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The World of the Married (부부의 세계)
The World of the Married (부부의 세계) is a 2020 JTBC Korean drama remaking BBC One's Doctor Foster, starring Kim Hee-ae, Park Hae-joon, and Han So-hee; its finale hit 28.371%, a Korean cable drama record.
The World's Best
The World's Best names two subjects: a 2019 CBS global talent competition hosted by James Corden with judges Drew Barrymore, RuPaul and Faith Hill, and theworlds.best, an independent hotel, restaurant and cruise rating publication using GEM, Fork and Anchor marks.
The World's Greatest First Love (世界一初恋)
Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi (The World's Greatest First Love) is a BL manga by Shungiku Nakamura, serialized since 2006, set at Marukawa Books' shoujo manga editorial department; adapted into a 2011 Studio DEEN anime and two films.
The World's Strictest Parents
The World's Strictest Parents: British BBC Three reality series (2008–2011, 33 episodes) sending two unruly teens to strict host families abroad for a week; adapted for CMT in the US in 2009 with an Online Parenting Survival Guide.
The Worm Valley (云南虫谷)
The Worm Valley (云南虫谷, Candle in the Tomb: The Worm Valley) is a 2021 Chinese web drama adapted from Tianxia Bachang's novel, directed by Fei Zhenxiang, starring Pan Yueming, Zhang Yuqi, and Jiang Chao; 16 episodes on Tencent Video, Douban 7.9 falling to 6.7.
The Worst of Evil (최악의 악)
The Worst of Evil (최악의 악) is a 2023 Disney+ Korean crime noir, 12 episodes, Sept 27–Oct 25, 2023. Directed by Han Dong-wook; produced by Kakao Entertainment, Baram Pictures, Sanai Pictures; stars Ji Chang-wook, Wi Ha-joon, Im Se-mi, Bibi; set in 1995 Gangnam drug trade; IMDb 8.6.
The Worst Witch (1998 TV series)
The Worst Witch (1998 TV series): British-Canadian ITV children's show, 1998-2001, 40 episodes, based on Jill Murphy's books, starring Georgina Sherrington as Mildred Hubble, distinct from the 1986 film and 2017 CBBC reboot.
The Worst Witch (2017 TV series)
The Worst Witch (2017–2020) is a British-German CBBC/ZDF/Netflix children's fantasy series adapted from Jill Murphy's books, starring Bella Ramsey as clumsy witch Mildred Hubble at Miss Cackle's Academy; 4 seasons, 52 episodes, two 2019 BAFTA Children's Awards.
The X Factor
The X Factor: British TV singing-competition franchise created by Simon Cowell in 2004 with Syco and FremantleMedia; category-based judge-mentoring, million-pound recording-contract prize, 15 UK series to 2018, global format sold to 147 territories.
The X Factor (American TV series)
The X Factor (American TV series), also called The X Factor USA, was Simon Cowell's Fox singing competition, 2011 to 2013, three seasons, $5 million Syco/Sony recording contract prize, won by Melanie Amaro, Tate Stevens, and Alex & Sierra, cancelled over poor ratings.
The X Factor (Australian TV series)
The X Factor (Australia) was the Seven Network's adaptation of Simon Cowell's singing competition, running 2005-2016 with four judge-mentored categories and a Sony Music Australia recording contract; winners included Dami Im and Samantha Jade before its 2017 axing.
The X Factor (British TV series)
The X Factor (British TV series): ITV singing competition created by Simon Cowell, airing 2004-2018 across 15 series and 445 episodes, produced by Thames and Syco; peaked near 20 million viewers, launched One Direction and Little Mix, shelved in 2021, reboot unconfirmed.
The X Factor: Celebrity
The X Factor: Celebrity is a 2019 ITV singing competition spin-off of The X Factor, judged by Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, and Nicole Scherzinger, hosted by Dermot O'Leary, and won by Megan McKenna.
The X-Files
The X-Files is Chris Carter's Fox science-fiction series (1993–2002, plus 2016 and 2018 revivals) about FBI agents Mulder and Scully investigating paranormal cases and an alien-conspiracy mythology; a Ryan Coogler Hulu reimagining was ordered to series in 2026.
The Yogi Bear Show
The Yogi Bear Show is a 1961–1962 Hanna-Barbera syndicated animated series, the first show headlined by Yogi Bear after The Huckleberry Hound Show, with Snagglepuss and Yakky Doodle segments, 33 episodes, Kellogg's sponsorship.
The Yogurt Shop Murders
The Yogurt Shop Murders: December 6, 1991 quadruple murder of four teenage girls at an I Can't Believe It's Yogurt! shop in Austin, Texas; wrongful convictions of four men, later exonerated; killer identified in 2025 as Robert Eugene Brashers; subject of a 2025 HBO docuseries.
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless (Y&R), known in Italy as Febbre d'amore, is an American daytime soap opera on CBS since 1973 and daytime's most-watched drama for decades.
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles is George Lucas's ABC television series (1992–1993) about Indiana Jones's youth, played by Corey Carrier, Sean Patrick Flanery, and George Hall, later reedited as The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones.
The Young Master's Personal Maid (阴差阳错，成了老板的女仆)
The Young Master's Personal Maid (阴差阳错，成了老板的女仆) is a 2025 Chinese 83-episode vertical short drama by 七公主剧场, directed by 梁斌, adapted from the novel 先做, starring 李艾笑 and 何连飞 in a CEO-maid romance.
The Young Offenders (TV series)
The Young Offenders is an Irish comedy TV series (2018–present) by Peter Foott, adapting his 2016 film about Cork teens Conor MacSweeney and Jock O'Keeffe; Vico Films produces it for BBC and RTÉ, five series aired with a sixth commissioned.
The Young Ones (TV series)
The Young Ones: British BBC Two sitcom, 1982-1984, 12 episodes by Rik Mayall, Ben Elton, and Lise Mayer; anarchic student-house alternative comedy, 1985 BAFTA winner, distinct from the 1961 Cliff Richard film.
The Young Pope
The Young Pope: Paolo Sorrentino's 2016 Sky-HBO-Canal+ ten-episode limited series starring Jude Law as Lenny Belardo, Pius XIII, the first American and youngest pope; followed by The New Pope (2020).
The Young Riders
The Young Riders is an American Western series about young Pony Express riders, aired on ABC from 1989 to 1992 with Josh Brolin as Wild Bill Hickok.
The Youth Memories (梦中的那片海)
The Youth Memories (梦中的那片海) is a 38-episode Chinese period drama premiered June 1, 2023 on CCTV-8 and Tencent Video, directed by Fu Ning, starring Xiao Zhan and Li Qin as 1970s Beijing youths spanning 30 years; Douban 7.5, Tencent heat over 30,000.
The Zeta Project
The Zeta Project is a 2001–2002 Kids' WB animated series, a Batman Beyond spin-off created by Robert Goodman, following the conscience-stricken NSA synthoid assassin Zeta (Diedrich Bader) and runaway Ro Rowan fleeing Agent Bennet while searching for Dr. Selig; cancelled after 26 episodes in two seasons.
The Zone (YTV)
The Zone (YTV): flagship weekday 4-6 p.m. afterschool block on Canada's YTV, begun as the Afterschool Zone on September 2, 1991, hosted by program jockeys (PJs) such as PJ Phil and Carlos Bustamante; hosting ended April 28, 2023.
The Zone: Survival Mission (더 존: 버터야 산다)
The Zone: Survival Mission (더 존: 버텨야 산다) is a Disney+ Korean reality game show from the Running Man producers, starring Yoo Jae-suk, Lee Kwang-soo, and Kwon Yuri surviving four-hour disaster simulations; three seasons ran 2022–2024.
The Zoo (动物园)
The Zoo (動物園) is a 2026 Taiwanese 10-episode workplace romantic comedy on Disney+, directed by Su Wen-sheng, starring Shao Yu-wei and Wang Po-chieh as an ad executive turned trainee zookeeper and a keeper at Kaohsiung's Shoushan Zoo.
Thea Queen
Thea Dearden Queen, also called Mia or Speedy, is Oliver Queen's half-sister in The CW's Arrow (2012–2020), played by Willa Holland; an original Arrowverse character adapted from DC's Mia Dearden who becomes the vigilante Speedy after Lazarus Pit revival.
Thelma Barlow
Thelma Barlow (née Pigott, born 19 June 1929) is an English actress known as Mavis Riley/Wilton on Coronation Street (1971–1997, nearly 2,000 episodes) and Dolly in dinnerladies (1998–2000), later in Mrs Henderson Presents and Sleepless in Settle.