Tatyana Ali

Tatyana Ali

Tatyana Marisol Ali (born January 24, 1979) is an American actress and singer. She's best known for her role as Ashley Banks on the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. At the age of four she started singing and got a taste of fame when she begged her mother to take her to an audition for Sesame Street. In 1985, as a 6-year-old, she began her acting career as a regular performer on the PBS children's educational program Sesame Street. She went on to perform in many productions in her native city, New York, including the Broadway show Fences--with James Earl Jones and, later, Billy Dee Williams--and the off-Broadway show Orfeo del Campo. When she was seven, she appeared on Star Search and won twice, receiving a four-star rating when she appeared for a second time. At age 11, she moved from New York to Los Angeles to establish her career and not long afterwords landed her breakthrough role as Ashley Banks, Will Smith's character's cousin, on the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990-1996). While filming The Fresh Prince, she also had side projects, including guest roles in television shows such as The Cosby Show (1984), The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989) (aka The Mickey Mouse Club), Kyno's Storytime (1992), Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990), and Foster's Field Trip (1994). Her vocal talent was featured on several episodes of Fresh Prince in later seasons, prompting the show's star Will Smith to ask her if she would seriously consider pursuing a musical career. She ultimately decided, for the time being, to continue to concentrate on her acting career. In the series' final season, however, she performed several songs, and she began to be cleaned for her musical debut, the culmination of which was her debut album Kiss The Sky in 1998. It was certified gold in early 1999, only months after its release. "Boy You Knock Me Out" featuring Will Smith—which peaked at No. 3 and is her biggest hit to date. She made an appearance on Smith's album Willennium on the track "Who Am I" with MC Lyte. In early 2008, she performed on the song "Yes We Can", a will.i.am project supporting Barack Obama's presidential campaign. She also appeared in the subsequent music video, which garnered coverage on the "What the Buzz" segment of ABC's World News Now. In January 2014, she released an EP titled Hello. Apart from her musical career, she continued to land roles in films such as The Brothers, Glory Road, and Nora's Hair Salon (and its sequel), among others. From 2009 to 2010 she produced and starred in the BET web series Buppies. She was on recurring status on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless as Roxanne from 2007 to 2013. She starred in the TV One original series Love That Girl! as Tyana (whose name was derived from Ali's given name). In 2013, she co-starred as Maya in the BET comedy Second Generation Wayans, alongside Craig Wayans and Damien Dante Wayans. In 2011, she received the Living Legacy Award from the Caribbean Heritage Organization in Los Angeles.

  • Popularity : 9.903
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1979-01-24
  • Place of Birth : Long Island, New York, USA
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Tatyana Ali Movies

  • 2000
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    Brother

    Brother

    7.093 2000 HD

    A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his...

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  • 2021
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    A Picture Perfect Holiday

    A Picture Perfect Holiday

    4.7 2021 HD

    Gaby Jones, fashion photographer, takes a holiday retreat against her desire by advise of her friend. She will then find that there's more behind a...

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  • 2001
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    The Brothers

    The Brothers

    6.6 2001 HD

    This is the story of four African-American "yuppies" (a banker, a doctor, a lawyer, and a "playboy") who call themselves "The Brothers". When the...

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  • 2023
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    Giving Hope: The Ni'cola Mitchell Story

    Giving Hope: The Ni'cola Mitchell Story

    6 2023 HD

    The story of Ni'cola Mitchell, a victim of unspeakable sexual violence who grew up to be a best-selling author and inspirational speaker, founding an...

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  • 1997
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    Kiss the Girls

    Kiss the Girls

    6.527 1997 HD

    Forensic psychologist and detective Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova,"...

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  • 2005
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    Back in the Day

    Back in the Day

    5.1 2005 HD

    A young man slides back into a life of crime after reuniting with a shady acquaintance from his past.

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  • 2009
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    Mother and Child

    Mother and Child

    6.6 2009 HD

    The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for...

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  • 1987
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    Eddie Murphy Raw

    Eddie Murphy Raw

    7.3 1987 HD

    Eddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations on '80s love, sex and marriage, a remembrance of...

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  • 2003
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    National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze

    National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze

    5.076 2003 HD

    When a foreign-exchange student and a hooker - both named Dominique - show up on a college campus, the unsuspecting student body is in for the...

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  • 1999
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    Jawbreaker

    Jawbreaker

    6.3 1999 HD

    When an exclusive clique of teenage socialites accidentally murder their best friend on the morning of her birthday, the three girls responsible...

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  • 2022
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    Vanished: Searching for My Sister

    Vanished: Searching for My Sister

    6.3 2022 HD

    Jada gets pulled into a world of drugs and deceit in order to learn the shocking truth about what really happened to her missing sister, Kayla.

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  • 1988
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    Wow, You're A Cartoonist!

    Wow, You're A Cartoonist!

    1 1988 HD

    Wow, You're a Cartoonist! is a title in the 1988 Play-Along Video series. Hosted by Muppet siblings Kai-Lee and P.J., the video aimed to teach kids...

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  • 2008
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    Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above

    Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above

    6 2008 HD

    Simone arrives in Los Angeles after inheriting her late aunt's hair salon where she soon clashes with the diva hairstylist who has her own ideas...

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  • 2023
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    The Holiday Proposal Plan

    The Holiday Proposal Plan

    6.8 2023 HD

    When travel columnist Sonny Kravitz and her ex-boyfriend Kip are forced to team up to help their best friends Bree and Jarod get engaged amongst a...

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  • 2004
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    Nora's Hair Salon

    Nora's Hair Salon

    8 2004 HD

    Welcome to Nora's Hair Salon. Leave your troubles outside and get set for neighborhood drama, juicy gossip, and the occasional knock-down, drag-out...

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  • 2012
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    Dysfunctional Friends

    Dysfunctional Friends

    6.5 2012 HD

    A group of college friends are reunited after the death of their very successful friend. The will dictates that each person will receive a large sum...

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  • 2005
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    Domino One

    Domino One

    7.3 2005 HD

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  • 1996
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    Fall Into Darkness

    Fall Into Darkness

    5.7 1996 HD

    Teenager Ann resents the arrival of Sharon and the fact that her brother Jerry has a crush on the newcomer. When Jerry dies in an accident, Ann...

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  • 2013
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    24 Hour Love

    24 Hour Love

    4.8 2013 HD

    The greatest feeling in the world is when you learn to love! Follow the stories of seven everyday people as they experience laughter, life and...

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  • 2014
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    Locker 13

    Locker 13

    6.5 2014 HD

    The story of Skip, a young ex-convict who takes a position as a night janitor at an old-west theme park. His supervisor Archie, teaches him the...

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  • 2013
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    Dear Secret Santa

    Dear Secret Santa

    6.1 2013 HD

    Beverly Hills banker/workaholic Jennifer comes home to her small Northern California town just before Christmas when her dad, Ted, takes a bad fall...

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  • 2007
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    The List

    The List

    3.5 2007 HD

    Ever been dumped? In front of 20,000 people at a stadium, on live television!? LEWIS BOND, a dashing young executive, decides to get serious after...

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  • 2008
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    Hotel California

    Hotel California

    6.3 2008 HD

    When TROY turned on crime boss DMITRI DEBARTOLLA he was forced to leave Los Angeles and lay low in Miami. After two years, and the loss of his leg in...

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  • 1998
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    The Clown at Midnight

    The Clown at Midnight

    4.6 1998 HD

    Upon the reopening of the opera house where her mother was murdered, a teen and her friends become the targets of a deranged killer dressed in a...

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  • 2015
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    Light Girls

    Light Girls

    10 2015 HD

    From the creator and director of the critically acclaimed documentary Dark Girls, award-winning filmmaker Bill Duke continues the conversation on...

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  • 1988
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    Crocodile Dundee II

    Crocodile Dundee II

    5.8 1988 HD

    Australian outback expert protects his New York love from gangsters who've followed her down under.

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  • 2012
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    Home Again

    Home Again

    4.1 2012 HD

    Returning to a "home" they hardly know after being deported from their adopted countries for minor criminal offenses, three people from very...

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  • 2015
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    Fatal Flip

    Fatal Flip

    6 2015 HD

    When a young couple hires a carpenter to help renovate a home they’ve purchased to flip, they get more than they bargained for when the...

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  • 2015
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    November Rule

    November Rule

    5.7 2015 HD

    Up-and-coming sports shoe entrepreneur Steve, who is still reeling from the death of his dad, has made a "November rule" in order to keep his...

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  • 1997
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    Fakin' Da Funk

    Fakin' Da Funk

    5.3 1997 HD

    Chinese kid Julian, who was adopted by the black family of Joe and Annabelle Lee and Asian exchange student May-Ling, who is housed with a black...

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  • 2013
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    A Very Larry Christmas

    A Very Larry Christmas

    1 2013 HD

    Larry is a good natured guy with a spotty work history. Santa picks Larry to fill in when he breaks his leg. Larry`s old boss and Santa`s PR...

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  • 2016
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    Second Sight

    Second Sight

    1 2016 HD

    Cursed with horrifying visions of the future, Tatyana Ali stars as a woman looking to save a kidnapped girl in this TV One original movie.

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  • 2015
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    Supermodel

    Supermodel

    3.5 2015 HD

    A young girl from the Brooklyn housing projects goes from the subway to the runway becoming one of the most sought after models in the fashion...

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  • 2017
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    The Good Nanny

    The Good Nanny

    5.6 2017 HD

    After accepting a nannying job for a young girl named Sophie, Summer Pratt starts to notice just how peculiar she is, and how indifferent Sophie's...

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  • 2017
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    Wrapped Up In Christmas

    Wrapped Up In Christmas

    6.8 2017 HD

    With Christmas just around the corner, 8-year-old Molly asks the mall Santa to find a boyfriend for her beloved aunt.

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  • 2018
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    Christmas Everlasting

    Christmas Everlasting

    6.1 2018 HD

    Christmas is fast approaching and years of long workdays employed at New York’s top corporate law firm are about to pay off now that Lucy...

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  • 2018
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    Jingle Belle

    Jingle Belle

    6.083 2018 HD

    Every year, Isabelle (Tatyana Ali) and her high school sweetheart Mike (Cornelius Smith Jr.), rocked their small town’s annual Christmas Eve...

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  • 2015
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    Dancing Man the Documentary

    Dancing Man the Documentary

    1 2015 HD

    One man was bullied for dancing on the internet, and a group of women started a Twitter campaign to fly him to LA for a dance party. Overnight, a...

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  • 2019
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    Deadly Match

    Deadly Match

    5.3 2019 HD

    To pay for college, Business major Trina goes live with her unique dating website Let's Date. Let's Date becomes a huge success, though Trina soon...

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  • 2013
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    23rd Psalm: Redemption

    23rd Psalm: Redemption

    1 2013 HD

    Five years have passed and Luther still blames Detective John Smith for destroying his life, as John had helped convict Luther on a murder charge....

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  • 2018
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    Doe

    Doe

    5.6 2018 HD

    John is a brilliant linguistic scientist with a loving wife and daughter but with a massive gap in his life. Eight years ago, he turned up out of...

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  • 2019
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    Christmas Hotel

    Christmas Hotel

    6.4 2019 HD

    A big city hotelier's boss informs her that she will receive a promotion if she can pull off a major project.

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  • 2010
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    Pete Smalls Is Dead

    Pete Smalls Is Dead

    4.7 2010 HD

    Two old pals attend an old friends funeral and find there is more to his death than him being dead.

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  • 2013
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    The Last Letter

    The Last Letter

    4.1 2013 HD

    Catharine Wright struggles with a debilitating sleep disorder. Her husband Michael struggles to cope when their new born son lay in the wake.

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  • 2014
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    Comeback Dad

    Comeback Dad

    6.8 2014 HD

    A man tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter.

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  • 2020
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    The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion

    The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion

    8.231 2020 HD

    Join Will Smith, Tatyana Ali, Karyn Parsons, Joseph Marcell, Daphne Maxwell Reid, Alfonso Ribeiro and DJ Jazzy Jeff, for a funny and heartfelt night...

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  • 2006
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    Glory Road

    Glory Road

    7.4 2006 HD

    In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.

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  • 2014
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    The Divorce

    The Divorce

    1 2014 HD

    Successful TV anchorwoman, Yolanda Massey, is celebrating her recent divorce by throwing herself a divorce party with her closest sorority...

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  • 2020
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    The Reason

    The Reason

    7.4 2020 HD

    The film, based on the William Sirls book, follows a small-town pastor, his wife and their sick child as a mysterious man is sent to give them hope....

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  • 2000
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    Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano

    Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano

    1 2000 HD

    First major English-language documentary profile of the cult Japanese actor/director, Takeshi Kitano. Featuring interviews with many of his regular...

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  • 1996
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    Kidz in the Wood

    Kidz in the Wood

    5.4 1996 HD

    A class field trip to the Oregon Trail that results in the class and teacher getting lost.

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  • 2018
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    Jingle Belle

    Jingle Belle

    6.083 2018 HD

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  • 1995
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    In the House

    In the House

    7.3 1995 HD

    In the House is an American sitcom

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  • 2002
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    Half & Half

    Half & Half

    8.3 2002 HD

    Half & Half is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from September 23, 2002, to May 15, 2006. The show focuses on the lives of two paternal...

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  • 2002
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    Fastlane

    Fastlane

    6.6 2002 HD

    Fastlane is an American action/crime drama series that was broadcast on Fox from September 18, 2002 to April 25, 2003.

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  • 1993
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    Living Single

    Living Single

    8.333 1993 HD

    Living Single is an American television sitcom that aired for five seasons on the Fox network from August 22, 1993, to January 1, 1998. The show...

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  • 1993
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    Getting By

    Getting By

    8 1993 HD

    Getting By is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from March 5, 1993 until May 21, 1993, and on NBC from September 21, 1993 until June 18, 1994. The...

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  • 2010
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    Love That Girl!

    Love That Girl!

    7 2010 HD

    Love That Girl! is an American sitcom created by Bentley Kyle Evans and starring Tatyana Ali.

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  • 1992
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    Are You Afraid of the Dark?

    Are You Afraid of the Dark?

    8.2 1992 HD

    This spooky anthology series for kids recounts ghost stories told by the young members of the Midnight Society as they gather around a campfire. Each...

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  • 1990
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    The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

    The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

    7.943 1990 HD

    Will, a street-smart teenager, moves from the tough streets of West Philly to posh Bel-Air to live with his Uncle Philip, Aunt Vivian, his cousins...

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  • 1992
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    Name Your Adventure

    Name Your Adventure

    1 1992 HD

    Name Your Adventure is an American reality series that aired on Saturday mornings during NBC's TNBC line-up. Hosted by Mario Lopez, Jordan Brady, and...

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  • 1958
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    Brains & Brawn

    Brains & Brawn

    1 1958 HD

    Brains & Brawn is the name of two similar NBC game shows aired on Saturdays in 1958 and 1993 respectively.

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  • 2012
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    The Eric Andre Show

    The Eric Andre Show

    7.9 2012 HD

    A comedic talk show from an alternate reality featuring unstable hosts, a variety of celebrities—both real and fake—and unusual studio...

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  • 2013
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    Second Generation Wayans

    Second Generation Wayans

    5.5 2013 HD

    Damien Dante Wayans and Craig Wayans, nephews of the famous Wayans brothers, decide to start their own production company after struggling to break...

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  • 2021
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    Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

    Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

    7.125 2021 HD

    Hosted by Pat Sajak and Vanna White, celebrity contestants spin the wheel and solve word puzzles for a chance to win up to one million dollars for...

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  • 2018
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    Fancy Nancy

    Fancy Nancy

    6.5 2018 HD

    Meet Nancy Clancy, a high-spirited young girl whose imagination and enthusiasm for all that is exquisite transforms the ordinary into the...

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  • 2018
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    Fancy Nancy

    Fancy Nancy

    9 2018 HD

    This entry is for episodes with two stories per episode. Meet Nancy Clancy, a high-spirited young girl whose imagination and enthusiasm for all that...

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  • 1999
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    Teen Choice Awards

    Teen Choice Awards

    10 1999 HD

    The Teen Choice Awards is a teen awards show presented annually by Fox. The first awards were held in 1999. The program honors the year's biggest...

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  • 2024
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    Perimeter

    Perimeter

    1 2024 HD

    The series revolves around the Dawn family: Paige (Monet), a Spelman College sophomore whose life derails after falling for a "bad boy"; her father,...

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  • 1998
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    The Magic Hour

    The Magic Hour

    5 1998 HD

    The Magic Hour is an American talk show hosted by basketball player Earvin "Magic" Johnson. The series aired in syndication from June to September...

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  • 2020
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    Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race

    Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race

    5.9 2020 HD

    Secret celebrities - from all walks of life - compete in full drag as they try to impress Emmy Award winning host, RuPaul. To save themselves from...

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  • 2021
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    Abbott Elementary

    Abbott Elementary

    7.573 2021 HD

    In this workplace comedy, a group of dedicated, passionate teachers — and a slightly tone-deaf principal — are brought together in a...

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  • 2009
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    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    4.9 2009 HD

    Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.

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  • 2015
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    My Big Fat Fabulous Life

    My Big Fat Fabulous Life

    8.273 2015 HD

    Dancing her way through the haters, Whitney Way Thore is embracing her body in a world that judges people by their size. She navigates both career...

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  • 1984
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    The Cosby Show

    The Cosby Show

    7.006 1984 HD

    The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until...

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  • 2022
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    Bel-Air

    Bel-Air

    7.9 2022 HD

    The journey of a book smart teen whose life is forever transformed when he moves from the streets of west Philadelphia to live with his relatives in...

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