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1. The 24th Annual Tony Awards (1970 TV Special)
Director: Clark Jones | Stars: Julie Andrews, Rene Auberjonois, Lauren Bacall, Clive Barnes
Votes: 193
2. 42nd Street (1986)
154 min | Musical
Filmed for NHK TV, a young chorus girl from Allentown dreams of making it big in an up-coming musical extravaganza from the famed director Julian Marsh.
Director: Mark Bramble | Stars: Jamie Ross, Elizabeth Allen, Clare Leach, Lee Roy Reams
Votes: 14
3. Once Upon a Mattress (1964 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
The musical story of THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA, adapted from the 1959 Broadway hit, and featuring most of the original Broadway cast.
Directors: Joe Layton, Dave Geisel | Stars: Carol Burnett, Jane White, Jack Gilford, Joseph Bova
Votes: 136
4. Barney Miller (1975–1982)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
The Captain of the NYPD 12th Precinct and his staff handle the various local troubles and characters that come into the squad room.
Stars: Hal Linden, Abe Vigoda, Max Gail, Steve Landesberg
Votes: 7,369
5. The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
In this live drama series, over two hundred live plays, covering all aspects of society, were shown.
Stars: Richard Kiley, Betsy Palmer, Edward Andrews, Biff McGuire
Votes: 196
6.
Barney Miller (1975–1982)
Episode:
Happy New Year
(1976)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
On New Year's Eve, Wojo delivers a baby, and Fish tries to stop a jumper.
Director: Bruce Bilson | Stars: Hal Linden, Barbara Barrie, Abe Vigoda, Max Gail
Votes: 130
7. The Edge of Night (1956–1984)
TV-14 | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Attorney Mike Karr and his colleagues are involved in solving crimes and intrigue which touch the lives of many citizens.
Stars: Ann Flood, Forrest Compton, Donald May, Joel Crothers
Votes: 467
8. Serpico (1973)
R | 130 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire
Votes: 134,726 | Gross: $29.80M
9. 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
10.
Happy Days (1974–1984)
Episode:
Fearless Fonzarelli: Part 1
(1975)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Trying to revive his slumping "cool," Fonzie plans a televised motorcycle jump over a record fourteen garbage cans in the parking lot of Arnold's Drive-In.
Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, Anson Williams
Votes: 173
11.
Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
Episode:
Death Ride
(1975)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Starsky and Hutch are assigned to escort the daughter of a crime boss from San Francisco to Los Angeles, but a security leak has unleashed hordes of hit men that they must evade en route.
Director: Gene Nelson | Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Hamilton
Votes: 344
12. Happy Days (1974–1984)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Music
The Cunningham family live through the 1950s with help and guidance from lovable and almost superhuman greaser Fonzie.
Stars: Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, Tom Bosley
Votes: 21,067
13. Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
"Tales from the Darkside" was a horror anthology series where the viewer is taken through ghost stories, science fiction adventures, and creepy, unexplained events.
Stars: Paul Sparer, Catherine Battistone, John Marzilli, Karen Shallo
Votes: 6,947
14.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Out of the Frying Pan...
(1975)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After a night drinking, an off-duty cop and his friend are attacked by a group of thieves. The friend is killed with the cop's gun. Though ordered to beat duty, the cop, who has battled ... See full summary »
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas
Votes: 130
15. Ryan's Hope (1975–1989)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Romance
The trials and tribulations of The Ryans, an Irish-American family in New York City.
Stars: Helen Gallagher, Bernard Barrow, Nancy Addison, Michael Levin
Votes: 560
16. She-Wolf of London (1990–1991)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A female American graduate student in London is bitten by a werewolf, then teams up with an English professor to investigate supernatural occurrences.
Stars: Neil Dickson, Kate Hodge, Scott Fults, Dorothea Phillips
Votes: 422
17. Kojak (1973–1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in his city.
Stars: Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas
Votes: 8,876
18.
Hawk (1966)
Episode:
Some Devil Whispered in His Ear
(1966)
60 min | Crime, Drama
A psychopath who has already killed several people holds the customers of a bar as hostage.
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Richard Jordan, Ellen Madison, Joseph Bova
Votes: 11
19. Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two streetwise cops bust criminals in their red-and-white Ford Gran Torino, with the help of police snitch, Huggy Bear.
Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Hamilton
Votes: 10,638
20. Hawk (1966)
60 min | Crime, Drama
The crime busting techniques of Iroquois detective John Hawk of the New York City District Attorney's office.
Stars: Burt Reynolds, Wayne Grice, Leon Janney, John Marley
Votes: 169
21. Pretty Poison (1968)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
When a mentally-disturbed young man tells a pretty girl that he's a secret agent, she believes him; murder and mayhem ensue.
Director: Noel Black | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Tuesday Weld, Beverly Garland, John Randolph
Votes: 3,980
22. Popi (1975– )
30 min | Comedy
Popi is a single Puerto Rican dad struggling to make ends meet even with three jobs. He keeps his boys Luis and Junior safe in a tough New York neighborhood while finding time to date Lupe who lives across the hall.
Stars: Hector Elizondo, Anthony Perez, Dennis Vasquez, Lou Criscuolo
Votes: 20
23.
She-Wolf of London (1990–1991)
Episode:
Bride of the Wolfman
(1991)
TV-PG | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Randi and Ian visit the Granada Theater an hour before it is to be torn down. Once inside, the doors to the auditorium close and a film, Bride of the Wolfman, unspools on the screen. In a ... See full summary »
Director: Bruce Seth Green | Stars: Kate Hodge, Neil Dickson, Roy Abramsohn, Tony Amendola
Votes: 21
24. The Young Doctors (1961)
Approved | 100 min | Drama
Medical drama set at one of New York City's hospitals during the early 1960s.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Fredric March, Ben Gazzara, Dick Clark, Ina Balin
Votes: 601
25.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
Distant Signals
(1985)
TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Mr. Smith is a cult follower of the failed 60's TV show MAX PARADISE and approaches Hollywood studio executives about recreating it, despite the reluctance of its now-alcoholic leading man Van Conway.
Director: Bill Travis | Stars: Darren McGavin, Lenny von Dohlen, David Margulies, Joseph Bova
Votes: 328
26. King Crab: Space Crustacean (1999 TV Short)
TV-Y7 | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The youngest crew member of King Crab's intergalactic space cruiser has his body invaded by a life-sucking outer space parasite.
Director: Bill Wray | Stars: Frank Gorshin, Billy West, Charlie Adler, Liane Schirmer
Votes: 11
27. New York Television Theatre (1965– )
Comedy, Drama
Stars: John C. Becher, Charlotte Rae, George Rose, Sada Thompson
Votes: 23
28. Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1990 TV Movie)
92 min | Adventure, Family
This is yet another telling of the adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn as the two try to clear their friend Jim of murder charges.
Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: Raphael Sbarge, Mitchell Anderson, Megan Follows, William Windom
Votes: 154
29. Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye (1977 TV Movie)
100 min | Biography, Drama
Based on the best-selling book, this movie focuses on John F. Kennedy's first run for a congressional seat in 1946.
Director: Gilbert Cates | Stars: Tom Berenger, Joseph Bova, Kevin Conway, Paddy Croft
Votes: 33
30. One of the Boys (1982)
30 min | Comedy
An energetic grandpa is invited to move out of his retirement home and into the cool pad of his college student grandson and his roommate.
Stars: Mickey Rooney, Dana Carvey, Nathan Lane, Francine Beers
Votes: 59
31. Who? (1974)
PG | 93 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After an American scientist is severely injured and scarred in a car crash along the border with East Germany, he is captured by East German military. The scientists use metal implants to save him. Once he's back in the States, no one can tell if it's really him, so an intelligence specialist must determine who is under the "mask".
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Elliott Gould, Trevor Howard, Joseph Bova, Edward Grover
Votes: 785
32. Up the Sandbox (1972)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
A bored housewife takes refuge in a fantasy world.
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Barbra Streisand, David Selby, Ariane Heller, Terry Smith
Votes: 1,651 | Gross: $1.60M
33. Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (1987)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy
A free-spirited teenager attempts to get back in touch with his overly-conservative parents after returning home from years away at a boarding school.
Directors: Paul Aaron, Terry Winsor, Alan Smithee | Stars: Jon Cryer, Lynn Redgrave, JD Cullum, Robert Sedgwick
Votes: 1,082 | Gross: $2.14M
34. Time for Fun (1953–1955)
60 min | Family
Stars: Joseph Bova, Bill Britten, Keith Hefner, Robert Keeshan
35. Off Campus (1977 TV Movie)
Comedy
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff | Stars: Joseph Bova, Marilu Henner, Alexa Kenin, Josh Mostel
36. Good Old Days (1966 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
Unsold pilot for a proposed sitcom about the comedic adventures of a family of cavemen and women
Director: Howard Morris | Stars: Darryl Hickman, Kathleen Freeman, Ned Glass, Chris Noel
37.
Camera Three (1955–1980)
Episode:
Evocations of Love
(1961)
Drama
A dramatization of Austrian writer and poet Peter Altenberg's "Evocations of Love" as translated by Alexander King, with actor Ludwig Donath portraying a man in a Vienna coffeehouse reflecting on the life and people around him.
Director: John J. Desmond | Stars: Joseph Bova, Robert Carroll, Ludwig Donath, Karen Lee
38.
One of the Boys (1982)
Episode:
Too Young or Too Old
(1982)
30 min | Comedy
Director: Peter Baldwin | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Dana Carvey, Nathan Lane, Francine Beers
39.
The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963)
Episode:
The Golden Thirty
(1961)
Comedy, Drama
Director: Tom Donovan | Stars: Tony Ballen, Joseph Bova, Don De Leo, Keir Dullea
40.
Popi (1975– )
Episode:
Man's Best Amigo
(1976)
30 min | Comedy
Director: Hy Averback | Stars: Joseph Bova, Lou Criscuolo, Edith Diaz, Hector Elizondo
41.
Ryan's Hope (1975–1989)
Episode:
Episode #1.712
(1978)
TV-PG | 22 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Jerry Evans | Stars: Nancy Addison, Ana Alicia, Bernard Barrow, Joseph Bova
42.
The Edge of Night (1956–1984)
Episode:
Episode #1.6470
(1981)
TV-14 | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Stars: Ann Flood, Forrest Compton, Mark Arnold, Doris Belack
43.
Ryan's Hope (1975–1989)
Episode:
Episode #1.709
(1978)
TV-PG | 22 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Jerry Evans | Stars: Ana Alicia, Joseph Bova, John Gabriel, Malcolm Groome
44.
Ryan's Hope (1975–1989)
Episode:
Episode #1.711
(1978)
TV-PG | 22 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Jerry Evans | Stars: Nancy Addison, Ana Alicia, Joseph Bova, John Gabriel
45.
Ryan's Hope (1975–1989)
Episode:
Episode #1.713
(1978)
TV-PG | 22 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Jerry Evans | Stars: Nancy Addison, Ana Alicia, Joseph Bova, Malcolm Groome
46.
Ryan's Hope (1975–1989)
Episode:
Episode #1.714
(1978)
TV-PG | 22 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Jerry Evans | Stars: Bernard Barrow, Joseph Bova, Alice Drummond, Helen Gallagher
47.
Ryan's Hope (1975–1989)
Episode:
Episode #1.715
(1978)
TV-PG | 22 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Jerry Evans | Stars: Nancy Addison, Joseph Bova, Mary Carney, Malcolm Groome
48.
Ryan's Hope (1975–1989)
Episode:
Episode #1.716
(1978)
TV-PG | 22 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Jerry Evans | Stars: Nancy Addison, Joseph Bova, Malcolm Groome, Ron Hale
49.
New York Television Theatre (1965– )
Episode:
Hard Travelin'
(1969)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
The horrors of the Great Depression in America during the 1930s are delineated through the cynical eyes of a treacherous confidence trickster along with a desperate young man fleeing across... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Joseph Bova, Susan Bracken, Morgan Freeman, Karen Grassle
50.
New York Television Theatre (1965– )
Episode:
The World of Günter Grass
(1967)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Star: Joseph Bova