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Bookish (TV series)
Bookish is a six-part British period detective drama created by and starring Mark Gatiss as 1946 London bookseller-detective Gabriel Book, airing on U&alibi (2025) and PBS (2026), with a second series commissioned.
Boomhauer
Boomhauer (Jeffrey Dexter Boomhauer III) is a King of the Hill character voiced by Mike Judge, Hank Hill's fast-talking, nearly incomprehensible bachelor friend, a Texas Ranger revealed only in the finale, now a stepfather in the Hulu revival.
Boone Carlyle
Boone Carlyle is a fictional character on ABC's Lost (2004–2010), played by Ian Somerhalder; a wealthy wedding-business heir and stepsister Shannon's devoted stepbrother, he was the first main character to die, in season one's "Do No Harm".
Boonie Bears (熊出没)
Boonie Bears (熊出没) is a Chinese 3D animated franchise by Fantawild Animation, premiering on CCTV-14 on January 22, 2012, starring bear brothers Briar and Bramble against Logger Vick, with annual Spring Festival films grossing over US$415 million.
Boots (TV series)
Boots is an eight-episode Netflix comedy-drama, premiered October 9, 2025, adapted from Greg Cope White's memoir The Pink Marine; created by Andy Parker, starring Miles Heizer, canceled December 2025 after one season.
Borderline (2024 TV series)
Borderline (2024) is an Irish-German crime drama, also titled Borderline – Grenzenlose Verbrechen, in which PSNI DCI Philip Boyd (Eoin Macken) and Garda DI Aoife Regan (Amy De Bhrún) solve cross-border murders in three two-part cases on the Irish border.
Bordertown (Finnish TV series)
Bordertown (Sorjonen) is a Finnish Nordic noir crime drama created by Miikko Oikkonen, aired on Yle TV1 2016–2020 in three seasons, 31 episodes, set in Lappeenranta near the Russian border, starring Ville Virtanen as detective Kari Sorjonen, sold to 180 countries.
Bored to Death
Bored to Death: HBO comedy series (2009–2011) created by Jonathan Ames, starring Jason Schwartzman as a Brooklyn novelist who moonlights as an unlicensed private detective with Zach Galifianakis and Ted Danson.
Borg
The Borg are Star Trek's cybernetic hive-mind villains, introduced in TNG's "Q Who" (1989) by writer Maurice Hurley. They assimilate species as drones via nanoprobes, attacked Earth in First Contact (2063 incursion), and return in Picard season 3.
Borgen (TV series)
Borgen is a Danish political drama created by Adam Price for DR1 (2010–2013; 2022 revival Power & Glory), following fictional first female PM Birgitte Nyborg (Sidse Babett Knudsen) at Christiansborg, the 'Castle'. Distinguished by realistic coalition politics, 1.5 million Danish viewers, and BAFTA, Emmy, and Peabody awards.
Borgia (TV series)
Borgia (Borgia: Faith and Fear), 2011–2014 French-German-Czech historical drama created by Tom Fontana, starring John Doman as Rodrigo Borgia; distinct from the parallel Showtime series The Borgias with Jeremy Irons.
Born for the Spotlight (影后)
Born for the Spotlight (影后) is a 2024 Taiwanese Netflix drama, 12 episodes, written and directed by Yen Yi-wen, starring Hsieh Ying-hsuan and Cheryl Yang as rival actresses; it topped Netflix Taiwan within 48 hours.
Born to Be Alive (生命树) (TV series)
Born to Be Alive (生命树, "Tree of Life") is a 2026 40-episode Chinese realistic ecological drama directed by Li Xue, starring Yang Zi and Hu Ge, about a mountain patrol team fighting poachers in Hoh Xil, Qinghai; it won three Golden Eagle Awards and was produced by Noon Sunshine and iQIYI.
Born to Bowl
Born to Bowl is a five-part 2026 HBO Original documentary series directed by James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte and narrated by Liev Schreiber, following Kyle Troup, Anthony Simonsen, EJ Tackett, Cameron Crowe, and Jason Belmonte on the PBA Tour.
Born to Kill?
Born to Kill? is a British true crime documentary series by Twofour Productions, first aired on Sky One in October 2005. Seven seasons and 54 episodes profile one serial killer per episode, exploring childhood to ask if killers are born or made; narrated by Christopher Slade and Steve Furst.
Born to Shine (Philippine TV series)
Born to Shine is a 2026 Philippine drama musical series directed by Rod Marmol. It stars Zephanie and Michael Sager, exploring a young singer's dream against industry hurdles.
Boruto
Boruto (BORUTO -ボルト-) is the sequel franchise to Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto, following Naruto's son Boruto Uzumaki at the Ninja Academy; manga began 2016 by Mikio Ikemoto, anime 2017 by Studio Pierrot, sequel manga Two Blue Vortex from 2023.
Boruto Uzumaki (うずまきボルト)
Boruto Uzumaki (うずまきボルト), son of Seventh Hokage Naruto, protagonist of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations and Two Blue Vortex; bears Momoshiki's Karma seal, trained under Sasuke, hunted by his own village.
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (TV series)
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (BORUTO-ボルト-) is Studio Pierrot's 2017 TV anime sequel to Naruto, 293 episodes ending with Part 1. Staff: Kishimoto supervision, Ikemoto manga, Kodachi script; known for anime-canon arcs and the filler debate.
Bosch (TV series)
Bosch is an Amazon Prime Video police procedural (2014-2021, seven seasons) adapted from Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch novels, starring Titus Welliver, developed by Eric Overmyer, continued in Bosch: Legacy and Ballard.
Bosch: Legacy
Bosch: Legacy is the American crime drama sequel to Bosch, starring Titus Welliver as retired detective Harry Bosch turned PI alongside Mimi Rogers and Madison Lintz; three seasons, 30 episodes, streamed on IMDb TV, Freevee, and Prime Video from May 2022 to April 2025.
Bose: Dead/Alive
Bose: Dead/Alive is a 2017 Indian ALTBalaji historical drama miniseries, nine episodes, based on Anuj Dhar's book India's Biggest Cover-Up, starring Rajkummar Rao as Subhas Chandra Bose and exploring theories around his 1945 death.
Bosom Buddies
Bosom Buddies, the ABC sitcom (1980-1982) starring Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari as ad men Kip and Henry, who pose as women Buffy and Hildegarde to live in a women-only hotel.
Boss (TV series)
Boss is a Starz political drama (2011–2012) created by Farhad Safinia, starring Kelsey Grammer as Chicago mayor Tom Kane, who hides a degenerative brain disorder; 18 episodes, one Golden Globe, cancelled over low ratings.
Boss & Me (杉杉来了)
Boss & Me (杉杉来了, also 杉杉来吃) is a 2014 Chinese urban romance drama adapted from Gu Man's novel, starring Zhang Han and Zhao Liying; it premiered July 8, 2014 on Jiangsu Satellite TV, won that channel's 2014 ratings title, spawned the fish-pond meme, and inspired a 2021 Thai remake.
Boss of Me
Boss of Me is a 2000 song by They Might Be Giants, written for Linwood Boomer's sitcom Malcolm in the Middle. Its 35-second theme version won the duo's first Grammy in 2002 for visual-media songwriting.
BOSS: Baap of Special Services
BOSS: Baap of Special Services is a 2019 Hindi ALTBalaji web series directed by Ankush Bhatt, starring Karan Singh Grover as a conman posing as officer Sudhir Kohli, opposite Sagarika Ghatge; ten episodes premiered 2 August 2019.
Bossy Bear (TV series)
Bossy Bear is a Nickelodeon animated preschool series (2023) based on David Horvath's books, created with Sun-Min Kim, following extrovert Bossy and introvert Turtle in Koreatown-inspired Pleasantburg; 30 ordered episodes, TV-Y.
Boston Blue
Boston Blue is a CBS police procedural spinoff of Blue Bloods (2025–), starring Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan, now a Boston PD detective partnered with Sonequa Martin-Green's Detective Lena Silver of the law-enforcement Silver family; created by the Brandons, renewed for a second season premiering October 9, 2026.
Boston Legal
Boston Legal is an American legal comedy-drama created by David E. Kelley, airing on ABC 2004–2008 as a spin-off of The Practice, set at the firm Crane, Poole & Schmidt with James Spader as Alan Shore and William Shatner as Denny Crane.