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The Royals (TV series)
The Royals (2015-2018) is E!'s first scripted series, a Mark Schwahn prime-time soap about a fictional British royal family starring Elizabeth Hurley, William Moseley, and Alexandra Park; four seasons, 40 episodes, canceled August 2018. Distinct from the 2025 Netflix Hindi series of the same name.
The Royle Family
The Royle Family: British sitcom by Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash (Granada, BBC Two 1998), set in a Wythenshawe council-house living room, no laugh track, 25 episodes, 4 BAFTAs.
The Ruff Ruffman Show
The Ruff Ruffman Show is a 2017 WGBH/PBS KIDS short-form animated web series for ages 4-8 in which dog host Ruff Ruffman (voiced by Jim Conroy) and assistants Blossom and Chet teach science inquiry through YouTube-style videos, 24 episodes in two seasons.
The Rumour (TV series)
The Rumour is a 2025 British five-part Channel 5 psychological thriller adapted from Lesley Kara's 2019 novel, starring Rachel Shenton as Joanna, a mother whose rumour about child killer Sally McGowan in the town of Flinstead spirals into paranoia; aired 10-18 September 2025.
The Runarounds (TV series)
The Runarounds is an eight-episode Prime Video coming-of-age music drama created by Outer Banks co-creator Jonas Pate, premiering September 1, 2025, starring the real band The Runarounds; canceled April 2026 after one season.
The Sacred Riana
The Sacred Riana is Marie Antoinette Riana Graharani, an Indonesian bizarre illusionist born 1992 in Jakarta, known for her ghostly persona and doll Riani; she won Asia's Got Talent Season 2 in 2017 and reached the AGT Season 13 quarterfinals in 2018.
The Saddle Club
The Saddle Club: Bonnie Bryant's horse-themed children's book series (1988–2001, 101 books) and its Australian/Canadian live-action TV adaptation (2001–2009) about Stevie, Carole, and Lisa at Pine Hollow Stables, now being remade as animation.
The Saga of Tanya the Evil
The Saga of Tanya the Evil (幼女戦記, Yōjo Senki) is Carlo Zen's military fantasy light novel series about a salaryman reincarnated as soldier Tanya Degurechaff, adapted by studio NUT into a 2017 TV anime, a 2019 film, and a second season airing July 2026.
The Saint (franchise)
The Saint franchise adapts Leslie Charteris's Simon Templar, first published in 1928, across RKO films (1938–1953), radio, Roger Moore's 1962–1969 ITV series, Ian Ogilvy's Return of the Saint, the 1997 Val Kilmer film, and a 2017 TV movie.
The Saint (TV series)
The Saint (ITV, 1962–1969) is a British adventure series starring Roger Moore as Leslie Charteris's Simon Templar, a Robin Hood-style adventurer; 118 episodes (71 black and white, 47 color), produced by Robert S. Baker for Lew Grade's ITC, later revived with Ian Ogilvy and Simon Dutton.
The Salisbury Poisonings
The Salisbury Poisonings: the March 2018 Novichok attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury, England, the Amesbury death of Dawn Sturgess, the 2025 Dawn Sturgess Inquiry, and the 2020 BBC drama about the response.
The Same Boat
"The Same Boat" is a title shared by several works: Same Boat, a 2020 Chris Roberti time-travel romance comedy filmed secretly on a cruise ship; The Walking Dead season 6 episode 13 (2016); and picture books by Saltzberg and Shapiro.
The Sandman (audio drama)
The Sandman (audio drama) is a multi-part Audible Original full-cast adaptation of Neil Gaiman's DC comic, directed by Dirk Maggs, first released July 15, 2020; the best-selling Audible Original, with James McAvoy as Dream.
The Sandman (TV series)
The Sandman is an American fantasy drama television series developed for Netflix by Allan Heinberg from Neil Gaiman's DC comic, starring Tom Sturridge as Dream, or Morpheus.
The Santa Clauses
The Santa Clauses is a Disney+ comedy-fantasy series (2022–2023, two six-episode seasons) created by Jack Burditt, continuing the Santa Clause films with Tim Allen's Scott Calvin seeking a Santa successor, later training son Cal against Mad Santa.
The Sarah Jane Adventures
The Sarah Jane Adventures is a BBC/CBBC Doctor Who spin-off (2007–2011) starring Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith, created by Russell T Davies, running five series across 55 episodes before Sladen's 2011 death cut it short.
The Savant
The Savant is an eight-episode Apple TV+ limited thriller starring Jessica Chastain as Jodi Goodwin, an undercover investigator infiltrating online hate groups. Inspired by Andrea Stanley's 2019 Cosmopolitan article about the ADL investigator "K"; postponed after the Charlie Kirk assassination, now set for spring 2027.
The Scandal (2026 TV series)
The Scandal (스캔들) is a 2026 Netflix Korean period drama, 8 episodes, directed by Jung Ji-woo, adapting Dangerous Liaisons (1782) in Joseon-era Korea with Son Ye-jin, Ji Chang-wook, and NANA; premiered September 18, 2026.
The Scandal of Chunhwa
The Scandal of Chunhwa (춘화연애담, Chunhwa Love Story) is a 2025 TVING South Korean historical romance series, 10 episodes, February 6 to March 6, 2025, starring Go Ara, Chang Ryul, and Kang Chan-hee, set in fictional Dongbangguk and rated 19.
The Scarecrow (허수아비) (TV series)
The Scarecrow (허수아비, Heosuabi) is a 2026 ENA/Genie TV Korean crime thriller, 12 episodes, starring Park Hae-soo, Lee Hee-joon, and Kwak Sun-young, inspired by the Hwaseong murders, produced by KT Studio Genie.
The Scent of the Wind (風、薫る)
The Scent of the Wind (風、薫る, Kaze Kaoru) is NHK's 114th morning drama (asadora), the 2026 first-half series starring Ai Mikami and Juri Kosaka as double heroines modeled on Japan's first trained nurses Oze Chika and Suzuki Masa; it averaged 13.8% household ratings.
The Scholar Who Walks the Night (밤을 걷는 선비)
The Scholar Who Walks the Night (밤을 걷는 선비, 夜行书生) is a 2015 MBC fantasy sageuk romance drama, 20 episodes, starring Lee Jun-gi, Lee Yu-bi, Shim Chang-min, and Lee Su-hyeok, adapted from Jo Joo-Hee and Han Seung-Hee's webtoon; it ended at 7.7% Nielsen ratings behind SBS's Yong Pal.
The School Nurse Files
The School Nurse Files (보건교사 안은영) is a 2020 six-episode Netflix South Korean comic-fantasy series directed by Lee Kyoung-mi, based on Chung Se-rang's novel, starring Jung Yu-mi as a nurse who fights invisible jellies.
The Scooby-Doo Show
The Scooby-Doo Show is the syndicated title (since 1980) for 40 Hanna-Barbera Scooby-Doo episodes made for ABC package shows in 1976–78, including The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour and Laff-a-Lympics, introducing Scooby-Dum.
The Season
The Season is a 2026 six-episode English-language revenge thriller miniseries set in Hong Kong's elite boating scene, produced by PCCW Media and SK Global, created by Yalun Tu, directed by Marialy Rivas, starring Jessie Mei Li, and premiering June 17, 2026 on Hulu, Viu, and Now TV.
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy is a Prime Video adult animated sci-fi comedy created by Cirocco Dunlap, starring Stephanie Hsu and Keke Palmer as alien surgeons Dr. Sleech and Dr. Klak; two seasons, 16 episodes, 2024-2025.
The Secret Circle (TV series)
The Secret Circle is a 2011–2012 CW supernatural teen drama, one season of 22 episodes, adapted from L.J. Smith's witch novels, created by Andrew Miller with Kevin Williamson as executive producer, starring Britt Robertson and Phoebe Tonkin.
The Secret Life of My Secretary (초면에 사랑하며)
The Secret Life of My Secretary (초면에 사랑합니다) is a 2019 SBS Monday-Tuesday Korean rom-com, 32 episodes, starring Kim Young-kwang and Jin Ki-joo, about a face-blind telecom boss who falls for his secretary's impersonation of heiress Veronica Park.
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
The Secret Life of the American Teenager is an American teen drama series on ABC Family from 2008 to 2013, created by Brenda Hampton and centered on a teenage pregnancy.
The Secret Life of Us
The Secret Life of Us: Australian ensemble relationship drama (2001–2005) about St Kilda, Melbourne twenty-somethings, created by John Edwards and Amanda Higgs, Channel 4-commissioned, Network Ten, 86 episodes, Claudia Karvan and Deborah Mailman.