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Cheaters (American TV series)

Cheaters: American syndicated reality TV series, also known as the Cheaters Detective Agency show. Created by Dallas lawyer Bobby Goldstein, premiered 21 October 2000, featuring infidelity surveillance and confrontations; hosted by Tommy Habeeb, Joey Greco, and Clark Gable.

Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule

Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule is an Adult Swim comedy (2010–2016, five seasons) starring John C. Reilly as an awkward public access host, a spin-off of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! with 12-minute single-topic episodes.

Check-in Hanyang (체크인 한양)

Check-in Hanyang (체크인 한양) is a 2024-2025 Channel A, 16-episode youth romance sageuk set at the fictional Joseon hotel Yongcheonru, starring Bae In-hyuk and Kim Ji-eun, streamed on Netflix and Viki.

Checkmate (民国大侦探)

Checkmate (民国大侦探, Min Guo Da Zhen Tan) is a 2022 24-episode iQiyi Republican-era detective drama adapted from Agatha Christie's Poirot stories, the first authorized Chinese-language adaptation, starring Hu Yitian and Zhang Yunlong.

Cheekh (چيخ)

Cheekh (چیخ, "Scream") is a 2019 Pakistani Urdu-language ARY Digital serial, 30 episodes, written by Zanjabeel Asim Shah, directed by Badar Mehmood, starring Saba Qamar as Mannat seeking justice for her friend Nayab's murder.

Cheer (TV series)

Cheer is a Netflix documentary series (2020-2022) by Greg Whiteley following Navarro College's cheer team and coach Monica Aldama toward the Daytona national championship; two seasons, 15 episodes, Emmy-winning, with a Jerry Harris scandal in season 2.

Cheer Up (치얼업) (South Korean TV series)

Cheer Up (치얼업) is a 2022 SBS campus mystery rom-com starring Han Ji-hyun and Bae In-hyuk about a struggling university cheer squad inspired by Yonsei's Akaraka and the Yonsei-Korea University rivalry.

Cheer Up Baby

Cheer Up, Baby! (also Cheer Up Baby) is a 57-episode American vertical micro-drama released July 22, 2025 on DramaBox, directed by Danny Farber, starring Halle Fletcher and Noah Andre in a high-school enemies-to-lovers cheerleading romance.

Cheer Up! (발칙하게 고고) (TV series)

Cheer Up! (발칙하게 고고, Sassy Go Go) is a 2015 KBS2, 12-episode high-school K-drama in which rival dance club Real King and elite study club Baek Ho are forced into one cheerleading squad, starring Jeong Eun-ji, Lee Won-geun, Chae Soo-bin, and VIXX's N; distinct from SBS's 2022 college series Cheer Up.

Cheers

Cheers is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from 1982 to 1993, set in a Boston bar owned by former baseball pitcher Sam Malone.

Cheese in the Trap (치즈인더트랩) (TV series)

Cheese in the Trap (치즈인더트랩) is a 2016 tvN Korean drama adapted from Soonkki's Naver webtoon, starring Park Hae-jin and Kim Go-eun, 16 episodes, aired January 4 to March 1, 2016, record US$2 million China export.

Cheese-eating surrender monkeys

Cheese-eating surrender monkeys: pejorative slang for French people, coined by Ken Keeler for a 1995 Simpsons episode spoken by Groundskeeper Willie, popularized by Jonah Goldberg during the 2003 Iraq dispute.

Chef (South Park)

Chef (Jerome McElroy) is South Park Elementary's cafeteria cook in South Park, voiced by Isaac Hayes 1997-2006, killed off in 'The Return of Chef' after Hayes' Scientology-related exit.

Chelsea (2016 TV series)

Chelsea (2016 TV series): Netflix talk show hosted by Chelsea Handler, premiered May 11, 2016; first talk show released in 190+ countries and 20 languages simultaneously; ran two seasons, ending 2017.

Chelsea Halfpenny

Chelsea Halfpenny (born 1991, Gateshead) is an English actress known as Amy Wyatt in Emmerdale (2010–2013) and Dr. Alicia Munroe in Casualty; a 2018 Inside Soap Award winner now starring as Barbara Maitland in Beetlejuice in the West End.

Chelsea Lately

Chelsea Lately is an American late-night comedy talk show hosted by Chelsea Handler on E!. It ran from July 2007 to August 2014, combining topical openings and celebrity interviews.

Chelsee Healey

Chelsee Healey (Chelsea Jade Healey), English actress born 1988 in Salford, known as Janeece Bryant in Waterloo Road, Honey Wright in Casualty, Goldie McQueen in Hollyoaks, and Strictly Come Dancing runner-up (2011).

Chempaneer Poovu (ചെമ്പനീർ പൂവ്)

Chempaneer Poovu (ചെമ്പനീർ പൂവ്), Malayalam soap opera, Asianet, premiered 29 January 2024, official remake of Tamil Siragadikka Aasai, stars Arun Nair and Gomathi Priya (later Rebecca Santhosh), daily at 7:30 PM.

Chen Xiang 6:30 (陈翔六点半)

Chen Xiang 6:30 (陈翔六点半) is a Chinese comedy short-video team founded by director Chen Xiang in 2014 in Yunnan, known for daily reversal sketches, six revenue-sharing network films, and a 2026 move into short dramas on Hongguo.

Cheran's Journey

Cheran's Journey (Journey) is a 2024 Tamil drama web series, director Cheran's OTT debut, streaming on SonyLIV from 12 January 2024 in nine episodes about five candidates competing for one Rs 4-lakh-a-month job.

Chernobyl (miniseries)

Chernobyl is a 2019 five-part HBO/Sky historical drama miniseries by Craig Mazin and Johan Renck, dramatizing the 1986 nuclear disaster, starring Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, and Emily Watson, winner of 10 Emmys, 2 Golden Globes, and 9 BAFTAs.

Cherry Magic (ยังซิง) (Thai TV series)

Cherry Magic (30 ยังซิง) is GMMTV's 2023 Thai BL series adapted from Yuu Toyota's manga, starring Tay Tawan as Karan and New Thitipoom as Achi, an office worker who gains mind-reading powers at 30; 12 episodes on GMM25 and Viu.

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! (30歳まで童貞だと魔法使いになれるらしい)

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! (30歳まで童貞だと魔法使いになれるらしい, Cherimaho) is a BL manga by Yuu Toyota on Gangan pixiv; office worker Adachi gains mind-reading magic at 30 and learns colleague Kurosawa loves him. Adapted into a 2020 TV Tokyo drama, 2022 film, 2024 anime, musical, and Thai drama.

Cheryl Burke

Cheryl Burke, born 1984 in San Francisco, is an American ballroom dancer and TV personality, two-time Dancing with the Stars Mirrorball champion (Seasons 2 and 3), now a podcaster, ABC producer, and Sephora Squad beauty creator.

Cheryl Tunt

Cheryl/Carol Tunt, voiced by Judy Greer, is a character on FX's animated comedy Archer (2009-2023). Notably distinct from any real person: a secretary whose name coworkers forget, revealed as a clinically insane railroad heiress and the country-singer persona Cherlene.

Chesapeake Shores

Chesapeake Shores is a Hallmark Channel family drama (2016–2022, six seasons, 55 episodes) based on Sherryl Woods's novels, following the O'Brien family in a Maryland Chesapeake Bay town; starring Meghan Ory, Treat Williams, and Robert Buckley.

Chespirito: Not Really on Purpose

Chespirito: Not Really on Purpose (Chespirito: Sin querer queriendo) is an eight-episode 2025 HBO Max biographical series about Mexican comedian Roberto Gómez Bolaños, written by his children and based on his 2012 memoir.

Chewin' the Fat

Chewin' the Fat was a Scottish BBC sketch comedy show (1999-2005) created by and starring Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill with Karen Dunbar, produced by The Comedy Unit, whose characters Jack and Victor spawned Still Game.

Chewing Gum (TV series)

Chewing Gum is a British E4 sitcom (2015–2017, 12 episodes) created, written by, and starring Michaela Coel, adapted from her 2012 play Chewing Gum Dreams; it follows religious, Beyoncé-obsessed Tracey Gordon in Tower Hamlets and won Coel two 2016 BAFTAs.

Chhal Kapat

Chhal Kapat – The Deception (छल कपाट - धोखा) is a 2025 Hindi ZEE5 crime thriller web series, seven episodes, directed by Ajay Bhuyan, starring Shriya Pilgaonkar as SP Devika Rathore investigating an influencer's death at a Burhanpur wedding.