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Delicious (TV series)

Delicious is a British comedy-drama television series set in Cornwall, created by Dan Sefton and broadcast on Sky 1 in three series between 2016 and 2019, starring Dawn French.

Delicious Romance (爱很美味)

Delicious Romance (爱很美味) is a 2021 Chinese 20-episode web series directed by Chen Zhengdao and Xu Zhaoren, starring Li Chun, Zhang Hanyun, and Wang Ju as three urban women; a 2023 film sequel followed.

Deliver Me

Deliver Me (I dina händer) is a 2024 Swedish Netflix limited series, five episodes, based on Malin Persson Giolito's novel, directed by Anna Zackrisson, about two 14-year-old friends recruited by a Stockholm gang.

Demerzel

Demerzel (Eto Demerzel) is a Foundation universe character: in Asimov's novels the First Minister to Cleon I and secret identity of robot R. Daneel Olivaw; in Apple TV+'s Foundation, Laura Birn's android majordomo of the Genetic Dynasty, last surviving robot, reprogrammed by Cleon I.

Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil

Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil is a 2021 four-part YouTube Originals docuseries directed by Michael D. Ratner about Lovato's near-fatal 2018 overdose, sexual assault, and recovery, paired with the album Dancing With the Devil... The Art of Starting Over.

Demon Girl (半妖倾城)

Demon Girl (半妖倾城, Ban Yao Qing Cheng) is a 2016 Mango TV Chinese fantasy romance web drama written by Yu Zheng, adapted from Mo Bai Qian Jiu's novel, starring Li Yitong and Zhang Zhehan as half-demon Nie Qingcheng and Ming Xia; two 20-episode seasons, over 1.5 billion views.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village (鬼滅の刃 刀鍛冶の里編)

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village is a 2023 theatrical compilation pairing the Entertainment District Arc finale with the Swordsmith Village Arc premiere.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (鬼滅の刃)

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (鬼滅の刃) is Koyoharu Gotouge's Taishō-era demon-hunting manga, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump 2016–2020 in 23 volumes, adapted by ufotable into the record-breaking Mugen Train and Infinity Castle anime films.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (鬼滅の刃) (TV series)

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (鬼滅の刃) is a Japanese anime series produced by ufotable, adapted from Koyoharu Gotoge's manga, first broadcast in April 2019 about a boy fighting demons to cure his sister.

Dempsey and Makepeace

Dempsey and Makepeace: British ITV crime drama (1985–1986) by London Weekend Television, created by Ranald Graham, starring Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber as mismatched New York and London detectives who later married.

Den Watts

Den Watts, known as Dirty Den, is a fictional EastEnders character played by Leslie Grantham from 1985 to 1989 and 2003 to 2005. Landlord of the Queen Vic, famous for serving Angie divorce papers on Christmas Day 1986 to 30.5 million viewers, and murdered by Chrissie Watts in 2005.

Denise Black

Denise Black (born Denise Nixon, 1958) is an English actress known for Denise Osbourne in Coronation Street (1992-1997, 2007, 2017), Hazel in Queer as Folk and Cucumber, Joanie in Emmerdale, and Denise Black and the Kray Sisters.

Denise Fox

Denise Fox (Denise Celeste Fox) is a fictional EastEnders character played by Diane Parish since 11 May 2006, mother of Chelsea, Libby and Raymond, known for The Six storyline and a 2026 acute myeloid leukaemia plot.

Denise Huxtable

Denise Huxtable (Denise Valencia Kendall) is a fictional Cosby Show daughter played by Lisa Bonet, central character of A Different World season 1 at Hillman College, later Martin Kendall's wife and mother of Ellington in the 2026 sequel.

Denise Richards & Her Wild Things

Denise Richards & Her Wild Things is a Bravo half-hour comedic docuseries premiering March 4, 2025, starring Denise Richards, daughters Sami, Lola, and Eloise, and husband Aaron Phypers; one season, eight episodes, canceled July 2025.

Denise Welch

Denise Welch (Jacqueline Denise Welch, born 1958) is an English actress and Loose Women panellist who played Natalie Barnes in Coronation Street (1997–2000, 489 episodes), Steph Haydock in Waterloo Road, and Trish Minniver in Hollyoaks, and is the mother of The 1975's Matty Healy.

Dennis "Cutty" Wise

Dennis "Cutty" Wise, a fictional character on HBO's The Wire portrayed by Chad L. Coleman, is a released Barksdale Organization soldier who opens a boxing gym for West Baltimore youth; named by David Simon after the real Baltimore crime figure Dennis Wise.

Dennis Rickman

Dennis Rickman, also known as Denny, is a fictional EastEnders character played by Nigel Harman from 2003 to 2005: the secret son of Den Watts, husband of Sharon Watts, killed by Danny Moon on Johnny Allen's orders on New Year's Eve 2005.

Dennis the Menace (1959 TV series)

Dennis the Menace (1959 TV series), aka Just Dennis in the UK: CBS live-action sitcom based on Hank Ketcham's comic strip, airing 1959-1963, 146 episodes, starring child actor Jay North as Dennis Mitchell opposite Joseph Kearns, later Gale Gordon, as Mr. Wilson.

Dept. Q

Dept. Q is a Netflix British crime drama created by Scott Frank, adapted from Jussi Adler-Olsen's Department Q novels. Matthew Goode stars as DCI Carl Morck in an Edinburgh cold case unit; Season 1 premiered May 29, 2025, renewed for Season 2.

Deputy (TV series)

Deputy is an American police procedural drama series that aired on Fox from 2020. It follows Bill Hollister, a deputy who becomes acting sheriff under an arcane county charter rule.

Der Pass

Der Pass (Pagan Peak) is a German-Austrian Sky crime thriller, 2019-2023, three seasons, adapted from The Bridge premise: a body found on the German-Austrian Alps border, detectives Ellie Stocker (Julia Jentsch) and Gedeon Winter (Nicholas Ofczarek).

Derailment (脱轨)

Derailment (脱轨, also 离心力) is a 2023 Chinese Youku urban romance-suspense drama adapted from Priest's novel, starring Liu Haocun and Lin Yi, about a rich heiress swapped into a poor worker's life after a car accident; 30 episodes, directed by Shen Yang.

Derek (TV series)

Derek is a British mockumentary-style comedy-drama (2012–2014) created by and starring Ricky Gervais as care home worker Derek Noakes, with Karl Pilkington, Kerry Godliman, and David Earl, on Channel 4 and Netflix.

Derek Hough

Derek Hough (born 1985, Salt Lake City) is an American dancer, choreographer, and judge; six-time Dancing with the Stars Mirrorball champion, four-time Emmy-winning choreographer, West End Footloose star, and husband of Hayley Erbert Hough.

Derek Shepherd

Derek Shepherd, nicknamed McDreamy, is the fictional neurosurgeon played by Patrick Dempsey on Grey's Anatomy from the 2005 pilot, Meredith Grey's love interest, killed in a 2015 season 11 truck crash and later revived in dream sequences.

Derrick (TV series)

Derrick: German ZDF crime series (1974–1998), 281 episodes starring Horst Tappert as Munich chief inspector Stephan Derrick with Fritz Wepper as Harry Klein; written by Herbert Reinecker, produced by Helmut Ringelmann, sold to over 100 countries, withdrawn from ZDF airings after Tappert's 2013 Waffen-SS disclosure.

Derry Girls

Derry Girls is a Channel 4 sitcom (2018–2022) created by Lisa McGee, about teenage friends in 1990s Derry during the Troubles, starring Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Nicola Coughlan, and Siobhán McSweeney; three seasons, 19 episodes, BAFTA and International Emmy winner.

Des (TV series)

Des (TV series), ITV three-part 2020 true-crime drama about serial killer Dennis Nilsen, starring David Tennant, Daniel Mays, and Jason Watkins, based on Brian Masters's Killing for Company, directed by Lewis Arnold, aired 14-16 September 2020.

Descendants of the Sun (태양의 후예)

Descendants of the Sun (태양의 후예) is a 2016 KBS2 pre-produced Korean drama by Kim Eun-sook starring Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo; it peaked at 38.8% ratings, aired simultaneously on iQiyi in China, and spawned an Indonesian film adaptation.