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Vulcan (Star Trek)
Vulcans are Star Trek's logical, emotion-suppressing humanoid species from the desert planet Vulcan orbiting 40 Eridani A, founded on Surak's teachings, known for Spock, the mind meld, katras, and the Vulcan salute, and distinct from the real-world 19th-century planet Vulcan hypothesis.
Vulcan nerve pinch
Vulcan nerve pinch (also Vulcan neck pinch), fictional Star Trek technique rendering humanoids unconscious via pressure between neck and shoulder; invented by Leonard Nimoy for "The Enemy Within"; distinct from the nonexistent "Vulcan death grip" bluff.
Vulcan salute
Vulcan salute: split-fingered hand greeting of Star Trek's Spock, devised by Leonard Nimoy from the Jewish Kohanim blessing, first seen in 1967's "Amok Time" with "Live long and prosper".
Vyooham (2023 TV series)
Vyooham (వ్యూహం) is a 2023 Telugu-language crime thriller web series on Prime Video, directed by Sashikanth Srivaishnav Peesapati, produced by Annapurna Studios' Supriya Yarlagadda, starring Sai Sushanth Reddy and Chaitanya Krishna in an eight-episode hit-and-run investigation set in Hyderabad. Distinct from RGV's 2024 film of the same name.
W (더블유) (TV series)
W (더블유, W – Two Worlds Apart) is a 2016 MBC Korean drama, 16 episodes, starring Lee Jong-suk and Han Hyo-joo, written by Song Jae-jung, about a surgeon pulled into a webtoon world; it peaked at 12.9% ratings and won seven 2016 MBC Drama Awards.
W.I.T.C.H. (TV series)
W.I.T.C.H. is an animated series adapted from an Italian Disney comic magazine. It ran for two seasons, following five teenage Guardians defending their world from Prince Phobos.
w/ Bob & David
w/ Bob & David: 2015 Netflix sketch comedy by Bob Odenkirk and David Cross, reuniting the Mr. Show team; four half-hour episodes plus a making-of special, Metascore 76.
W1A (TV series)
W1A is a BBC Two mockumentary sitcom (2014–2020, 14 episodes plus a Zoom special) by John Morton, satirizing BBC management through Hugh Bonneville's Head of Values Ian Fletcher, with Jessica Hynes and narrator David Tennant.
Waaris (वारिस) (2016 TV series)
Waaris (वारिस) is an Indian Hindi-language social drama that aired on And TV from May 2016 to December 2017, starring Arti Singh, Farnaz Shetty, and Neel Motwani.
Wacky Races (1968 TV series)
Wacky Races (1968) is a Hanna-Barbera/Heatter-Quigley CBS animated series, 17 episodes, in which 11 cars including Dick Dastardly and Muttley's Mean Machine race across America; Dastardly never wins, and two spin-offs followed in 1969.
Waco (miniseries)
Waco (2018) is a six-part Paramount Network miniseries created by John Erick and Drew Dowdle, based on Gary Noesner's and David Thibodeau's books, starring Taylor Kitsch as David Koresh and Michael Shannon as the FBI negotiator during the 1993 siege.
Waco: American Apocalypse
Waco: American Apocalypse is a 2023 three-part Netflix documentary directed by Tiller Russell about the 1993 Waco siege, using FBI negotiation tapes, unreleased news footage, and interviews with survivors, agents, and journalists.
Waffles + Mochi
Waffles + Mochi is a Netflix children's series from Higher Ground Productions, premiered March 16, 2021, in which puppets Waffles and Mochi travel the world learning about food with Michelle Obama; a 2022 spin-off, Waffles + Mochi's Restaurant, followed.
Wagle Ki Duniya
Wagle Ki Duniya (वागले की दुनिया), an Indian Hindi sitcom based on R. K. Laxman's Common Man, aired on Doordarshan 1988-1990 and was revived on Sony SAB in 2021 as Nayi Peedhi Naye Kissey, ending 9 August 2025 after 1362 episodes.
Wagle Ki Duniya – Nayi Peedhi Naye Kissey
Wagle Ki Duniya – Nayi Peedhi Naye Kissey (वागले की दुनिया) is a Sony SAB Hindi family sitcom (2021–2025, 1362 episodes) starring Sumeet Raghavan, a sequel to the 1988–90 Doordarshan show based on R.K. Laxman's characters.
Wagon Train
Wagon Train (1957-1965) is an American NBC/ABC Western TV series about a caravan from St. Joseph, Missouri, to California, starring Ward Bond and Robert Horton, reaching number one in the 1961-62 Nielsen ratings.
Waifu
Waifu (ワイフ) is anime-fandom slang for a fictional character, usually female, treated as a playful wife; re-borrowed from the Japanese loanword for English "wife," popularized by Azumanga Daioh's "mai waifu" scene.
Waiting for God (TV series)
Waiting for God (TV series): British BBC1 sitcom (1990–1994, 47 episodes, 5 series) written by Michael Aitkens, starring Graham Crowden and Stephanie Cole as retirement-home residents Tom Ballard and Diana Trent; distinct from the Red Dwarf episode and Beckett's Godot.
Waiting for the Out
Waiting for the Out is a 2026 BBC One six-part drama by Dennis Kelly, adapted from Andy West's memoir The Life Inside, starring Josh Finan as Dan, a philosophy teacher in a prison confronting his imprisoned father and brother.
Waiting For You In A Long Time (在悠长的时光里等你)
Waiting For You In A Long Time (在悠长的时光里等你) is a 2018 Chinese youth campus web drama, 12 episodes on iQIYI from July 13, 2018, adapted from Man Xue Shi Yi's novel, starring Zhang Yongbo and Tian Xiwei.
Waiting For You In The Future (我在未来等你)
Waiting For You In The Future (我在未来等你) is a 2019 Chinese youth campus drama adapted from Liu Tong's novel, directed by Xue Ling and starring Li Guangjie and Fei Qiming.
Waiting Hai
Waiting Hai is a 2026 Hindi streaming series (Prime Video, MX Player), also called a Tatkal scam dramedy, directed by Sameer Vidwans, starring Divyenndu Sharma as RPF cop Sugam Mishra and Bhuvan Arora as hacker Afroz Hamza in seven Patna-set episodes.
Wake Up Barstool
Wake Up Barstool is a daily two-hour sports talk show on FS1, premiered September 2, 2025, hosted by rotating Barstool Sports personalities including Dave Portnoy, Big Cat, and PFT Commenter, born from a 2025 Barstool–Fox Sports partnership.
Wakfu (TV series)
Wakfu, also known as Wakfu: The Animated Series, is a French animated series by Ankama Animations. It follows Yugo, an orphan who discovers his powers and searches for his family.
Waking the Dead (TV series)
Waking the Dead: BBC One British police procedural crime drama (2000–2011) created by Barbara Machin; 92 episodes, 9 series; Trevor Eve as DSU Peter Boyd leading a London cold-case unit; spin-off The Body Farm.
Walker (TV series)
Walker is a 2021-2024 CW drama starring Jared Padalecki as Cordell Walker, a widowed Texas Ranger, in a reimagining of Chuck Norris's Walker, Texas Ranger; created by Anna Fricke, filmed in Austin, 4 seasons, 69 episodes.
Walker, Texas Ranger
Walker, Texas Ranger: CBS action crime drama (1993-2001) starring Chuck Norris as Dallas-based Ranger Cordell Walker; Saturday-night hit peaking at 19.4 million viewers; rebooted on The CW with Jared Padalecki.
Walking on Thin Ice (TV series)
Walking on Thin Ice (은수 좋은 날, Eun-Soo's Good Day) is a 2025 KBS2 Korean crime thriller, 12 episodes, starring Lee Young-ae, Kim Young-kwang, and Park Yong-woo, about a housewife selling found drugs.
Walking with Dinosaurs
Walking with Dinosaurs: British BBC natural-history-style dinosaur documentary series (1999, six parts, narrated by Kenneth Branagh, producer Tim Haines), Emmy-winning, with spin-offs, a 2013 film, and a 2025 PBS/BBC revival narrated by Bertie Carvel.
Walking with Dinosaurs (2025 TV series)
Walking with Dinosaurs (2025) is a six-part BBC Studios dinosaur documentary series for BBC One, PBS, ZDF, and France Télévisions, narrated by Bertie Carvel, covering Triceratops, Spinosaurus, Gastonia, Albertosaurus, Pachyrhinosaurus, and Lusotitan.