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Smallville
Smallville is an American superhero television series developed by writer-producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, based on the DC Comics character Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The series was produced by Millar/Gough Ink, Tollin/Robbins Productions, DC Entertainment, and Warner Bros. Television. It follows the coming-of-age adventures of teenage Clark Kent (Tom Welling) in his fictional hometown of Smallville, Kansas, before he formally becomes the Man of Steel. The first four seasons focus on the high school life of Clark and his friends, his complicated romance with neig
House of the Dragon
House of the Dragon is an American fantasy drama television series created by George R. R. Martin and Ryan Condal for HBO. A prequel to Game of Thrones (2011–2019), it is the second television series in Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire franchise. Based on parts of Martin's 2018 book Fire & Blood, the series begins about 100 years after the Seven Kingdoms are united by the Targaryen conquest, nearly 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, and 172 years before the birth of Daenerys Targaryen. Featuring an ensemble cast, the show portrays the events leading up to the decline of House Targaryen, a devastating war of succession known as the "Dance of the Dragons".
Better Call Saul
American crime drama television series (2015–2022)
Young Sheldon
American comedy series
Star Trek: Enterprise
American science fiction television series
Gotham
American crime drama television series (2014-2019)
Fargo (TV series)
Fargo is an American black comedy crime drama television series created by Noah Hawley for FX. It is based on the 1996 film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. The Coens, whose other films also heavily influenced the series, were originally uninvolved with the series, but joined as executive producers after being impressed by Hawley's script for the first season. The series premiered on April 15, 2014, on FX.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022 television series
Star Trek: Discovery
2017 American science fiction television series
Agent Carter
American television series
Andor
Andor, also known as Star Wars: Andor or Andor: A Star Wars Story for its second season, is an American television series created by Tony Gilroy for the streaming service Disney+. It is part of the Star Wars franchise and a prequel to the anthology film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), itself a prequel to the original 1977 Star Wars film. Set within the fictional Star Wars universe, the series follows an ensemble cast primarily centered upon thief-turned-rebel spy Cassian Andor during the five formative years leading up to the events of the two films, exploring how he becomes radicalized a
Fear the Walking Dead
American television series
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (TV series)
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is an American fantasy drama television series created by Ira Parker and George R. R. Martin. A prequel to Game of Thrones (2011–2019), it is the third television series in Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire franchise and is an adaptation of the Tales of Dunk and Egg series of novellas, beginning with The Hedge Knight. It stars Peter Claffey as Ser Duncan "Dunk" the Tall, the titular hedge knight, and Dexter Sol Ansell as his squire, Aegon "Egg" Targaryen.
Bates Motel
American drama thriller television series
It – Welcome to Derry
It: Welcome to Derry is an American supernatural horror television series based on Stephen King's 1986 novel It. Serving as a prequel to the films It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019), the series was developed by Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuchs, all of whom were involved in the It films. The series stars Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, James Remar, Stephen Rider, Clara Stack, Amanda Christine, and Mikkal Karim-Fidler, with Bill Skarsgård reprising his role as Pennywise from the films and serving as an executive producer on the series.
Black Sails
American dramatic adventure television series
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
SpongeBob SquarePants spin-off prequel series
Alien: Earth
Alien: Earth is an American science fiction horror television series created by Noah Hawley. It is the first television series in the Alien franchise and is set two years before the events of the 1979 film Alien. The series stars Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Essie Davis, Samuel Blenkin, Babou Ceesay, Adarsh Gourav, and Timothy Olyphant in main roles.
Ratched
American drama web television series
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is an American science fiction television series created by Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman, and Jenny Lumet for the streaming service Paramount+. It is the 11th Star Trek series and debuted in 2022 as part of Kurtzman's expanded Star Trek Universe. A spin-off from the series Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2024), it follows Captain Christopher Pike and the crew of the starship Enterprise in the 23rd century during the decade before Star Trek: The Original Series (1966–1969).
The Carrie Diaries
2013 American teen drama
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
American television series
All Hail King Julien
American animated television series
Baby Looney Tunes
American animated television series
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena
Starz television miniseries and prequel to Spartacus
The Little Mermaid
American animated television series
Tom & Jerry Kids
American animated children's comedy television series
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
2023 American television series
Dune: Prophecy
American television series
The 7D
American animated television series
Caprica
Caprica is a 2010 American science fiction drama television series, a prequel spin-off of the 2004–2009 series Battlestar Galactica. Caprica is set 58 years before the main series, and shows how humanity first created the Cylon androids who would later turn against their human masters. Among Caprica main characters are the father and uncle of William Adama, the man who becomes the senior surviving military leader of the fleet which represents the remnants of the Twelve Colonies in Battlestar Galactica.
We Baby Bears
American animated television series
Eyes of Wakanda
upcoming Marvel Studios animated miniseries
Dexter: Original Sin
prequel of TV series Dexter
Ted (TV series)
Ted is an American fantasy comedy television series created and directed by Seth MacFarlane for Peacock. The third installment in the Ted franchise, it serves as a prequel to the first film and its sequel. It is produced by Fuzzy Door Productions, MRC, and Universal Content Productions and stars MacFarlane reprising his role as the voice of the titular character, alongside Max Burkholder, Alanna Ubach, Scott Grimes, and Giorgia Whigham.
Sabrina: The Animated Series
American animated television series
Hercules
animated series based on the 1997 film
Krypton
American television series based on Superman (2018-2019)
The Witcher: Blood Origin
television miniseries
Jungle Cubs
American animated television series
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
animated television series
1923 (TV series)
1923 is an American neo-Western television series created by Taylor Sheridan that premiered on December 18, 2022, on Paramount+. The series serves as a prequel to Yellowstone (2018–2024), a sequel to 1883 (2021–2022), and is the third television series in the Yellowstone franchise. It stars Helen Mirren, Harrison Ford, Brandon Sklenar, Julia Schlaepfer, Jerome Flynn, Darren Mann, Brian Geraghty, Aminah Nieves, Michelle Randolph, and Timothy Dalton in main roles while Isabel May reprises her role as narrator Elsa Dutton from 1883.
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
American dark fantasy/adventure television series
The Continental: From the World of John Wick
2023 American television miniseries
Hotel Transylvania: The Television Series
children's animated television series
1883
American drama television series
Black Summer
American television series
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: The Series
Canadian-American animated comedy television series
Mortal Kombat: Conquest
television series
Taken
Franco-American drama series based on the Taken film trilogy
Dawn of the Croods
American animated television series
Treadstone
Treadstone is an American action drama television series created by Tim Kring, who is also the executive producer alongside Ramin Bahrani, Ben Smith, Jeffrey Weiner, Justin Levy, Bradley Thomas, and Dan Friedkin. It is part of the Bourne franchise and serves as a prequel to The Bourne Identity (2002). A "special preview" of the pilot aired on USA Network on September 24, 2019, ahead of its October 15, 2019, premiere. Treadstone received generally mixed reviews from critics and in May 2020, the series was canceled after one season of ten episodes.
Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol
TV series
Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
American animated television series
NCIS: Origins
2024 TV series or program
Young Hercules
television series
Clarice
horror television series by Alex Kurtzman
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
television series
National Treasure: Edge of History
American action adventure television series
Madagascar: A Little Wild
American animated children's television series