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1. Family (1976–1980)
Episode: A Right and Proper Goodbye (1976)

TV-PG | Drama, Family

8.7
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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

2. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Gunfighter, R.I.P (1966)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

8.7
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A gunslinger hired to kill Matt, backs down from his obligation when he gets badly wounded and falls in love with a beautiful Asian woman who is caring for him, and his employers won't stand for it.

Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis

Votes: 253

3. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Hung High (1964)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

8.7
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As Matt takes a convicted man to Hays City for hanging, Matt and the prisoner are waylaid, the prisoner lynched, and Matt is framed for the killing, then arrested by a sergeant with a grudge against him.

Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Robert Culp

Votes: 277

4. Family (1976–1980)
Episode: Pilot: The Best Years (1976)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family

8.7
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Nancy walks in on Jeff and finds him with another woman and moves back home. Buddy overhears something Kate says about her children, and runs away.

Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Elayne Heilveil, Gary Frank

Votes: 103

5. Inside the Actors Studio (1994– )

TV-PG | 65 min | Talk-Show

8.6
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Famous actors, directors and writers reminisce about their careers and the philosophy behind their craft.

Stars: James Lipton, Ellen Burstyn, Elena Kobylina, Bradley Cooper

Votes: 5,465

6. Family (1976–1980)
Episode: Rites of Friendship (1976)

TV-PG | Drama, Family

8.6
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Willie experiences difficulty accepting his childhood friend Zeke who is arrested in a gay bar. Buddy seeks dancing lessons from a disinterested Nancy.

Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol

Votes: 60

7. Family (1976–1980)
Episode: Such Sweet Sorrow (1976)

TV-PG | Drama, Family

8.6
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Willie's relationship with Big Al is complicated by Salina's surprise reappearance in his life. Doug considers relocating the family to New York.

Director: Richard Kinon | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol

Votes: 43

8. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Ten Little Indians (1965)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

8.6
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Someone has placed a fabulous price on Matt's head, and there are many competing to earn it.

Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis

Votes: 215

9. Family (1976–1980)
Episode: Best Friends (1977)

TV-PG | Drama, Family

8.6
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Buddy's relationship with T.J. complicates her friendship with Audrey. At her class reunion, Nancy becomes reacquainted with Brian Slater, the high school sweetheart she dumped for Jeff, but Brian's hiding a terrible secret.

Director: Robert Hartford-Davis | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol

Votes: 41

10. Family (1976–1980)
Episode: We Love You, Miss Jessup (1977)

TV-PG | Drama, Family

8.6
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Buddy is fawning over her teacher Miss Jessup. When Kate goes to a PTA meeting, one of the parents reveals that Miss Jessup is a lesbian and that she reportedly had an affair with a student... See full summary »

Director: Edward Parone | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol

Votes: 49

11. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)

TV-14 | 105 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

8.5
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Host Johnny Carson performs comedy routines and chats with various celebrities.

Stars: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Skitch Henderson

Votes: 4,244

12. Lesley Ann Warren: A Cinderella Story (2000 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

8.5
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The life story of actress, dancer and performer Lesley Ann Warren from her first role in the live musical Cinderella to her later both personal and career ups and downs.

Stars: Peter Graves, Lesley Ann Warren, Margot Warren, Mark Rydell

Votes: 43

13. Family (1976–1980)
Episode: Coming Apart (1976)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family

8.5
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When Buddy gets a part-time job at a bakery, Willie is smitten with the owner, Big Al. Meanwhile, Nancy finds herself in a romantic triangle between Peter, her former college professor, and ex-husband Jeff, anxious for a reconciliation.

Director: John Erman | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol

Votes: 50

14. Family (1976–1980)
Episode: Letting Go (1980)

TV-PG | Drama, Family

8.5
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With Buddy departing soon for college, Doug has difficulty letting go, while she secretly fears leaving.

Director: James Broderick | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol

Votes: 36

15. Family (1976–1980)
Episode: Gifts (1978)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family

8.5
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Disturbed by all the holiday cheer, a lonely and bereft Annie decides to run away.

Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol

Votes: 30

16. Family (1976–1980)
Episode: Skeleton in the Closet (1976)

TV-PG | Drama, Family

8.5
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Doug must face his sister Emily's alcoholism. Buddy tries to help a senior citizen she spots shoplifting food from the supermarket.

Director: John Erman | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol

Votes: 52

17. The Phil Silvers Show (1955–1959)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

8.4
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Master Sergeant Bilko, regularly helped by the soldiers at Fort Baxter's motor pool, spends little time performing his duties by constantly trying to obtain money through various get-rich-quick scams and promotions.

Stars: Phil Silvers, Harvey Lembeck, Paul Ford, Allan Melvin

Votes: 1,738

18. You Are There (1953–1972)

30 min | Drama, History

8.4
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Walter Cronkite hosted the reenactments of historical events. Shows included "The Landing of the Hindenburg", "The Salem Witchcraft Trials", "The Gettysburg Address", "The Fall of Troy", and "The Scuttling of the Graf Spee".

Stars: Walter Cronkite, Todd Hunter, Paul Birch, Harlow Wilcox

Votes: 206

19. Omnibus (1952–1961)

55 min | Drama, History, Music

8.4
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Omnibus was a television program that sought to provide the best of what television could provide as the highest common denominator of intellectual curiosity and interest. This level of programing excellence has not been achieved again.

Stars: Alistair Cooke, Leonard Bernstein, Joseph N. Welch, Helen Hayes

Votes: 218

20. Biography (1987– )
Episode: Bette Midler (2004)

TV-14 | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, History

8.4
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Director: John Scheinfeld | Stars: Jim Abrahams, Toni Basil, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton

Votes: 128

21. Biography (1987– )
Episode: Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero (1997)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Biography, History

8.4
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Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Peter Fonda

Votes: 168

22. Family (1976–1980)
Episode: Monday Is Forever (1976)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family

8.4
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The family is stressed out and Kate is nervous as she must continue to wait for news from the doctor on Monday, whether or not she has cancer. Buddy may lose her friend Laura, whose family may have to move to Detroit.

Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Elayne Heilveil, Gary Frank

Votes: 72

23. Family (1976–1980)
Episode: Point of Departure (1976)

TV-PG | Drama, Family

8.4
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During a string of burglaries that sweeps through the neighborhood and tests the family, Doug resents Willie's attitude towards life and work.

Director: John Erman | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Elayne Heilveil, Gary Frank

Votes: 44

24. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Chief Joseph (1965)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

8.4
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Chief Joseph has come to town suffering from pneumonia. When he and his party are refused lodging at the hotel, a stranger steps in offering his room. Local sentiment is against this and like a boiling over teapot, trouble begins to brew.

Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis

Votes: 177

25. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: The Lady (1965)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

8.4
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A woman and her adult, attractive niece stop in Dodge to earn some money to complete their journey to San Francisco. When an offer of marriage to her aunt threatens to derail those plans, the niece takes action.

Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis

Votes: 242

26. Mama (1949–1957)

30 min | Comedy, Family, Drama

8.3
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This well-received series was a comedy-drama about an immigrant family living in 1910s San Francisco.

Stars: Peggy Wood, Judson Laire, Dick Van Patten, Rosemary Rice

Votes: 188

27. Slattery's People (1964–1965)

60 min | Drama

8.3
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Jim Slattery enters the state legislature, hopeful that he can make a difference. He finds dealing with endless rules and the majority opposition party frustrates any meaningful change but he stubbornly perseveres.

Stars: Richard Crenna, Paul Geary, Tol Avery, Maxine Stuart

Votes: 118

28. De película (1982–1990)

60 min

8.3
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Stars: Isabel Mestres, José Ruiz, Emilio Linder, María Salerno

Votes: 136

29. Family (1976–1980)
Episode: A Special Kind of Loving (1976)

TV-PG | Drama, Family

8.3
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Willie meets Salina McGee and falls in love, leading to Buddy's jealousy, who needs him to help her overcome her fear of diving.

Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Elayne Heilveil, Gary Frank

Votes: 57

30. Family (1976–1980)
Episode: Annie Laurie (1977)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family

8.3
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While working on an important patent case, Doug meets formidable attorney Annie Laurie, who is interested in more than his briefs.

Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol

Votes: 40

31. Family (1976–1980)
Episode: Coming of Age (1976)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family

8.3
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Buddy begins puberty. Nancy finds herself torn between Peter's proposal and her attraction to a stranger.

Director: John Erman | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol

Votes: 53

32. Family (1976–1980)
Episode: Sleeping Over (1979)

TV-PG | Drama, Family

8.3
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Buddy's invitation to a sorority becomes a sore point in her friendship with Audrey when Audrey isn't invited to join. Willie sleeps with Kate's musician friend, leading to a serious mother-son rift over casual sex.

Director: Richard Kinon | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol

Votes: 37

33. The Long, Hot Summer (1965–1966)
Episode: The Twisted Image: Part 2 (1965)

60 min | Drama

8.3
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Ben Quick struggles to free himself from a manslaughter charge.

Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Nancy Malone, Roy Thinnes, Karen Steele

Votes: 8

34. Family (1976–1980)
Episode: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall... (1977)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family

8.3
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Kate intercedes for Elaine and the young woman she gave up for adoption before marrying Fred. Willie wonders about the private life of a beautiful client at the photo studio.

Director: Robert Hartford-Davis | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol

Votes: 47

35. Family (1976–1980)
Episode: Thursday's Child (1976)

TV-PG | Drama, Family

8.3
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The family relives painful memories of Timmy Sr.'s death as Timmy Jr.'s christening approaches.

Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Elayne Heilveil, Gary Frank

Votes: 53

36. Naked City (1958–1963)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

8.2
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The cases of the N.Y.P.D.'s 65th Precinct.

Stars: Harry Bellaver, Horace McMahon, Paul Burke, Nancy Malone

Votes: 1,435

37. American Masters (1985– )

TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History

8.2
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Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.

Stars: Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Tony Bennett, Dick Cavett

Votes: 1,173

38. Ben Casey (1961–1966)
Episode: A Disease of the Heart Called Love (1964)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama

8.2
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Lydia Mitchum, a middle aged nurse at County General, becomes pregnant as the result of an affair with one of the resident doctors. When she develops life threatening toxemia, Lydia refuses... See full summary »

Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: Vince Edwards, Sam Jaffe, Bettye Ackerman, Jeanne Bates

Votes: 7

39. Ben Casey (1961–1966)
Episode: For Jimmy, the Best of Everything (1964)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama

8.2
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A patient is brought in suffering from bubonic plague, and the hospital is put under quarantine. Caught in the middle of the crisis are ambitious doctor Jimmy Reynolds and his fiancee, nurse Anita Johnson, who may lose each other.

Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: Vince Edwards, Sam Jaffe, Jeanne Bates, John Bleifer

Votes: 13

40. Family (1976–1980)
Episode: 'Tis the Season (1979)

TV-PG | Drama, Family

8.2
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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

41. Family (1976–1980)
Episode: All for Love (1978)

TV-PG | Drama, Family

8.2
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Buddy's boyfriend Zack pressures her to have sex, and she contemplates sleeping with him to keep him from turning to a pretty rival. Doug considers buying a sports car.

Director: Kim Friedman | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol

Votes: 32

42. Family (1976–1980)
Episode: Moment of Truth (1979)

TV-PG | Drama, Family

8.2
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Audrey and Buddy are accused of cheating on an algebra test. The family is threatened by Bob Gantry, a criminal Doug sent to prison years ago.

Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol

Votes: 29

43. Family (1976–1980)
Episode: On the First Day of Christmas (1976)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family

8.2
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Doug and his father are at odds when James introduces the family to his younger fiancée Constance, a woman with a lurid past. Jeff angers Nancy by insisting that Timmy accompany him on a Christmas cruise.

Director: Gerald S. O'Loughlin | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol

Votes: 45

44. Family (1976–1980)
Episode: Sleeping Gypsy (1978)

TV-PG | Drama, Family

8.2
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Buddy's friend Mara, the daughter of Kate's old friends, makes Buddy's life difficult at school with her unconventional personality.

Director: Stuart Millar | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol

Votes: 92

45. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Snap Decision (1966)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

8.2
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Matt quits his job as Marshal when he shoots Ray Gilcher, a prisoner and wartime buddy, dead in apparent self defense and it turns out Gilcher was actually trying to save Matt's life.

Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis

Votes: 193

46. Family (1976–1980)
Episode: An Eye to the Future (1977)

TV-PG | Drama, Family

8.2
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Kate ponders going to college, Doug has a shot at the bench, and Buddy becomes part of the CB radio craze.

Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol

Votes: 51

47. Family (1976–1980)
Episode: Return Engagement (1977)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family

8.2
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Maggie Calder, the woman who nearly destroyed Doug and Kate's marriage 20 years ago, is back for a second attempt. Buddy feels she's being treated like a baby.

Director: Richard Kinon | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol

Votes: 49

48. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

8.1
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Marshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in rough-and-tumble Dodge City.

Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis

Votes: 8,774

49. The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Western

8.1
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Two Secret Service agents, equipped with a wide array of gizmos, work for the government in the Old West.

Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Dick Cangey, Whitey Hughes

Votes: 6,513

50. The Fugitive (1963–1967)

TV-PG | 51 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

8.1
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A doctor, wrongly convicted for a murder he didn't commit, escapes custody and must stay ahead of the police to find the real killer.

Stars: David Janssen, William Conrad, Barry Morse, Paul Birch

Votes: 4,703



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