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Bobby Ewing

Bobby Ewing, also known as Bobby James Ewing, is a character on the TV series Dallas, played by Patrick Duffy from 1978 to 1991 and again in the 2012 revival.

Bobby Hill (King of the Hill)

Bobby Hill, full name Robert Jeffrey Hill, is the son of Hank and Peggy Hill in the animated sitcom King of the Hill, voiced by Pamela Adlon.

Bobby Knutt

Bobby Knutt (Robert Andrew Wass, 1945-2017) was an English comedian and actor from Sheffield, known for The Comedians, Albert Dingle in Emmerdale, Ron Sykes in Coronation Street, and Eddie Dawson in Benidorm.

Bobby Singer

Bobby Singer (Robert Steven Singer) is a fictional hunter and surrogate father to Sam and Dean Winchester on Supernatural, played by Jim Beaver in all 15 seasons; named after producer Robert Singer, killed in Season 7, repeatedly revived as ghost and Heaven resident.

Bobby's World

Bobby's World is an American animated children's series following 4-year-old Bobby Generic, whose everyday family life sparks vivid flights of fancy; Howie Mandel co-created and voiced it.

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (ボボボーボ・ボーボボ)

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (ボボボーボ・ボーボボ) is Yoshio Sawai's absurdist gag battle manga serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump 2001–2007, 28 volumes, 7 million copies, adapted into a 76-episode 2003–2005 Toei anime.

BoBoiBoy

BoBoiBoy: Malaysian 3D animated superhero franchise by Animonsta Studios/MONSTA, aired since March 2011; boy with elemental powers (Ochobot's Power Band); 45-country YouTube fanbase, BoBoiBoy Galaxy films and series, ContentAsia Awards 2026 winner.

Bocchi the Rock! (ぼっち・ざ・ろっく!) (TV series)

Bocchi the Rock! (ぼっち・ざ・ろっく!) is a 2022 CloverWorks TV anime of Aki Hamaji's Manga Time Kirara MAX manga about shy guitarist Hitori Gotoh joining Kessoku Band; 12 episodes aired October 8 to December 24, 2022, spawning a real-life sold-out touring band.

Bodie Broadus

Preston "Bodie" Broadus, fictional corner drug dealer in HBO's The Wire, played by J.D. Williams; serves the Barksdale then Stanfield organizations, killed in season four, partly inspired by Nathan Barksdale.

Bodies (2023 TV series)

Bodies (2023) is a British Netflix eight-episode limited series created by Paul Tomalin from Si Spencer's graphic novel, in which four London detectives in 1890, 1941, 2023, and 2053 investigate the same body found on Longharvest Lane, Whitechapel.

Bodkin

Bodkin is a 2024 Netflix darkly comedic thriller, seven episodes, created by Jez Scharf and produced by the Obamas' Higher Ground, starring Will Forte, Siobhán Cullen, and Robyn Cara as podcasters probing disappearances in a fictional West Cork town.

Body of Proof

Body of Proof is an American medical crime drama on ABC (2011–2013), created by Christopher Murphey, starring Dana Delany as Dr. Megan Hunt, a former neurosurgeon turned Philadelphia medical examiner; 42 episodes, 3 seasons.

Body swap appearances in media

Body swap appearances in media: the body-swap trope in film, TV, and animation, from Vice Versa (1882) and Freaky Friday to Big, Face/Off, Your Name, and Freaky, covering swap mechanisms, subgenres, and criticism.

Bodyguard (British TV series)

Bodyguard is a six-episode British political thriller broadcast on BBC One in 2018, written by Jed Mercurio, starring Richard Madden as a war veteran assigned to guard the Home Secretary.

BoJack Horseman

BoJack Horseman is Netflix's first original adult animated series (2014–2020, 6 seasons, 76 episodes), created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg with Lisa Hanawalt, starring Will Arnett as a washed-up '90s sitcom horse dealing with depression and addiction.

Bojhena Se Bojhena (বোঝেনা সে বোঝেনা) (TV series)

Bojhena Se Bojhena (বোঝেনা সে বোঝেনা), a Bengali romantic soap opera on Star Jalsha (2013–2016, 822 episodes), a remake of Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? starring Yash Dasgupta and Madhumita Sarkar as Aranya and Pakhi; distinct from the 2013 Bengali film of the same name.

Boku no Pico (ぼくのぴこ)

Boku no Pico (ぼくのぴこ), also romanized Boku no Piko, is a 2006 Japanese shotacon hentai OVA by Natural High, studios Sugar Boy and Blue Cat, about Tamotsu and the boy Pico; notorious as a troll recommendation and first of the Pico series.

Bolívar

Bolívar (Bolívar, una lucha admirable) is a 2019 Colombian Caracol Televisión historical drama created by Juana Uribe about Simón Bolívar: 60 episodes, Netflix release 21 June 2019, starring Luis Gerónimo Abreu.

Bombay Begums

Bombay Begums (बॉम्बे बेगम्स) is a 2021 Hindi Netflix drama series by Alankrita Shrivastava and Bornila Chatterjee, starring Pooja Bhatt, about five women in Mumbai; it premiered March 8, 2021 and drew an NCPCR notice over its portrayal of children.

Bomberman Jetters (ボンバーマンジェッターズ)

Bomberman Jetters (ボンバーマンジェッターズ) is a 52-episode TV Tokyo anime (2002–2003) by Studio Deen based on Hudson's Bomberman, following apprentice Bomberman Shirobon of the Jetters against the Hige-Hige Band, with GBA and console game adaptations.

Bombers

Bombers is a 2019 ZEE5 Original Hindi sports drama web series about Chandannagar football club Bombers FC, starring Varun Mitra, Ranvir Shorey, Aahana Kumra, and Anup Soni; not the 1998 History documentary on bomber aircraft.

Bon Appétit, Your Majesty (폭군의 셰프)

Bon Appétit, Your Majesty (폭군의 셰프, Tyrant's Chef) is a 2025 tvN time-slip fantasy rom-com adapted from Park Kuk-jae's web novel, starring Lim Yoon-a and Lee Chae-min; it peaked at 17.1% Nielsen and topped Netflix's non-English chart for two weeks.

Bonanza

Bonanza is an American Western series that ran on NBC from 1959 to 1973. It was the first full-hour Western color film series starring Lorne Greene and Dan Blocker.

Bondi Vet

Bondi Vet: Australian factual TV series premiering 5 February 2009 on Network Ten, following Dr Chris Brown and other vets at Sydney's Bondi Junction Veterinary Hospital; 14 seasons, sold internationally, later Coast to Coast.

Bonding (TV series)

Bonding is a Netflix dark comedy series created by Rightor Doyle, loosely based on his life as a dominatrix's assistant, starring Zoe Levin as Tiff and Brendan Scannell as Pete; two seasons, 2019 and 2021.

Bones (TV series)

Bones, Fox crime drama created by Hart Hanson (2005–2017, 12 seasons, 246 episodes), stars Emily Deschanel as forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan and David Boreanaz as FBI agent Seeley Booth; inspired by Kathy Reichs, originally titled Brennan.

Bonjour Bakery (봉쥬르 베이커리)

Bonjour Bakery (봉쥬르 베이커리) is a South Korean healing baking variety show on Coupang Play in which Kim Hee-ae, Cha Seung-won, Kim Seon-ho, and Lee Ki-taek run a bakery-cafe for seniors in a rural village.

Boo, Bitch

Boo, Bitch is an American teen comedy limited series released on Netflix in 2022, starring Lana Condor as a high school senior who believes she has become a ghost.

Boohbah

Boohbah is a British preschool TV series from Ragdoll Productions, created by Teletubbies creator Anne Wood, first aired on ITV in April 2003. Five fuzzy creatures communicate through movement and sounds; it also aired on PBS in the US.

Bookie

Bookie is an American Max comedy series, also titled How to Be a Bookie, created by Chuck Lorre and Nick Bakay, starring Sebastian Maniscalco as a Los Angeles bookie facing legalized sports betting; two seasons, 2023-2025, then canceled.