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Jericho
2006 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsThe wayward son of the mayor of Jericho returns to the rural town to collect an inheritance, only to be stranded by a nuclear blast that cuts off communications to the outside world and makes him a reluctant leader amid chaos.
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The Unit
2006 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsWhile Sgt. Maj. Jonas Blane and the Delta Force covert operations unit travel the world tackling the most dangerous assignments, their stalwart spouses and families remain on the home front to juggle the dramas caused by living such secretive lives.
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Covert Affairs: Season 1
2010 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsAnnie goes from CIA trainee to field operative in a flash, thanks to her gift for languages, her gung-ho attitude and her top-notch investigative skills -- or so she thinks. The agency, however, may be more interested in her past than in her future.
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Breakout Kings
2011 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsTired of being hampered by an ineffectual system, two U.S. Marshals devise a new strategy to hunt deadly criminals: They hire the three most cunning ex-cons they ever captured -- a behavioral expert, a gangbanger and a sexy tracker -- to help them.
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Human Target: Season 2
2010 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsMark Valley stars as Christopher Chance, a security expert and private investigator who's hired by his clients to fend off threats by making himself the target of their enemies. In Season 2, Chance seeks out a former enemy, Winston (Chi McBride) looks to his ex-wife for help on a case, and the team expands to include billionaire benefactor Ilsa Pucci (Indira Varma) and skilled thief Ames (Janet Montgomery).
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Human Target: Season 1
2010 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsIn this drama based on a graphic novel of the same name, Mark Valley plays Christopher Chance, a for-hire bodyguard and private investigator who integrates himself into his clients' lives so that he becomes a target instead of them.
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Covert Affairs: Season 3
2012 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsAfter her disastrous trip to Sweden, Annie returns to discover that she's been reassigned to a new boss, super-smooth operative Lena Smith, and while she's entangled in an investigation proposed by Jai, Annie also questions her feelings for Auggie.
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Human Target
2010 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsThis action-packed series follows the inscrutable Christopher Chance (Mark Valley), a security expert who protects his endangered clients by integrating himself into their lives so completely that he becomes the target of the violence aimed at them. Chance's motives and mysterious past remain impenetrable to his business partner, Wilson (Chi McBride), but his unusual methods enable him to help those in need and outwit his own nefarious enemies.
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Covert Affairs
2010 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsAnnie Walker is a CIA operative who is yanked out of training and thrust into active duty. As she contends with the intrigues of international spy rings, she comes to understand she's being used as bait to lure a villain from her past.
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Breakout Kings: Season 2
2012 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsDriven by the fact that there are few things more dangerous than a prisoner who has just escaped, veteran U.S. Marshals Charlie Duchamp and Ray Zancanelli take an unorthodox approach to their work: using former fugitives to catch current fugitives.
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The Unit: Season 4
2008 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsIn this riveting drama series' final season, the dangerous missions continue for Col. Tom Ryan's covert Special Forces crew as they carry out hush-hush military operations that keep their devoted wives on tenterhooks back home.
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Jericho: Season 2
2008 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsBack from cancellation as a result of viewer protests, the sci-fi series kicks off its sophomore year in the wake of the costly battle of New Bern, which left neighboring Jericho scrambling to rebuild -- and the two communities still at loggerheads.
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The Unit: Season 3
2007 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsSeason 3 finds the covert Special Forces team known as the Unit facing annihilation from a mysterious source. Leader Jonas tries to keep his team together while working to uncover the identity of the deadly assassin.
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The Unit: Season 1
2006 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsThis gripping drama series follows an elite special forces unit charged with carrying out top secret military operations for the U.S. government. Of course, living a life with so many secrets creates problems for the families of the unit members.
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Covert Affairs: Season 2
2011 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsPeter Gallagher joins the regular cast of this action-drama as director of the CIA's Clandestine Services Department, overseeing assignments for fledgling operative Annie Walker -- who's getting good at leading a double life.
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The Unit: Season 2
2006 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsIn Season 2 of this series that chronicles the trials of Special Forces soldiers and their families, the squad travels to Pakistan to help an undercover operative who's on a mission to thwart terrorists.
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Jericho: Season 1
2006 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsA small Kansas town finds itself cut off from the rest of the world after a mushroom cloud appears on the horizon. Faced with terrifying uncertainty, the community -- including the mayor and his prodigal son -- begins to come apart at its seams.
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Knight Rider: Season 1 (2008)
2008 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsThe 1980s hit gets an overhaul with this sleek reboot. Engineer Charles Graiman creates a new KITT that's light years ahead of the original, and Graiman's daughter fights to protect him from foes who would kill to get their hands on it.
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Dollhouse: Season 1
2009 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsAn organization sends its operatives on missions and then wipes their memories of the assignment when completed. When agent Echo starts having troubling memories, she begins to question who she is and what the organization is doing.
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Dollhouse
2009 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsProgrammable "doll" for hire Echo is routinely implanted with memories and skills she'll need to carry out missions. After her handlers erase her mind, she tries to understand the recollections that are starting to creep into her consciousness.
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The X-Files
1993 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsTracing both their personal and professional lives, this award-winning Fox series centers on FBI agents Scully (Gillian Anderson), a skeptic, and Mulder (David Duchovny), a believer, and their efforts to uncover a government conspiracy to hide evidence of extraterrestrial activity. From voodoo curses to bodies found in California that are missing various internal organs, the chilling show also stars Mitch Pileggi and Robert Patrick.
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Farscape
1999 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsAfter he's hurled across the universe through a wormhole, American astronaut John Crichton finds sanctuary aboard a sentient vessel populated by alien fugitives fleeing from a totalitarian military force.
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Dollhouse: Season 2
2009 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsEcho and company return for a second and final season of this intriguing sci-fi series centered on a group of brainwashed operatives controlled by a shadowy organization. Meanwhile, FBI agent Paul Ballard is obsessed with exposing the Dollhouse.
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The Glades: Season 1
2010 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsIn the first season of this fish-out-of-water A&E detective drama, Chicago homicide cop Jim Longworth relocates to a small town in the Florida Everglades, only to learn that murder is an important part of the landscape.
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The Glades
2010 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsAbrasive homicide detective Jim Longworth hopes to massage his recently bruised ego by moving from Chicago to Florida's Everglades, but a new romantic relationship and the unusually high murder rate thwart his plans for relaxing on the golf course.
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