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1. Sisters (1991–1996)
Episode: The Passion of Our Youth (1995)

Drama

Roommate Reed saves Cat's life; Trevor visits Georgie and meets Brian; a former college beau (Nicholas Surovy), now a fugitive, seeks Alex's aid.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Swoosie Kurtz, Patricia Kalember, Sheila Kelley, Sela Ward

Votes: 7

2. Sisters (1991–1996)
Episode: Different (1993)

Drama

Worry over chemotherapy makes Alex more sarcastic; Teddy offers to sell her shares to ward off a takeover; tests indicate Evan is a genius.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Swoosie Kurtz, Patricia Kalember, Julianne Phillips, Sela Ward

Votes: 9

3. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Caleb (1964)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Childless and poor, farmer Caleb feels like a failure, and his wife assures him he is one. Caleb moves into town to seek some meaning in his life, and soon finds himself--a man who doesn't wear a gun--challenged to a duel.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Burt Reynolds

Votes: 273

4. In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995)
Episode: A Depraved Heart (1993)

TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Bubba Skinner is determined to have a womanizing real estate agent charged with attempted murder after the man knowingly infected Bubba's friend with HIV.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Carl Weathers, Alan Autry, David Hart

Votes: 84

5. In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995)
Episode: And Justice for Some (1990)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Virgil's young neighbor is badly injured in a hit-and-run accident caused by a cocky drug trafficker.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Alan Autry, Anne-Marie Johnson

Votes: 92

6. Sisters (1991–1996)
Episode: Sins of the Mothers (1992)

Drama

Teddy becomes concerned when she catches Cat drunk, Alex gets a lesson in political correctness, and Frankie fears she might be pregnant.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Swoosie Kurtz, Patricia Kalember, Julianne Phillips, Sela Ward

Votes: 9

7. The Young Pioneers (1978– )
Episode: Sky in the Window (1978)

60 min | Western

Molly and David aid an injured Indian while being held hostage in their barn.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Linda Purl, Roger Kern, Robert Hays, Robert Donner

Votes: 7

8. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Kate Heller (1963)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

A teen-aged boy who robbed and killed to impress a saloon gal is pursued by Matt. The boy waylays Matt and leaves him for dead, then goes home to his grandmother's house to find her nursing Matt back to health.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Burt Reynolds

Votes: 241

9. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: The Bounty Hunter (1965)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Lured out of retirement with the promise of land, a bounty hunter is aimed by his boss at the man who killed his son. He just doesn't tell him the reward and charges had been dropped.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis

Votes: 189

10. In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995)
Episode: A Small War: Part 1 (1992)

TV-PG | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While Sparta's police chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie celebrates a mis-trial with Harriet DeLong, they worry about her son Eugene Glendon, who is out on probation. He was tricked into ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Alan Autry, Anne-Marie Johnson

Votes: 66

11. In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995)
Episode: Child's Play (1993)

TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Many changes come to Sparta. Virgil Tibbs has left the Sparta Police Department and he, Althea and their twins have returned to Philadelphia, PA so Virgil can complete his law school ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Carl Weathers, Alan Autry, David Hart

Votes: 59

12. In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995)
Episode: Perversions of Justice (1990)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Tempers flare in Sparta when an elementary school teacher is accused of molesting one of his students.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Alan Autry, Anne-Marie Johnson

Votes: 75

13. The Texan (1958–1960)
Episode: Captive Crew (1960)

13+ | 30 min | Western

A group of convicts take over the work train, killing their guards, and hold the entire crew at the construction site hostage. Bill, who they think they also killed on the train, makes it ... See full summary »

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Alan Hale Jr., Kipp Hamilton, Duncan Lamont

Votes: 26

14. A Fine Romance (1989)

60 min | Drama, Romance

Louisa Phillips and Michael Trent are a once married couple who are still tied together by their job of co-hosting a travel show. This will they or won't rom-com was filmed in the scenic hot spots of Europe.

Stars: Margaret Whitton, Ernie Sabella, Kevin Moore, Dinah Lenney

Votes: 79

15. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Cotter's Girl (1963)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

A father's dying request is that Matt go to retrieve his daughter. Expecting to find a little girl, Matt finds a near-grown woman, but one who's wild and desperately in need of civilizing.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 295

16. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Durham Bull (1962)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Little Bit and his grandpa, from Texas, are passing through Dodge after buying a breeding bull. When they meet Silva, someone grandpa considers a "fooler", they have their hands full making it back with their stock and their lives.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 223

17. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: The Hunger (1962)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Matt and Doc come to the rescue of a farm wife and daughter who essentially are kept as prisoners by the farmer and his son.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Elen Willard

Votes: 245

18. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: The Magician (1963)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

A mild old peddler of patent medicines and card tricks arrives in Dodge with his grown daughter, hoping to settle down, but instead they find their worst luck yet, beginning with a card game with a rich man and his spoiled son.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Burt Reynolds

Votes: 222

19. In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995)
Episode: A Woman Much Admired (1991)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Gillespie receives a life altering shock when an old flame comes for a visit and is later murdered.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Alan Autry, Anne-Marie Johnson

Votes: 91

20. In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995)
Episode: Citizen Trundel: Part 2 (1990)

TV-PG | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Through a search of the killer's house, the smoking gun is found to pin the guilty party. Bill Gillespie and Harriet Delong are asked to be godparents to the Tibbs' expectant child.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Alan Autry, Anne-Marie Johnson

Votes: 86

21. Magnum, P.I. (1980–1988)
Episode: Tigers Fan (1987)

Not Rated | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Lieutenant Tanaka is murdered and Magnum sets out to find his killer.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Tom Selleck, John Hillerman, Roger E. Mosley, Larry Manetti

Votes: 259

22. The Waltons (1972–1981)
Episode: The First Casualty (1977)

TV-G | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Curt is called to serve in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, and Walton's Mountain receives its first war casualty when G.W. is killed in a training exercise. Yancy Tucker marries Cissy and tries to enlist.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, Will Geer, Judy Norton

Votes: 153

23. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Apprentice Doc (1961)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

A young outlaw finds he has a knack for medicine and turns straight, telling Doc he wants to be his pupil.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 230

24. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Bently (1964)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

A dying man confesses to a murder of which he was acquitted, but Chester suspects the man was lying.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 216

25. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Innocence (1964)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Art and Bob both have an eye on a new girl in town. She works at the Long Branch but only has eyes for the most well-liked man in town. On the eve of their marriage, it all comes to a head and the town is out for blood.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Burt Reynolds

Votes: 210

26. In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995)
Episode: Anniversary (1989)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Chief Gillespie recounts the events surrounding his kidnapping and the killing of his temporary replacement.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Alan Autry, Anne-Marie Johnson

Votes: 75

27. In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995)
Episode: Brotherly Love: Part 1 (1990)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Virgil Tibbs returns to Philadelphia to investigate his best man's death and uncovers police corruption within his friend's precinct.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Alan Autry, Anne-Marie Johnson

Votes: 83

28. Sisters (1991–1996)
Episode: Things Are Tough All Over (1993)

Drama

A fired employee takes Teddy hostage, but Bolt offers himself in exchange; Wade tells Alex he is remarrying.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Swoosie Kurtz, Patricia Kalember, Julianne Phillips, Sela Ward

Votes: 10

29. The Waltons (1972–1981)
Episode: The Achievement (1977)

TV-G | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance

John-Boy sent his novel to a publisher and does not hear anything. He travels to New York to get an update. There, he is torn between the city and home.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, Ellen Corby

Votes: 176

30. The Waltons (1972–1981)
Episode: The Burnout (1976)

TV-G | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance

A fire breaks out and burns most of the house. John-Boy loses his completed novel in order to save Erin. As John, Grandpa and John-Boy make repairs, the family must send the younger children to friends and neighbors.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, Ellen Corby

Votes: 177

31. The Waltons (1972–1981)
Episode: The Fledgling (1976)

TV-G | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance

John-Boy wants to buy a printing press to start his own newspaper. He takes a full time job to earn money for the down payment.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, Ellen Corby

Votes: 137

32. The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove (1979– )

60 min | Drama

Bachelor Cuda Weber, curmudgeonly in nature, likes his life in Hawaii. But five orphans who need a guardian to stay together convince Cuda to pose as their uncle. The kids devote their ... See full summary »

Stars: Clu Gulager, Lory Walsh, Shawn Stevens, Sean Marshall

Votes: 16

33. Wild Jack (1989)

Jack McCall and his husky came from the Yukon to the big city to pay regards to a business man friend who had passed away. Surprisingly, he was given a large inheritance share in the ... See full summary »

Stars: John Schneider, Carol Huston, Mitchell Bobrow, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Votes: 27

34. In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995)
Episode: A Correct Settling (1993)

TV-PG | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sparta Police investigate the possibility of a prison bishop being forced off the road being racially motivated. Bill Gillespie and Harriet Delong discuss taking their relationship to the next level.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Alan Autry, Anne-Marie Johnson

Votes: 46

35. In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995)
Episode: A Small War: Part 2 (1992)

TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Despite his disdain for Bill Gillespie, Harriet's son Eugene helps the Sparta Police bring down the crack house after he is an eyewitness to his best friend's drug-related murder.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Alan Autry, Anne-Marie Johnson

Votes: 55

36. In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995)
Episode: Every Man's Family (1993)

TV-PG | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Bubba travels to Atlanta, GA in an attempt to improve his drug addicted nephew's quality of life.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Carl Weathers, Alan Autry, David Hart

Votes: 71

37. In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995)
Episode: Trundel's Will Be Done (1992)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The wife of Harriet's sister's lover seeks custody of Harriet's nephew, the product of her late husband's affair.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Alan Autry, Anne-Marie Johnson

Votes: 67

38. Land of the Giants (1968–1970)
Episode: Wild Journey (1970)

TV-G | 50 min | Sci-Fi

Steve and Dan meet up with a pair of time travelers from another planet. The two pilots wind up stealing the device the pair uses for their travels and use it to go back to the day the ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Stefan Arngrim, Don Marshall

Votes: 83

39. The Waltons (1972–1981)
Episode: The Prophecy (1975)

TV-G | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance

John's 25th high school reunion is being planned, but he is apprehensive about facing his highly successful classmates. John-Boy fears he will never make a living as a writer. Jim-Bob makes a profound comment.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, Ellen Corby

Votes: 162

40. Perry Mason (1957–1966)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The trials of a master criminal defense attorney handling the most difficult cases in support of the innocent.

Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins

Votes: 11,810

41. Boone (1983–1984)

60 min | Drama

In 1953, Boone Sawyer dreams of becoming a country music star, but his father has other ideas for his future.

Stars: Thomas Byrd, Greg Webb, Elizabeth Huddle Nyberg, Katherine Moffat

Votes: 50

42. The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons (1980 TV Movie)

160 min | Drama, Family

A docudrama of the classic series. Almost like another episode of the series as a photo album presented to Grandma as a present spurs memories, presented via flashbacks from the series' ... See full summary »

Directors: Harry Harris, Philip Leacock | Stars: Michael Learned, Ralph Waite, Ellen Corby, Jon Walmsley

Votes: 102

43. Branded (1965–1966)
Episode: Coward Step Aside (1965)

22 min | Western

The whole town runs to a silver mine to get rich and leaves the town practically abandoned. A gang of robbers find it a convenient time to rob the bank, and the leader orders Deputy Marshal... See full summary »

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Skip Homeier, Richard Arlen

Votes: 52

44. Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
Episode: For Better, for Worse (1984)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Julia prepares to murder Angela on her wedding day.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Jane Wyman, Robert Foxworth, Lorenzo Lamas, David Selby

Votes: 44

45. Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
Episode: Little Boy Blue (1984)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Melissa loses her baby as Angela refuses to reconsider their pact and Chase gets wind of the contract. Michael surprises Terry.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Jane Wyman, Robert Foxworth, Lorenzo Lamas, David Selby

Votes: 49

46. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Doctor's Wife (1964)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

There's trouble for Doc Adams, and perhaps for Dodge, when a new doctor and his wife arrive in town and the wife resorts to spreading a nasty rumor about Doc to get the new practice started.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis

Votes: 204

47. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: I Call Him Wonder (1963)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

An orphaned Indian boy latches on to a cowboy in need of work and the two of them find all doors closed to them in Dodge.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 216

48. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Old York (1963)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

An old bank robber whose past crimes were pardoned for his Civil War service makes his way to Dodge City where there's a marshal named Matt Dillon he once saved from being lynched.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Burt Reynolds

Votes: 200

49. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Perce (1961)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Ex-con Perce McCall helps to save Matt's life in a shootout, and then falls for a beautiful, but greedy saloon girl who puts him under great pressure to start stealing again.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 254

50. In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995)
Episode: Brotherly Love: Part 2 (1990)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When Gillespie travels to Philadelphia to assist Virgil in his investigation, they are able to bring down the vigilante cops and clear his friend's name. The two return to Sparta just in ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Alan Autry, Anne-Marie Johnson

Votes: 76