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Watch Out I'm the Lady Boss

Watch Out, I'm The Lady Boss (我才是女老板) is a 2025 DramaBox microdrama, 64 short episodes, about Eleanor, a secret CEO betrayed by the man she built up. Stars Candace Mizga and Brando White; IMDb 6.7/10.

Watching You (TV series)

Watching You is a 2025 six-episode Australian erotic psychological thriller on Stan, adapted from J.P. Pomare's novel The Last Guests by Alexei Mizin and Ryan van Dijk; Aisha Dee stars as Lina, blackmailed over a secretly filmed affair. Sold to Hulu and Disney+ in 2026.

Watchmen (TV series)

Watchmen is HBO's 2019 nine-episode limited series created by Damon Lindelof, a sequel-remix of Moore and Gibbons' comic set in alternate 2019 Tulsa with Regina King; it won 11 Emmys and a Peabody.

Waterloo Road (TV series)

Waterloo Road is a BBC One British school drama created by Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus, first broadcast in 2006, set in a failing comprehensive, running ten series to 2015 before a 2023 revival after lockdown iPlayer success.

Watson (TV series)

Watson is a CBS medical drama (2025-2026) created by Craig Sweeny, starring Morris Chestnut as Dr. John Watson, who treats rare diseases in Pittsburgh while Moriarty plots; canceled after two seasons.

Wave Makers (人选之人-造浪者)

Wave Makers (人選之人—造浪者) is a 2023 eight-episode Taiwanese political workplace drama on Netflix by DaMou Entertainment and PTS, following fictional campaign staffers; it won four Golden Bell Awards and helped spark Taiwan's #MeToo movement.

Way Back Love (내가 죽기 일주일 전)

Way Back Love (내가 죽기 일주일 전, A Week Before I Die) is a 2025 TVING original fantasy romance, 6 episodes, adapted from Seo Eun-chae's 2018 novel, starring Kim Min-ha and Gong Myoung as a dying woman and her first love returned as a grim reaper.

Waylon Smithers

Waylon Smithers Jr. is a fictional character from The Simpsons, Mr. Burns' devoted assistant, voiced by Harry Shearer, first appearing in "Homer's Odyssey" (1990), originally drawn with darker skin, and coming out as gay in "The Burns Cage" (2016).

Wayne (TV series)

Wayne (2019) is an American action-comedy series created by Shawn Simmons for YouTube Premium, starring Mark McKenna and Ciara Bravo; one 10-episode season, canceled in 2019, later on Prime Video and Netflix from October 2026.

Wayne Manor

Wayne Manor is a fictional mansion in Gotham City that serves as the home of Bruce Wayne. It is the surface entrance to the Batcave, the hidden base for Batman.

Wayne's World

Wayne's World: SNL sketch (first aired 18 February 1989) and 1992 Penelope Spheeris film starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey as public-access hosts; highest-grossing SNL film at over $183 million.

Ways of Seeing

Ways of Seeing: 1972 BBC Two four-part arts documentary by John Berger and Mike Dibb, adapted into the Penguin book of the same name, critiquing Western art history, the male gaze, and advertising; BAFTA-winning, a response to Kenneth Clark's Civilisation.

Wayward (miniseries)

Wayward is an eight-episode 2025 Netflix limited series created by and starring Mae Martin, a psychological thriller set in 2003 in Tall Pines, Vermont, about a troubled-teen academy run by Toni Collette's Evelyn Wade, filmed in Ontario.

Wayward Pines

Wayward Pines: Fox psychological thriller (2015-2016, two 10-episode seasons) based on Blake Crouch's Pines trilogy, executive produced by M. Night Shyamalan, starring Matt Dillon as agent Ethan Burke trapped in a mysterious Idaho town.

We Are (TV series)

We Are (คือเรารักกัน, Khue Rao Rak Kan) is a 2024 GMMTV Thai BL university romantic comedy, adapted from Pharawi's novel, airing 16 episodes on GMM25 from 3 April to 17 July 2024 with eight leads in four couples; it won Entertainment Program of the Year at Mint Awards 2024.

We Are All Alone (怪你过分美丽)

We Are All Alone (怪你过分美丽, Guai Ni Guo Fen Mei Li) is a 2020 Chinese iQIYI workplace drama, 36 episodes, starring Qin Lan as agent Mo Xiangwan and Godfrey Gao as Mo Bei in his final role.

We Are All Trying Here

We Are All Trying Here (모두가 자신의 무가치함과 싸우고 있다) is a 2026 JTBC/Netflix Korean drama by writer Park Hae-young and director Cha Young-hoon, starring Koo Kyo-hwan and Go Youn-jung; 12 episodes aired April 18 to May 24, 2026, ending at a series-high 5.3 percent Nielsen rating.

We Are Lady Parts

We Are Lady Parts is a British music comedy created by Nida Manzoor about an all-female Muslim punk band in London, starring Anjana Vasan as Amina. Two six-episode seasons aired on Channel 4 (2021, 2024) and Peacock, winning a Peabody and BAFTA Craft awards.

We Are the Wave

We Are the Wave (Wir sind die Welle) is a 2019 six-episode German Netflix teen drama, a loose adaptation of Morton Rhue's Die Welle, in which student Tristan's protest movement radicalizes; directed by Lăzărescu and Monheim, produced by Dennis Gansel.

We Are Who We Are

We Are Who We Are: 2020 eight-episode HBO/Sky coming-of-age drama, Luca Guadagnino's first TV series, set on a US Army base in Chioggia, Italy in 2016, starring Jack Dylan Grazer and Jordan Kristine Seamón as teens exploring identity.

We Bare Bears

We Bare Bears: Cartoon Network animated comedy (2015–2019) by Daniel Chong, based on his webcomic The Three Bare Bears, about bear brothers Grizz, Panda, and Ice Bear fitting into human society in the San Francisco Bay Area; ended with the 2020 movie.

We Best Love

We Best Love (永遠的第一名) is a Taiwanese BL anthology series of two six-episode seasons, No.1 For You and Fighting Mr. 2nd, which premiered on WeTV in 2021.

We Broke Up (우리 헤어졌어요)

We Broke Up (우리 헤어졌어요, Uri Heeojyeosseoyo) is a 2015 South Korean web drama adapted from Ryu Chae Rin's Naver webtoon, starring 2NE1's Sandara Park and WINNER's Kang Seung Yoon as exes forced to cohabit; 10 Naver TV Cast episodes, first Korean web drama invited to the Geneva International Film Festival.

We Got Married (우리 결혼했어요)

We Got Married (우리 결혼했어요) was an MBC Korean reality-variety show, first broadcast March 16, 2008, pairing celebrities in simulated marriages with missions, dates, and studio commentary; format exported to China and Turkey, later cancelled over low ratings.

We Might Regret This

We Might Regret This is a BBC Two comedy drama (2024–2026) created by Kyla Harris and Lee Getty about Freya, a Canadian tetraplegic artist, and her best friend turned personal assistant Jo; two series, Roughcut TV.

We Never Learn (ぼくたちは勉強ができない)

We Never Learn (ぼくたちは勉強ができない, Bokuben, We Can't Study) is Taishi Tsutsui's harem rom-com manga serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump 2017–2020, 21 volumes, five route endings, two-season 2019 anime.

We Own This City

We Own This City: 2022 HBO six-episode limited series by David Simon and George Pelecanos, adapted from Justin Fenton's book about Baltimore's corrupt Gun Trace Task Force, starring Jon Bernthal.

We Were Liars (TV series)

We Were Liars is a Prime Video mystery drama series adapting E. Lockhart's 2014 YA novel, developed by Julie Plec and Carina Adly MacKenzie, premiering June 18, 2025, renewed for a second season based on Family of Liars.

We Were the Lucky Ones

We Were the Lucky Ones: Georgia Hunter's 2017 debut novel (and 2024 Hulu limited series) about the Kurc family of Radom, Poland, whose two parents, five siblings, and spouses all survived the Holocaust after being scattered from Siberia to Brazil.

We're Lalaloopsy

We're Lalaloopsy is a 2017 Netflix animated reboot of the Lalaloopsy franchise, produced by MGA Entertainment and Splash Entertainment, premiering January 10, 2017 with 13 episodes (26 segments) and canceled after one season.