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Betrayal and vengeance are powerful narrative forces that transcend cultural boundaries, shaping some of the most compelling stories in television drama. This dissertation connects manhood, understood as the social recognition and roles, with masculinity, conceived as the gendered traits and behaviors, within a heteronormative framework that defines and discusses these ideas. Through case studies of Ezel (Türkiye) and Doctor Foster (UK), alongside their adaptations, the research explores the ways in which transnational television adaptations negotiate, challenge, and mediate masculinity and manhood with visual representation and the themes of betrayal and vengeance. The case studies consist of two series and their adaptations: The Turkish original Ezel (2009), its Mexican adaptation Yago (2016) and its Romanian adaptation Vlad (2019); and the British original Doctor Foster (2015), along with its South Korean adaptation The World of the Married (2020) and Turkish adaptation Sadakatsiz (2020). Using Multiple Proximities Theory and masculinity studies, the study analyzes how protagonists deal with betrayal and vengeance across adaptations and how gendered themes are adapted to align with local sociocultural norms while maintaining thematic continuity. By combining textual and contextual analyzes, this dissertation contributes to the understanding of transnational media flows, evolving masculinity in television, and the transformative potential and cultural significance of betrayal and vengeance narratives in local and global storytelling worlds comparatively.