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The War of the Worlds (British TV series)
The War of the Worlds (British TV series): 2019 BBC One three-part miniseries adapting H.G. Wells's novel in its original Edwardian setting, written by Peter Harness, directed by Craig Viveiros, starring Rafe Spall and Eleanor Tomlinson; distinct from the 2019 Fox/Canal+ contemporary series.
The Wars to Come
"The Wars to Come" is the season 5 premiere of Game of Thrones, the 41st episode overall, aired April 12, 2015 on HBO. Written by Benioff and Weiss, directed by Michael Slovis, it features the show's first flashback, Cersei's Maggy the Frog prophecy, and drew nearly 8 million viewers.
The Watch (TV series)
The Watch (TV series) is a 2021 BBC America eight-episode fantasy comedy-drama inspired by Terry Pratchett's Discworld City Watch novels, starring Richard Dormer as Sam Vimes. Not the Netflix series The Watcher; never renewed for a second season after fan and family criticism.
The Watcher (2022 TV series)
The Watcher (2022 TV series): Netflix mystery thriller by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, starring Naomi Watts and Bobby Cannavale as the Brannocks, based on the unsolved 657 Boulevard Watcher letters case; renewed for a second season.
The Waterfront (TV series)
The Waterfront is a 2025 Netflix crime drama created by Kevin Williamson, starring Holt McCallany and Maria Bello as leaders of a North Carolina fishing family turned drug smugglers; eight episodes, canceled after one season.
The Way of the Househusband (極主夫道)
The Way of the Househusband (極主夫道, Gokushufudō) is Kousuke Oono's comedy manga, serialized in Kurage Bunch since 2018, about yakuza 'Immortal Dragon' Tatsu becoming a househusband; adapted as a 2020 live-action drama, 2022 film, and J.C.Staff Netflix anime known for near-static animation.
The Wayans Bros.
The Wayans Bros. is an American sitcom (The WB, 1995–1999, 5 seasons, 101 episodes) starring Shawn and Marlon Wayans as New York brothers with their diner-owner father Pops (John Witherspoon); its pilot was the first program The WB ever broadcast.
The Wayfinders
The Wayfinders is a 2025 Angel Studios fantasy adventure TV series created by Jason Faller and Kynan Griffin, directed by Glen Winter, about three high schoolers transported to a medieval world; filmed in Limerick, Ireland.
The Weakest Link (British game show)
The Weakest Link is a British BBC quiz show, launched in 2000 and hosted by Anne Robinson, in which contestants build answer chains and vote off the weakest link.
The Weasel Grave (鬼吹灯之黄皮子坟)
The Weasel Grave (鬼吹灯之黄皮子坟, Candle in the Tomb: The Weasel Grave) is a 2017 Tencent Video web series, 20 episodes, directed by Guan Hu and Fei Zhenxiang, starring Ethan Juan as Hu Bayi, adapted from the fifth Ghost Blows Out the Light novel about 1960s sent-down youth.
The Wednesday Play
The Wednesday Play: BBC1 British anthology drama series of single plays, October 1964 to 1970, over 160 productions, created by Sydney Newman, successor Play for Today, known for Ken Loach's Cathy Come Home.
The Weekend (2024 TV series)
The Weekend (2024 TV series), MSNBC/MS NOW weekend morning political panel show; original hosts Menendez, Sanders-Townsend, Steele; relaunched May 2025 with Capehart, Daniels, Alemany.
The Weekenders
The Weekenders is a Disney Television Animation series created by Doug Langdale, premiering February 26, 2000 on ABC's One Saturday Morning. It follows four seventh graders, Tino, Lor, Carver, and Tish, through 39 weekend-set episodes in Bahia Bay, California.
The Wendy Williams Show
The Wendy Williams Show, a Debmar-Mercury syndicated daytime talk show hosted by Wendy Williams, previewed on Fox stations in 2008, ran nationally from July 13, 2009, and ended June 17, 2022.
The West Coast Hustle
The West Coast Hustle is an MTV reality docuseries (2024) starring Chanel West Coast and Dom Fenison, following motherhood, music, and business after her Ridiculousness exit; 8 episodes, canceled after one season.
The West Wing
The West Wing is Aaron Sorkin's NBC political drama (1999–2006, seven seasons, 155 episodes) about fictional Democratic President Josiah Bartlet (Martin Sheen) and his White House staff, winner of 27 Emmys and widely used as a civics teaching tool.
The Westies (TV series)
The Westies is a 2026 MGM+ crime drama created by Chris Brancato and Michael Panes about the Irish-American Westies gang in 1980s Hell's Kitchen, starring J.K. Simmons as Eamon Sweeney, premiering July 12, 2026.
The Wheel of Time (TV series)
The Wheel of Time (TV series): Prime Video fantasy adaptation of Robert Jordan's 14 novels, developed by Rafe Judkins with Sony Pictures Television, starring Rosamund Pike; three 8-episode seasons 2021-2025, canceled May 2025.
The Whirlwind (돌풍) (TV series)
The Whirlwind (돌풍, Dolpung) is a 2024 Netflix Korean political thriller series, 12 episodes, written by Park Kyung-su, directed by Kim Yong-wan, starring Sol Kyung-gu as a prime minister who plots to assassinate a corrupt president and Kim Hee-ae as the deputy prime minister opposing him.
The Whirlwind Girl (旋风少女)
The Whirlwind Girl (旋风少女) is Ming Xiaoxi's four-volume youth taekwondo romance novel (2008) and its 2015 Hunan TV drama with Yang Yang and Hu Bingqing, the highest-rated title in the Youth on Air weekly slot with a 2.42% average CSM rating, followed by a 2016 second season.
The Whispers (TV series)
The Whispers is a 2015 ABC science fiction drama, also known by the working titles The Visitors and Forever, created by Soo Hugh from Ray Bradbury's "Zero Hour." An entity called Drill manipulates children; canceled after one season of 13 episodes.
The White Lotus
The White Lotus is an HBO social satire anthology created, written, and directed by Mike White, following hotel guests and staff at a White Lotus resort for one week each season. Seasons: Hawaii (2021), Sicily (2022), Thailand (2025), French Riviera (in production); 16 Emmy wins from 66 nominations.
The White Olive Tree (白色橄榄树)
The White Olive Tree (白色橄榄树) is a 2025 iQIYI Chinese military-romance drama, 38 episodes, adapted from Jiu Yue Xi's novel, starring Chen Zheyuan and Liang Jie in the fictional war-torn Dongguo.
The White Princess (miniseries)
The White Princess is a 2017 eight-episode Starz miniseries adapted from Philippa Gregory's novel, a sequel to The White Queen, starring Jodie Comer as Elizabeth of York opposite Jacob Collins-Levy's Henry VII.
The White Queen (TV series)
The White Queen is a 2013 ten-part BBC One and Starz miniseries adapted by Emma Frost from Philippa Gregory's Cousins' War novels, starring Rebecca Ferguson as Elizabeth Woodville, with Amanda Hale and Faye Marsay, set in the Wars of the Roses from 1464.
The White Shadow (TV series)
The White Shadow (1978-1981), CBS drama by Bruce Paltrow and MTM Enterprises, 54 episodes; Ken Howard plays ex-Chicago Bull Ken Reeves coaching at Carver High in Los Angeles, first primetime ensemble drama with a predominantly African-American cast.
The Whitest Kids U' Know
The Whitest Kids U' Know (WKUK) is a New York sketch comedy troupe, formed in the early 2000s by Trevor Moore, Zach Cregger, Sam Brown, Timmy Williams, and Darren Trumeter, whose TV-MA series ran on Fuse then IFC from 2007 to 2011.
The Who Was? Show
The Who Was? Show is a 2018 Netflix live-action sketch comedy series, 13 episodes, based on Penguin Workshop's Who Was? books, pairing historical figures like Gandhi and Benjamin Franklin in a show-within-a-show format.
The Wicked Game (เกม รัก ลวง)
The Wicked Game (เกม รัก ลวง, Game Rak Luang) is a 2025 Thai BL series by One31, 10 episodes, starring Daou Pittaya as bodyguard Than and Offroad Kantapon as vengeful heir Pheem; distinct from the 2024 Netflix drama เล่ห์ร้ายเกมลวง.
The Widow (TV series)
The Widow is a 2019 eight-part British thriller drama written by Harry and Jack Williams for ITV and Amazon Prime Video, starring Kate Beckinsale as Georgia Wells, a widow who spots her supposedly dead husband in Congolese news footage and travels to Kinshasa to find him.