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Beast Games season 2

Beast Games season 2 (Prime Video, premiered January 7, 2026) is MrBeast's Strong vs. Smart reality competition: 200 players, $5 million grand prize, filmed in Toronto, Las Vegas, and Panama.

Beast King War God Dandivine (獣王武神ダンデヴァイン)

Beast King War God Dandivine (獣王武神ダンデヴァイン), also Jyu-Oh Mujin Dandivine, is a 2026 original mecha TV anime, first of Good Smile Company's Combined God Series, premiering October 7, 2026, produced by LIDENFILMS and KAYAC Animation.

Beast Wars: Transformers

Beast Wars: Transformers (1996–1999) is a Mainframe Entertainment CGI series where Maximals and Predacons take animal forms on an energon-toxic planet; 52 episodes, story editors Bob Forward and Larry DiTillio, Emmy-winning, IMDb 8.1.

Beastars

Beastars (ビースターズ) is Paru Itagaki's manga (2016–2020, 22 volumes, Akita Shoten) about a world of anthropomorphic carnivores and herbivores, centered on wolf Legoshi, rabbit Haru, and deer Louis at Cherryton Academy; it won the 2018 Manga Taisho and was adapted by Studio Orange for Netflix, concluding in March 2026.

Beat Shazam

Beat Shazam is a Fox musical game show, premiering May 25, 2017, hosted by Jamie Foxx with daughter Corinne Foxx as DJ; created by Jeff Apploff and Wes Kauble, it has teams of two identify hit songs, with the winning team facing the Shazam app for up to $1 million.

Beat the Chasers

Beat the Chasers, also known as The Super Chase, is a British quiz show. It pits a single contestant against a panel of Chasers in a timed head-to-head race.

Beautiful Gong Shim (미녀 공심이)

Beautiful Gong Shim (미녀 공심이), also Dear Fair Lady Kong Shim, is a 2016 SBS 20-episode weekend romantic comedy starring Minah and Namgoong Min; it aired May 14 to July 17, 2016, averaged 12.3% and ended at 15.1%.

Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life

Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life (사랑은 뷰티풀 인생은 원더풀) is a 100-episode KBS2 weekend drama (2019-2020) directed by Han Joon-seo, starring Seol In-ah and Kim Jae-young, peaking at 32.3% ratings.

Beautiful Time With You (时光与你都很甜)

Beautiful Time With You (时光与你都很甜) is a 2020 Chinese 32-episode youth campus romance drama on Mango TV, starring Lu Xiaoyu and Sun Zeyuan as high school deskmates Lin Xingchen and Lu Yibai, adapted from Mu Tongxin's novel.

Beauty & the Beast (2012 TV series)

Beauty & the Beast (2012 TV series) is a CW science fiction police procedural remake of the 1987 CBS show, created by Sherri Cooper-Landsman and Jennifer Levin, starring Kristin Kreuk and Jay Ryan, filmed in Toronto, running four seasons from October 11, 2012 to September 15, 2016.

Beauty and Mr. Romantic (미녀와 순정남)

Beauty and Mr. Romantic (미녀와 순정남) is a 2024 KBS2 weekend drama (50 episodes, March 23 to September 22, 2024) written by Kim Sa-kyung, starring Im Soo-hyang as fallen top actress Park Do-ra and Ji Hyun-woo as PD Go Pil-seung; it peaked at 21.4% and streamed on Netflix.

Beauty and the Baker (להיות איתה)

Beauty and the Baker (להיות איתה, Lihyot Ita; The Baker and the Beauty) is an Israeli Keshet 12 romantic comedy-drama by Assi Azar starring Aviv Alush and Rotem Sela, adapted in five countries and sold worldwide.

Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series)

Beauty and the Beast (1987–1990) is Ron Koslow's CBS romantic fantasy drama starring Ron Perlman as tunnel-dwelling Vincent and Linda Hamilton as ADA Catherine Chandler; 56 episodes, 6 Emmys, George R.R. Martin among its writers.

Beauty in Black

Beauty in Black is a Tyler Perry Netflix drama (2024– ) set in Chicago, starring Taylor Polidore Williams as Kimmie and Crystle Stewart as Mallory of the Bellarie hair-care dynasty; renewed for Season 4 after Season 3 was planned as the final season.

Beavis and Butt-Head

Beavis and Butt-Head is Mike Judge's MTV adult animated sitcom (1993–1997, revived 2011 and 2022) about two idiotic teens mocking music videos; famous for the 1993 fire controversy, the 1996 film Do America, and the Daria spin-off.

Bebaakee

Bebaakee (बेबाकी) is a 2020 Hindi romantic drama web series on ALTBalaji and ZEE5, created by Ekta Kapoor, starring Kushal Tandon, Shivjyoti Rajput, and Karan Jotwani in a love triangle; 31 episodes, IMDb 6.8/10.

Bebop and Rocksteady

Bebop and Rocksteady are the mutant warthog and rhinoceros henchmen of Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, created for the 1987 cartoon via Playmates Toys, later reimagined in the 2012 series, IDW comics, and Out of the Shadows.

Bec Hewitt

Bec Hewitt, born Rebecca June Cartwright (1983, Sydney), is a retired Australian actress and singer who played Hayley Smith Lawson on Home and Away 1998-2005, won a 2005 Silver Logie and the first Australian Dancing with the Stars, and married tennis player Lleyton Hewitt in 2005. A distinct namesake is a barbershop vocal coach.

Because It's The First Time (처음이라서)

Because It's The First Time (처음이라서, My First Time) is an 8-episode 2015 OnStyle youth romance drama starring SHINee's Minho and Park So-dam, written by Jung Hyun-jung, directed by Lee Jung-hyo, later followed by the Netflix series My First First Love.

Because This Is My First Life (이번 생은 처음이라)

Because This Is My First Life (이번 생은 처음이라) is a 2017 tvN 16-episode Monday-Tuesday romance drama by writer Yoon Nan-jung and director Park Joon-hwa, starring Lee Min-ki and Jung So-min as a house-poor homeowner and homeless screenwriter in a contract marriage, which peaked at 6.8% ratings.

Beck (manga)

Beck (ベック, Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad) is Harold Sakuishi's 1999–2008 shōnen band manga in Monthly Shōnen Magazine, 34 volumes, 15 million copies, 2002 Kodansha Manga Award, with a 2004 Madhouse anime and 2010 live-action film.

Beck (Swedish TV series)

Beck is a Swedish crime drama series on TV4 since June 27, 1997, starring Peter Haber as detective Martin Beck, based on Sjöwall and Wahlöö's novels, running as feature-length films (Beck 1 to Beck 54).

Becker (TV series)

Becker (TV series): CBS American sitcom (1998–2004, 129 episodes, six seasons), created by Dave Hackel, starring Ted Danson as grumpy Bronx doctor John Becker, with Hattie Winston, Terry Farrell, and Nancy Travis.

Beckham (TV series)

Beckham is a 2023 Netflix four-part documentary series on footballer David Beckham, directed by Fisher Stevens for Studio 99 and Ventureland, released October 2023, Emmy-nominated, known for the viral Rolls-Royce 'working class' moment.

Becoming Elizabeth

Becoming Elizabeth is a 2022 Starz historical drama created by Anya Reiss about Elizabeth I's teenage years after Henry VIII's death, starring Alicia von Rittberg and Tom Cullen; eight episodes, one season, canceled despite a Metacritic score of 73.

Becoming Human

Becoming Human is a 2011 British webisode spin-off of Being Human, created by Toby Whithouse: teenage vampire Adam (Craig Roberts), werewolf Christa and ghost Matt solve a murder in eight online episodes, later compiled into a BBC Three special.

Becoming Karl Lagerfeld

Becoming Karl Lagerfeld (Kaiser Karl) is a 2024 French Disney+ six-episode biographical drama starring Daniel Brühl as Karl Lagerfeld in 1972, covering his rivalry with Yves Saint Laurent and love for Jacques de Bascher, adapted from Raphaëlle Bacqué's biography.

Bed Friend (เพื่อนต้องห้ามแม้แหน่เป็นแฟน)

Bed Friend (อย่าเล่นกับอนล) is a 2023 Thai BL office-romance series on One 31, produced by Mandeework/Domundi, starring NetJames as Uea and King in a friends-with-benefits plot; 100 million iQIYI views, KAZZ Series of the Year 2024.

BeddyByes

BeddyByes is an Irish 3D-animated preschool series by JAM Media (creators John Rice and Alan Shannon) in which MeMo and BaBa journey across Planet BeddyByes toward bedtime; 52 eleven-minute episodes air on CBeebies, RTÉ, Disney Jr, and Disney+, with a second series commissioned.

Bee and PuppyCat

Bee and PuppyCat (also Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space) is a Natasha Allegri animated series about unemployed Bee and alien PuppyCat doing space temp jobs; Kickstarter-funded web series 2014–2016, Netflix season 2022.