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1. The Simpsons (1989– )
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
The satiric half-hour adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.
Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner
Votes: 437,136
2. Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A secret military team, SG-1, is formed to explore other planets through the recently discovered Stargates.
Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge
Votes: 101,719
3. Saturday Night Live (1975– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Comedy, Music
A famous guest host stars in parodies and sketches created by the cast of this witty show.
Stars: The Saturday Night Live Band, Don Pardo, Darrell Hammond, Kenan Thompson
Votes: 52,880
4. The Love Boat (1977–1987)
TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The romantic and comic tales of the passengers and crew of the cruise ship, Pacific Princess.
Stars: Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange, Fred Grandy
Votes: 13,701
5. Stargate: Atlantis (2004–2009)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An international team of scientists and military personnel discover a Stargate network in the Pegasus Galaxy and come face-to-face with a new, powerful enemy: The Wraith.
Stars: Joe Flanigan, Rachel Luttrell, David Hewlett, Jason Momoa
Votes: 71,882
6. General Hospital (1963– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Families, friends, enemies, and lovers experience life-changing events in the large upstate city of Port Charles, New York, which has a busy hospital, upscale hotel, cozy diner, and dangerous waterfront frequented by the criminal underworld.
Stars: Maurice Benard, John Beradino, Rachel Ames, Laura Wright
Votes: 5,562
7. MacGyver (1985–1992)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The adventures of a secret Agent armed with almost infinite scientific resourcefulness.
Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, Bruce McGill, Robin Mossley
Votes: 42,138
8. Raising Hope (2010–2014)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Family
Jimmy becomes a single parent to an infant after her mother, with whom he had a one-night stand, ends up on Death Row.
Stars: Lucas Neff, Martha Plimpton, Garret Dillahunt, Shannon Woodward
Votes: 40,794
9. The Facts of Life (1979–1988)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Mrs. Edna Garrett, housemother and dietitian at the Eastland School, teaches a group of girls in her charge how to solve those problems that every teenager has to face.
Stars: Lisa Whelchel, Kim Fields, Mindy Cohn, Nancy McKeon
Votes: 8,575
10. Stargate Universe (2009–2011)
TV-PG | 43 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Trapped on an Ancient spaceship billions of light-years from home, a group of soldiers and civilians struggle to survive and find their way back to Earth.
Stars: Robert Carlyle, Louis Ferreira, Brian J. Smith, Elyse Levesque
Votes: 53,368
11. The Daily Show (1996– )
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show
A comedy news show featuring humorous takes on top stories.
Stars: Jon Stewart, Trevor Noah, Stephen Colbert, Roy Wood Jr.
Votes: 48,237
12. Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (2012–2013)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy
Chloe is a New York party girl with the morals of a pirate. She causes trouble for her best friend James Van Der Beek and her naive small-town roommate June.
Stars: Krysten Ritter, Dreama Walker, Michael Blaiklock, Eric André
Votes: 40,487
13. Fallout (1997 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After being sent by the overseer of his vault to search for a new water purifying chip, the player discovers the horrors of post apocalyptic America, and the threat of the Master's Army.
Director: Feargus Urquhart | Stars: Charlie Adler, Richard Dean Anderson, Jeff Bennett, Clancy Brown
Votes: 4,177
14. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)
TV-14 | 105 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Host Johnny Carson performs comedy routines and chats with various celebrities.
Stars: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Skitch Henderson
Votes: 4,257
15. Stargate: Continuum (2008 Video)
Not Rated | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Ba'al travels back in time and prevents the Stargate program from being started. SG-1 must somehow restore history.
Director: Martin Wood | Stars: Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks
Votes: 26,346
16. Fairly Legal (2011–2012)
TV-PG | 41 min | Comedy, Drama
A woman, who quit being an attorney at her father's law firm to become a mediator, copes after her father's death.
Stars: Sarah Shahi, Michael Trucco, Virginia Williams, Baron Vaughn
Votes: 8,960
17. Young Doctors in Love (1982)
R | 96 min | Comedy
In a zany parody of hospital soap operas, a new batch of doctors begins their internship at City Hospital.
Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Michael McKean, Sean Young, Gary Friedkin, Kyle T. Heffner
Votes: 3,467 | Gross: $30.69M
18. Entertainment Tonight (1981– )
30 min | News, Talk-Show
"Entertainment Tonight" is the #1 syndicated entertainment newsmagazine in the world.
Stars: Kevin Frazier, Nischelle Turner, Matt Cohen, Nancy O'Dell
Votes: 2,779
19. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993–2009)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Conan O'Brien, a Harvard Lampoon alumnus, hosts this late-night comedy/talk-show, which is often silly and whimsical.
Stars: Conan O'Brien, The Max Weinberg 7, Andy Richter, Joel Godard
Votes: 19,001
20. Live with Kelly and Mark (1988– )
TV-PG | 61 min | Talk-Show
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos interact with their guests.
Stars: Kelly Ripa, Ryan Seacrest, Michael Gelman, Art Moore
Votes: 2,324
21. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992–2014)
TV-14 | 62 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Jay Leno takes over the Tonight Show with interview, sketches, and plenty of laughs.
Stars: Jay Leno, Kevin Eubanks, Edd Hall, John Melendez
Votes: 10,949
22. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982–1983)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A comedy-drama series based on the classic musical film of the same name.
Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Roger Wilson, Peter Horton, Drake Hogestyn
Votes: 361
23. Legend (1995)
60 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi, Western
In the waning days of the 19th century, dime novelist Ernest Pratt assumes the persona of his noble literary hero, Nicodemus Legend, and roams the Old West with his scientist friend Dr. Janos Bartok.
Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, John de Lancie, Mark Adair-Rios, Jarrad Paul
Votes: 379
24. Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods - Final Cut (2009 Video)
Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The newly formed team SG-1, led by Colonel Jack O'Neill, goes on a rescue mission to the planet Chulak.
Director: Mario Azzopardi | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge
Votes: 7,263
25. The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–1994)
60 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Arsenio Hall hosts this hip, late-night talk show.
Stars: Arsenio Hall, Burton Richardson, Michael Wolff, Sinbad
Votes: 1,001
26. MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday (1994 TV Movie)
93 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A close friend of MacGyver is murdered. In searching of a reason for this assassination, MacGyver discovers a secret nuclear weapons plant right in the center of Britain.
Director: Charles Correll | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Beatie Edney, Peter Egan, Alun Armstrong
Votes: 1,570
27. MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis (1994 TV Movie)
93 min | Action, Adventure
MacGyver and his former college professor are first hunting some artifacts attributed to Zenon, an ancient scientist from Atlantis, and later the lost city of Atlantis itself.
Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Brian Blessed, Sophie Ward, Christian Burgess
Votes: 2,152
28. Mercedes-Benz: MacGyver and the new Citan (2012)
Sci-Fi
Infinite scientific resourcefulness.
Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Anthony Bishop, Lawrence Joffe, Clyde Berning
Votes: 233
29. Stargate SG-1: Unleashed (2013 Video Game)
Action, Sci-Fi
The Goa'uld Sekhmet is released from the canopic jar and plots his revenge against the Earth. After Jack O'Neill from the alternate timeline appears at the SGC, the original team is sent to... See full summary »
Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge
Votes: 185
30. National Geographic Explorer (1985– )
120 min | Documentary, History
A weekly series of short documentary segments funded by the National Geographic Society and done in the style of the National Geographic Specials. In 2003, the show was re-branded National ... See full summary »
Stars: Salvatore Vecchio, Peter Coyote, Lisa Ling, Ryan Duffy
Votes: 318
31. Odd Jobs (1986)
PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy
Five college buddies start their own moving business only to find themselves tangling with sleazy competitors and the mob.
Director: Mark Story | Stars: Paul Reiser, Robert Townsend, Scott McGinnis, Rick Overton
Votes: 526
32. Through the Eyes of a Killer (1992 TV Movie)
R | 94 min | Romance, Thriller
It seems like Laurie keeps attracting dangerous men into her life.. One of them is crazy enough to shed blood.
Director: Peter Markle | Stars: Marg Helgenberger, Richard Dean Anderson, David Marshall Grant, Melinda Culea
Votes: 527
33. Past the Bleachers (1995 TV Movie)
97 min | Drama, Family, Mystery
Bill and his wife have recently had to live through a tragedy. When Bill decides to coach a little league baseball team, he meets a young mute boy named Lucky, who may be just what the team... See full summary »
Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Barnard Hughes, Glynnis O'Connor, Ken Jenkins
Votes: 183
34. Pandora's Clock (1996)
PG-13 | 176 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A man infected with a deadly virus boards Quantum Airlines flight 66 in Frankfurt, Germany. The US government must stop the plane before it lands at JFK International Airport.
Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Daphne Zuniga, Jane Leeves, Richard Lawson
Votes: 777
35. The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999–2004)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Craig Kilborn interviews Celebrity guests, with sketch-comedy thrown in.
Stars: Craig Kilborn, Kip Madsen, Jay Phillips, Ram Ord
Votes: 812
36. The $10,000 Pyramid (1973–1991)
TV-PG | 30 min | Game-Show
Two contestants, each with a celebrity partner, must guess words from their partners' clues; then the roles are reversed. Winners face the pyramid.
Stars: Dick Clark, Bob Clayton, Jack Clark, Soupy Sales
Votes: 496
37. How to Cry on Command (2023)
Short, Comedy, Drama
An 11-year-old, determined student struggles with being real and authentic in her "How To Cry on Command" class (among others) at dystopian grade school: Celebrity Preparatory for Girls.
Director: Wylie Anderson | Stars: Wylie Anderson, Joah Campbell, Sam Drust, Colyse Harger
Votes: 8
38. Firehouse (1996 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
A firehouse crew is attacked by an assassin and eventually must accept that the firehouse is to be consolidated with a rescue unit.
Directors: John McNaughton, Alan Smithee | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Lillo Brancato, Morris Chestnut, Edie Falco
Votes: 157
39. Emerald Point N.A.S. (1983–1984)
60 min | Drama
The lives and trials of the staff and civilian residents of a US naval base.
Stars: Dennis Weaver, Maud Adams, Andrew Stevens, Charles Frank
Votes: 116
40. In the Eyes of a Stranger (1992 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
An overworked woman encounters a pair of armed robbers on the subway home. When one of them is killed, apparently as he divulges the location of some stashed money to her- police place her ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Toshiyuki Uno | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Justine Bateman, Géza Kovács, Cynthia Dale
Votes: 308
41. Just Men! (1983)
30 min | Game-Show
Short-lived game show on NBC daytime. Two female contestant were asked questions about the lifestyles of seven male celebrities in the studio. For example, which of these men owns an ... See full summary »
Stars: Betty White, Steve Day, Steve Sax, Tony Danza
Votes: 37
42. Today's F.B.I. (1981–1982)
60 min | Crime, Drama
The cases of the modern post-J. Edger Hoover US Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Stars: Mike Connors, Joseph Cali, Carol Potter, Rick Hill
Votes: 66
43. Beyond Betrayal (1994 TV Movie)
96 min | Action, Drama
Joanne is married to Bradley, who's a cop and who abuses her. One day she decides to run away. She then meets Sam, who is separated from his wife, who is obsessed with him. Bradley finds ... See full summary »
Director: Carl Schenkel | Stars: Susan Dey, Richard Dean Anderson, Annie Corley, James Tolkan
Votes: 180
44. The Wayne Brady Show (2002–2004)
60 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Wayne talks to celebrity guests, has specials and giveaways(win a second honeymoon) and sings the occasional impromptu song. Between this and Whose Line, Wayne Brady has found his niche.
Stars: Wayne Brady, Alex Al, Jarod Miller, David Evangelista
Votes: 271
45. The Joan Rivers Show (1989–1993)
60 min | Talk-Show
After the end of her longtime association with Johnny Carson and the failure of her own late night talk show, Joan Rivers attempted to try her hand, this time, on her morning talk show, in ... See full summary »
Stars: Joan Rivers, Myreah Mai Moore, Gladys Knight, Bob Hope
Votes: 97
46. Ordinary Heroes (1986 TV Movie)
105 min | Drama, War
This is about a man falling in love with a woman and then immediately gets drafted into the Army during the Vietnam War. In the war he becomes blind and gets discharged.
Director: Peter H. Cooper | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Valerie Bertinelli, Doris Roberts, Jesse D. Goins
Votes: 172
47. All-Star Family Feud Special (1978–1984)
Game-Show
A series of nighttime specials that aired periodically from May 8th, 1978 to May 25th, 1984 on ABC. Each one hour show featured five members of a cast of a television series competing in a ... See full summary »
Stars: Richard Dawson, Gene Wood, Bernie Kopell, Laurie Walters
Votes: 45
48. One on One with John Tesh (1991–1992)
30 min | Music, Talk-Show
Entertainment Tonight co-host John Tesh was a daytime talk program interview show with celebrities. Reporter Beth Polson provided entertainment news while John Tesh interviewed celebs.
Stars: Sandie Newton, John Tesh, John Stamos, Rob Morrow
Votes: 193
49. The $25,000 Pyramid (1982–1988)
30 min | Game-Show
CBS Daytime game show where a contestant has a chance to win the $25,000 grand prize. Two teams (each with one Celebrity Guest and one Contestant) play 2 games where though 6 categories, ... See full summary »
Stars: Dick Clark, Johnny Gilbert, Jack Clark, Charles Siebert
Votes: 18
50. The Today Show, Channel Nine (1982– )
210 min | News
An Australian morning breakfast news show that includes interviews, reports and panel analysis.
Stars: Matthew Garwood, Richard Wilkins, Sylvia Jefferies, James Galea
Votes: 31