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1.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
The Really Loud Family
(1988)
TV-PG | Comedy
Bubba has a class project: to make a video about his family. The Harpers and Iola are happy to participate. But a short in the camera makes for awkward moments, as everyone's comments come out differently than intended.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 96
2.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
Rashomama
(1983)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
Naomi, Ellen, and Eunice give their own versions of Mama's accident.
Directors: Roger Beatty, Dick Martin | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Carol Burnett
Votes: 138
3. Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.
Stars: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Jamie Bamber, James Callis
Votes: 175,849
4.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
The Love Letter
(1986)
TV-PG | Comedy
A love letter meant for Naomi mistakenly ends up in the hands of both Mama and Iola, leading to hilarious complications for all.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 80
5.
The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode:
Close Shave
(1995)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Maggie is a candy striper at the hospital. When she takes off to go on a date, Fran fills in for her and must shave Maxwell for an appendectomy.
Director: Dorothy Lyman | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane
Votes: 453
6.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
I Do, I Don't
(1988)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
After attending a family wedding along with their own significant others, Mama, Iola, and Bubba daydream about what marriage could be like for each of them.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 74
7. The Departed (2006)
R | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg
Votes: 1,424,408 | Gross: $132.38M
8.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
An Ill Wind
(1986)
TV-PG | Comedy
Family animosities come to light (and the boiling point) when the Harpers are trapped together due to a Thanksgiving Day tornado.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 85
9.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
A Blast from the Past
(1989)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
Mama is reluctant to go to her junior high reunion because of the untrue nickname given to her by the class jerk: "Hot Pants". But then, she decides to go in order to set the record straight.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 76
10.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
Country Club
(1983)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
Ellen (Betty White)is a member of a high brow country club that has elected her to receive a "Woman Of The Year" award. Mayor Tutwiller is the master of ceremonies and,unaware of their ... See full summary »
Directors: Roger Beatty, Harvey Korman | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Harvey Korman
Votes: 92
11.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
Mama Bell
(1989)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
Mama reluctantly gets a phone machine and Vint and Naomi hid a stray dog in the garage and succeed in convincing Mama that she's getting senile when she claims she keeps hearing a dog barking.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 77
12.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
Very Dirty Dancing
(1989)
TV-PG | Comedy
Mama finds herself competing against Vint and Naomi in a dance contest. The kind of dancing she must do to win makes her unsure of the whole thing.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 88
13.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
Where's There's Smoke
(1986)
TV-PG | Comedy
Mama's plans for the Church Ladies League presidency are jeopardized with the arrival of an acquaintance of Bubba's who has run away from reform school.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Allan Kayser
Votes: 87
14.
The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode:
Strange Bedfellows
(1995)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Fran worries about her future when Mona, one of her fellow nannies, retires to Florida. The night of Mona's goodbye party, Fran gets drunk and staggers into Maxwell's bed.
Director: Dorothy Lyman | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane
Votes: 399
15.
The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode:
The Two Mrs. Sheffields
(1995)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
When Maxwell's mother wants him to get rid of Fran, he proposes to her and she makes him feel very guilty for using her.
Director: Dorothy Lyman | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane
Votes: 372
16.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
Cat's Meow
(1986)
TV-PG | Comedy
Iola is inconsolable when her nasty cat, Midnight, dies. Mama tries to cheer Iola, but is uncomfortable with the solution Iola finds to deal with her grief: having Midnight freeze-dried.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 74
17.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
Soup to Nuts
(1986)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
Mama, Naomi, and Iola have a chili cookoff, forcing Vint into the unenviable task of judging which most deserves inclusion in the church cookbook.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Allan Kayser
Votes: 78
18.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
Bubba's House Band
(1989)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
Bubba invites a punk rock band, the Bonecrushers, to stay at Harper House.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 93
19.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
More Power to You
(1989)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
Mama believes the electric company has made an error on her bill, and refuses to pay it. They respond with expected results.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 70
20.
The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode:
A Fine Family Feud
(1995)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Instead of a boring 16th birthday for Maggie, Fran has it at her Aunt Freida's bar and the kids have a wonderful time.
Director: Dorothy Lyman | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane
Votes: 375
21.
The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode:
Fran's Gotta Have It
(1997)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Fran follows Maxwell to London and after a wonderful afternoon they almost commit to each other until they learn that Niles has had a heart attack. C.C. realizes that she doesn't hate Niles as much as she appears to.
Director: Dorothy Lyman | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane
Votes: 330
22.
The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode:
The Bank Robbery
(1997)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
While at a bank, Fran and her mother becomes hostages to a very inept bank robber. Fran starts to become very good friends with the gentleman.
Director: Dorothy Lyman | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane
Votes: 327
23.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
Mama's Medicine Show
(1989)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
Naomi and Vint read in a magazine how it will cost $168,000 dollars to raise their kid. So they set about coming up with a scheme to make some fast money. Just then Bubba comes home feeling... See full summary »
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 71
24.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
The Wedding: Part 2
(1983)
TV-PG | Comedy
Vint and Naomi's wedding day arrives with everybody seemingly cooled down -- seemingly. Mama didn't have time to give Vint a wedding gift, so she takes her late husband's blue sapphire ring... See full summary »
Directors: Roger Beatty, Harvey Korman | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Eric Brown
Votes: 109
25.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
April Fools
(1989)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
Vint, Naomi, and Bubba subject Mama to pranks every April Fools Day. Mama thinks she's finally going to outprank them, but it seems her plan isn't so watertight.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Allan Kayser
Votes: 74
26.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
Dependence Day
(1989)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
Mama emboldens Iola to finally stand up to her domineering mother. When the old woman responds wrathfully, it's Mama who suffers the surprising consequence.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 69
27.
The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode:
The Pawnbrokers (No. 146/147)
(2019)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Red tries to adapt in federal prison. Samar goes undercover to stop a black market organization. Meanwhile, Liz and Jennifer continue their search into Red's past.
Director: Lin Oeding | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Amir Arison
Votes: 1,342
28.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
Ask Aunt Fran
(1984)
TV-PG | Comedy
Fran has taken over writing the local newspaper's advice column. When she finds that Thelma's down-to-earth advice works better than her own "psychological" approach, Fran asks Thelma to help her.
Directors: Roger Beatty, Harvey Korman | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Eric Brown
Votes: 77
29.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
Farewell, Frannie
(1986)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
Mama is determined to give Fran the perfect funeral despite everyone's insistence on knowing the details of her mysterious death, and her nerves are tested even further with the arrival of her grandson from reform school.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 92
30.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
Have It Mama's Way
(1987)
TV-PG | Comedy
Mama and Bubba get jobs at the same fast food restaurant. Their relationship as co-workers does not go smoothly.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 70
31.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
Ladies Choice
(1988)
TV-PG | Comedy
Mama seeks a repeat term as Church Ladies League president, but finds herself running against the last person she thought would be her opponent.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 66
32.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
Mama on Jeopardy!
(1988)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
The producers of "Jeopardy!" are holding auditions in Raytown, so Iola decides to try out. Mama answers all the questions on William Shakespeare which Iola misses and is chosen to appear on the game show.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 84
33.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
Mama's Birthday
(1984)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
The poignancy which had marked "Eunice" two years earlier and turned up a few times during the NBC run (causing TV Guide to label this as a "comedy-drama" during its first season) ... See full summary »
Directors: Roger Beatty, Harvey Korman | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Eric Brown
Votes: 81
34.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
Mama's Girls
(1988)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
Mama, Aunt Effie, and several other senior citizen ladies take up tap dancing as a form of exercise. They enjoy it so much that they decide to form their own professional tap dancing troupe... See full summary »
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 87
35.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
The Best Policy
(1987)
TV-PG | Comedy
Vint has a series of near-death accidents shortly after a major life insurance purchase, causing Mama and Iola to suspect Naomi may be responsible.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 72
36.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
The Key to the Crime
(1987)
TV-PG | Comedy
Raytown is plagued by a rash of burglaries, and the police believe Vint is responsible. Mama and Iola aim to find the real culprit.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 78
37.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
There Is Nothing Like the Dames
(1990)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
Vint and Naomi have finally found a new place to live, a rundown mobile home; and are preparing to move to a trailer park. However, the unsightly trailer breaks down in Mama's driveway just... See full summary »
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 68
38.
The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode:
The Engagement
(1998)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Maxwell is ready to propose to Fran and thanks to Niles everyone already knows it. At the big announcement dinner everyone is there except Maxwell.
Director: Dorothy Lyman | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane
Votes: 313
39.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
My Mama, Myself
(1988)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Mama considers selling a brooch that belonged to her late mother, but has second thoughts when the old woman's spirit begins to haunt her in protest.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 69
40.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
Now Hear This
(1989)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
Vint and Naomi buy an intercom for their new baby's nursery. But when Mama, and later Vint and Naomi, use it to spy on each other's private conversations, they overhear some unflattering opinions.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 69
41.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
(1987)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
Vint and Naomi have a terrible fight and part ways. It is Mama, however, who suffers for it.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Allan Kayser
Votes: 61
42. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
This series follows the Special Victims Unit, a specially trained squad of detectives in the New York City Police Department that investigate sexually related crimes.
Stars: Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni, Ice-T, Dann Florek
Votes: 125,531
43.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
Bed and Breakdown
(1988)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
Mama's stove is falling apart. In order to earn money for a new one, she decides to rent out a room in her house to a couple in town for the county fair. But Naomi and Bubba have also ... See full summary »
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 73
44.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
Flounder's Day
(1987)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
Mama's disdain for Raytown Founder's Day goes back to a painful incident from her youth, but she gets a chance to right the wrongs of the past.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 75
45.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
Grandma USA
(1987)
TV-PG | Comedy
As a practical joke, Bubba enters Thelma into the Grandma USA contest using a young woman's picture. But it's no joke when she's picked to compete and everybody gets a load of the real Thelma Harper.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 82
46.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
Mama Gets a Job
(1983)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
Mama's in a funk because she met one of her aunts, "who's three days older than God," but has a job. Mama's never worked outside the house in her life, so Vint and Naomi talk her into ... See full summary »
Directors: Roger Beatty, Harvey Korman | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Eric Brown
Votes: 107
47.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
Mama Goes Hawaiian: Part 1
(1988)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
The Harpers in Hawaii...Bubba and Iola find romance, Naomi gets sunburn, Vint golfs with corporate executives, and Mama is pursued by an amorous beach bum.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 83
48.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
Pinup Mama
(1990)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
Bubba has a photography project for school. The whole family participates. But when Bubba's secret gag photo of Mama's head on a pin-up model's body accidentally gets printed on a flyer for... See full summary »
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 69
49.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
The Sins of the Mother
(1988)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
When Mama overreacts to Bubba coming home drunk, he learns that he has triggered painful memories for Mama of an embarrassing drunk en incident with Eunice.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 92
50.
Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode:
War of the Roses
(1989)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
When a unique hybrid rose shows up in Mama's garden, Mama and Iola quarrel over its ownership, as Iola believes one of her roses cross-pollinated with one of Mama's to produce the beautiful rose.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer
Votes: 67