CLASSIC AMERICAN TV
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1. Harris Against the World (1964–1965)
30 min | Comedy
Alan Harris is the superintendent of a big Hollywood movie studio. At home, Harris's life is made complex by his two active children and his spend-thrift wife.
Stars: Jack Klugman, Patricia Barry, Claire Wilcox, David Macklin
Votes: 15
2. The Commish (1991–1996)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Tony Scali is the police commissioner of a city where solutions often require creativity. Tony's calmness and intellect are far more useful to him than guns or brute force in his fight against crime.
Stars: Michael Chiklis, Theresa Saldana, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Geoffrey Nauffts
Votes: 2,513
3. Our Miss Brooks (1952–1956)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Miss Brooks is an English teacher who has a low paying job, lousy boss, has a crush on a teacher and whose student drives her to school. She lives in a boarding house.
Stars: Eve Arden, Gale Gordon, Jane Morgan, Robert Rockwell
Votes: 712
4.
Three's Company (1976–1984)
Episode:
Handcuffed
(1980)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Jack and Chrissy are handcuffed together after a police officer leaves his cuffs in their apartment.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, Suzanne Somers, Richard Kline
Votes: 189
5. Checkmate (1960–1962)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Don Corey and Jed Sills operate Checkmate, Inc., a very high-priced detective agency in San Francisco. Helping them protect the lives of their clients is British criminologist (once an Oxford professor) Carl Hyatt.
Stars: Anthony George, Doug McClure, Sebastian Cabot, Ken Lynch
Votes: 311
6. Tightrope (1959–1960)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Mike Connors played an unnamed police undercover Agent who infiltrated organized crime to expose the leaders and their plots. His name changed with each episode in order to protect him. ... See full summary »
Stars: Mike Connors, Jesse White, Ted de Corsia, Lewis Charles
Votes: 155
7. Hawkins (1973–1974)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of slow-talking West Virginia attorney Billy Jim Hawkins.
Stars: James Stewart, Strother Martin, Mayf Nutter, James Hampton
Votes: 192
8. The Girl with Something Extra (1973–1974)
30 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Sally and John Burton are a normal, cute married couple trying to start a quiet new life together, but her mind-reading skills lead them into many complicated situations.
Stars: Sally Field, John Davidson, Jack Sheldon, Zohra Lampert
Votes: 207
9. Police Story (1973–1980)
120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Detective Cheng is commissioned by Interpol to destroy the "Empire of Chaiba", a worldwide criminal organization based in Southeast Asia, he initiates an undercover operation to infiltrate the organization.
Stars: Scott Brady, Mel Scott, Don Meredith, Joe Santos
Votes: 1,174
10. Toma (1973–1974)
60 min | Crime, Drama
This series Is based on the real-life story of New Jersey detective David Toma. Toma was a master of disguise and undercover work. Toma himself made a cameo appearance in many episodes.
Stars: Tony Musante, Simon Oakland, Susan Strasberg, David Toma
Votes: 210
11. Hawaiian Eye (1959–1963)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The cases of Hawaiian Eye Private Investigations and the two handsome, slick, tough-guy detectives who ran the firm, Thomas Jefferson Lopaka, or Tom for short, and Tracy Steele, a Korean War veteran and former city police detective.
Stars: Poncie Ponce, Connie Stevens, Douglas Mossman, Robert Conrad
Votes: 677
12. Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
60 min | Drama
Ken, Dave, and Sandy are three hip private detectives living on, and working out of, a houseboat in Miami Beach, Florida. While not pursuing criminals, they spend time at the Fontainebleau Hotel.
Stars: Van Williams, Lee Patterson, Margarita Sierra, Troy Donahue
Votes: 323
13. The Alaskans (1959–1960)
60 min | Adventure
When gold was discovered in the Yukon in the 1890s, thousands of hopeful prospectors headed north for a chance at becoming rich. The easiest passage to the Yukon was through the small ... See full summary »
Stars: Roger Moore, Dorothy Provine, Jeff York, Ray Danton
Votes: 92
14. Bracken's World (1969–1970)
60 min | Drama
Behind the scenes at the fictitious Century Studios in Hollywood, headed by the (initially) unseen John Bracken.
Stars: Elizabeth Allen, Peter Haskell, Linda Harrison, Laraine Stephens
Votes: 167
15. Target: The Corruptors (1961–1962)
60 min | Drama
Newspaper reporter Paul Marino and his undercover agent Jack Flood infiltrate the mob and report on a different type of crime every week. The results of their investigation are given to the... See full summary »
Stars: Stephen McNally, Robert Harland, Harold J. Stone, Burt Brinckerhoff
Votes: 96
16. Martin Kane (1949–1954)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Private detective Martin Kane works in New York solving crimes. Depending on the year, Kane was either smooth and suave or hard bitten and the cooperation he received from the police ... See full summary »
Stars: Frank M. Thomas, Nicholas Saunders, William Gargan, Walter Kinsella
Votes: 77
17. Bourbon Street Beat (1959–1960)
60 min | Crime, Drama
A former New Orleans cop partners with an Ivy League lawyer to open up a private detective agency with offices on the city's famed Bourbon Street.
Stars: Richard Long, Andrew Duggan, Van Williams, Arlene Howell
Votes: 197
18. Johnny Midnight (1960)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Johnny Midnight (Edmond O'Brien) is an ex-actor/theater owner, now turned private eye. His turf is Broadway and New York City's theater district. He lives in a penthouse apartment above the... See full synopsis »
Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Yuki Shimoda, Arthur Batanides, Barney Phillips
Votes: 51
19. The New People (1969–1970)
45 min | Drama
A group of young people crash-land on a deserted island that was a never-used atomic bomb test site. With the world thinking that they were all killed, they set out to form a civilization.
Stars: Tiffany Bolling, Zooey Hall, David Moses, Peter Ratray
Votes: 111
20. Fernwood Tonight (1977)
30 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Set in the fictional small town of Fernwood, OH, the show parodies real talk shows, complete with a stage band, as well as the sort of fare one might expect from a small-town locally produced television program.
Stars: Martin Mull, Fred Willard, Frank De Vol, Tommy Tedesco
Votes: 783
21. My World and Welcome to It (1969–1970)
30 min | Comedy
John Monroe observes and comments on life, to the bemusement of his sensible wife Ellen and intelligent, questioning daughter Lydia.
Stars: William Windom, Joan Hotchkis, Lisa Gerritsen, Harold J. Stone
Votes: 476
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