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State of Play (TV series)
State of Play is a 2003 six-part BBC One political conspiracy thriller written by Paul Abbott and directed by David Yates, starring John Simm, David Morrissey, Kelly Macdonald, and Bill Nighy as Herald journalists uncovering oil-backed government corruption; it won a 2004 Peabody Award and was adapted into a 2009 Hollywood film.
State of Siege: 26/11
State of Siege: 26/11 is a 2020 ZEE5 Indian web series, 8 episodes, directed by Matthew Leutwyler, based on Sandeep Unnithan's book Black Tornado, dramatizing the NSG response to the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
Stateless (TV series)
Stateless is a 2020 Australian six-part drama miniseries co-created by Cate Blanchett, Tony Ayres, and Elise McCredie, set in the Barton immigration detention centre and inspired by the Cornelia Rau unlawful detention case; it aired on ABC and Netflix and won AACTA awards.
Stath Lets Flats
Stath Lets Flats: British Channel 4 sitcom created by and starring Jamie Demetriou as an incompetent Greek-Cypriot letting agent at family firm Michael & Eagle; three series 2018–2021, four BAFTAs.
Static Shock
Static Shock is the 2000-2004 Kids' WB animated series about Virgil Hawkins, a Black teen who gains electromagnetic powers, adapted from Milestone Media's Static by Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, Derek Dingle, and Michael Davis; 52 episodes, four seasons, noted for social commentary.
Station 19
Station 19 (2018-2024) is an ABC action-drama, the second Grey's Anatomy spin-off after Private Practice, created by Stacy McKee about Seattle firefighters at Station 19, led by Andy Herrera, running seven seasons.
Statler and Waldorf
Statler and Waldorf, also known as Waldorf & Statler, are two grumpy old Muppets who heckle the acts from their balcony box on The Muppet Show.
Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony
Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony is a Disney/Muppets Studio web series (2005–2006) on Movies.com in which the Muppet balcony hecklers review movies; 34–35 episodes, Webby and Telly award winner.
Stay Close
Stay Close is a British eight-episode Netflix mystery miniseries premiered December 31, 2021, adapted from Harlan Coben's 2012 novel, starring Cush Jumbo, Richard Armitage, and James Nesbitt, set in Blackpool, with a 92% Rotten Tomatoes critics score.
Stay With Me (哥哥你别跑)
Stay With Me (哥哥你别跑, Ge Ge Ni Bie Pao) is a 2023 Chinese youth BL drama directed by Su You Chen, starring Xu Bin and Zhang Jiong Min as stepbrothers Wu Bi and Su Yu; a remake of Addicted, released overseas on YouTube and Viki.
Steal (2026 TV series)
Steal is a 2026 British heist thriller series on Prime Video, created by Sotiris Nikias, starring Sophie Turner as Zara Dunne, caught in a £4 billion pension-fund robbery at Lochmill Capital; six episodes premiered January 21, 2026.
Steel Ball Run (スティール・ボール・ラン)
Steel Ball Run (スティール・ボール・ラン) is Part 7 of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga, serialized 2004-2011 in Weekly Shonen Jump then Ultra Jump, set in 1890 America around the first transcontinental horse race with Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli; its David Production anime premiered on Netflix March 19, 2026.
Stefan Dennis
Stefan Dennis (born 1958, Tawonga, Victoria) is an Australian actor who played Paul Robinson in Neighbours from 1985 to 2025, also releasing 1989 UK singles and appearing on Strictly Come Dancing 2025.
Stefan Salvatore
Stefan Salvatore, fictional vampire created by L. J. Smith in The Awakening (1991) and played by Paul Wesley in The CW's The Vampire Diaries; turned by Katherine Pierce in 1864, the Ripper of Monterey, died in the 2017 finale sacrifice.
Stefano DiMera
Stefano DiMera is the fictional crime-lord patriarch of the DiMera family on Days of Our Lives, also called The Phoenix. Created by Pat Falken Smith for Joseph Mascolo, debuting January 18, 1982; father of Tony, EJ, Kristen, Chad, and others; memorialized on-screen in 2026.
Steffy Forrester
Steffy Forrester, full name Stephanie Forrester-Finnegan, is a fictional character on CBS's The Bold and the Beautiful, daughter of Ridge and Taylor, played since 2008 by three-time Daytime Emmy winner Jacqueline MacInnes Wood.
Stefon
Stefon, also Stefon Zolesky, is a Saturday Night Live character played by Bill Hader and co-created with John Mulaney, a Weekend Update nightclub correspondent who debuted in a 2008 Ben Affleck sketch and married Seth Meyers on air in 2013.
Steins;Gate (シュタインズ・ゲート) (TV series)
Steins;Gate (シュタインズ・ゲート) is a 24-episode 2011 WHITE FOX anime TV series adapting the 5pb./Nitroplus visual novel, directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki and Takuya Satō, about D-mails that alter world lines; it earned Japan Media Arts Festival recognition and spawned Steins;Gate 0 and a 2013 film.
Steins;Gate 0 (シュタインズ・ゲート ゼロ) (TV series)
Steins;Gate 0 (シュタインズ・ゲート ゼロ) is a 24-episode 2018 White Fox anime directed by Kenichi Kawamura, set on the Beta worldline after Okabe gives up saving Kurisu, functioning as the final route of the 2015 visual novel rather than a conventional adaptation.
Step by Step (TV series)
Step by Step: American family sitcom created by William Bickley and Michael Warren, starring Patrick Duffy and Suzanne Somers as blended-family parents; 160 episodes, ABC TGIF 1991–1997 then CBS 1997–1998.
Step Up (TV series)
Step Up (originally Step Up: High Water) is an American dance drama TV series based on the Step Up films, set at Atlanta's High Water performing arts school; it ran 2018-2022 on YouTube Red then Starz, 3 seasons, 30 episodes, starring Ne-Yo.
Stephanie (LazyTown)
Stephanie (Solla Stirða) is the 8-year-old pink-haired protagonist of LazyTown, created by Magnús Scheving for the stage play Áfram Latibær, played on TV by Julianna Rose Mauriello and Chloe Lang.
Stephanie Davis (actress)
Stephanie Ann Davis, English actress born 1993 in Knowsley, played Sinead O'Connor in Hollyoaks (2010-2015, 2018-2019), won the 2019 British Soap Award for Best Actress, and joined Coronation Street as Courtney Vance in 2023.
Stephanie Edwards (Grey's Anatomy)
Stephanie Edwards (Grey's Anatomy): fictional surgical resident played by Jerrika Hinton, seasons 9 to 13. Intern at Seattle Grace Mercy West, sickle-cell backstory, exits in the season 13 finale after a fire and quits to travel.
Stephnie Weir
Stephnie Weir (Stephnie Carmel Weir), American actress, comedian, and writer born 1967 in Odessa, Texas; MADtv cast member and writer 2000-2006, creator of Dot Goddard and Anna Nicole Smith impression, Second City and WeirDass improviser.
Steptoe and Son
Steptoe and Son is a 1962-1974 BBC sitcom by Galton and Simpson about rag-and-bone men Albert (Wilfrid Brambell) and Harold (Harry H. Corbett) Steptoe of Oil Drum Lane, basis of Sanford and Son.
Sterling Archer
Sterling Archer is the fictional superspy protagonist of the FX adult animated comedy Archer (2009–2023), voiced by H. Jon Benjamin, created by Adam Reed, and known as code name Duchess at his mother's agency ISIS.
Sterling Point
Sterling Point is a 2026 Prime Video coming-of-age drama created by Megan Park, starring Ella Rubin as Annie Jacobson, a New York teen who inherits a mysterious Canadian island; renewed for season 2 in August 2026.
Steve Halliwell
Steve Halliwell (Stephen Harold Halliwell, 1946-2023) was an English actor who played Zak Dingle in ITV's Emmerdale from October 1994 until his death, over 2,300 episodes, and recorded "Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll" with the Woolpackers.
Steve Harrington
Steve Harrington is a Stranger Things character played by Joe Keery, a former high school bully meant to die in season 1 who became the show's protective babysitter figure across all five seasons.