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Ted Mosby

Ted Mosby (Theodore Evelyn Mosby) is the protagonist of How I Met Your Mother (CBS, 2005–2014), played by Josh Radnor with Future Ted voiced by Bob Saget: a Wesleyan-educated Ohio-born architect and Columbia professor who narrates, from 2030, the nine-season story of meeting his wife Tracy McConnell.

Teddy Altman

Teddy Altman is a fictional cardiothoracic surgeon on Grey's Anatomy, played by Kim Raver from season 6 (2009). Also known as a former US Army doctor and Cristina Yang's mentor; later Chief of Surgery at Grey Sloan, exiting in the season 22 finale before a move to Paris.

Teddy Mitchell

Teddy Mitchell (Edward Mitchell), fictional EastEnders character played by Roland Manookian, introduced 26 June 2024 by Chris Clenshaw as Stevie Mitchell's secret son and Billy's half-brother; exited 11 December 2025 with a 20-year life sentence.

Teddy Perkins

"Teddy Perkins" is season 2, episode 6 of Atlanta (April 5, 2018), written by Donald Glover and directed by Hiro Murai. Darius collects a free multicolored-key piano from the pale recluse Teddy, played by Glover in prosthetics and credited as "Himself"; the ad-free 41-minute horror episode was Time's best of 2018.

Teen Mom 2

Teen Mom 2 is an MTV reality series that premiered January 11, 2011, following Chelsea Houska, Jenelle Evans, Kailyn Lowry, and Leah Messer from 16 and Pregnant season 2; it ran 11 seasons, was the #2 original cable series of 2011, and later merged into Teen Mom: The Next Chapter.

Teen Titans (TV series)

Teen Titans, also known as Teen Titans the Animated Series, is an American animated series about the DC Comics superhero team, broadcast on Cartoon Network from 2003 to 2006.

Teen Titans Go!

Teen Titans Go! is a 2013 Warner Bros. Animation comedic reboot of the 2003 Teen Titans series on Cartoon Network, with the original voice cast (Menville, Strong, Walch, Payton, Cipes), producers Michael Jelenic and Aaron Horvath, 10-minute episodic segments, a 2018 theatrical film, and Emmy nominations.

Teen Wolf (2011 TV series)

Teen Wolf is an American supernatural teen drama on MTV, running from 2011 to 2017, about a teenager bitten by a werewolf in Beacon Hills, California.

Teenage Bounty Hunters

Teenage Bounty Hunters, 2020 Netflix comedy created by Kathleen Jordan starring Maddie Phillips and Anjelica Bette Fellini as Atlanta twins hunting bail jumpers; canceled after one 10-episode season despite a 72 Metascore.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American animated series that ran from 1987 to 1996, following four mutant turtle brothers battling the Shredder in New York City.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)

TMNT 2003 (2K3) is the second Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, produced by 4Kids Entertainment and Mirage Studios, aired 2003-2010 on FoxBox/4Kids TV, notable as the most comic-faithful adaptation.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012–2017) is Nickelodeon's CG-animated TMNT series, the franchise's third TV iteration, five seasons, about 12 million premiere-weekend viewers, voices including Sean Astin, Rob Paulsen, and Seth Green.

TEENick

TEENick was Nickelodeon's Sunday-evening programming block for tweens aged 9-14, launched March 4, 2001; the name was revived in 2009 when The N rebranded as the TeenNick channel under Nick Cannon.

Tehran (טהרן) (TV series)

Tehran (טהרן) is an Israeli espionage thriller television series starring Niv Sultan as a Mossad hacker-agent undercover in Tehran, which premiered in 2020 and won an International Emmy for Best Drama.

Tekkonkinkreet

Tekkonkinkreet (鉄コン筋クリート), also known as Black & White, is Taiyō Matsumoto's 1993–1994 seinen manga about orphan boys Black and White in Treasure Town, published by Shogakukan in Big Comic Spirits, with a 2006 Studio 4°C anime film directed by Michael Arias.

Telenovela

Telenovela: Latin American limited-run serialized melodrama TV genre, also called culebron; produced since the 1950s in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela; closed six-to-fifteen-month nightly narratives, unlike open-ended US soap operas, and a major global export.

Telenovela (TV series)

Telenovela is an NBC single-camera workplace comedy (2015–2016, 11 episodes) starring Eva Longoria as Ana Sofia Calderon, a Spanish-language soap star who cannot speak Spanish; created by Goldstein, Pietrosh, and Harling, cancelled after one season.

Telenovela awards and terminology

Telenovela awards and terminology: how award bodies define the telenovela, a closed-storyline Latin American melodrama, and the prizes honoring it, including the International Emmy Telenovela category, Rose d'Or, TVyNovelas, and Martín Fierro.

Teletubbies

Teletubbies, British preschool TV series (テレタビーズ in Japan) created by Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport for Ragdoll, first aired on BBC 31 March 1997; 365 episodes, Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa, Po, sold to 120+ countries, later DHX/WildBrain reboots.

Television documentary

Television documentary: nonfiction TV program devoted to a real subject, from Grierson's "creative treatment of actuality" and See It Now (1951) to The Great War, Civilisation blockbusters, and streaming-era docuseries.

Television franchise

Television franchise: a brand of related TV programs and derivative media built from an original work through spin-offs, remakes, adaptations, and format licensing. Examples include All in the Family, Law & Order, Star Trek, and CSI; original ideas on U.S. broadcast networks fell from 64% to 43% of series in a decade.

Television news program

Television news program: scheduled broadcast reporting recent events with video, anchors, and packages. Began with 1940s simulcasts, matured via Camel News Caravan and Cronkite, transformed by CNN's 1980 24-hour model, now shifting to streaming.

Tell Me a Story (TV series)

Tell Me a Story: American anthology psychological thriller created by Kevin Williamson for CBS All Access, premiering October 31, 2018. Two 10-episode seasons reimagining fairy tales (Three Little Pigs, Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel; then Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella) as modern crime dramas; canceled May 2020, later aired on The CW.

Tell Me Lies (TV series)

Tell Me Lies is a Hulu drama (2022-2026) adapted from Carola Lovering's 2018 novel, created by Meaghan Oppenheimer, starring Grace Van Patten and Jackson White as toxic college exes Lucy and Stephen across three seasons.

Tell Me You Love Me (TV series)

Tell Me You Love Me (originally titled Sexlife) is a 2007 HBO drama created by Cynthia Mort: three couples with intimacy problems see therapist Dr. May Foster (Jane Alexander); one 10-episode season, canceled in 2008.

Tell Me Your Secrets

Tell Me Your Secrets is a 2021 American psychological thriller series created by Harriet Warner, starring Lily Rabe, Amy Brenneman, and Hamish Linklater. Originally a TNT production, it premiered February 19, 2021 on Amazon Prime Video with one ten-episode season.

Temperance "Bones" Brennan

Temperance "Bones" Brennan, also called Tempe, is Kathy Reichs's fictional forensic anthropologist from the 1997 novel Déjà Dead and, in a distinct younger version played by Emily Deschanel, the Fox series Bones (2005–2017).

Temperature of Love (사랑의 온도)

Temperature of Love (사랑의 온도) is a 2017 SBS Monday-Tuesday melodrama, 40 episodes, written by Ha Myung-hee, starring Seo Hyun-jin as a rookie drama writer and Yang Se-jong as a chef; ratings peaked above 10 percent then fell to 5-7 percent.

Tempest (폭풍) (TV series)

Tempest (북극성, Polar Star) is a 2025 Disney+/Hulu Korean spy romance series, 9 episodes, starring Jun Ji-hyun and Gang Dong-won, written by Chung Seo-kyung, directed by Kim Hee-won and Heo Myeong-haeng, premiering September 10, 2025.

Temple (TV series)

Temple (2019–2021) is a British Sky One medical thriller, a remake of the Norwegian series Valkyrien by Mark O'Rowe, starring Mark Strong, Carice van Houten, and Daniel Mays as an illegal underground clinic's staff; 15 episodes in two series.