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Degrassi High
1987 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsDealing with serious teenage issues -- including sexuality, parental divorce, suicide, drinking and sexual abuse -- "Degrassi High" continues to follow the kids from the popular "Degrassi Junior High" series. When Erica (Angela Deiseach) makes a decision about her pregnancy that twin Heather (Maureen Deiseach) disagrees with, it creates a rift between the two. Meanwhile, Michelle (Maureen McKay) must choose between her divorcing parents.
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Degrassi High: Season 2
1990 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsIt's the return of everyone's favourite gang at Degrassi High - with a few new friends along the way! As the students get older, the issues they face get more complex, such as date abuse, cancer, abortion and activism. A little levity never too far behind, the Degrassi teens also keep things entertaining with initiation, parties, crushes, rock and roll and even pies in the face.
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Degrassi High: Season 1
1989 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsIt's the return of everyone's favourite gang at Degrassi High - with a few new friends along the way! As the students get older, the issues they face get more complex, such as date abuse, cancer, abortion and activism. A little levity never too far behind, the Degrassi teens also keep things entertaining with initiation, parties, crushes, rock and roll and even pies in the face.
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsMaster of the suspense Alfred Hitchcock brings his droll sensibility to the small screen in four seasons -- 1955 through 1958 -- in this anthology series featuring a parade of stars in chilling stories by leading authors.
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 2
1956 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsYour evenings will be packed with mystery, murder and intrigue as you view this collection of all 39 installments from the Emmy-winning television series' sophomore season. As always, the legendary Alfred Hitchcock introduces the classic half-hour tales and closes each show with his trademark wry comments. Guest stars include Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn, Rip Torn, Vic Morrow, Dick York, Alan Napier, Cedric Hardwicke and Claude Rains.
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 1
1955 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsAlfred Hitchcock plays host to mystery, murder and mayhem in the first season of his iconic television series, which premiered in 1955 with "Revenge," starring Vera Miles (Psycho) and helmed by the master of suspense himself. Joanne Woodward, Cloris Leachman, John Cassavetes and other noteworthy names bring chills to the small screen in tales penned by literary luminaries such as Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch and Dorothy L. Sayers.
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 3
1957 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsMurder, obsession, revenge and all the other hallmarks of Alfred Hitchcock's work are in full flower in the third season of his classic anthology series, which features loads of big-name guest stars eager to work with the Master of Suspense.
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Quantum Leap: Season 5
1992 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsPhysicist Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) can travel through time, assuming others' identities and correcting past mistakes, but he can't seem to find his way back to his own life -- or even remember it in this Emmy-winning series. In the final season, Sam and his holographic sidekick, Al (Dean Stockwell), continue to look for a way home. Along the way, Sam morphs into Lee Harvey Oswald, Elvis and more. Brooke Shields and Jennifer Aniston guest star.
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The Rockford Files
1974 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsJames Garner shines in this iconic 1970s series as Jim Rockford, a Los Angeles private eye with a trailer on the beach, a wisecrack on his lips and the intellect to crack every case. Not the usual loner, Rockford is hardboiled but never hard to like. Rockford's biggest fans are his dad, Rocky (Noah Beery Jr.), and best friend, cop Dennis Becker (Joe Santos), who help him as he nabs bad guys on the dangerous but scenic streets of Los Angeles.
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Quantum Leap
1989 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsIn this time-bending sci-fi series, physicist Sam Beckett "leaps" into the bodies of people who need his help. Assistance comes in the form of Al, a friend from the future who appears as a hologram and guides him through each strange new scenario.
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Quantum Leap: Season 3
1990 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsTime-traveling scientist Sam and his sidekick Al continue altering the course of history in Season 3. This year, Sam winds up in his own brother's Navy SEAL squad; inhabits the body of a horror novelist; polices a beauty pageant; and more.
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The Rockford Files: Season 1
1974 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsThis classic TV series centers on Jim Rockford (James Garner), a top-shelf private investigator with a background his clients would never expect. A former jailbird who lives in a trailer in Malibu, Jim has a fine-tuned sense of justice that was honed when he was framed for a crime. That's why he's set up a shingle and committed his life to hounding those who are truly guilty. Want to hire him? Just leave a message on his iconic machine.
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Quantum Leap: Season 2
1989 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsPhysicist Sam Beckett travels from one era to the next to correct past mistakes by taking over different identities. This season, he visits 1960 to help two newlyweds, 1979 to inspire an actor, 1957 to defend a wrongly accused black woman and more.
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Quantum Leap: Season 1
1989 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsSam, a physicist, travels back in time, fixing other people's mistakes in an attempt to return to the present. With the help of his wise-cracking friend Al, Sam leaps into a new life in every episode, always hoping that someday he'll leap back home.
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Quantum Leap: Season 4
1991 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsIn this Emmy-winning time-travel series, Dr. Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) and his holographic touchstone, Al (Dean Stockwell), ping-pong through the past as they search to find a way to bring the scientist home. In the show's fourth season, Sam dons the robe of a Ku Klux Klansman to save the life of a civil rights leader; rescues a small town from drought as a rain-making huckster; and makes music as a member of an all-black girl group.
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The Rockford Files: Season 2
1975 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsThe classic Emmy Award-winning private eye series returns for a second season of convoluted crime plots and crazy car chases. Jim Rockford (James Garner) is an ex-con turned private investigator who, ironically, would rather go fishing than confront criminals. Luckily for Jim, whenever his laid-back attitude gets him into trouble, his father, his lawyer Beth, his cop friend Dennis and his former cellmate Angel are usually there to bail him out.
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The Rockford Files: Season 5
1978 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsAnother year brings more entertaining answering machine messages for ex-con turned private investigator Jim Rockford (James Garner) -- as well as a puzzling case involving his father, a sausage company and a country-western singer. The fifth season of this hit 1970s detective show garnered an Emmy Award for supporting actor Stuart Margolin, as well as five Emmy nominations, including one for guest star Rita Moreno.
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The Rockford Files: Season 6
1979 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsPrivate eye Jim Rockford (James Garner) and his Pontiac Firebird are back for another round of investigations and action on the streets of Malibu in the sixth season of the hit 1970s series. Shortened by the show's cancellation, Season 6 finds Jim looking into more murders and missing-person cases, searching for gold bullion, fighting union corruption and even tackling a case while on vacation in Hawaii.
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The Rockford Files: Season 3
1976 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsSharp as a tack and cool as a cucumber, private investigator Jim Rockford (James Garner) hunts down kidnappers, mobsters, killers and other villains in Season 3 of the popular 1970s series. This season, the maverick private eye gets tossed in the slammer and accused of murder. And continuing the fun from previous seasons, Jim gets in more than one tight spot thanks to his troublemaking pal Angel (Stuart Margolin).
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The Rockford Files: Season 4
1977 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsJim Rockford (James Garner), a world-weary PI from Malibu, returns for more intrigue and mystery in the fourth season of the hit detective series. Rockford is set up for one murder, hired to commit another and more than once becomes the victim of mistaken identity, all the while keeping his unflappable cool. Larry Hagman, Isaac Hayes and Rita Moreno guest star.
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Murder, She Wrote: Season 11
1994 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsJessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) always outwits the criminals who cross her path in her bucolic hometown of Cabot Cove and on her travels in this hit mystery series. This season, she gets involved in a murder at the zoo where she's doing research for her latest novel, becomes a suspect in a murder in Amsterdam and helps out a private detective in Martinique. Guest stars include Eileen Brennan, Jessica Walter, Wayne Rogers and Sally Kirkland.
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Murder, She Wrote: Season 12
1995 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWriter Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) continues spending her spare time solving crimes in the final season of this wildly popular television series. Her adventures include getting involved in solving a series of voodoo-related killings while researching her latest novel in New Orleans and becoming trapped in an ancient Irish castle brimming with spooky secrets past and present. John O'Hurley, Gerald McRaney and Vivian Wu guest star.
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One Step Beyond
1959 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsA darker cousin to The Twilight Zone, this classic anthology series drew its inspiration from real-life stories about supernatural phenomena. Host John Newland presides over the creepy tales, which blur the line between truth and fiction.
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One Step Beyond: Season 1
1959 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThis collection of episodes from the show's first season uncovers a bride with unexplained knowledge of a place she's never visited before and a man whose murdered wife haunts him from beyond.
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Murder, She Wrote
1984 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhether at home in cozy Cabot Cove or on the road promoting her popular mystery novels, charming author Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) always encounters cold-blooded murders that she cleverly solves using her intellect and astounding deduction skills. Lansbury, who was nominated for an Emmy in each of her 12 seasons, stars in this successful whodonit alongside series regulars like Tom Bosley, William Windom and Michael Horton.
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