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The Lost Village (TV series)

The Lost Village (迷家-マヨイガ-, Mayoiga) is a 2016 original Japanese TV anime, 12 episodes directed by Tsutomu Mizushima with series composition by Mari Okada at Diomedéa, about 30 bus-tour participants trapped in the village Nanaki-mura facing nanaki monsters born of their own trauma.

The Lost World (TV series)

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World (1999–2002) is an Australian-Canadian syndicated adventure series, 66 episodes in three seasons, loosely based on Doyle's 1912 novel, starring Peter McCauley as Professor Challenger, filmed in Queensland, cancelled after funding fell through.

The Loud House

The Loud House is a Nickelodeon animated sitcom (premiered May 2, 2016) created by Chris Savino, following 11-year-old Lincoln Loud, the only boy among 10 sisters, and his friend Clyde McBride; it won Daytime Emmys and spawned The Casagrandes and live-action versions.

The Loud House (franchise)

The Loud House is an American media franchise built on the Nickelodeon animated sitcom that premiered in 2016, following Lincoln Loud and his ten sisters.

The Loudest Voice

The Loudest Voice is a 2019 Showtime seven-part miniseries starring Russell Crowe as Fox News founder Roger Ailes, based on Gabriel Sherman's book The Loudest Voice in the Room, dramatizing Fox News's rise and Ailes's 2016 downfall.

The Love Boat

The Love Boat is an American ABC comedy-drama (September 24, 1977–1986/1987) produced by Aaron Spelling, set on Princess Cruises' Pacific Princess, using a three-story guest-star anthology format; it anchored Saturday nights and boosted the cruise industry.

The Love Equation (致我们甜甜的小美满)

The Love Equation (致我们甜甜的小美满) is a 2020 Chinese campus romance web series, third in the "Zhi Women" series, adapted from Zhao Qianqian's novel Zhou er Fu Shi, starring Gong Jun and Liu Renyu, 28 episodes on Tencent Video from April 10, 2020.

The Love You Give Me (你给我的喜欢)

The Love You Give Me (你给我的喜欢) is a 2023 Chinese urban romance web series on Tencent Video, adapted from Shi Dingrou's novel, starring Wang Yuwen and Wang Ziqi as reunited ex-lovers; 28 episodes, April 24 to May 17, 2023, distinct from the 2026 micro-drama of the same name.

The Lowdown (American TV series)

The Lowdown is an FX neo-noir comedy-drama created by Sterlin Harjo, starring Ethan Hawke as Tulsa citizen journalist Lee Raybon. Season 1 premiered September 23, 2025; renewed January 2026; season 2 with Tommy Lee Jones and Betty Gilpin premiered October 14, 2026.

The Loyal Pin (ปิ่นภักดิ์)

The Loyal Pin (ปิ่นภักดิ์) is a 2024 Thai GL period drama starring Freen Chankimha and Becky Armstrong as two women in love in 1950s Thailand, Thailand's first GL period drama.

The Loyalty Game

The Loyalty Game is a 2026 Philippine psychological thriller series on Amazon Prime Video, starring Jericho Rosales and Janine Gutierrez as a couple whose marriage is tested by loyalty testers.

The Lucy Show

The Lucy Show, CBS sitcom 1962–1968, Lucille Ball as widow Lucy Carmichael, her follow-up to I Love Lucy; Vivian Vance co-star until 1965, Gale Gordon as Mr. Mooney, 156 half-hour episodes, Danfield New York then Los Angeles bank setting.

The Luminaries (miniseries)

The Luminaries (2020 miniseries), a six-part BBC-TVNZ adaptation of Eleanor Catton's Man Booker Prize-winning 832-page novel, set in 1860s New Zealand's gold rush, starring Eve Hewson, Eva Green, and Himesh Patel, directed by Claire McCarthy.

The Lying Detective

"The Lying Detective" is the second episode of Sherlock series 4 (BBC One, 8 January 2017), written by Steven Moffat and directed by Nick Hurran, featuring Toby Jones as serial-killer Culverton Smith and the Eurus Holmes twist; 81% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Lying Game

The Lying Game refers to Ruth Ware's 2017 adult thriller about four schoolfriends and bones on a beach, and Sara Shepard's 2010 YA twin-swap series adapted as the ABC Family drama (2011–2013).

The Lying Life of Adults

The Lying Life of Adults (La vita bugiarda degli adulti) is Elena Ferrante's 2019 coming-of-age novel and a six-episode 2023 Netflix series directed by Edoardo De Angelis, set in 1990s Naples, starring Giordana Marengo and Valeria Golino.

The Madame Blanc Mysteries

The Madame Blanc Mysteries is a British cosy crime drama created by Sally Lindsay and Sue Vincent, starring Lindsay as antiques dealer Jean White in fictional Sainte Victoire, France, filmed on Gozo and Malta, airing on Channel 5 and Acorn TV since 2021.

The Madison (TV series)

The Madison is a 2026 Paramount+ drama created by Taylor Sheridan, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell as the Clyburns, New Yorkers who move to Montana's Madison River Valley; six episodes, renewed through season 3.

The Madness (TV series)

The Madness is a 2024 Netflix eight-episode limited conspiracy thriller created by Stephen Belber, starring Colman Domingo as CNN pundit Muncie Daniels, framed for murdering a white supremacist in the Poconos; released November 28, 2024.

The Mafia's Obsession

The Mafia's Obsession, also called Gangster Obsessed with Me, is a 2024 British vertical BL short drama on DramaBox: 58 two-minute episodes in which Augusto Castro marries mob boss Pietro in his sister's place, unaware it is Pietro's love trap.

The Magic Roundabout

The Magic Roundabout (Le Manège Enchanté) is a French stop-motion children's series by Serge Danot, revoiced for the BBC by Eric Thompson with entirely new scripts, running 1965–1977 and gaining a cult adult following.

The Magic School Bus

The Magic School Bus: American science-education franchise by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen (Scholastic, 1986), with the PBS animated series 1994–1997 starring Lily Tomlin as Ms. Frizzle and the 2017 Netflix reboot The Magic School Bus Rides Again with Kate McKinnon.

The Magic School Bus (TV series)

The Magic School Bus (TV series): Canadian-American animated educational show based on Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen's books, airing 52 episodes on PBS 1994–1997 with Lily Tomlin as Ms. Frizzle, rebooted by Netflix in 2017.

The Magic School Bus Rides Again

The Magic School Bus Rides Again (Rides Again, developed as The Magic School Bus 360°) is a 2017–2021 Netflix animated sequel to the 1994 Magic School Bus series, with Kate McKinnon voicing new teacher Fiona Frizzle and three seasons plus four 2020 specials.

The Magical Women (灿烂的转身)

The Magical Women (灿烂的转身, also 她们的反击) is a 2023 Chinese 20-episode iQiyi urban women-centered drama directed by Chen Chang, starring Qin Lan and Deng Jiajia as single mothers Su Fei and An Ning who form an alliance against cheating husbands, airing April 1–11, 2023.

The Magicians (American TV series)

The Magicians (American TV series), Syfy fantasy drama 2015-2020, five seasons, adapts Lev Grossman's trilogy; created by Sera Gamble and John McNamara, starring Jason Ralph as Quentin Coldwater at Brakebills University; Tomatometer 91%.

The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House (舞妓さんちのまかないさん)

The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House (舞妓さんちのまかないさん) is a 2023 nine-episode Netflix drama by Hirokazu Kore-eda, adapted from Aiko Koyama's Shogakukan Manga Award-winning manga about a girl from Aomori who becomes the cook in a Kyoto maiko house.

The Mallorca Files

The Mallorca Files is a 2019 BBC/ZDF buddy-cop crime drama created by Dan Sefton, starring Elen Rhys and Julian Looman as British and German detectives on Mallorca; three seasons (2019–2024), Season 3 on Prime Video.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E., NBC spy-adventure series 1964-1968 created by Norman Felton and Sam Rolfe with Ian Fleming's input, starring Robert Vaughn as Napoleon Solo and David McCallum as Soviet agent Illya Kuryakin of U.N.C.L.E. versus THRUSH; 105 episodes, Girl from U.N.C.L.E. spinoff, 1983 TV movie, 2015 Guy Ritchie film.

The Man in the High Castle (TV series)

The Man in the High Castle is Amazon Prime Video's 2015-2019 alternate-history drama adapting Philip K. Dick's 1962 Hugo-winning novel, created by Frank Spotnitz with Ridley Scott, depicting a US partitioned by Axis victors, 4 seasons, 40 episodes.