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1.
Designing Women (1986–1993)
Episode:
Killing All the Right People
(1987)
Not Rated | Comedy
The ladies plan a funeral for a fellow designer who is dying of AIDS.
Director: Harry Thomason | Stars: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart
Votes: 234
2. Shooting Gallery (2011– )
Shooting Gallery is cutting edge television for real shooters - whether they are collectors, competitors, hunters or carry for self-defense. Unlike traditional shooting shows, Shooting ... See full summary »
Stars: Michael Bane, Joe Mantegna, Ruta Lee, Josh Stewart
Votes: 20
3.
Designing Women (1986–1993)
Episode:
They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?
(1989)
Not Rated | Comedy
Suzanne attends her high school reunion, where people shun her because she weighs more than she did in high school.
Director: Harry Thomason | Stars: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart
Votes: 163
4. Star Wars: The Original Radio Drama (1981)
360 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A radio drama version of 'Star Wars'.
Stars: Ken Hiller, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Bernard Behrens
Votes: 70
5.
Barney Miller (1975–1982)
Episode:
Landmark: Part 3
(1982)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
Everyone drops by to pay their last respects as the detectives prepare for new assignments. Harris contemplates resignation when he's assigned to Flushing Meadows. Barney recalls departed ... See full summary »
Director: Danny Arnold | Stars: Hal Linden, Max Gail, Ron Glass, Steve Landesberg
Votes: 180
6.
Celebrity Ghost Stories (2008– )
Episode:
Lewis Black/Meshach Taylor/Samantha Harris
(2012)
TV-PG | Documentary
Director: David P. Levin | Stars: Christopher Allen, Sebastien Jay Antoine, Mekhi Ashman, Lewis Black
Votes: 10
7.
Designing Women (1986–1993)
Episode:
The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century: Part 2
(1990)
Not Rated | Comedy
Charlene goes into labor, while the other ladies meet a dying 102-year-old black woman who tells them of her life experience as a woman of color in the South.
Director: Harry Thomason | Stars: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart
Votes: 147
8. John & Leeza from Hollywood (1993–1994)
TV-PG | Talk-Show
Stars: John Tesh, Leeza Gibbons, Rue McClanahan, John Forsythe
Votes: 25
9.
ABC Weekend Specials (1977–1995)
Episode:
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
(1995)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
As Temba returns to his village bearing a bundle of wood for his mother, members of his village take a stick or two from the bundle for their own use as he passes. Each thanks him and ... See full synopsis »
Director: Ron Myrick | Stars: Diahann Carroll, Paul Winfield, James Avery, Meshach Taylor
Votes: 9
10.
Designing Women (1986–1993)
Episode:
Oh, Suzannah
(1987)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
Suzanne becomes the foster mother to a Vietnamese boat girl for a month while the papers for her adoption by a Birmingham couple are being cleared. However, they become so attached that they don't want to split up.
Director: Matthew Diamond | Stars: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart
Votes: 130
11.
Designing Women (1986–1993)
Episode:
Stranded
(1987)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
The ladies are off to St. Louis for Design Expo, where Julia, Mary Jo and Charlene come down with the flu. Back in Atlanta, the airport closes due to snow before Suzanne, who is judging a ... See full summary »
Director: David Trainer | Stars: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart
Votes: 114
12. Criminal Minds: Season 9 - Eyes Only (2014 Video)
Documentary, Short
Sneak Peek.
Stars: Brian Appel, Adrienne Barbeau, Paget Brewster, A.J. Cook
Votes: 40
13.
Dave's World (1993–1997)
Episode:
Health Hath No Fury
(1995)
TV-14 | Comedy
The Barrys try to get healthier after Kenny has a heart attack. Dave keeps a food diary, Beth goads Dave into eating health food, and they even visit a morbid lawyer to write Dave's will.
Director: James Widdoes | Stars: Harry Anderson, DeLane Matthews, Zane Carney, Kirsten Holmquist
Votes: 11
14.
Dave's World (1993–1997)
Episode:
L.A. Times
(1996)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
Dave and Shel travel to Los Angeles, where Dave prompts his new bank and Shel visits his daughter Carly who resents having a long-distance father. Beth takes care of her sick mother.
Director: James Widdoes | Stars: Harry Anderson, DeLane Matthews, Zane Carney, Angell Conwell
Votes: 7
15.
Dave's World (1993–1997)
Episode:
Lost Weekend
(1994)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
Kenny looks after the kids and loses one of them while Dave and Beth spend a weekend out of town at a hotel with some unusual people.
Stars: Harry Anderson, DeLane Matthews, Shadoe Stevens, J.C. Wendel
Votes: 10
16.
Designing Women (1986–1993)
Episode:
Bernice's Sanity Hearing
(1989)
Not Rated | Comedy
Bernice's niece, Phyllis McGuire, tries to have her aunt declared incompetent in order to get her possessions.
Director: David Trainer | Stars: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart
Votes: 105
17.
Designing Women (1986–1993)
Episode:
The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century: Part 1
(1990)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
Charlene is due on the first of January; if hers is the first baby born in the decade she wins a new car.
Director: Harry Thomason | Stars: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart
Votes: 118
18.
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2004–2007)
Episode:
Field Trips, Permission Slips, Signs and Weasels
(2007)
TV-G | 48 min | Comedy, Family
Ned's Declassified is busting out of school and going on a Field Trip. Ned just wants to hang with the girl of his dreams. The only problem is he doesn't know if the girl is Suzie or Moze.
Director: Savage Steve Holland | Stars: Devon Werkheiser, Lindsey Shaw, Daniel Curtis Lee, Daran Norris
Votes: 170
19. M*A*S*H (1972–1983)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, War
The staff of an Army hospital in the Korean War find that laughter is the best way to deal with their situation.
Stars: Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, Loretta Swit, Jamie Farr
Votes: 63,885
20. American Film Institute Comedy Special (1987 TV Special)
60 min | Comedy, Family
Director: Peter Baldwin | Stars: Beverly Archer, Kaye Ballard, Jason Bateman, Orson Bean
Votes: 16
21.
Buffalo Bill (1983–1984)
Episode:
Jo Jo's Problem: Part 2
(1984)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
Finding out that the staff knows about Jo Jo's problem only adds to her frustration. Bill seems happy about the news, then goes on the air and delivers a preachy lecture about the dangers of promiscuity.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn | Stars: Dabney Coleman, Joanna Cassidy, Max Wright, John Fiedler
Votes: 17
22.
Designing Women (1986–1993)
Episode:
Foreign Affairs
(1990)
Not Rated | Comedy
Suzanne receives a letter from the INS saying that her maid Consuela's work permit has expired, and unless she can qualify for a green card or US citizenship, she will be deported. Suzanne ... See full summary »
Director: David Trainer | Stars: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart
Votes: 96
23.
Designing Women (1986–1993)
Episode:
La Place sans Souci
(1990)
Not Rated | Comedy
Suzanne invites everyone, including Anthony, for a weekend at a fancy health spa at her expense. While Julia and Mary Jo try to gain weight, Suzanne and Charlene suffer on the stringent ... See full summary »
Director: Iris Dugow | Stars: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart
Votes: 95
24.
Designing Women (1986–1993)
Episode:
There She Is
(1989)
Not Rated | Comedy
On the eve of Charlene's baby shower, an official from the Miss Georgia pageant bears the bad news that Suzanne will have to relinquish her crown due to a clerical error.
Director: David Trainer | Stars: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart
Votes: 107
25.
Designing Women (1986–1993)
Episode:
Tornado Watch
(1990)
Not Rated | Comedy
A tornado traps the ladies in the house with Daddy Jones, who takes a liking to Bernice, and the milquetoast husband of a customer, who decides to let loose in an increasingly bizarre evening.
Director: William Crain | Stars: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart
Votes: 103
26.
Cagney & Lacey (1981–1988)
Episode:
Internal Affairs
(1982)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As Cagney contends with her estranged father, she and Lacey are recruited by Internal Affairs to spy on their fellow police officers.
Director: Alexander Singer | Stars: Tyne Daly, Sharon Gless, Al Waxman, Carl Lumbly
Votes: 71
27.
Designing Women (1986–1993)
Episode:
A Blast from the Past
(1990)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
Sugarbakers is put on a historical tour of homes, and Julia gets irate at the selling of the myth of the old south.
Director: David Trainer | Stars: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart
Votes: 87
28.
Designing Women (1986–1993)
Episode:
Blame It on New Orleans
(1991)
Not Rated | Comedy
When the women go to New Orleans, they are unable to get another room for Anthony and must share a room so that he can have one of the two rooms they had already booked. Meanwhile, Mary Jo ... See full summary »
Director: David Trainer | Stars: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart
Votes: 79
29.
Designing Women (1986–1993)
Episode:
Reservations for Eight
(1988)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
The ladies take their boyfriends (and in Suzanne's case, ex-husband) on a skiing trip in the mountains of North Carolina, where an avalanche snows them in. Tensions flare up enough to turn ... See full summary »
Director: Hal Holbrook | Stars: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart
Votes: 123
30.
Designing Women (1986–1993)
Episode:
The Wilderness Experience
(1989)
Not Rated | Comedy
Bernice signs up the women on an all-female wilderness retreat that some of Lee Iacocca's top executives had attended in the past; she thought the then-CEO of Chrysler would be there. Mary ... See full summary »
Director: David Trainer | Stars: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart
Votes: 121
31.
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2004–2007)
Episode:
New Grade & Dodgeball
(2006)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family
Ned becomes the new class bully./Ned must battle Loomer in dodgeball.
Director: Savage Steve Holland | Stars: Devon Werkheiser, Lindsey Shaw, Daniel Curtis Lee, Daran Norris
Votes: 109
32. 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: 7,389
33.
Dave's World (1993–1997)
Episode:
The Last Auction Hero
(1994)
TV-14 | Comedy
Mia quits her job to try writing. Shel and Kenny take part in a bachelor auction, where Shel is afraid no one will bid on him and Kenny has a mishap with apricots.
Director: James Widdoes | Stars: Harry Anderson, DeLane Matthews, Zane Carney, Stuart Charno
Votes: 8
34.
Designing Women (1986–1993)
Episode:
Come on and Marry Me, Bill
(1989)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
The women celebrate Charlene's wedding with an all-female "This Is Your Life" party with friends and family. The night before the wedding, Bill's Air Force buddies throw him a bachelor ... See full summary »
Director: David Trainer | Stars: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart
Votes: 101
35.
Designing Women (1986–1993)
Episode:
Full Moon
(1989)
Not Rated | Comedy
Julia is humiliated at a charity fashion show when the dress she is modeling gets stuck in her pantyhose, revealing her backside to 1200 spectators and the Mayor of Atlanta. Suzanne buys an... See full summary »
Director: David Trainer | Stars: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart
Votes: 105
36.
Designing Women (1986–1993)
Episode:
Miss Trial
(1990)
Not Rated | Comedy
Julia plans to have dinner with Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter, she is called to jury duty. When Mary Jo mentions a case about a man who blamed a sperm bank for his impotence, Julia reveals that ... See full summary »
Director: David Trainer | Stars: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart
Votes: 93
37.
Hearts Afire (1992–1995)
Episode:
Sleepless in a Small Town
(1994)
TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy, Romance
John and Billy Bob go to a private men's club called GPDN and Georgie is not happy. They convince Lonnie to go undercover with a recorder to find out about the club, which is an anticlimax when they find out what GPDN stands for.
Director: Harry Thomason | Stars: John Ritter, Markie Post, Billy Bob Thornton, Conchata Ferrell
Votes: 7
38.
In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995)
Episode:
Brother's Keeper
(1992)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Luann is furious when her slacker brother returns and is immediately accused of robbing a shady sports bar. Her mother is in denial and insists her son has changed.
Director: Winrich Kolbe | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Alan Autry, Anne-Marie Johnson
Votes: 62
39.
Designing Women (1986–1993)
Episode:
Carlene's Apartment
(1992)
Not Rated | Comedy
Carlene moves into a new apartment and invites everyone to a housewarming party to which no one is looking forward, as it is located in a one-room apartment in a bad neighborhood. Things go... See full summary »
Director: David Steinberg | Stars: Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Julia Duffy, Jan Hooks
Votes: 79
40.
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995–2000)
Episode:
Rapunzel
(1995)
TV-Y | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In this retelling set in New Orleans, a wicked Hoodoo Diva named Zenobia locks up the long haired Rapunzel in a tower deep in the woods. She is trapped there until a handsome prince rescues her.
Director: Bruce W. Smith | Stars: Robert Guillaume, Tisha Campbell, Donald Fullilove, Whoopi Goldberg
Votes: 21
41. The Golden Girls (1985–1992)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
Four previously married women live together in Miami, sharing their various experiences together and enjoying themselves despite hard times.
Stars: Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty
Votes: 47,309
42. Hill Street Blues (1981–1987)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The lives and work of the staff of an inner city police precinct.
Stars: Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Warren, Bruce Weitz, James Sikking
Votes: 10,583
43. The Designing Women Reunion (2003 TV Movie)
66 min | Comedy, Documentary
This five principal original cast members (plus a handful of recurring guests) from the popular sitcom Designing Women (1986) reunite for the first time since 1991 to reminisce and discuss the show.
Director: Harry Thomason | Stars: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart
Votes: 93
44.
Dave's World (1993–1997)
Episode:
Nightmare on Maple Street
(1995)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
The Barry's neighbor is selling her house and Shel and Julie fight over buying it. Ken plans to break up with Julie but Beth is afraid Julie will get hurt. And Willie's recurring nightmare has a king in the bedroom closet.
Director: James Widdoes | Stars: Harry Anderson, DeLane Matthews, Zane Carney, Patience Cleveland
Votes: 8
45.
Dave's World (1993–1997)
Episode:
The Anniversary Schmaltz
(1993)
TV-14 | Comedy
The Barrys celebrate their anniversary.
Stars: Harry Anderson, DeLane Matthews, Shadoe Stevens, J.C. Wendel
Votes: 10
46.
Dave's World (1993–1997)
Episode:
The Joint Venture
(1995)
TV-14 | Comedy
Dave and Shel buy a property in Orlando because Shel says it's the investment opportunity of a lifetime, but then they find a certain illegal weed growing there.
Director: Paul Kreppel | Stars: Harry Anderson, DeLane Matthews, Zane Carney, Andrew Ducote
Votes: 7
47.
Dave's World (1993–1997)
Episode:
Those Wedding Shel Blues
(1995)
TV-14 | Comedy
Shea's ex-wife Estelle gets remarried and considers taking Carly to California when Tony gets cast in a sitcom. Dave tries to console Shel by throwing a small party for him.
Stars: Harry Anderson, DeLane Matthews, Zane Carney, Angell Conwell
Votes: 7
48.
Dave's World (1993–1997)
Episode:
You Must(ang) Remember This
(1995)
TV-14 | Comedy
Dave has second thoughts when he wants to sell his blue mustang from college, and a creative spurt leads him to parlay some of his columns into a book.
Director: Jim Drake | Stars: Harry Anderson, DeLane Matthews, Zane Carney, Suzanne Goddard-Smythe
Votes: 8
49.
Designing Women (1986–1993)
Episode:
And Now, Here's Bernice
(1990)
Not Rated | Comedy
While Mary Jo deals with getting dumped by a rich, handsome client, Bernice has trouble getting her guests to show up on her new public access TV show.
Director: David Trainer | Stars: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart
Votes: 80
50.
Designing Women (1986–1993)
Episode:
Big Haas and Little Falsie
(1988)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
Mary Jo inherits $3,000 from an eccentric uncle who stipulates that she must spend it on something frivolous, so she considers getting breast implants.
Director: Harry Thomason | Stars: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart
Votes: 112