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Berserk (ベルセルク) (manga)

Berserk (ベルセルク) is Kentaro Miura's dark fantasy seinen manga, serialized from 1989 in Hakusensha's Young Animal, following Guts's revenge against Griffith; continued since 2022 by Studio Gaga under Kouji Mori, with over 70 million copies worldwide.

Berserk: The Golden Age Arc

Berserk: The Golden Age Arc (ベルセルク 黄金時代篇) is the 2012–2013 three-part theatrical anime adapting Kentaro Miura's Berserk Golden Age arc, directed by Toshiyuki Kubooka at Studio 4°C, 288 minutes total, re-edited into the 13-episode 2022 TV Memorial Edition.

Bert and Ernie

Bert and Ernie, Sesame Street Muppet roommates, first appeared in the 1969 test pilot teaching the number two. Originally performed by Jim Henson (Ernie) and Frank Oz (Bert); now Eric Jacobson and Steve Whitmire.

Best Choice Ever (承欢记)

Best Choice Ever (承欢记, Cheng Huan Ji) is a 2024 Chinese urban romance drama adapted from Yi Shu's 1996 novel, directed by Tian Yu, starring Yang Zi and Xu Kai, 37 episodes on CCTV-8 and Tencent Video from April 9, 2024.

Best Friends Whenever

Best Friends Whenever: Disney Channel sitcom (2015-2016) created by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas; teens Cyd and Shelby gain time travel after Barry's lab mishap; 31 episodes, 2 seasons, TV-G.

Best in Miniature

Best in Miniature is a Canadian CBC reality competition series (2022–2023, marblemedia) hosted by Aba Amuquandoh, judged by Emma Waddell and Michael Lambie, in which artists build 1:12-scale dream homes for a $15,000 prize; three seasons, 26 episodes, canceled.

Best Medicine

Best Medicine is Fox's American one-hour comedy-drama adaptation of the British series Doc Martin, starring Josh Charles as blood-phobic Boston surgeon Dr. Martin Best, who becomes GP in Port Wenn, Maine; it premiered January 4, 2026 and was renewed for season 2.

Best of Luck Nikki

Best of Luck Nikki is a Disney Channel India family sitcom (2011-2016), the Indian adaptation of Good Luck Charlie, following the Singh family and Dolly's video-diary advice for baby sister Nikki across four seasons.

Bestseller (2022 TV series)

Bestseller (2022) is a Hindi-language Amazon Prime Video psychological thriller series, 8 episodes, directed by Mukul Abhyankar, adapted from Ravi Subramanian's novel The Bestseller She Wrote, starring Shruti Haasan, Mithun Chakraborty, Arjan Bajwa, and Gauahar Khan.

Bet (TV series)

Bet is a 2025 Netflix live-action teen thriller series created by Simon Barry, adapted from the manga Kakegurui by Homura Kawamoto and Toru Naomura. Miku Martineau stars as gambler Yumeko at St. Dominic's boarding school; renewed for a second season filmed in Toronto in 2026.

Betaal

Betaal is a 2020 four-episode Hindi Netflix horror miniseries created by Patrick Graham and Suhani Kanwar, produced by Red Chillies Entertainment with Blumhouse, in which a paramilitary squad displacing tribal villagers awakens East India Company soldier-zombies led by undead Colonel Lynedoch.

Betas

Betas, an Amazon Studios comedy by Evan Endicott and Josh Stoddard, follows Silicon Valley entrepreneurs building the social app BRB; one season of 11 episodes, 2013–2014, cancelled.

Beth Greene

Beth Greene is a fictional character on AMC's The Walking Dead, portrayed by Emily Kinney, the youngest daughter of Hershel Greene who dies in the fifth season.

Beth Harmon

Beth Harmon is the fictional chess prodigy created by Walter Tevis for the 1983 novel The Queen's Gambit, played by Anya Taylor-Joy in the 2020 Netflix series; an orphaned Kentucky girl who conquers competitive chess while battling tranquilizer and alcohol addiction.

Bethany Platt

Bethany Britney Platt is a fictional Coronation Street character born on screen 2000 to 13-year-old Sarah Platt; played by Lucy Fallon from 2015, known for the 2017 Nathan Curtis grooming storyline.

Betrayal (British TV series)

Betrayal is a 2026 four-part ITV espionage thriller starring Shaun Evans as MI5 officer John Hughes, written by David Eldridge, produced by Mammoth Screen, distinct from the 2023 Hulu documentary of the same name.

Betrayal: Secrets & Lies

Betrayal: Secrets & Lies is a 2026 ABC true-crime docuseries adapted from iHeartPodcasts' Betrayal podcast, hosted by Andrea Gunning; eight weekly episodes each cover one betrayal story, streaming next day on Disney+ and Hulu.

Better Call Saul

Better Call Saul: AMC drama prequel to Breaking Bad, created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, starring Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman; six seasons 2015–2022, 53 Emmy nominations, acclaimed legal realism.

Better Late Than Never (TV series)

Better Late Than Never: NBC reality travel series (2016–2018, 2 seasons, 12 episodes) adapting Korea's Grandpas Over Flowers; Henry Winkler, William Shatner, Terry Bradshaw, George Foreman, and Jeff Dye tour Asia and Europe; 7.4 million-viewer debut.

Better Off Ted

Better Off Ted: American satirical workplace sitcom on ABC, 2009-2010, created by Victor Fresco; Ted Crisp runs R&D at amoral Veridian Dynamics; two seasons, 26 episodes, canceled despite strong reviews.

Better than Us

Better than Us (Лучше, чем люди) is a 2018–2019 Russian sci-fi drama series, 16 episodes, set in 2029 Moscow; the first Russian Netflix Original, starring Paulina Andreeva as android Arisa and Kirill Käro as Georgy Safronov.

Better Things (TV series)

Better Things is a comedy-drama series that aired on FX from 2016 to 2022, following actress Sam Fox. Co-created by Adlon and C.K., it won a Peabody Award.

Betty Draper

Betty Draper (Betty Francis, née Elizabeth Hofstadt) is January Jones's fictional housewife character in AMC's Mad Men (2007–2015), Don Draper's wife, later Henry Francis's, embodying Friedan's Feminine Mystique and dying of cancer in the final season.

Betty en NY

Betty en NY (Betty in New York) is Telemundo's 2019 Spanish-language telenovela adaptation of Yo soy Betty, la fea, set in New York, starring Elyfer Torres and Erick Elías, 123 episodes, aired February to August 2019.

Betty Turpin

Betty Turpin, later Betty Williams, is a fictional Coronation Street barmaid played by Betty Driver from 1969 to 2011, famous for Betty's hotpot at the Rovers Return and over 2,800 episodes.

Betty, la fea: la historia continúa

Betty, la fea: la historia continúa is a Colombian Prime Video series by Estudios RCN, a 2024 sequel to Yo soy Betty, la fea, set 20 years later, with Ana María Orozco and Jorge Enrique Abello returning; three seasons have aired and a final fourth arrives in 2027.

Between (TV series)

Between is a Canadian sci-fi drama series (2015-2016) created by Michael McGowan for City and Netflix, starring Jennette McCurdy as Wiley Day in Pretty Lake, where a virus kills everyone over 21 and teens survive under quarantine.

Between Lands

Entre tierras (Between Lands) is a Spanish Boomerang TV period melodrama for Antena 3/Atresplayer set in 1960s rural Spain, starring Megan Montaner and Unax Ugalde, about María's proxy marriage to landowner Ramón's nephew Manuel.

Between the Lions

Between the Lions: PBS children's literacy series (premiered April 3, 2000) for ages 4-7, starring the library-running lion family Theo, Cleo, Lionel, and Leona; produced by WGBH and Sirius Thinking, combined phonics and whole language, won ten Emmys, and drew about 5 million weekly viewers.

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis is a Funny or Die parody talk show (2008-2018, 21 episodes) of awkward, insulting celebrity interviews, with an Emmy-winning 2014 Obama episode and a 2019 Netflix movie.