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1. Law & Order (1990– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
New York's finest police detectives and prosecutors fight to make the city a safer place. With integrity as the guiding force from investigation to verdict, the teams weigh every perspective in their commitment to finding justice.
Stars: Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin, Dennis Farina, Sam Waterston
Votes: 44,431
2. Cheers (1982–1993)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Drama
The regulars of the Boston bar "Cheers" share their experiences and lives with each other while drinking or working at the bar where everybody knows your name.
Stars: Ted Danson, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger, George Wendt
Votes: 61,924
3. 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: 13,599
4. Family (1976–1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family
The joys and heartaches of the Lawrence family of Pasadena, California.
Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 2,049
5. Pollock (2000)
R | 122 min | Biography, Drama
A film about the life and career of the American painter, Jackson Pollock.
Director: Ed Harris | Stars: Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Robert Knott, Molly Regan
Votes: 29,595 | Gross: $8.60M
6. 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: 4,235
7. Reading Rainbow (1983–2006)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Levar Burton introduces young viewers to illustrated readings of children's literature and explores their related subjects.
Stars: LeVar Burton, Jennifer Betit Yen, Arnold Stang, Fred Newman
Votes: 5,140
8. Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995 TV Movie)
R | 131 min | Drama, Thriller
Lawyers and the media argue the alleged child abuse at the McMartin preschool in Manhattan Beach, California.
Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: James Woods, Mercedes Ruehl, Lolita Davidovich, Sada Thompson
Votes: 4,158
9. Queen (1993)
TV-14 | 282 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A plantation owner's son falls in love with a slave named Easter and together they have a Biracial daughter named Queen. As Queen grows up, she faces the struggle of trying to fit into the ... See full summary »
Stars: Ann-Margret, Patricia Clarkson, Tim Daly, Ossie Davis
Votes: 1,712
10. American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Anthology series which ran on PBS throughout the 1980s.
Stars: Jeffrey DeMunn, Elizabeth Franz, Edward Herrmann, Sada Thompson
Votes: 412
11. Marco Polo (1982–1983)
504 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The life and experiences of the thirteenth century explorer, who sought to connect the civilizations of China and Europe through trade.
Stars: Ken Marshall, Denholm Elliott, Tony Vogel, David Warner
Votes: 1,307
12. Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971–1974)
60 min | Drama
In a small California town, attorney Owen Marshall, assisted by several different younger lawyers, defends clients with great compassion for the accused.
Stars: Arthur Hill, Joan Darling, Lee Majors, Christine Matchett
Votes: 293
13. The Patron Saint of Liars (1998 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
A woman runs away from her husband when she discovers she is pregnant, going to a Catholic school for girls, where she meets and marries another man, who raises the child as his own. ... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal | Stars: Dana Delany, Sada Thompson, Clancy Brown, Jill Gascoine
Votes: 335
14. The Doctors and the Nurses (1962–1965)
60 min | Drama
The story takes place in a large hospital and revolves around two nurses, Liz Thorpe (Shirl Conway), the older head nurse, and Gail Lucas, the naive student nurse. The two nurses were ... See full summary »
Stars: Shirl Conway, Zina Bethune, Michael Tolan, Joseph Campanella
Votes: 112
15. Camera Three (1955–1980)
30 min | Drama
A weekly examination of the arts and literature, on Sunday mornings when there was more likely to be an audience interested in such matters and there was less competition for ratings.
Stars: James Macandrew, Faubion Bowers, Margaret Croyden, Alfredo Antonini
Votes: 62
16. Goodyear Playhouse (1951–1957)
60 min | Drama
The show featured original plays plus plays adapted from works.
Stars: Walter Matthau, David White, Constance Ford, Kim Stanley
Votes: 111
17. The Pursuit of Happiness (1971)
PG-13 | 93 min | Crime, Drama
A young college student is sent to prison as much for killing a pedestrian with his car as for not paying his parking tickets. When the opportunity presents itself he escapes and is ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Michael Sarrazin, Barbara Hershey, Arthur Hill, Ruth White
Votes: 443 | Gross: $0.05M
18. Our Town (1977 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, Romance
The story of the fictional American small town of Grover's Corners between 1901 and 1913 through the everyday lives of its citizens.
Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Hal Holbrook, Ned Beatty, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robby Benson
Votes: 268
19. Lincoln (1974–1976)
300 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of Abraham Lincoln is told in episodic parts.
Stars: Hal Holbrook, Sada Thompson, Michael Cristofer, James Carroll Jordan
Votes: 116
20. Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1987 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Frank Dowling has to solve the mystery of a young man who is obsessed with finding his natural parents.
Director: Christopher Hibler | Stars: Tom Bosley, Tracy Nelson, Robert Prescott, Mary Wickes
Votes: 229
21. Princess Daisy (1983– )
190 min | Drama, Romance
The lovely Daisy Valenski (Merete Van Kamp) is the daughter of Russian Prince Stash Valensky (Stacy Keach) and American movie star Francesca Valenski (Lindsay Wagner). After her parents are... See full summary »
Stars: Lindsay Wagner, Paul Michael Glaser, Claudia Cardinale, Robert Urich
Votes: 406
22. Home Fires Burning (1989 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Drama
When a WW2 veteran comes back home, he realizes how the war affected Americans by seeing the changes in his wife, family, and best friend.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Barnard Hughes, Sada Thompson, Robert Prosky, Bill Pullman
Votes: 147
23. Any Mother's Son (1997 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
A navy officer is murdered by two fellow seamen, and the officer's mother discovers that her son was killed because he was gay. Fighting her own homophobia and grief, she tries to find a way to get justice for him.
Director: David Burton Morris | Stars: Bonnie Bedelia, Hedy Burress, Paul Popowich, Fiona Reid
Votes: 207
24. The Entertainer (1975 TV Movie)
105 min | Drama, Music
A vaudeville entertainer approaches middle age still not having attained success or stardom.
Director: Donald Wrye | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Ray Bolger, Sada Thompson, Tyne Daly
Votes: 88
25. Love Story (1973–1974)
60 min | Drama, Romance
An anthology of love stories dealing each week with a different couple with a different set of problems.
Stars: Samantha Eggar, Clifton Davis, Bruce Davison, Vic Morrow
Votes: 63
26. The DuPont Show of the Week (1961–1964)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
An anthology weekly drama series.
Stars: Walter Matthau, Frank McGee, Art Carney, Gene Wilder
Votes: 184
27. Desperate Characters (1971)
R | 97 min | Drama
Marriage of a midlife, middle-class, childless couple is in a rut. Sophie has become depressed, frigid and slightly paranoid and Otto is stuck in optimistic denial. Things escalate at their summer cottage, but no one dares call it quits.
Director: Frank D. Gilroy | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Kenneth Mars, Sada Thompson, Jack Somack
Votes: 345 | Gross: $0.16M
28. My Two Loves (1986 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Romance
A widow emerges from her mourning after a year. She moves into a new apartment, gets a new job, and a gains a "gentleman caller" her late husband's partner and former best friend. Her ... See full summary »
Director: Noel Black | Stars: Mariette Hartley, Lynn Redgrave, Barry Newman, Sada Thompson
Votes: 57
29. Fear Stalk (1989 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
A producer from Beverly Hills is shocked when someone steals all of her belongings out of her purse. The thief begins to make threatening phone calls and withdraws money from her accounts. ... See full summary »
Director: Larry Shaw | Stars: Jill Clayburgh, Stephen Macht, Lynne Thigpen, Sandy McPeak
Votes: 98
30. New York Television Theatre (1965– )
Comedy, Drama
Stars: John C. Becher, Charlotte Rae, George Rose, Sada Thompson
Votes: 23
31. Playwrights '56 (1955–1956)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: Gene Saks, Steven Hill, Nina Foch, John McGiver
Votes: 50
32. OT: Our Town (2002)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary
Dominguez High, in the infamous Compton, CA, has not produced a play in over twenty years. With no money and no stage, two teachers and twenty-four students attempt to produce Thornton Wilder's American Classic OUR TOWN.
Director: Scott Hamilton Kennedy | Stars: Catherine Borek, Karen Greene, Ebony Starr Norwood-Brown, Archy Posada
Votes: 323
33. Frida Kahlo (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 62 min | Documentary, Biography
Frida Kahlo: declared a symbol of Mexican national heritage, made into a cult figure by the women's movement, praised by the likes of Picasso and Breton, this film uses images and music to ... See full summary »
Directors: Roberto Guerra, Eila Hershon, Wibke von Bonin | Stars: Hayden Herrera, Frida Kahlo, Sada Thompson
Votes: 46
34. The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978 TV Special)
210 min | Reality-TV
Primetime Emmy Award is the main American award in area of television, annually handed by the American television academy.
Director: Clark Jones | Stars: Alan Alda, Jack Albertson, Robert Alda, Melissa Sue Anderson
Votes: 59
35. The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980 TV Special)
News
Golden Globe Award - American award awarded by the Hollywood association of the foreign press from 1944 for works in movies and television's pictures.
Director: Gene Weed | Stars: Glen Campbell, Debbie Reynolds, Don Adams, Fernando Allende
Votes: 42
36. NET Journal (1966– )
Documentary, Drama, News
Stars: Paul Niven, Philip Sterling, Hubert H. Humphrey, John Kerry
37. This Is My Father (1999)
60 min | Documentary
The story of William Putch and his life's work: The Totem Pole Playhouse. A summer theater inconspicuously tucked away in the blue mountains of south central Penna. With a career span of ... See full summary »
Director: John Putch | Stars: Betty Bikle, Chas Bikle, Stephen C. Bradbury, Alberta Cifolelli
Votes: 18
38. The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979 TV Special)
Reality-TV
Director: John Moffitt | Stars: Mason Adams, Alan Alda, Loni Anderson, Lou Antonio
Votes: 52
39. The 26th Annual Tony Awards (1972 TV Special)
Director: Clark Jones | Stars: Henry Fonda, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov, Desi Arnaz
Votes: 25
40. William Ball Memorial (1991 Video)
Biography
Stars: William Ball, Annette Bening, Peter Donat, Stanley Eichenbaum
41.
American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode:
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(1986)
Not Rated | 240 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. In HD.
Director: Peter H. Hunt | Stars: Patrick Day, Jim Dale, Frederic Forrest, Anne Shropshire
Votes: 237
42.
American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode:
Andre's Mother
(1990)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three days in the life of the lover, Mother and Grandmother of Andre who has just died of AIDS.
Director: Deborah Reinisch | Stars: Richard Thomas, Sada Thompson, Sylvia Sidney, Richard Venture
Votes: 161
43.
American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode:
The Skin of Our Teeth
(1983)
113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning play about mankind's triumph over chaos, which wildly altered dramatic conventions in freely shifting between modern-day New Jersey and the ... See full summary »
Director: Jack O'Brien | Stars: Tom Lacy, Harold Gould, Jeffrey Combs, Sada Thompson
Votes: 66
44.
New York Television Theatre (1965– )
Episode:
Eh, Joe?/Bedlam Galore for Two or More
(1966)
33 min | Comedy, Drama
In Ionesco's farcical "Bedlam Galore for Two or More," a couple quarrels while a civil war occurs outside their residence.
Directors: Glenn Jordan, Alan Schneider | Stars: Rosemary Harris, George Rose, Sada Thompson, Sorrell Booke
45.
Camera Three (1955–1980)
Episode:
The Cracked Looking Glass
(1961)
Drama
A dramatization of a short story written by Katherine Anne Porter about a woman of character who is the gossipy, dream-ridden wife of an elderly man.
Stars: James Macandrew, Sada Thompson
46.
Cheers (1982–1993)
Episode:
Honor Thy Mother
(1991)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
Carla refuses the family naming tradition, as it would result in her new son being named Benito Mussolini. Woody's plan to issue free coupons for Cheers backfires.
Director: James Burrows | Stars: Ted Danson, Kirstie Alley, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger
Votes: 430
47.
The DuPont Show of the Week (1961–1964)
Episode:
The Missing Bank of Rupert X. Humperdink
(1964)
Comedy, Drama, Musical
G.F. Springer (McGiver) is broke, posh and on the run: he visits a small town where he once opened a bank account under a false name and hopes to make a big withdrawal - but what was the name he made up all those years ago?
Stars: Carleton Carpenter, Gerald Hiken, John McGiver, Meg Myles
48.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
'Tis the Season
(1979)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
Doug sees a specialist after having chest pains, but an argument erupts between him and Willie about him and Rachel going to Mexico. Meanwhile, Buddy invites the school janitor home for Christmas, much to the reluctance of Kate.
Director: Richard Kinon | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 30
49.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
A Friend of the Family's
(1978)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
Seth Oliver, a former friend of Willie, pays a visit and manipulates the family. Doug and Kate debate taking separate vacations.
Director: Kim Friedman | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 36
50.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
A Right and Proper Goodbye
(1976)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
Hattie, Kate's headstrong mother, pays a final visit to the family. She attempts to hide a serious illness, but takes Buddy into her confidence. Kate eventually realizes that Hattie can no ... See full summary »
Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Elayne Heilveil, Gary Frank
Votes: 61