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The Simpsons
American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening
SpongeBob SquarePants
American animated television series
South Park
American animated sitcom
Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad is an American neo-Western crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan for AMC. Set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series follows Walter White, played by Bryan Cranston, an over-qualified, dispirited high-school chemistry teacher struggling with his recent diagnosis of stage-three lung cancer. White turns to a life of crime and partners with a former student, Jesse Pinkman, played by Aaron Paul, to produce and distribute methamphetamine in an effort to secure his family's financial future before he dies, all while navigating the dangers of the criminal underworld. The series also stars Anna Gunn, Dean Norris, RJ Mitte, Betsy Brandt, Giancarlo Esposito, Jonathan Banks, and Bob Odenkirk.
The X-Files
1993–2002 American science fiction-drama television series
The Office
American sitcom broadcast on NBC
Stranger Things
Stranger Things is an American television series created by the Duffer Brothers for Netflix. Produced by Monkey Massacre Productions and 21 Laps Entertainment, the first season was released on Netflix on July 15, 2016. The second and third seasons followed in October 2017 and July 2019, respectively, and the fourth season was released in two parts in May and July 2022. The fifth and final season was released in three volumes, including the finale, in November and December 2025. The show combines elements of horror, science fiction, mystery, coming-of-age, and drama.
The Sopranos
American crime drama television series (1999–2007)
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Japanese anime television series
Rick and Morty
American animated television series
Black Mirror
science fiction British TV series
Twin Peaks
American drama television series from 1990–1991
Saturday Night Live
American late-night live television sketch comedy show
Seinfeld
Seinfeld ( ) is an American television sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld. It originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, with a total of nine seasons consisting of 180 episodes. Its ensemble cast stars Seinfeld as a fictionalized version of himself and focuses on his personal life with his three friends: best friend George Costanza (Jason Alexander), ex-girlfriend Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), and eccentric apartment neighbor Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards).
Riverdale
American teen drama television series (2017–2023)
WandaVision
WandaVision is an American television miniseries created by Jac Schaeffer for the streaming service Disney+, based on Marvel Comics featuring the characters Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch and Vision. It is the first television series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) produced by Marvel Studios, sharing continuity with the films of the franchise, and is set after the events of the film Avengers: Endgame (2019). It follows Wanda Maximoff and Vision as they live an idyllic suburban life in the town of Westview, New Jersey, until their reality starts moving through different decades of sitcom
Happy Tree Friends
American adult animated series
True Detective
American television series
Monty Python's Flying Circus
British sketch comedy television series (1969–1974)
Community
American comedy television series
The Ren & Stimpy Show
American animated television series
30 Rock
American television comedy series (2006–2013)
Ed, Edd n Eddy
Canadian animated television series
Fallout (American TV series)
Fallout is an American post-apocalyptic drama television series created by Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet for Amazon Prime Video. Based on the role-playing video game franchise created by Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky, the series is set two centuries after the Great War of 2077, in which society has collapsed following a nuclear holocaust. It stars Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Kyle MacLachlan, Moisés Arias, Xelia Mendes-Jones, Walton Goggins, and Frances Turner.
Curb Your Enthusiasm
American television series
Fleabag
Fleabag is a British comedy-drama television series created and written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, based on her one-woman show first performed in 2013 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The series was produced by Two Brothers Pictures for digital channel BBC Three, in a co-production agreement with Amazon Studios. Waller-Bridge stars as the title character, a free-spirited but angry and confused young woman living in London. Sian Clifford co-stars as Fleabag's sister Claire, with Andrew Scott joining in the second season; most of the show's main characters are never named, including Waller-Bridge
RuPaul's Drag Race
American reality competition television series
Bob's Burgers
American animated television series
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
American comedy television series
Tiny Toon Adventures
American animated television series
Spartacus
American television series (2010-2013)
Uncle Grandpa
American animated television series
The Itchy & Scratchy Show
fictional animated television series in The Simpsons universe
Inventing Anna
American miniseries
The Colbert Report
US satirical news commentary TV program
The Prisoner
British television series
Total Drama
Canadian animated comedy television series
Hell on Wheels
American Western television series
Mystery Science Theater 3000
American television series
Freakazoid!
Freakazoid! is an American superhero comedy animated television series created by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini and developed by Tom Ruegger for the Kids' WB programming block of The WB. The series chronicles the adventures of the title character, Freakazoid, a crazy teenage superhero who fights crime in Washington, D.C. It also features mini-episodes about the adventures of other superheroes. The series was produced by Warner Bros. Television Animation and Amblin Entertainment, being the third animated series produced through the collaboration of Steven Spielberg and Warner Bros. Animation after T
HowToBasic
HowToBasic is an Australian YouTube comedy channel, with over 17 million subscribers as of 2025. The creator of the videos neither speaks nor shows his face, thus remaining anonymous. The channel primarily features bizarre and destructive visual gags disguised as how-to tutorials. The channel first gained popularity in 2013.
The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
American animated television series
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
British web series
The Bachelor
American reality television series on ABC
The Larry Sanders Show
television program
The Twilight Zone
media franchise based on an American television anthology series
The Critic
American animated television series
Catfish
American reality television series
postmodernist film
film genre
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
American animated parody talk show
It's Garry Shandling's Show
television program
The Singing Detective
1986 British television series written by Dennis Potter
Wonder Showzen
American adult puppet black comedy animated television series
The Rehearsal
American television series
Animator vs. Animation
web television series
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
television series
Magpie Murders
novel by Anthony Horowitz