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The Interpreter of Silence

The Interpreter of Silence (Deutsches Haus) is a 2023 German Disney+/Hulu five-part miniseries by Annette Hess, based on her 2018 novel, about interpreter Eva Bruhns at the 1963 Frankfurt Auschwitz trial.

The Invaders

The Invaders is an American science fiction series broadcast on ABC from 1967 to 1968, starring Roy Thinnes as architect David Vincent, who exposes aliens in human form.

The Ipcress File (TV series)

The Ipcress File is a 2022 six-part ITV spy thriller adapting Len Deighton's 1962 Harry Palmer novel, written by John Hodge, directed by James Watkins, starring Joe Cole as Palmer, first broadcast March 6, 2022.

The Iris Affair

The Iris Affair is an eight-part 2025 Sky Original thriller created by Neil Cross (Luther), starring Niamh Algar as codebreaker Iris Nixon and Tom Hollander as Cameron Beck, chasing a stolen activation sequence for the supercomputer Charlie Big Potatoes across Italy.

The Irrational

The Irrational is an American crime procedural drama starring Jesse L. Martin as behavioral science professor Alec Mercer, who helps the FBI solve cases; NBC aired it from 2023 to 2025.

The Irregulars

The Irregulars is a 2021 British Netflix supernatural crime drama created by Tom Bidwell, reimagining the Baker Street Irregulars as teen detectives solving paranormal crimes for Watson and a broken Sherlock Holmes in Victorian London; canceled after eight episodes.

The Island with Bear Grylls

The Island with Bear Grylls: British Channel 4 survival reality series (2014-2019), 44 episodes, produced by Shine TV. Participants self-filmed on Las Perlas islands, Panama, with minimal kit, embedded medics, and celebrity spinoffs.

The IT Crowd

The IT Crowd is a British Channel 4 sitcom created by Graham Linehan (2006–2013), starring Katherine Parkinson, Richard Ayoade, and Chris O'Dowd as the basement IT department of Reynholm Industries, filmed before a studio audience and winner of the 2009 BAFTA for situation comedy.

The Itchy & Scratchy Show

The Itchy & Scratchy Show is The Simpsons' fictional ultra-violent cat-and-mouse cartoon, aired within Krusty's show. Itchy kills Scratchy each short; inspired by Herman and Katnip and Tom and Jerry, it satirizes cartoon violence and TV censorship debates.

The Jack Benny Program

The Jack Benny Program (The Jack Benny Show) was Jack Benny's American TV comedy series on CBS and NBC, October 1950 to April 1965, 261 episodes, adapting his 1932-1958 radio program with Rochester, Don Wilson, and Dennis Day.

The Jacksons: An American Dream

The Jacksons: An American Dream is a 1992 ABC two-part, five-hour biographical miniseries about the Jackson family, based on Katherine Jackson's autobiography, starring Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Angela Bassett, and three actors as Michael, a ratings hit with an Emmy-winning choreography.

The Jamie Foxx Show

The Jamie Foxx Show, WB sitcom (1996-2001), 100 episodes, five seasons; Jamie Foxx as Jamie King, aspiring entertainer at his aunt and uncle's LA hotel King's Towers, with Garrett Morris, Ellia English, Garcelle Beauvais; co-created by Bentley Kyle Evans.

The Jeffersons

The Jeffersons is a CBS sitcom (1975-1985, 253 episodes), a Norman Lear spin-off of All in the Family about George and Louise Jefferson, owners of a seven-store dry-cleaning chain, who move from Queens to Manhattan's Upper East Side; first TV series with an interracial married couple.

The Jengaburu Curse

The Jengaburu Curse is a 2023 SonyLIV Hindi thriller, billed as India's first cli-fi web series, directed by Nila Madhab Panda. Seven episodes follow analyst Priya Das in Odisha uncovering secret uranium mining, tribal displacement, and an international conspiracy.

The Jenny Jones Show

The Jenny Jones Show was an American syndicated daytime tabloid talk show hosted by Jenny Jones, taped in Chicago, running 1991-2003, best known for the 1995 Scott Amedure murder case.

The Jeremy Kyle Show

The Jeremy Kyle Show was an ITV daytime confrontational talk show hosted by Jeremy Kyle from July 2005 to May 2019, known for lie detector and DNA test segments; cancelled after Steve Dymond's death.

The Jerma985 Dollhouse

The Jerma985 Dollhouse (also the Sims Stream) was a three-day interactive Twitch event, August 18-21, 2021, in which viewers controlled streamer Jerma985 via a custom Dollhouse extension in a real-life Sims set, peaking above 101,200 concurrent viewers.

The Jerry Springer Show

The Jerry Springer Show (1991–2018) was a syndicated American tabloid talk show hosted by Jerry Springer. It began as a serious political talk show, was reformatted in 1994 under Richard Dominick, and peaked above Oprah in late-1990s ratings.

The Jetsons

The Jetsons is an American animated sitcom created by Hanna-Barbera about a family living in the future with flying cars and robot maids, first aired in 1962.

The Jewel in the Crown (TV series)

The Jewel in the Crown is Granada Television's 14-part 1984 ITV serial adapting Paul Scott's Raj Quartet, dramatizing British India from 1942 to independence in 1947, starring Tim Pigott-Smith, Art Malik, and Peggy Ashcroft.

The Jim Gaffigan Show

The Jim Gaffigan Show is a TV Land single-camera sitcom (2015-2016, 23 episodes) starring comedian Jim Gaffigan as a fictionalized version of himself, a clean comic and father of five in New York, created with Peter Tolan and ended by mutual agreement after two seasons.

The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour

The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour, a 2004 Nickelodeon crossover special between The Fairly OddParents and Jimmy Neutron in which Timmy Turner and Jimmy Neutron swap universes across 2D and 3D animation; followed by two 2006 sequels.

The Joe Schmo Show

The Joe Schmo Show is an American reality parody series (Spike TV 2003, 2004, 2013; TBS reboot 2025) in which an unsuspecting 'schmo' believes he is in a real reality competition while all other contestants and the host are actors. Created by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.

The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale

The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale was a weekly half-hour Netflix topical comedy series (2018) hosted by Joel McHale, a TV-MA successor to The Soup with guests, sketches, and clips; cancelled August 2018 after 19 episodes.

The Joker's Wild

The Joker's Wild: American TV game show (CBS 1972–75, syndicated 1977–86, 1990, TBS 2017) where a giant slot machine sets trivia categories and values; created and hosted by Jack Barry, later Bill Cullen and Snoop Dogg.

The Journey of Chongzi (重紫)

The Journey of Chongzi (重紫) is a 2023 Chinese xianxia drama adapted from Shu Ke's novel, starring Yang Chaoyue and Xu Zhengxi in a three-lifetime master-disciple romance, premiered February 15, 2023 on Tencent Video.

The Journey of Flower (花千骨)

The Journey of Flower (花千骨), also 仙侠奇缘之花千骨, is Fresh果果's 2008 xianxia romance novel and its 2015 50-episode Hunan TV series with Wallace Huo and Zhao Liying, which broke China's weekly-drama rating record.

The Journey of Legend (赴山海)

The Journey of Legend (赴山海, aka 神州奇侠) is a 2025 Chinese wuxia series adapted from Wen Rui'an's novel, starring Cheng Yi and Gulnazar; 40 episodes premiered September 11, 2025 on Tencent Video and iQiyi.

The Judge from Hell

The Judge from Hell (지옥에서 온 판사) is a 2024 SBS Korean fantasy legal drama, 14 episodes, starring Park Shin-hye as demon-possessed judge Kang Bit-na; finale hit 11.9% Nielsen, second season confirmed.

The Judge Returns (판사 이한영)

The Judge Returns (판사 이한영) is a 2026 MBC Korean legal fantasy drama, 14 episodes, starring Ji Sung as corrupt judge Lee Han-young who regresses ten years after death; adapted from Lee Hae Nal's web novel, peaking at 13.6% Nielsen ratings.