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Star vs. the Forces of Evil

2015

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

2015
8.4
Intergalactic warrior Star Butterfly arrives on Earth to live with the Diaz family. She continues to battle villains throughout the universe and high school, mainly to protect her extremely powerful wand, an object that still confuses her.
QI

2003

QI

2003
7.9
Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.
Battlestar Galactica

2004

Battlestar Galactica

2004
8.2
When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.
Quantum Leap

1989

Quantum Leap

1989
8
Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.
Narcos

2015

Narcos

2015
8.1
A gritty chronicle of the war against Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.
Virtues of Harmony II

2003

Virtues of Harmony II

2003
7.5
The Virtues of Harmony II is a long-running TVB television series, which follows its first series, Virtues of Harmony, a series set in Ancient China. This new, second series of the Virtues of Harmony is set in Modern Hong Kong.
Love Stories in the Countryside

2006

Love Stories in the Countryside

2006
6.1
Merlin

2008

Merlin

2008
7.8
The unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers, and Prince Arthur, heir to the crown of Camelot.
Elif

2014

Elif

2014
5.7
A kind 6-year-old girl is placed under the protection of her mother's best friend, who keeps a well-hidden secret, and is a maid for a wealthy family, in whose mansion she lives.
When Life Gives You Tangerines

2025

When Life Gives You Tangerines

2025
8.7
In Jeju, a spirited girl and a steadfast boy's island story blossoms into a lifelong tale of setbacks and triumphs — proving love endures across time.
The Powerpuff Girls

1998

The Powerpuff Girls

1998
7.5
The Powerpuff Girls is a animated television series about Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, three kindergarten-aged girls with superpowers, as well as their "father", the brainy scientist Professor Utonium, who all live in the fictional city of Townsville, USA. The girls are frequently called upon by the town's childlike and naive mayor to help fight nearby criminals using their powers.
The Twilight Zone

1959

The Twilight Zone

1959
8.5
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
Back to Field

2017

Back to Field

2017
8.2
The show documents the simplistic lifestyle of living away from the bustling city centers. Each season takes place in a different rural part of China. The cast members are only provided with the basic life necessities and have to take care of everything else such as cooking their own meals and building their own furniture. To "buy" different cooking ingredients and other tools, they have to complete certain tasks assigned by the production crew, such as planting and harvesting crops. Different guests join the cast in each episode and help out with the daily chores. The goal of the program is to bring the audience along on a slower pace of life and to illustrate the joys of a simple lifestyle.
Shōgun

2024

Shōgun

2024
8.4
In Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village.
L.A. Law

1986

L.A. Law

1986
7.1
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961.
Black Butler

2008

Black Butler

2008
7.7
In Victorian London, 12-year-old business magnate Ciel Phantomhive thwarts dangers to the queen as he's watched over by his demon butler, Sebastian.
WWE NXT

2010

WWE NXT

2010
6.7
Wrestlers will portray heroes or villains as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Mr. Robot

2015

Mr. Robot

2015
8.3
A young programmer, Elliot, suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that he cares about. Elliot finds himself in the intersection between a cybersecurity firm he works for and the underworld organizations that are recruiting him to bring down corporate America.
Bull

2016

Bull

2016
7
Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.