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The Amazing Race 30

The Amazing Race 30 is the 2018 thirtieth CBS season of the reality race, with 11 elite teams, Head-to-Head and Partner Swap twists, 29,000 miles, and winners Cody Nickson and Jessica Graf.

The Amazing Race 31

The Amazing Race 31, billed Reality Showdown, is the 2019 CBS season pitting five returning TAR teams against Survivor and Big Brother teams; won by Colin Guinn and Christie Woods.

The Amazing Race Canada

The Amazing Race Canada (French-language title not used) is CTV's Canadian adaptation of The Amazing Race, airing since 2013, hosted by Jon Montgomery, produced by Insight Productions, racing teams of two across Canada for cash and sponsor prizes.

The Amazing Spider-Man (TV series)

The Amazing Spider-Man (1977–1979) was CBS's live-action Spider-Man series starring Nicholas Hammond as Peter Parker, a 92-minute pilot plus 13 episodes, canceled despite good ratings over the 'superhero network' label, with no comic supervillains and no Uncle Ben.

The Amazing World of Gumball

The Amazing World of Gumball (Gumball) is a British-American Cartoon Network animated series created by Ben Bocquelet, running 2011–2019 in six seasons and 294 episodes about Gumball Watterson and Darwin in Elmore, revived in 2025 as The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball.

The Amber Ruffin Show

The Amber Ruffin Show: Peacock late-night comedy talk show hosted by Amber Ruffin, 2020–2022, three seasons; first late-night show headed by a Black woman, with Tarik Davis and EPs Seth Meyers, Jenny Hagel, Mike Shoemaker.

The Ambiguously Gay Duo

The Ambiguously Gay Duo is an animated comedy sketch by Robert Smigel and J. J. Sedelmaier that features superheroes Ace and Gary, whose partnership reads as romantic.

The American Revolution (TV series)

The American Revolution is a 2025 six-part, 12-hour PBS documentary series directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt, written by Geoffrey Ward, narrated by Peter Coyote, covering the 1775-1783 War for Independence.

The Americans

The Americans is an FX period spy drama (2013–2018) created by former CIA officer Joe Weisberg, starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys as KGB deep-cover agents posing as a married American couple in 1980s Virginia. It won 4 Emmys from 18 nominations and is noted for realistic tradecraft.

The Americas (TV series)

The Americas is a 10-part NBC nature documentary series (2025) narrated by Tom Hanks with music by Hans Zimmer, produced by BBC Studios Natural History Unit and Universal Television Alternative Studio, covering the Americas from Arctic to Patagonia over 180 expeditions.

The Ancient Magus' Bride (魔法使いの嫁)

The Ancient Magus' Bride (魔法使いの嫁, Mahō Tsukai no Yome) is Kore Yamazaki's dark fantasy manga about Chise Hatori, sold at auction to the inhuman magus Elias Ainsworth. Serialized since 2014, now on Comic Growl; Seven Seas publishes it in English.

The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show: American CBS sitcom (1960-1968), 249 episodes in eight seasons, set in Mayberry, North Carolina, starring Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor with Don Knotts as Barney Fife; never below seventh in the Nielsen ratings, number one in its final season.

The Andy Warhol Diaries

The Andy Warhol Diaries is a 2022 six-part Netflix documentary series directed by Andrew Rossi and executive produced by Ryan Murphy, built on Warhol's diaries dictated to Pat Hackett, narrated by an AI recreation of his voice, and centered on his private relationships.

The Angry Beavers

The Angry Beavers is a Nickelodeon animated series created by Mitch Schauer, premiering April 19, 1997, about beaver brothers Daggett (Richard Horvitz) and Norbert (Nick Bakay) living as bachelors near Wayouttatown, Oregon.

The Animals of Farthing Wood (TV series)

The Animals of Farthing Wood is a 39-episode EBU/BBC animated series (1993–1995) adapted from Colin Dann's 1979 books, following woodland animals fleeing to White Deer Park, known for its unusually high character death toll.

The Animatrix (アニマトリックス)

The Animatrix (アニマトリックス) is a 2003 anthology of nine animated short films set in the Matrix universe, supervised by the Wachowskis with Japanese studios Studio4°C and Madhouse; released on DVD June 3, 2003, runtime 1h 42m.

The Anime Man

The Anime Man is Joey Bizinger, a Japanese-Australian YouTuber (channel started 2013, moved to Tokyo 2016, about 3.3 million subscribers) who co-hosts Trash Taste and founded the brand NØИSENSE, distinct from the group TheAnimeMen.

The Anthropocene Reviewed

The Anthropocene Reviewed is a podcast and 2021 Dutton book by John Green reviewing facets of the human-centered planet on a five-star scale; Complexly and WNYC Studios co-produced the show, and the book became a #1 New York Times bestseller.

The Apartment Job

The Apartment Job (아파트, Apartment) is a 2026 South Korean crime-comedy series starring Ji Sung as a former gang boss who runs for apartment president to steal its fund.

The Apothecary Diaries (薬屋のひとりごと) (TV series)

The Apothecary Diaries (薬屋のひとりごと, Kusuriya no Hitorigoto) is a Japanese TV anime by TOHO animation STUDIO and OLM adapting Natsu Hyuuga's light novels; three seasons since October 2023, plus a December 2026 film.

The Apprentice (American TV series)

The Apprentice is the NBC reality competition series (2004) hosted by Donald Trump for 14 seasons, created by Mark Burnett, famous for "You're fired," the boardroom, and its role in Trump's political rise; later hosted by Arnold Schwarzenegger and streamed by Amazon.

The Apprentice (British TV series)

The Apprentice is a British reality television game show where candidates compete in business tasks. Since 2010, the winner receives a £250,000 investment in their business idea.

The Åre Murders

The Åre Murders (Åremorden) is a 2025 Swedish Netflix Nordic noir crime series adapted from Viveca Sten's novels Hidden in Snow and Hidden in the Shadows, starring Carla Sehn and Kardo Razzazi as Åre detectives, renewed for a 2026 second season.

The Ark (TV series)

The Ark is a SYFY space science fiction drama created by Dean Devlin and Jonathan Glassner, premiering February 1, 2023. Set 100 years in the future, it follows the surviving crew of the stricken colony ship Ark One; three seasons have aired, filmed in Serbia, starring Christie Burke as Captain Sharon Garnet.

The Arrangement (2017 TV series)

The Arrangement (2017 TV series): E! scripted drama created by Jonathan Abrahams, 2 seasons, 20 episodes, starring Josh Henderson and Christine Evangelista in a $10 million contract-marriage story; cancelled May 2018.

The Arsenio Hall Show

The Arsenio Hall Show was a syndicated late-night talk show hosted by Arsenio Hall, running January 3, 1989 to May 27, 1994 (1,248 episodes) and revived 2013-2014. Known for the dog pound, the posse band, hip-hop bookings, and Bill Clinton's 1992 saxophone appearance.

The Art of Joy (TV series)

The Art of Joy (L'arte della gioia) is a 2024 Italian six-episode Sky miniseries directed by Valeria Golino, adapting the first part of Goliarda Sapienza's posthumous novel about the Sicilian orphan Modesta; premiered at Cannes 2024, on Sky Atlantic February 28, 2025.

The Art of Negotiation (협상의 기술)

The Art of Negotiation (협상의 기술) is a 2025 JTBC Saturday-Sunday Korean business drama, 12 episodes, directed by Ahn Pan-seok, starring Lee Je-hoon as white-haired M&A negotiator Yoon Ju-no saving the debt-ridden Sanin Group; peaked at 10.3% Nielsen ratings.

The Art of Sarah (레이디 두아)

The Art of Sarah (레이디 두아, Lady Dua) is a 2026 South Korean Netflix mystery thriller limited series, 8 episodes, directed by Kim Jin-min, written by Chu Song-yeon, starring Shin Hye-sun as con artist Sarah Kim and Lee Jun-hyuk as detective Park Mu-gyeong.

The Artful Dodger (2023 TV series)

The Artful Dodger is an Australian Disney+/Hulu series (2023) continuing Dickens's Oliver Twist: Jack Dawkins, now a surgeon in 1850s Port Victory, is pulled back into crime by Fagin while romancing Lady Belle Fox. Eight-episode seasons; third and final season announced 2026.