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The Man Show
The Man Show, Comedy Central talk/sketch comedy 1999–2004, six seasons, created by Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel, and Daniel Kellison; beer, Juggy dancers, trampoline girls; later hosted by Rogan and Stanhope; subject of feminist critiques of blatant sexism.
The Man Who Fell to Earth (TV series)
The Man Who Fell to Earth (2022 Showtime series), created by Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet, a ten-episode continuation of Walter Tevis's novel and the 1976 Bowie film, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Naomie Harris; canceled after one season.
The Mandalorian
The Mandalorian is Disney+'s first live-action Star Wars series, created by Jon Favreau, starring Pedro Pascal as Din Djarin with Grogu; three seasons from 2019, pioneering ILM StageCraft LED virtual production, and continued in the 2026 film The Mandalorian and Grogu.
The Mandela Catalogue
The Mandela Catalogue is an analog horror YouTube series created by Alex Kister, first posted June 9, 2021. Set in fictional Mandela County, Wisconsin, it features doppelgangers called Alternates and a false Archangel Gabriel, and a film adaptation is set for June 9, 2028.
The Manhattan Alien Abduction
The Manhattan Alien Abduction is Netflix's three-part 2024 docuseries on Linda Napolitano's claimed 1989 UFO abduction from a Manhattan apartment, Budd Hopkins' 23-witness case, Carol Rainey's hoax allegations, and Napolitano's defamation lawsuit.
The Manipulated
The Manipulated (조각도시) is a 2025 Disney+ South Korean revenge thriller, 12 episodes, starring Ji Chang-wook as framed prisoner Tae-jung and Doh Kyung-soo as mastermind Yo-han, expanding the 2017 film Fabricated City.
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, aka Dobie Gillis, is a CBS sitcom (1959-1963, 147 episodes) starring Dwayne Hickman and Bob Denver as beatnik Maynard G. Krebs, adapted from Max Shulman's 1951 short stories.
The Marked Heart
The Marked Heart (Pálpito) is a Colombian Netflix drama-thriller created by Leonardo Padrón, about a widower's revenge on organ traffickers and his romance with his wife's heart recipient; two seasons, 24 episodes, 2022–2023.
The Marlow Murder Club (TV series)
The Marlow Murder Club is a British cozy crime drama adapted by Robert Thorogood from his novels, starring Samantha Bond, Cara Horgan, and Jo Martin as amateur sleuths in Marlow, Buckinghamshire; premiered 6 March 2024 on UKTV's Drama and PBS MASTERPIECE, renewed through a fourth series.
The Marriage Plot
The Marriage Plot is Jeffrey Eugenides's 2011 novel (FSG) about three 1982 Brown graduates, Madeleine Hanna, Leonard Bankhead, and Mitchell Grammaticus, in a love triangle; an FX/A24 limited series adaptation with Sadie Sink, Will Arbery, and Hiro Murai was ordered in June 2026.
The Married Woman
The Married Woman is a 2021 Hindi ALTBalaji/ZEE5 web series directed by Sahir Raza, adapted from Manju Kapur's novel, starring Ridhi Dogra and Monica Dogra as Astha and Peeplika in 1992 Delhi.
The Marvel Super Heroes
The Marvel Super Heroes is Marvel's first animated TV series, a 1966 Grantray-Lawrence Canadian-produced syndicated cartoon with 65 episodes starring Captain America, the Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, and Sub-Mariner, animated by Xeroxing actual comic art.
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack: Cartoon Network animated series (2008–2010) created by Thurop Van Orman about a boy, whale Bubbie, and Captain K'nuckles seeking Candied Island; launched several notable animation careers.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is an Amazon Prime Video comedy-drama (2017–2023) created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, starring Rachel Brosnahan as a 1958 New York housewife turned stand-up comic; five seasons, 22 Emmys, Peabody and Golden Globe winner.
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show was a CBS sitcom (1970–1977) created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns for MTM Enterprises, starring Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards, associate producer of the news at Minneapolis's WJM-TV; it won 29 Emmys and three consecutive Outstanding Comedy Series awards.
The Mask: Animated Series
The Mask: Animated Series is a CBS Saturday-morning cartoon (1995–1997) adapting the Jim Carrey film and Dark Horse comic, with Rob Paulsen voicing Stanley Ipkiss and the Mask, Tim Curry as Pretorius, and a two-part Ace Ventura crossover.
The Masked Singer (American TV series)
The Masked Singer (US) is a Fox reality singing competition, premiered January 2, 2019, adapted from MBC's Korean King of Mask Singer; masked celebrities sing, Nick Cannon hosts, panelists guess identities.
The Masked Singer (Australian TV series)
The Masked Singer Australia is a Network 10 reality singing guessing game based on Korea's King of Mask Singer, hosted by Osher Günsberg from 23 September 2019, with winners including Cody Simpson, Bonnie Anderson, and Anastacia.
The Masked Singer (British TV series)
The Masked Singer (British TV series): ITV reality singing competition premiered 4 January 2020, adapted from South Korea's King of Mask Singer. Produced by Bandicoot Scotland; hosted by Joel Dommett; costumed celebrities are unmasked on elimination.
The Masked Singer South Africa
The Masked Singer South Africa is a masked celebrity singing competition on SABC, premiered 3 June 2023 on S3, hosted by Mpho Popps with detectives Somizi, J'Something, Sithelo, and Skhumba; winners include Holly Rey and Warren Masemola.
The Master (Doctor Who)
The Master (Doctor Who): the Doctor's Time Lord arch-nemesis and childhood friend from Gallifrey, driven mad by the Untempered Schism; played by Roger Delgado, John Simm, Michelle Gomez (Missy), Sacha Dhawan, and others from 1971 to 2022.
The Master Cutter
The Master Cutter is a 2026 GMA Network Philippine action-drama series directed by Dominic Zapata, starring Dingdong Dantes as tailor and secret tracker Atoy Padua in Baclaran; premiered May 11, 2026, streamed first on Netflix, 100 episodes.
The Mayor (TV series)
The Mayor (TV series): 2017 ABC American sitcom created by Jeremy Bronson, starring Brandon Micheal Hall as rapper Courtney Rose, who accidentally becomes mayor of Fort Grey, California; 13 episodes, cancelled 2018.
The McCarthys
The McCarthys: CBS multi-camera sitcom, 2014-2015, one season, 15 episodes. Created by Brian Gallivan; Tyler Ritter plays gay, non-sporty Ronny in a Boston Irish-Catholic sports-obsessed family, with Laurie Metcalf and Jack McGee. Canceled May 2015; averaged 1.18 rating, 5.46 million viewers.
The Mechanism
The Mechanism (O Mecanismo) is a Brazilian Netflix drama series (2018–2019) by José Padilha and Elena Soarez, loosely fictionalizing Operation Car Wash (Lava Jato), starring Selton Mello, Caroline Abras, and Enrique Diaz in two seasons of eight episodes.
The Men Who Built America
The Men Who Built America is a 2012 four-episode History Channel docudrama profiling Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, J.P. Morgan, and Ford through reenactments and interviews, praised for reach and criticized by historians for accuracy and its Great Man framing.
The Menagerie (Star Trek: The Original Series)
The Menagerie is the only two-part episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, aired 17 and 24 November 1966. Written by Gene Roddenberry, it wraps the rejected pilot The Cage in a court-martial framing story, won a 1967 Hugo Award, and canonized Captain Pike.
The Mentalist
The Mentalist is a CBS crime procedural (2008-2015) created by Bruno Heller, starring Simon Baker as fake-psychic CBI consultant Patrick Jane hunting the killer Red John; it ran seven seasons and averaged 16.96 million viewers in season one.
The Menu (导火新闻线)
The Menu (導火新聞線) is a 2015 24-episode Hong Kong TV drama by Hong Kong Television Network about journalists at the free newspaper 囧報, starring Noel Leung, Catherine Chau, Kate Yeung, and Gregory Wong; it aired online after HKTV lost its license bid and spawned a 2016 film version with Ng Man-tat.
The Mess You Leave Behind
The Mess You Leave Behind (El desorden que dejas) is a 2020 Spanish Netflix limited thriller series, 8 episodes, created by Carlos Montero from his Premio Primavera 2016 novel, starring Inma Cuesta and Bárbara Lennie, set in Galicia.