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General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater was a GE-sponsored CBS anthology drama series (1953-1962), hosted by Ronald Reagan from 1954, mixing Hollywood star adaptations with company-voice advertising.

General Grievous

General Grievous, born Qymaen jai Sheelal, is a fictional cyborg Star Wars villain who commands the Separatist droid armies and collects the lightsabers of Jedi he kills.

General Hospital

General Hospital is the longest-running American soap opera, created by Frank and Doris Hursley, airing on ABC since 1963 and set in the fictional town of Port Charles.

General Hux

General Hux (Armitage Hux) is the First Order general played by Domhnall Gleeson in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, commanding Starkiller Base, feuding with Kylo Ren, and dying as a Resistance spy shot by General Pryde.

General Lee (car)

The General Lee is the orange 1969 Dodge Charger of The Dukes of Hazzard (CBS, 1979–1985), with "01" doors, Confederate roof flag, and Dixie horn; over 300 were wrecked in stunts, about 19 survive, and Lee 1 sold to Bubba Watson in 2012.

General Tom Thumb

General Tom Thumb, stage name of Charles Sherwood Stratton (1838-1883), was a Bridgeport-born little person entertainer managed by P.T. Barnum, billed as an eleven-year-old English marvel, received by Queen Victoria, and famous for his 1863 wedding to Lavinia Warren.

General's Lady (将军家的小娘子)

General's Lady (将军家的小娘子, Jiang Jun Jia De Xiao Nan Zi), a 2020 Youku Chinese costume romance-comedy, 30 episodes, adapted from Yanbo Jiangnan's novel; Tang Min and Caesar Wu play Shen Jin and General Chu Xiuming, whose arranged marriage survives court intrigue.

Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead

"Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" is a catchphrase from the first season of Saturday Night Live, introduced by Chevy Chase in 1975 to mock weeks-long death-watch coverage of the Spanish dictator.

Generation (2021 TV series)

Genera+ion (Generation) is a 2021 HBO Max teen dramedy created by Daniel and Zelda Barnz with executive producer Lena Dunham, following queer high schoolers in Anaheim; 16 episodes, cancelled September 2021, later moved to Tubi.

Generation Kill (miniseries)

Generation Kill: 2008 seven-part HBO miniseries by David Simon and Ed Burns, adapted from Evan Wright's Rolling Stone-derived book on 1st Recon Marines in the 2003 Iraq invasion; $50 million budget, 86% Rotten Tomatoes.

Generation to Generation (江湖夜雨十年灯)

Generation to Generation (江湖夜雨十年灯) is a 2026 Tencent Video and iQIYI wuxia drama adapted from Guan Xin Ze Luan's novel, starring Zhou Yiran and Bao Shang'en; distinct from a 2007 Bao Qingtian series and a TapTap mobile game of the same Chinese title.

Generation War

Generation War (Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter) is a 2013 three-part ZDF German miniseries following five Berlin friends through WWII. Record 7-million audiences, International Emmy 2014, and sharp Polish controversy over its portrayal of anti-Semitic partisans.

Generation Z (TV series)

Generation Z is a 2024 Channel 4 British comedy-horror series by Ben Wheatley and The Forge: a chemical leak turns Dambury care-home pensioners into zombies preying on teenagers, satirizing generational conflict.

Generator Rex

Generator Rex: Man of Action's Cartoon Network animated series (2010-2013, three seasons), adapted from the Image comic M. Rex, about nanite-infected teen agent Rex Salazar fighting E.V.O.s for Providence; Ben 10's sibling show.

Genesis Climber MOSPEADA (機甲創世記モスピーダ)

Genesis Climber MOSPEADA (機甲創世記モスピーダ) is a 1983–84 Artmic/Tatsunoko mecha anime, 25 episodes directed by Katsuhisa Yamada, about Stick Bernard fighting the Inbit with transforming Ride Armor; later Robotech's 'New Generation'.

Genesis of the Daleks

Genesis of the Daleks is a 1975 six-part Doctor Who serial by Terry Nation in which the Time Lords send the Fourth Doctor to Skaro to stop the Daleks' creation, introducing their creator Davros; voted the greatest Doctor Who story in a 1998 Doctor Who Magazine poll.

Genesis Rodriguez

Genesis Rodriguez (born 1987, Miami), daughter of Venezuelan singer El Puma, is an American actress known for telenovela Doña Bárbara, Sloane Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy, Captain Josephina Carrillo in Lioness, and Isabel in The Night Agent.

Genevieve (1953 film)

Genevieve is a 1953 British comedy directed by Henry Cornelius, written by William Rose, starring John Gregson, Dinah Sheridan, Kenneth More, and Kay Kendall in a London-to-Brighton vintage car rally race; it won the BAFTA for Best British Film.

Genevieve Angelson

Genevieve Angelson (Genevieve Rose Angelson), American actress and writer born 1987 in New York City, known for Patti Robinson in Good Girls Revolt, Alanis Wheeler in The Handmaid's Tale, and Mae in Hallmark's The Chicken Sisters.

Geneviève Bujold

Geneviève Bujold (born 1942) is a Canadian actress, star of La Guerre est finie and Anne of the Thousand Days (Oscar nomination), also known for Coma, Dead Ringers, and leaving Star Trek: Voyager's Captain Janeway role in 1994.

Genevieve Nnaji

Genevieve Nnaji (born 1979, Mbaise, Imo State) is a Nigerian actress, producer, and director, a Nollywood star whose 2018 directorial debut Lionheart became the first Nigerian Netflix original film.

Genevieve O'Reilly

Genevieve O'Reilly (born 1977) is an Irish actress in London, known as Mon Mothma in Star Wars from Revenge of the Sith (2005) through Rogue One, Rebels, Andor, and Ahsoka, and for Tin Star, Glitch, The Dry, and Overwatch's Moira.

Genie (Disney)

Genie (Disney) is the blue, shape-shifting wish-granting genie of the lamp from Aladdin (1992), voiced and largely improvised by Robin Williams, animated by Eric Goldberg, and later played by James Monroe Iglehart on Broadway and Will Smith in the 2019 remake.

Genie Awards

Genie Awards: Canada's national film awards, presented 1980–2012 by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, replacing the Canadian Film Awards and merging into the Canadian Screen Awards in 2013.

Genie Francis

Genie Francis (born 1962) is an American actress, Laura of Luke and Laura on ABC's General Hospital since 1977; her 1981 soap wedding drew 30 million viewers, and she won a 2007 Daytime Emmy.

Genie, Make a Wish (다 이루어질지니)

Genie, Make a Wish (다 이루어질지니) is a 2025 13-episode Netflix Korean fantasy rom-com by writer Kim Eun-sook, starring Kim Woo-bin as the Satanic genie Iblis and Suzy as emotionless Ka-young, released October 3, 2025.

Genius (2016 film)

Genius is a 2016 biographical drama directed by Michael Grandage, starring Colin Firth as Scribner's editor Maxwell Perkins and Jude Law as Thomas Wolfe, with Nicole Kidman in support.

Genius (2018 Hindi film)

Genius (जीनियस) is a 2018 Hindi-language action thriller directed by Anil Sharma, in which an IIT topper joins RAW to avenge his team, marking the lead debut of Utkarsh Sharma.

Genius (American TV series)

Genius is National Geographic's American anthology drama series (premiered April 25, 2017; creator Noah Pink) dramatizing innovators: Einstein (Geoffrey Rush), Picasso (Antonio Banderas), Aretha Franklin (Cynthia Erivo), and MLK/X, distinct from the 2016 film Genius.

Genius Party (ジーニアス・パーティ)

Genius Party (ジーニアス・パーティ) is a 2007 STUDIO4℃ omnibus anime film of seven original shorts by Fukushima, Kawamori, Yuasa, Watanabe and others, released July 7, 2007 by Nikkatsu, followed by Genius Party Beyond (2008).