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Above Suspicion (TV series)

Above Suspicion is a British ITV1 crime drama (2009–2012) adapted from Lynda La Plante's Anna Travis novels, starring Kelly Reilly and Ciarán Hinds, four series, 11 episodes, cancelled 28 May 2012.

Abraham Ford

Abraham Ford, Sgt. Abraham Ford, is a fictional U.S. Army sergeant in The Walking Dead comics (debut Issue 53) and AMC TV series, played by Michael Cudlitz; he escorts Eugene Porter to Washington, D.C., and dies in Issue 98 and the season 7 premiere.

Absentia (TV series)

Absentia is an American psychological crime thriller series (2017–2020, Amazon Prime Video), created by Gaia Violo and Matthew Cirulnick, starring Stana Katic as FBI agent Emily Byrne, declared dead in absentia and found alive six years later; three seasons, 30 episodes, later a Netflix top-10 hit.

Absolute Beginners

Absolute Beginners (Polish: Absolutni debiutanci) is a 2023 Polish coming-of-age romantic drama series on Netflix, created by Kamila Tarabura and Nina Lewandowska; it premiered on October 25, 2023.

Absolute Value of Romance (로맨스의 절대값)

Absolute Value of Romance (로맨스의 절대값) is a 2026 South Korean teen comedy series on Coupang Play about a high school girl who secretly writes hit romance web novels.

Absolutely Fabulous

Absolutely Fabulous (Ab Fab) is a British sitcom created by Jennifer Saunders, spun off from a French and Saunders sketch, first shown on BBC Two in November 1992. It ran six series to 2012, starred Saunders as Edina Monsoon and Joanna Lumley as Patsy Stone, won a 1994 International Emmy, and spawned a 2016 feature film.

Abyss (TV series)

Abyss (어비스, Eobiseu) is a 2019 tvN South Korean fantasy-romance drama, 16 episodes, starring Park Bo-young and Ahn Hyo-seop as two people revived by a magical marble with new appearances; streamed on Netflix.

Abyssinia, Henry

Abyssinia, Henry is the season 3 finale of M*A*S*H (also アビシニア、ヘンリー), aired March 18, 1975 on CBS, in which discharged Colonel Henry Blake dies when his plane is shot down, one of the first main-character deaths on an American network series.

Acapulco (2021 TV series)

Acapulco is a bilingual Apple TV+ comedy (2021-2025) created by Austin Winsberg, Eduardo Cisneros, and Jason Shuman, based on How to Be a Latin Lover, starring Eugenio Derbez and Enrique Arrizon as Máximo Gallardo at the 1984 Las Colinas resort; four seasons, 40 episodes.

Accidentally in Love (惹上冷殿下)

Accidentally in Love (惹上冷殿下, Re Shang Leng Dian Xia) is a 2018 Chinese campus idol drama adapted from Chen Guang Xi Wei's web novel, starring Guo Junchen and Sun Yining; 30 episodes, premiered 8 August 2018 on Tencent Video and Mango TV, later on Netflix in over 190 countries.

According to Jim

According to Jim is an American sitcom starring Jim Belushi as a suburban dad, aired on ABC from 2001 to 2009 across eight seasons and 182 episodes.

Accused (2023 TV series)

Accused (2023 TV series): American Fox crime anthology developed by Howard Gordon from Jimmy McGovern's 2010 BBC series; 15-episode season 1 premiered January 22, 2023; each episode opens in a courtroom on a defendant, told from the defendant's point of view; renewed for an eight-episode season 2 in 2024.

Ace Lightning

Ace Lightning is a British-Canadian children's TV series co-produced by the BBC and Alliance Atlantis, 2002–2005, mixing live action with CGI video-game characters; 39 episodes, shot in Toronto, with an Absolute Studios game tie-in.

Ackley Bridge

Ackley Bridge: Channel 4 British school drama (2017–2022, five series) by The Forge, creators Ayub Khan-Din, Kevin Erlis, Malcolm Campbell; merged white and Asian Yorkshire academy, RTS Yorkshire award winner.

Action Scene

Action Scene is the original 2019 title of Die Hart, Kevin Hart's action-comedy Quibi series about a fictionalized version of himself training to become an action star; it premiered July 20, 2020 and later ran as Roku Originals.

Adam Barlow

Adam Barlow is a Coronation Street character, son of Susan Barlow and Mike Baldwin, first appearing 14 January 2001, played by Iain De Caestecker then Sam Robertson, a solicitor and ex-husband of Sarah Platt.

Adam Newman

Adam Newman (Victor Adam Newman Jr.) is a fictional character on CBS's The Young and the Restless, son of Victor Newman and Hope Adams, played by four adult actors, currently Mark Grossman since May 2019.

Adam Ruins Everything

Adam Ruins Everything is a truTV comedy series hosted by Adam Conover, adapted from a CollegeHumor web series, that debunked misconceptions across 64-plus episodes from September 2015 to October 2019, showing sources on screen.

Adam Thomas

Adam Gordon Thomas, English actor and presenter born 1988 in Salford, known as Donte Charles in Waterloo Road and Adam Barton in Emmerdale; Strictly 2023, I'm a Celebrity 2016 finalist, 99 to Beat co-host.

Adam West (Family Guy)

Mayor Adam West is the eccentric fictional mayor of Quahog, Rhode Island in Family Guy, voiced by actor Adam West as a fictionalized alternate-universe version of himself. Debuting in 2000, the character appeared in 100-plus episodes until the actor's 2017 death was written into the show.

Adam Woodyatt

Adam Brinley Woodyatt, born 1968 in Walthamstow, is the English actor who has played Ian Beale in EastEnders since the first episode in February 1985, making him the soap's longest-serving cast member; also known for I'm a Celebrity 2021 and theatre tours.

Adam-12

Adam-12 is an NBC police procedural (1968-1975, 174 episodes) created by Jack Webb and Robert A. Cinader, starring Martin Milner and Kent McCord as LAPD patrol officers in unit 1-Adam-12, praised by real officers for realism.

Adamari López

Adamari López, Puerto Rican actress and TV host born in Humacao in 1971; telenovela star of Sin ti, Camila, and Amigas y rivales; breast cancer survivor; formerly Telemundo's Hoy Día host, now Univision's Desiguales and ¿Quién caerá? host.

Adarsh Baal Vidyalaya

Adarsh Baal Vidyalaya (आदर्श बाल विद्यालय) is a 2026 Hindi comedy-drama series on Prime Video, created by Biswapati Sarkar and Sameer Saxena, starring Kay Kay Menon as a Delhi government-school headmaster; renewed for seasons 2 and 3.

Addicted (上瘾) (web series)

Addicted (上瘾, Heroin) is a 2016 Chinese BL web series adapted from Chai Jidan's novel Ni Ya Shangyin Le, starring Xu Weizhou and Huang Jingyu; it drew 100 million views before being censored after episode 12.

Addison Montgomery

Addison Montgomery, also Addison Forbes Montgomery, is a fictional surgeon played by Kate Walsh on Grey's Anatomy and its ABC spin-off Private Practice, introduced in the season one finale as Derek Shepherd's estranged wife.

Adela Noriega

Adela Noriega (Adela Amalia Noriega Méndez, born 1969, Mexico City) is a Mexican telenovela actress, star of Quinceañera, María Isabel, El privilegio de amar, and Amor real, retired from television after Fuego en la sangre (2008), with her residence unconfirmed.

Adhura

Adhura (अधूरा) is Prime Video's first Hindi horror series, a 2023 seven-episode supernatural thriller by Ananya Banerjee and Gauravv K Chawla, set at a haunted Ooty boarding school during a 15-year reunion, starring Ishwak Singh, Rasika Dugal, and Shrenik Arora.

Adını Feriha Koydum

Adını Feriha Koydum (The Girl Named Feriha) is a 2011-2012 Turkish romantic drama by MedYapım on Show TV: janitor's daughter Feriha fakes wealth at university and falls for playboy Emir Sarrafoğlu; 67 episodes plus Emir'in Yolu.

Adolescence (TV series)

Adolescence is a 2025 Netflix four-part British limited crime drama by Stephen Graham, Jack Thorne, and Philip Barantini, each episode one continuous take, about 13-year-old Jamie Miller's murder arrest; 8 Emmys, 4 Golden Globes, Peabody, 142.6M views.