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Wallace (The Wire)
Wallace is a fictional teenage drug dealer in HBO's The Wire (2002), in the Barksdale Organization under D'Angelo Barksdale, played by Michael B. Jordan; he cares for orphans in a vacant and is killed in the season 1 finale.
Wallace & Gromit
Wallace & Gromit, Nick Park's British stop-motion clay-animation series from Aardman Animations, stars an eccentric inventor and his silent dog. Known for A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers, three Oscars, and Vengeance Most Fowl.
Wallander (British TV series)
Wallander is a British crime drama adapted from Henning Mankell's novels, with Kenneth Branagh as Swedish detective Kurt Wallander; it ran on BBC One from 2008 to 2016.
Wallander (Swedish TV series)
Wallander (Swedish TV series): Swedish feature-length crime films about Henning Mankell's Ystad detective Kurt Wallander. Best known is the Krister Henriksson series (2005–2013, 32 films, TV4/Yellow Bird), distinct from the Rolf Lassgård series, the BBC Branagh version, and the Gustaf Skarsgård reboot.
Walter Skinner
Walter Skinner (Walter Sergei Skinner), fictional FBI assistant director in The X-Files, played by Mitch Pileggi; superior and reluctant ally of Mulder and Scully, first appearing in "Tooms".
Walter White (Breaking Bad)
Walter White, also known as Heisenberg, is the fictional protagonist of Breaking Bad, played by Bryan Cranston: a chemistry teacher with lung cancer who becomes a meth kingpin over five seasons (2008–2013).
Walter White Jr.
Walter White Jr., also called Flynn, is the teenage son of Walter and Skyler White on Breaking Bad (2008-2013). He has cerebral palsy, was based on Takehiko Kitazawa, and was played by RJ Mitte, who died in 2026.
WandaVision
WandaVision is Marvel Studios' 2021 nine-episode Disney+ limited series, also called La bruja escarlata y Visión in Spain, in which Wanda Maximoff and Vision live inside shifting sitcom eras; created by Jac Schaeffer, directed by Matt Shakman, it won three Emmys from 23 nominations.
Wandee Goodday (วันดีวิทยา)
Wandee Goodday (วันดีวิทยา) is a 2024 Thai BL romantic comedy by GMMTV, adapted from Nottakorn's novel, directed by Tanwarin Sukkhapisit, starring Great Sapol and Inn Sarin as a boxer and doctor in a fake relationship, 12 episodes on GMM25.
Wander Over Yonder
Wander Over Yonder is a Craig McCracken-created Disney animated comedy (2013–2016, 79 episodes, 2 seasons) about optimistic traveler Wander and steed Sylvia battling Lord Hater; canceled after season 2 despite an Emmy and Annie Award.
Wanderlust (British TV series)
Wanderlust (2018 BBC One/Netflix drama), Nick Payne's first TV series adapted from his 2010 Royal Court play; Toni Collette and Steven Mackintosh play a couple experimenting with non-monogamy after a cycling accident; six episodes, set in Manchester.
Wanfeng Fuguli
晚风拂故里 (Evening Breeze Brushes the Old Hometown) is a 2025 Chinese modern comeback (逆袭) short drama on Douyin, written by 曾悟空, starring 祥笕, and complete at 66 short episodes.
Wangan Midnight (湾岸ミッドナイト)
Wangan Midnight (湾岸ミッドナイト) is a Japanese racing manga by Michiharu Kusunoki, serialized from 1990, about street racers chasing extreme speeds on Tokyo's Shuto Expressway in the cursed "Devil Z".
Wanted (2016 Australian TV series)
Wanted is a 2016-2018 Australian action-crime drama on Seven Network, created by Rebecca Gibney and Richard Bell. Three seasons of six episodes follow Lola and Chelsea, falsely accused women on the run with a car full of money; Screen Queensland invested $527,768.
War (TV series)
War (2026) is a British anthology legal drama created by George Kay for HBO and Sky, starring Dominic West and Sienna Miller as a divorcing couple whose case pits London firms Cathcarts & Sons against Taylor & Byrne; renewed for a second season.
War & Peace (2016 TV series)
War & Peace (2016 TV series): six-part BBC One British-American adaptation of Tolstoy's novel, written by Andrew Davies, directed by Tom Harper, starring Paul Dano, Lily James and James Norton, averaging 7.2 million UK viewers.
War and Remembrance (miniseries)
War and Remembrance, ABC's 1988-1989 Dan Curtis miniseries adapted from Herman Wouk's 1978 novel, is the sequel to The Winds of War; at $104 million it was then the most expensive TV production, noted for explicit Holocaust depiction.
War Doctor
The War Doctor is a Doctor Who incarnation played by John Hurt, born from the Eighth Doctor's choice on Karn during the Time War; he renounced the name Doctor, ended the war by freezing Gallifrey, and regenerated into the Ninth Doctor.
War of Faith (追风者)
War of Faith (追风者) is a 2024 Chinese 38-episode financial spy drama set in 1930s Shanghai, directed by Yao Xiaofeng, starring Wang Yibo, Li Qin, and Wang Yang, broadcast on CCTV-8 and iQiyi, and the first iQiyi 2024 series to break 10,000 heat.
War of the Worlds (1988 TV series)
War of the Worlds (1988-1990) is a Paramount first-run syndicated sci-fi series created by Greg Strangis, a sequel to the 1953 film in which hibernating Martians revive; 43 episodes over two seasons, filmed in Toronto, retooled for season 2.
War of the Worlds (2019 TV series)
War of the Worlds (2019 TV series) covers two 2019 adaptations of H.G. Wells's novel: the BBC's three-part Edwardian miniseries with Rafe Spall and Eleanor Tomlinson, and Howard Overman's Fox/Canal+ contemporary series running 2019-2022 with Gabriel Byrne.
Warehouse 13
Warehouse 13: Syfy science fiction series (2009-2014) created by Jane Espenson and D. Brent Mote, showrunner Jack Kenny. Secret Service agents Pete Lattimer and Myka Bering retrieve supernatural artifacts for a South Dakota warehouse, the thirteenth iteration of a storeroom that has followed global empires through history.
Warm and Cozy (맨도롱 또똣)
Warm and Cozy (맨도롱 또똣, Jeju Island Gatsby) is a 2015 MBC 16-episode romantic comedy by the Hong sisters starring Yoo Yeon-seok and Kang So-ra, set on Jeju Island; title is Jeju dialect for pleasantly warm, premiere rating 6.3%.
Warm on a Cold Night (九霄寒夜暖)
Warm on a Cold Night (九霄寒夜暖) is a 2023 Chinese costume fantasy mystery romance television series starring Li Yitong and Bi Wenjun, streamed on iQIYI from February to March 2023.
Warrant: From the World of Vilangu
Warrant: From the World of Vilangu (வாரண்ட்) is a Tamil crime thriller web series on ZEE5, premiered May 22, 2026, directed by Vignesh Natarajan, created by and starring Prasanth Pandiyaraj as constable Koattai Karuppasamy, set in the Vilangu universe.
Warren Fox
Warren Fox is a fictional gangster in the British soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Jamie Lomas. First appearing in June 2006, he is one of the serial's principal villains.
Warrior Baek Dong-soo (무사 백동수)
Warrior Baek Dong-soo (무사 백동수, Moosa Baek Dong Soo) is a 2011 SBS Korean martial-arts sageuk, 29 episodes, July 4–October 10, 2011, starring Ji Chang-wook and Yoo Seung-ho, based on Lee Jae-hyun's manhwa and the real Muyedobotongji-era swordsman Baek Dong-soo.
Warrior Nun (TV series)
Warrior Nun is a 2020 Netflix supernatural drama created by Simon Barry, based on Ben Dunn's Warrior Nun Areala comics. It follows Ava Silva (Alba Baptista), revived with an angel's halo, fighting demons with the Order of the Cruciform Sword; canceled December 2022 after two seasons.
Washington Black (TV series)
Washington Black is an eight-episode Hulu limited series premiered July 23, 2025, adapted from Esi Edugyan's Booker-shortlisted 2018 novel. Created by Selwyn Seyfu Hinds, it stars Ernest Kingsley Jr., Tom Ellis, and Sterling K. Brown, following an enslaved Barbados boy's globe-spanning 1830s adventure.
Watch My Chops!
Watch My Chops! (Corneil et Bernie) is a French 2003 Millimages/France 3 animated comedy about a talking dog hiding his genius, aired on CBBC, France 3, and Nickelodeon; 52 episodes plus a 2014 Flash season, Pulcinella Award 2004.