Orson Bean

Orson Bean

Orson Bean (born Dallas Frederick Burrows; July 22, 1928 – February 7, 2020) was an American film, television, and stage actor, as well as a comedian, writer, and producer. He appeared frequently on televised game shows from the 1960s through the 1980s and was a longtime panelist on the television game show To Tell the Truth. On February 7, 2020, while walking near Venice Boulevard and Shell Avenue, in Venice, California, Bean was struck by two cars, with the second striking him fatally. He was 91.

  • Popularity : 5.755
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1928-07-22
  • Place of Birth : Burlington, Vermont, USA
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Orson Bean Movies

  • 1959
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    Anatomy of a Murder

    Anatomy of a Murder

    7.836 1959 HD

    Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her....

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  • 1999
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    Being John Malkovich

    Being John Malkovich

    7.413 1999 HD

    One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who...

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  • 1980
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    The Return of the King

    The Return of the King

    6.4 1980 HD

    Two Hobbits struggle to destroy the Ring in Mount Doom while their friends desperately fight evil Lord Sauron's forces in a final battle.

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  • 1977
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    The Hobbit

    The Hobbit

    6.5 1977 HD

    Bilbo Baggins the Hobbit was just minding his own business, when his occasional visitor Gandalf the Wizard drops in one night. One by one, a whole...

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  • 2002
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    Frank McKlusky, C.I.

    Frank McKlusky, C.I.

    4.2 2002 HD

    As a child, Frank McKlusky watched his daredevil father "Madman" McKlusky become comatose in an ill-fated motorcycle stunt. Now as a risk-avoiding...

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  • 2006
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    Alien Autopsy

    Alien Autopsy

    5.6 2006 HD

    Humouristic reconstruction of the 1995 scandal when two British lads were accused of having faked a documentary from the Roswell incident in 1947.

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  • 1984
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    Garfield in the Rough

    Garfield in the Rough

    6.8 1984 HD

    Garfield is taken on a camping trip by Jon, much against his will. A series of very funny disasters follow. But not all is well, as a panther has...

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  • 2004
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    Soccer Dog 2: European Cup

    Soccer Dog 2: European Cup

    6.9 2004 HD

    Soccer Dog: European Cup opens with the titular hero, Kimble, escaping the clutches of an evil scientist, bent on performing animal experiments. Our...

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  • 1970
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    Twinky

    Twinky

    4.8 1970 HD

    A middle aged writer of pornographic novels meets and falls in love with a sixteen year old school girl. This alone is cause for concern but when the...

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  • 2012
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    Hating Breitbart

    Hating Breitbart

    5.8 2012 HD

    One man with a website who forever changed the media paradigm, upending the traditional press and changing the ground rules of political journalism.

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  • 2010
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    Ashley's Ashes

    Ashley's Ashes

    2.5 2010 HD

    A touching story as a man learns how to live his life again after he inherits an urn of ashes by discovering the life and friends of the person...

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  • 2014
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    Sleep Cycle

    Sleep Cycle

    1 2014 HD

    Families form patterns. Genes, habits, stories get passed down through the generations, seemingly on repeat.

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  • 1990
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    Jacob's Ladder

    Jacob's Ladder

    7.4 1990 HD

    After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer...

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  • 1982
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    Forty Deuce

    Forty Deuce

    5.3 1982 HD

    A young hustler tries to get drug money by selling a boy to a middle-aged man; his plans are disrupted when the kid dies.

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  • 2021
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    Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

    Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

    8 2021 HD

    Beginning just before his debut as Frankenstein’s creation, this documentary compellingly explores the life and legacy of a cinema legend,...

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  • 1956
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    Showdown at Ulcer Gulch

    Showdown at Ulcer Gulch

    5 1956 HD

    Short promotional film for a Saturday Evening Post sales convention.

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  • 2001
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    Burning Down the House

    Burning Down the House

    10 2001 HD

    A down-on-his-luck film director sets fire to his home so he can collect the insurance money and fund his new movie. But crime apparently does pay,...

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  • 2012
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    A Golden Christmas 3

    A Golden Christmas 3

    5.4 2012 HD

    Heather is a charming free spirit whose self-absorbed fiancé Roger never seems to hear a word that comes out of her mouth. Bobby is a naval...

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  • 1990
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    Instant Karma

    Instant Karma

    4.2 1990 HD

    The writer of a bad TV series begins to rethink his life when he meets and falls in love with a beautiful actress.

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  • 1987
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    Innerspace

    Innerspace

    6.8 1987 HD

    Test pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experiment. Accidentally injected into a neurotic hypochondriac,...

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  • 2007
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    Game of Life

    Game of Life

    1 2007 HD

    In Game of LIfe, a children's soccer team is the common link for a multi-layered story giving a candid look into the intersecting lives of five...

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  • 2022
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    Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

    Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

    10 2022 HD

    Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story takes a deeper look at the life and career of Boris Karloff, from 1931 to 1969, exploring films such as The...

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  • 1986
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    Smart Alec

    Smart Alec

    6 1986 HD

    A young filmmaker arrives in Hollywood and tries to get his first movie financed.

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  • 1974
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    The Spy Who Returned from the Dead

    The Spy Who Returned from the Dead

    5.2 1974 HD

    Spy spoof about a double agent involved in a phony death plot. Episode of the Wide World of Mystery.

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  • 1999
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    UnBowed

    UnBowed

    6 1999 HD

    An unlikely romance develops between a Lakota warrior and a young black woman at an 1890s black college.

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  • 2011
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    D-Minus

    D-Minus

    1 2011 HD

    A short film directed by Rupert Sanders based on a story written by Sanders and Milo Ross.

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  • 1992
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    Just My Imagination

    Just My Imagination

    1 1992 HD

    A woman lives a normal, peaceful life in a small town until the day when a famous rock star who went to college with her quotes and cites her in one...

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  • 1960
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    Two by Saroyan: 'Once Around the Block' and 'My Heart's in the Highlands'

    Two by Saroyan: 'Once Around the Block' and 'My Heart's in the Highlands'

    1 1960 HD

    Two plays by William Saroyan portraying writers stymied, inspired, frustrated, excited, listful, wistful, slothful, awed, unnerved, perhaps corrupted...

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  • 1992
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    Final Judgement

    Final Judgement

    3.4 1992 HD

    A priest is suspected in the brutal murder of a young stripper. To prove his innocence, he descends into the world of strip clubs and pornography,...

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  • 2004
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    Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels

    Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels

    4.8 2004 HD

    A candid and campy portrayal of life behind the scenes of the original Charlies Angels.

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  • 1970
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    A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

    A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

    6 1970 HD

    Animated Remake

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  • 1966
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    The Star Wagon

    The Star Wagon

    7 1966 HD

    The Star Wagon is a play in black and white starring Dustin Hoffman.

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  • 2011
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    Two-Legged Rat Bastards

    Two-Legged Rat Bastards

    6.5 2011 HD

    A short film detailing the strange estrangement of an elderly father and his son. Set on a park bench in the present day, Eddie, a cantankerous old...

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  • 2018
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    The Equalizer 2

    The Equalizer 2

    6.756 2018 HD

    Robert McCall, who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, embarks on a relentless, globe-trotting quest for vengeance when...

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  • 2006
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    Crossroads

    Crossroads

    7 2006 HD

    The life of a young Jesuit seminarian is turned upside down when he falls in love with a young woman while working as a volunteer at a soup kitchen.

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  • 2003
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    Knee High P.I.

    Knee High P.I.

    1 2003 HD

    Hank Dingo is the world's smallest private detective with the world's biggest ego. A rough, tough gumshoe full of attitude, he doesn't crack cases......

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  • 2004
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    The Gristle

    The Gristle

    5.5 2004 HD

    Multiculturalism reaches the depths of the criminal underworld as eight diverse con men must learn to work together to pull off a heist that's...

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  • 1978
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    Skateboard

    Skateboard

    3.8 1978 HD

    A Hollywood agent finds himself in debt to a powerful bookie. To make a fast buck, he creates a team of exceptionally talented skateboarders and...

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  • 1959
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    Miracle On 34th Street

    Miracle On 34th Street

    1 1959 HD

    In this charming TV adaptation of the 1947 film classic, a kindly old gentleman (Ed Wynn) working as a Macy's department store Santa causes a...

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  • 1955
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    How To Be Very, Very Popular

    How To Be Very, Very Popular

    4.7 1955 HD

    Two strippers on the run hide out in a college fraternity. Director Nunnally Johnson's 1955 musical comedy stars Betty Grable, Sheree North, Robert...

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  • 1991
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    Chance of a Lifetime

    Chance of a Lifetime

    5.2 1991 HD

    Since the death of her husband 10 years ago, Evelyn has been working hard for her company, but had no private life. Now her doctor shocks her with...

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  • 2019
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    Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

    Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

    1 2019 HD

    Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage is a warm and revealing portrait of the charismatic, groundbreaking actor’s journey from...

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  • 2005
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    How I Met Your Mother

    How I Met Your Mother

    8.159 2005 HD

    A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their...

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  • 2005
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    The Closer

    The Closer

    7.9 2005 HD

    Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile...

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  • 1997
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    Ally McBeal

    Ally McBeal

    6.6 1997 HD

    Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an...

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  • 1979
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    The Facts of Life

    The Facts of Life

    7 1979 HD

    The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979, to May 7, 1988, making it the longest...

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  • 1990
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    Tiny Toon Adventures

    Tiny Toon Adventures

    7.8 1990 HD

    Follow the adventures of a group of young cartoon characters who attend the Acme Looniversity to become the next generation of characters from the...

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  • 2004
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    Desperate Housewives

    Desperate Housewives

    7.9 2004 HD

    Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the...

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  • 2003
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    Cold Case

    Cold Case

    7.763 2003 HD

    The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly...

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  • 2015
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    Superstore

    Superstore

    7.5 2015 HD

    A hilarious workplace comedy about a unique family of employees at a super-sized mega store. From the bright-eyed newbies and the seen-it-all...

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  • 2003
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    Two and a Half Men

    Two and a Half Men

    7.5 2003 HD

    A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.

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  • 1952
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    Omnibus

    Omnibus

    6 1952 HD

    Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.

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  • 1958
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    Naked City

    Naked City

    5.3 1958 HD

    Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the...

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  • 1962
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    The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

    5.3 1962 HD

    The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC,...

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  • 2007
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    Women's Murder Club

    Women's Murder Club

    7.9 2007 HD

    Women's Murder Club was an American police procedural and legal drama, which ran on ABC from October 12, 2007, to May 13, 2008. The series is set in...

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  • 1998
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    The King of Queens

    The King of Queens

    7.062 1998 HD

    Life’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves in with him and his wife Carrie. Doug is no...

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  • 1948
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    Studio One

    Studio One

    4.4 1948 HD

    An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One,...

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  • 1993
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    Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

    Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

    7.6 1993 HD

    Dr. Michaela Quinn journeys to Colorado Springs to be the town's physician after her father's death in 1868.

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.5 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1996
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    7th Heaven

    7th Heaven

    6.4 1996 HD

    Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven children, not to mention the friends, sweethearts and...

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  • 1998
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    Will & Grace

    Will & Grace

    6.828 1998 HD

    Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement falls apart, she moves in with Will. Together, along...

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  • 2009
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    Modern Family

    Modern Family

    7.9 2009 HD

    The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm,...

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  • 1959
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    The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

    8.447 1959 HD

    A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a...

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  • 2000
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    Normal, Ohio

    Normal, Ohio

    5.4 2000 HD

    Normal, Ohio is an American television sitcom, which aired on the Fox Network in 2000. The show stars John Goodman as William "Butch" Gamble, a gay...

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  • 1955
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    The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

    5 1955 HD

    An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were...

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  • 1999
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    Family Law

    Family Law

    8.2 1999 HD

    Family attorney and mom Lynn Holt has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together since her husband left her and took most of their...

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  • 2006
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    The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman

    The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman

    5.8 2006 HD

    Two 'thirty-something' women's willful ignorance, fleeting confidence, poor judgment and self-loathing constantly get in the way of their success.

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  • 1975
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    Ellery Queen

    Ellery Queen

    7.4 1975 HD

    Ellery Queen is an American television detective mystery series based on the fictional character Ellery Queen. It aired on NBC during the 1975-76...

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  • 1950
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    Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

    4.333 1950 HD

    Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live...

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  • 1963
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    Vacation Playhouse

    Vacation Playhouse

    1 1963 HD

    The concept of the series was the showing of unaired and unsold television pilots that did not make the television lineup for CBS. The show was...

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  • 1959
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    The DuPont Show with June Allyson

    The DuPont Show with June Allyson

    6.3 1959 HD

    The DuPont Show with June Allyson is an American anthology drama series which aired on CBS from September 21, 1959 to April 3, 1961 with rebroadcasts...

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  • 1954
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    The Blue Angel

    The Blue Angel

    1 1954 HD

    A variety show set against the background of the Blue Angel night club in New York City.

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  • 1957
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    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    5.7 1957 HD

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired...

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  • 1993
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    Diagnosis: Murder

    Diagnosis: Murder

    7.1 1993 HD

    Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

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  • 1977
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    Forever Fernwood

    Forever Fernwood

    5 1977 HD

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  • 2015
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    Another Period

    Another Period

    6.8 2015 HD

    Set at the turn of the century, “Another Period” follows the misadventures of the Bellacourts, Newport, RI’s first family, who have...

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  • 1983
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    Reading Rainbow

    Reading Rainbow

    8.4 1983 HD

    Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode centers on a theme from a book, or other children's...

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  • 1948
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    Studio One

    Studio One

    4.4 1948 HD

    An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One,...

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  • 1948
    imgS10 E47

    Studio One

    Studio One

    4.4 1948 HD

    An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One,...

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  • 1994
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    Ellen

    Ellen

    6.4 1994 HD

    Ellen is an American television sitcom that aired on the ABC network from March 29, 1994 to July 22, 1998, consisting of 109 episodes. The title role...

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  • 1984
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    Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

    7.6 1984 HD

    An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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  • 2005
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    Commander in Chief

    Commander in Chief

    7.6 2005 HD

    Mackenzie Allen has a lot on her plate -- she has twin teenagers, a 6-year-old at home and an ambitious husband at the office, and she is about to...

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  • 1977
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    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.291 1977 HD

    Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation...

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  • 1950
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    What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

    6.6 1950 HD

    Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or...

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  • 1952
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    I've Got a Secret

    I've Got a Secret

    7.5 1952 HD

    A panel tries to determine a contestant's secret: something that is unusual, amazing, embarrassing, or humorous about that person.

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  • 1968
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    The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

    6.6 1968 HD

    The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.

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  • 2010
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    Hot in Cleveland

    Hot in Cleveland

    7.4 2010 HD

    Three fabulous, eccentric, LA best friends of a certain age have their lives changed forever when their plane unexpectedly lands in Cleveland and...

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  • 1962
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    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    7.4 1962 HD

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally...

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  • 2015
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    Grace and Frankie

    Grace and Frankie

    7.7 2015 HD

    Elegant, proper Grace and freewheeling, eccentric Frankie are a pair of frenemies whose lives are turned upside down - and permanently intertwined -...

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  • 1961
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    The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

    4.8 1961 HD

    The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much...

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  • 1998
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    Becker

    Becker

    7.2 1998 HD

    Becker is a dedicated, outspoken and talented doctor with a gruff exterior. While he tends to offend those who try to get close to him, he is...

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  • 2007
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    The Sarah Silverman Program.

    The Sarah Silverman Program.

    6.3 2007 HD

    Sarah Silverman plays a character named Sarah Silverman, whose absurd daily life unfolds in scripted scenes and songs. With her sister and her gay...

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  • 1974
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    Dinah!

    Dinah!

    6 1974 HD

    Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's Place which usually featured...

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  • 1969
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    Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

    5.8 1969 HD

    An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories...

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  • 1992
    imgS2 E188

    Vicki!

    Vicki!

    5 1992 HD

    Singer-actress Vicki Lawrence hosted this talk and entertainment show.

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  • 1962
    imgS31 E74

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    7.4 1962 HD

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally...

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  • 1957
    imgS5 E237

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    5.7 1957 HD

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired...

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