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The Freak Brothers

The Freak Brothers is a Tubi adult animated comedy (2021) adapting Gilbert Shelton's 1968 underground comic The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, starring Woody Harrelson, John Goodman, Pete Davidson, and Tiffany Haddish as time-displaced stoners in modern San Francisco.

The Freelancer (TV series)

The Freelancer is a 2023 Indian Hindi action thriller series by Neeraj Pandey, directed by Bhav Dhulia, adapted from Shirish Thorat's A Ticket to Syria, starring Mohit Raina as ex-cop mercenary Avinash Kamath rescuing Aliya from ISIS-held Syria; Disney+ Hotstar, two seasons.

The French Chef

The French Chef was Julia Child's public television cooking series on WGBH, which debuted February 11, 1963 and ran until 1973, introducing French cuisine to Americans, making Child a cultural icon, and defining the TV cooking-show genre.

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American sitcom starring rapper Will Smith as a West Philadelphia teen living with wealthy relatives in Bel Air, airing on NBC from 1990 to 1996.

The Frog (아무도 없는 숲속에서) (South Korean TV series)

The Frog (아무도 없는 숲속에서, Amudo Eobsneun Supsokeseo) is a 2024 South Korean Netflix limited thriller series, 8 episodes, directed by Mo Wan-il, written by Son Ho-young, starring Kim Yun-seok, Yoon Kye-sang, Go Min-si, and Lee Jung-eun; formerly titled Alone in the Woods.

The Fugitive (1963 TV series)

The Fugitive, ABC crime drama 1963–1967 created by Roy Huggins, stars David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble, a wrongfully convicted doctor hunting the one-armed man while evading Lt. Gerard; record 72-share 1967 finale.

The Full Monty (2023 TV series)

The Full Monty (2023) is an eight-episode British comedy-drama sequel to the 1997 film, reuniting Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, and the original cast 25 years later in Sheffield, on FX on Hulu and Disney+, created by Simon Beaufoy and Alice Nutter.

The Game

The Game is a 2021 American sports comedy-drama revival, created by Mara Brock Akil for Paramount+ and starring Wendy Raquel Robinson and Hosea Chanchez, set in Las Vegas.

The Game (2025 TV series)

The Game (2025) is a British Channel 5 psychological thriller, also known as Catch You Later, created by Tom Grieves, starring Jason Watkins as retired detective Huw Miller and Robson Green as suspected Ripton Stalker Patrick Harbottle; four episodes aired May 12-15, 2025, filmed in Spain's Basque Country, with a second series in September 2026.

The Game: You Never Play Alone

The Game: You Never Play Alone is a 2025 Tamil-language Netflix crime thriller series, Netflix's first Tamil original of 2025, directed by Rajesh M. Selva and starring Shraddha Srinath as game developer Kavya.

The Garden (animated series)

The Garden, also called The Garden Cartoon, is a Butch Hartman-created American Christian children's animated series about Lenny the Lion and Lucy the Lamb, first aired 2023, with two seasons and an 82-minute movie.

The Gardener (о) (TV series)

The Gardener (Spanish: El jardinero) is a 2025 Spanish romantic crime-thriller limited series on Netflix, following hitman Elmer, whose controlling mother runs a murder-for-hire business behind a garden center.

The Garfield Show

The Garfield Show, aka Garfield & Cie (Garfield et Compagnie), is a French-American CGI animated comedy based on Jim Davis's strip, produced by Dargaud Media with Paws, Inc., premiering 2008 on France 3 and 2009 on Cartoon Network US.

The Gaslight District

The Gaslight District is an Australian indie animated supernatural crime comedy by Glitch Productions and creator Nick Szopko (PartTimeSeagull). Its 27-minute pilot premiered on YouTube 18 April 2025, following the undead Smiling Dead crime family and Melancholy Hill, a prophesied mortal human.

The Gathering (TV series)

The Gathering (2024) is a six-part Channel 4 thriller by Helen Walsh and World Productions, set in Liverpool, about an attack on gymnast Kelly at an illicit rave; it won three Monte Carlo TV Festival awards and became Channel 4's most streamed new drama of 2024.

The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo

The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo, Caleb Gallo web series, 2016 YouTube queer comedy by Brian Jordan Alvarez: five episodes, $10,000 budget, Tribeca screening, Gotham nomination, IndieWire best web series 2016.

The Gendarme

The Gendarme (Le Gendarme) is a six-film French comedy series (1964–1982) directed by Jean Girault, starring Louis de Funès as gendarme Ludovic Cruchot of Saint-Tropez; the first film sold 7.8 million tickets, the series nearly 36 million. Also the title of Mark Mustian's 2010 novel.

The General's Daughter (TV series)

The General's Daughter is a 2019 ABS-CBN Philippine action-drama teleserye starring Angel Locsin as spy Rhian Bonifacio, trained by Tiago Guerrero against her real father Marcial de Leon; aired January 21 to October 4, 2019.

The Genius (더 지니어스) (TV series)

The Genius (더 지니어스) is a South Korean tvN reality strategy game show (2013–2015, four seasons) created by Jung Jong-yeon, where 13 contestants play Main Matches and Death Matches with alliances and betrayal until one winner remains.

The Gentlemen (2024 TV series)

The Gentlemen is a 2024 British-American crime comedy series created by Guy Ritchie for Netflix, set in the same universe as his 2019 film and starring Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, and Ray Winstone.

The Get Down

The Get Down: Netflix musical drama (2016-2017) by Baz Luhrmann and Stephen Adly Guirgis about South Bronx teens in 1977 as hip-hop is born; cost about $120 million, canceled after one season.

The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)

The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968–1970) is an American fantasy sitcom adapted from the 1947 film and R. A. Dick's 1945 novel, starring Hope Lange and Edward Mulhare as a widow and the ghost of Captain Daniel Gregg at Gull Cottage, 50 episodes on NBC then ABC.

The Ghost and Molly McGee

The Ghost and Molly McGee is a Disney Channel animated buddy comedy (2021–2024, two seasons) created by Bill Motz and Bob Roth, starring Ashly Burch as optimist Molly and Dana Snyder as the ghost Scratch, bound together by a backfired curse in Brighton, with a Rob Cantor song in every episode.

The Ghost Bride

The Ghost Bride (彼岸之嫁) is a 2020 Netflix Taiwanese-Malaysian supernatural mystery series, adapted from Yangsze Choo's 2013 novel, set in 1890s colonial Malacca, starring Huang Pei-jia, Wu Kang-ren, and Ludi Lin.

The Ghost in the Shell (攻殻機動隊 THE GHOST IN THE SHELL)

The Ghost in the Shell (攻殻機動隊 THE GHOST IN THE SHELL) is a 2026 Science SARU TV anime adapting Shirow Masamune's manga, directed by Mokochan, 10 episodes, aired July 7 to September 8, 2026, streamed on Prime Video.

The Ghost Writer's Wife (ばけばけ)

The Ghost Writer's Wife (ばけばけ, Bakebake) is NHK's 113th Asadora serial (29 September 2025 to 27 March 2026, 125 episodes), a Matsue-set story modeled on Koizumi Yakumo and his wife Setsu, starring Takaishi Akari and Tommy Bastow, averaging 15.2% household viewing.

The Gift (Turkish TV series)

The Gift (Atiye) is a Turkish Netflix mystery drama, its second Turkish original, starring Beren Saat as a painter tied to Göbeklitepe; 3 seasons, 24 episodes, 2019–2021, filmed in Istanbul and Anatolia.

The Gifted (American TV series)

The Gifted (2017-2019) is an American Fox superhero drama created by Matt Nix, set in Marvel's X-Men universe; 2 seasons, 29 episodes, starring Stephen Moyer and Amy Acker, canceled April 17, 2019.

The Gifted (Thai TV series)

The Gifted (นักเรียนพลังกิฟต์) is a 2018 GMMTV Thai sci-fi teen series, from a 2015 short film and SandOtnim novel, about gifted students at Ritdha High School; 13 episodes on One31, highest-rated Thai teen series of 2018, sequel The Gifted: Graduation (2020).

The Gilded Age (TV series)

The Gilded Age (TV series): HBO historical drama by Julian Fellowes, premiering January 24, 2022, set in 1880s New York high society; four seasons, season 4 premiering November 1, 2026.