics attributed to Tourette syndrome; clinicians have contested the diagnosis as likely functional tic-like behaviors.

Baymax

Baymax is an inflatable healthcare companion robot from Disney's Big Hero 6 (2014), voiced by Scott Adsit, redesigned from Marvel's 1998 synthformer via Carnegie Mellon soft robotics research; also in Baymax! (2022) and Kingdom Hearts III.

Baywatch

Baywatch is an American lifeguard drama starring David Hasselhoff as Mitch Buchannon, canceled by NBC in 1989, revived in syndication in 1991, and by 1996 the world's most-watched TV series, seen in 148 countries until 2001.

Baywatch Nights

Baywatch Nights: 1995-1997 syndicated spin-off of Baywatch starring David Hasselhoff as lifeguard-turned-private-investigator Mitch Buchannon; 44 episodes over two seasons, pivoting from detective stories to X-Files-style supernatural cases in season 2.

Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!

Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! is a 2015–2018 Warner Bros. Animation animated comedy, the 12th Scooby-Doo series, with Zac Moncrief, exaggerated 1969-style designs, 52 episodes, and a sitcom-style tone.

Be Loved in House: I Do (约・定~I do)

Be Loved in House: I Do (約・定) is a 2021 Taiwanese BL drama, 12 episodes on KKTV from May 20 to July 29, 2021, a Japan-Taiwan co-production starring Aaron Lai and Hank Wang as director and employee bound by an office no-dating rule.

Be Melodramatic (멜로가 체질)

Be Melodramatic (멜로가 체질, Melo Is My Nature) is a 2019 JTBC 16-episode comedy-drama by director Lee Byeong-heon about three 30-year-old women sharing a house; it drew about 1% ratings but gained a devoted following on Netflix.

Be My Boyfriend (오늘부터 계약연애)

Be My Boyfriend (오늘부터 계약연애) is a 2021 Korean high-teen web drama, a spin-off of 일진에게 찍혔을 때, in which idol trainee Oh Ji-na proposes a contract relationship to schoolmate Lee Seung-min; 15 short episodes on Naver TV and KolTV YouTube.

Be My Princess (影帝的公主)

Be My Princess (影帝的公主) is a 2022 Chinese romantic drama adapted from Xiao Jia Ren's novel, directed by Huang Tien-jen, starring Xu Zhengxi and Zhou Jieqiong; 30 episodes on iQIYI and Mango TV about an amnesiac actor who believes he is a Ming Dynasty Grand Preceptor.

Be With You (我有一个朋友)

Be With You (我有一个朋友) is a 2023 Mango TV costume wuxia comedy written and directed by Bi Xinye, starring Xie Xingyang and Su Mengdi. 24 episodes premiered 6 September 2023; Douban 8.6, 300 million views, 2023 Zongyi Bao Series of the Year.

Be Your Self (机智的上半场)

Be Your Self (机智的上半场, Be Yourself) is a 2021 Chinese female youth coming-of-age drama directed by Li Zhi, starring Shen Yue and Zhang Ruonan, following four journalism students sharing dorm room 5438; 24 episodes on Youku from August 18, 2021.

Bea Pollard

Bea Pollard, played by Ronni Ancona, is a fictional EastEnders character introduced 7 January 2026 as Linda Carter's school acquaintance; her obsession with Honey Mitchell led to fraud, kidnapping, and arrest on 7 July 2026, ending her 59-episode stint.

Beacon 23

Beacon 23 is an MGM+ science fiction series (2023–2024) created by Zak Penn from Hugh Howey's 2015 short-story collection, starring Lena Headey and Stephan James as strangers trapped on a space lighthouse; two eight-episode seasons, mixed reviews.

Beakman's World

Beakman's World is an American children's science TV series (1992–1998) starring Paul Zaloom as Beakman, based on Jok Church's comic strip You Can with Beakman and Jax, airing on TLC, syndication, and CBS, winning three Emmys.

Beam me up, Scotty

"Beam me up, Scotty" is a Star Trek catchphrase attributed to Captain Kirk that was never actually spoken in the original series; closest lines include "Scotty, beam us up" and "Beam us up, Scotty" (animated, 1973), with print use from 1975.

Bear in the Big Blue House

Bear in the Big Blue House is a Jim Henson Television preschool series on Disney Channel from October 20, 1997 (117 episodes, through 2006), hosted by a seven-foot full-body puppet Bear performed and voiced by Noel MacNeal; Disney bought the property from the Henson Company in 2004.

Bearbrick (TV series)

BE@RBRICK (Bearbrick TV series) is a 13-episode Apple TV+ animated musical comedy premiering March 21, 2025, produced by Dentsu and DreamWorks Animation from MediCom Toy's collectible bear figures, following Jasmine Finch and her band the Brushstrokes in Vinylville.

Beartown (TV series)

Beartown (Björnstad) is a five-episode Swedish-language HBO Europe limited drama from Filmlance, adapted from Fredrik Backman's novel, about a hockey town shattered by sexual assault; directed by Peter Grönlund, starring Ulf Stenberg.

Beast Games

Beast Games is a Prime Video reality competition series created and hosted by MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson), premiering December 19, 2024, with 1,000 contestants competing for a $5 million prize that grew to $10 million; it became Prime Video's most-watched unscripted series and drew a 2024 contestant lawsuit.