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1. Formula 1 (1950– )
Not Rated | Sport
Formula One is the highest class of single-seat auto racing that is supervised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).
Stars: Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Räikkönen, Rubens Barrichello
Votes: 3,474
2.
240-Robert (1979–1981)
Episode:
Oil & Water
(1979)
60 min | Adventure
A hang-gliding accident and Morgan's new love cause tension.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: John Bennett Perry, Mark Harmon, Joanna Cassidy, Lew Saunders
Votes: 9
3.
Adam-12 (1968–1975)
Episode:
Log 33: It All Happened So Fast
(1969)
TV-PG | 25 min | Crime, Drama
In a behind-the-scenes look at police investigations into deadly force incidents, Reed endures a night of intensive questioning by the station's lieutenant after he kills a man in self-defense.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Martin Milner, Kent McCord, Art Gilmore, William Boyett
Votes: 152
4. Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974–1975)
TV-PG | 51 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Carl Kolchak is a reporter for a Chicago newspaper. Through more accident than design he ends up investigating homicides, many of which involve supernatural forces. Ultimately, rather than reporting on the crimes, he solves them.
Stars: Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, Jack Grinnage, Ruth McDevitt
Votes: 6,255
5.
Switch (1975–1978)
Episode:
The Cruise Ship Murders
(1975)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Robert Wagner, Eddie Albert, Charlie Callas, Sharon Gless
Votes: 17
6.
It Takes a Thief (1968–1970)
Episode:
Guess Who's Coming to Rio
(1969)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Al takes a vacation. Or at least, tries to take one.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Robert Wagner, Malachi Throne, Alejandro Rey, Michael Ansara
Votes: 43
7. The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of an easy-going ex-convict turned private investigator.
Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Luis Delgado
Votes: 10,904
8.
Baretta (1975–1978)
Episode:
And Down Will Come Baby
(1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
And Down Will Come Baby.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Robert Blake, Tom Ewell, Edward Grover, Michael D. Roberts
Votes: 49
9.
The Commish (1991–1996)
Episode:
Bank Job
(1994)
TV-14 | 46 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Rachel becomes a hostage during a bank robbery.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Michael Chiklis, Theresa Saldana, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Melinda McGraw
Votes: 84
10.
McCloud (1970–1977)
Episode:
This Must Be the Alamo
(1974)
TV-PG | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The first of four "Alamo" episodes has the 23rd Precinct (in its last appearance; the show moved to Police Headquarters the next year) under siege by mobsters desperate to locate the diary ... See full summary »
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Dennis Weaver, J.D. Cannon, Terry Carter, Van Johnson
Votes: 79
11.
Switch (1975–1978)
Episode:
Camera Angles
(1977)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Robert Wagner, Eddie Albert, Charlie Callas, Sharon Gless
Votes: 12
12.
Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode:
Death of a Friendship
(1978)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Barnaby and J.R. get involved in a kidnapping for ransom that goes bad and a former associate gets killed during the drop off -or so it appears. Barnaby has a hunch that it was an inside job, then quickly gets wise to the whole scheme.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Jo Ann Harris
Votes: 69
13.
The Commish (1991–1996)
Episode:
Working Girls
(1994)
TV-14 | 46 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Tony arrests an old friends daughter during a prostitution sting.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Michael Chiklis, Theresa Saldana, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Jason Schombing
Votes: 78
14.
Hardcastle and McCormick (1983–1986)
Episode:
The Homecoming: Part 2
(1984)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
While McCormick grieves, Hardcastle pulls himself out of the lake and drags himself up to an old friend's house. But how will they all prove their innocence?
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Brian Keith, Daniel Hugh Kelly, John Amos, Rosalind Cash
Votes: 44
15.
McCloud (1970–1977)
Episode:
Shivaree on Delancy Street
(1974)
TV-PG | 64 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A black gang infiltrating a white ethnic gang's numbers racket makes four very big mistakes, in ascending order of importance: robbing and killing a pickup man for his bets and the numbers;... See full summary »
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Dennis Weaver, J.D. Cannon, Terry Carter, Louis Gossett Jr.
Votes: 62
16.
McCloud (1970–1977)
Episode:
The Gang That Stole Manhattan
(1974)
TV-PG | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A film producer steals an idea about making a movie about a diamond-store robbery to cover the real-life robbery of said store, and kills the original screenwriter to boot.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Dennis Weaver, J.D. Cannon, Terry Carter, Larry Hagman
Votes: 80
17. Grand Slam (1990– )
60 min | Adventure
San Diego is home to Dennis and Pedro who work for competing bail bond companies. They decide to team up as bounty hunters which puts them in dangerous situations and numerous auto pursuits but they enjoy the exhilaration.
Stars: John Schneider, Paul Rodriguez, Lupe Ontiveros, Larry Gelman
Votes: 53
18.
Adam-12 (1968–1975)
Episode:
Log 174: Loan Sharks
(1970)
TV-PG | 25 min | Crime, Drama
Malloy and Reed blaze through a new opening credits sequence. They investigate the beatings of several people in a factory parking lot only to reveal a gambling/loan shark operation with ... See full summary »
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Martin Milner, Kent McCord, Arthur Hunnicutt, Tim Rooney
Votes: 98
19.
Ironside (1967–1975)
Episode:
The Faded Image
(1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Fran is going to night-school art classes. Returning to the classroom to pick something up, she sees a clay model of a woman's face horribly mangled by a set of fingernails. Fran leaves ... See full summary »
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Don Mitchell, Elizabeth Baur
Votes: 46
20.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
I've Got a Little Song Here
(1966)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
Mike writes a new song, but the publishing company he tries to sell it to tries to rip him off.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 143
21.
Touched by an Angel (1994–2003)
Episode:
Fallen Angela
(1994)
TV-PG | 46 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Monica must learn to overcome her fear of water when she lives next door to Angela Evans.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Roma Downey, Della Reese, Obba Babatundé, Nia Peeples
Votes: 101
22. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.
Stars: Peter Graves, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus
Votes: 11,531
23.
Adam-12 (1968–1975)
Episode:
Log 35: Easy, Bare Rider
(1970)
TV-PG | 25 min | Crime, Drama
Malloy and Reed investigate the mysterious source behind a boy's suspicious spending spree, wield a blanket instead of gun during a disrobed driver's DUI arrest, and bust up a car parts theft ring doing business in a park after dark.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Martin Milner, Kent McCord, Sidney Miller, Dave Willock
Votes: 101
24.
The Commish (1991–1996)
Episode:
Dead Drunk
(1994)
TV-14 | 47 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A drunk driver kills the wife of one of Tony's men and, because the driver is a doctor, the judge suspends his sentence.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Michael Chiklis, Theresa Saldana, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Melinda McGraw
Votes: 82
25.
The Commish (1991–1996)
Episode:
Dog Days
(1994)
TV-14 | 47 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The police station janitor helps Tony solve a woman's mysterious death from a PCP overdose.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Michael Chiklis, Theresa Saldana, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Melinda McGraw
Votes: 80
26.
The Commish (1991–1996)
Episode:
Revenge
(1994)
TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Tony's former partner seeks revenge for a long jail sentence.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Michael Chiklis, Theresa Saldana, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Jason Schombing
Votes: 76
27.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
The Chaperone
(1966)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
The only way for Davy to date General Vandenburg's daughter is to hold a chaperoned party. When everything else fails, Micky dresses up in drag as 'Mrs Arcadian', arousing the attention of both the General and Mr. Babbit, the landlord.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 131
28. The Young Riders (1989–1992)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance, Western
The adventures of the riders of the Pony Express.
Stars: Stephen Baldwin, Josh Brolin, Ty Miller, Gregg Rainwater
Votes: 2,487
29. The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage (1991)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A notoriously greedy and corrupt blond Wall Street businessman hiding from the FBI on a Caribbean island run by a gaudy dictator teams up with the legendary ghost pirate Black Jack Savage to save 100 lives and avoid going to hell.
Stars: Daniel Hugh Kelly, Roma Downey, Bert Rosario, Steve Hytner
Votes: 107
30. The Rousters (1983–1984)
60 min | Adventure
Wyatt Earp III is a bouncer for a small carnival which travels from town to town. He also works as a bounty hunter to keep his family's law enforcement legacy alive.
Stars: Chad Everett, Jim Varney, Mimi Rogers, Maxine Stuart
Votes: 68
31.
Baretta (1975–1978)
Episode:
Count the Days I'm Gone
(1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Count the Days I'm Gone.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Robert Blake, Tom Ewell, Edward Grover, Meg Foster
Votes: 49
32.
Hardcastle and McCormick (1983–1986)
Episode:
Do Not Go Gentle
(1985)
Action, Crime, Drama
Hardcastle gets told he only has six months to live, and starts behaving very diffrently.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Brian Keith, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Allan Arbus, Sam Freed
Votes: 31
33.
Our House (1986–1988)
Episode:
A Point of View
(1987)
Drama, Family
Molly befriends a new classmate named Dana, who is blind, and tries to understand what Dana experiences by wearing a blindfold. Meanwhile, Gus is opposed to allowing a successful female ... See full summary »
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Wilford Brimley, Deidre Hall, Shannen Doherty, Chad Allen
Votes: 12
34.
The Young Riders (1989–1992)
Episode:
Black Ulysses
(1989)
TV-PG | 46 min | Drama, Romance, Western
When an escaped slave helps around Emma's farm and saves The Kid's horse, Katy, from a fire, the Riders must decide whether to obey the law - the Fugitive Slave Act - or act to save a man who has suffered a life of injustice and cruelty.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Stephen Baldwin, Josh Brolin, Brett Cullen, Travis Fine
Votes: 53
35. Adam-12 (1968–1975)
TV-PG | 30 min | Crime, Drama
Two regular police officers patrol Los Angeles.
Stars: Martin Milner, Kent McCord, Shaaron Claridge, William Boyett
Votes: 5,004
36. Cover Up (1984–1985)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A fashion photographer and a veteran special forces soldier posing as her model go on intelligence missions around the world.
Stars: Jennifer O'Neill, Richard Anderson, Mykelti Williamson, Ingrid Anderson
Votes: 717
37. Vacation Playhouse (1963–1967)
30 min | Drama, Comedy, Crime
Summer replacement show featuring pilot programs that had not been sold.
Stars: Darryl Hickman, Dwayne Hickman, Pat Crowley, Soupy Sales
Votes: 64
38.
Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode:
Homecoming for a Dead Man
(1979)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While attending a sporting event Barnaby thinks he's spotted a man who robbed over $500,000 in gold from the gold exchange nearly 10 years ago. He's also believed to have died in a plane crash over the ocean while making off with the loot.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Ed Nelson
Votes: 61
39.
The Greatest American Hero (1981–1983)
Episode:
Dreams
(1982)
TV-14 | 49 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A man arrested by Bill and Ralph is released from prison and vows vengeance upon the two men. The normally unperturbed Maxwell is scared out of his wits by the threats.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: William Katt, Robert Culp, Connie Sellecca, Faye Grant
Votes: 73
40.
It Takes a Thief (1968–1970)
Episode:
Flowers from Alexander
(1969)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Beautiful SIA agent Lorrie James is in trouble and running for her life. She holds documents of vital importance that must be delivered to Rome within two days. While shopping in a market, ... See full summary »
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Robert Wagner, Senta Berger, Nigel Patrick, Frank Latimore
Votes: 51
41.
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969–1976)
Episode:
All the Pretty People
(1972)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
Kiley's friend, a well-known tennis player faces a career change.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Robert Young, James Brolin, Elena Verdugo, Nico Minardos
Votes: 12
42.
The New Mike Hammer (1984–1989)
Episode:
Dead Pigeon
(1986)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An undercover cop is murdered and Hammer is framed for his murder. In the middle is Sheila Forbes, the cop's wife and Hammer's former girlfriend. Hammer has to find out who really did the murder and why.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Stacy Keach, Lindsay Bloom, Don Stroud, Kent Williams
Votes: 31
43.
The New Mike Hammer (1984–1989)
Episode:
Mistress for the Prosecution
(1986)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Barrington is drugged and a blackmailer takes some compromising photos of him. He is being asked to lose all his current cases. He then asks Hammer to help him find out who is blackmailing him and why.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Stacy Keach, Lindsay Bloom, Don Stroud, Kent Williams
Votes: 31
44. 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: 42,083
45. Alias Smith and Jones (1971–1973)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Hannibal Heyes and Kid Curry, two of the most wanted outlaws in the history of the West, are popular "with everyone except the railroads and the banks".
Stars: Ben Murphy, Roger Davis, Pete Duel, Walt Davis
Votes: 2,400
46. California Fever (1979)
60 min | Adventure
Vince and Ross are suburban Los Angeles teenagers enjoying disco, surfing, cars, and the rest of the Southern California lifestyle. Musical Vince runs an underground radio station, and mechanical Ross is into custom cars.
Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, Marc McClure, Jimmy McNichol, Michele Tobin
Votes: 79
47. McClain's Law (1981–1982)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Jim McClain was a cop and after being injured and deemed unfit for duty he was retired and for the past fifteen years was working on a fishing boat. One day he and his partner sell their ... See full summary »
Stars: James Arness, Marshall Colt, George DiCenzo, Carl Franklin
Votes: 88
48.
B.J. and the Bear (1978–1981)
Episode:
Bear Bondage
(1980)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy
When Bear becomes ill B.J. takes him to a vet and is subsequently told that he has died. However it turns out that the vet is secretly selling animals to a laboratory and Bear is still alive.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Greg Evigan, Diana Muldaur, Joseph Ruskin, Christina Hart
Votes: 10
49.
Diagnosis Murder (1993–2001)
Episode:
Murder in the Courthouse
(1995)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mark serves jury duty on a case in which a notorious hit man is found innocent - only to be killed by a bomb that the prosecutor planted for revenge.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Victoria Rowell, Charlie Schlatter, Michael Tucci
Votes: 91
50.
Hardcastle and McCormick (1983–1986)
Episode:
One of the Girls from Accounting
(1984)
Action, Crime, Drama
Persistence could prove fatal for a payroll clerk who's complaining that the city is paying 10 police officers no longer on the force.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Brian Keith, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Bonnie Urseth, Ed Gilbert
Votes: 35