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Beyond Skinwalker Ranch

2023

Beyond Skinwalker Ranch

2023
8.1
Utilizing a team of reputable professionals working alongside "The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch" veterans, this series explores other sites of unusual activity and "high strangeness" phenomena in an effort to discover if the activity documented on Skinwalker Ranch is not only real, but pervasive.
Trompoppie

2023

Trompoppie

2023
9.5
When Luna, a talented gymnast, is awarded a bursary to a prestigious private school, she is thrust into the cut-throat world of drum majorettes, aka "trompoppies". After a hazing ritual goes badly wrong, cheerleaders start turning up dead.
A Woman of Independent Means

1995

A Woman of Independent Means

1995
10
Bess Steed marries her childhood sweetheart in the early part of the 20th century and begins a life in the high society of Dallas, Texas. As time goes by, things do not work out as she expects. Her husband dies of influenza, and she finds that she must pick up and carry along with her life. She proves to be a strong, committed, and loving individual who attracts new loves into her life and finds that she can take good care of the old ones. Despite further tragedy in losing her oldest son, and a second marriage that is not all that she expects it to be she continues to survive as independently as she has discovered the courage to do so.
Xploration Earth 2050

2014

Xploration Earth 2050

2014
7
What will the world look like in 2050? Where will advancements in science, technology, engineering, and math lead us? Host Chuck Pell takes viewers on a mind bending journey in search of these answers.
American Princess

2019

American Princess

2019
8
When she discovers her fiance is cheating on her hours before their wedding, Manhattan socialite Amanda runs off to join a Renaissance fair as the latest wench-in-training.
Serangoon Road

2013

Serangoon Road

2013
5.9
1964-65. Singapore is a city at a crossroads. Political and racial tensions are at fever pitch as the British pull out, and a new nation is about to be born. The lights of Bugis Street have never burned so bright: bootleg copies of Motown songs boom out from street stalls; the Rolling Stones are in town along with tourists and American sailors fresh from Vietnam. They join British and Australian soldiers checking out the prostitutes and gambling dens, en route to their own war in Borneo. This is the city of Sam Callaghan, Patricia Cheng, the CIA’s Conrad Harrison and the clients of the Cheng Detective Agency. The agency’s cases range from the usual (straying spouses and petty fraudsters) to events with international implications and complications. Sam’s contacts from his military days are useful - but they start to drag him back into a dark world that he would prefer to leave behind.
For the Love of Jason

2020

For the Love of Jason

2020
When Jason broke off his longtime relationship, he got caught up in the bachelor lifestyle. Now his friends are settling down, leaving Jason feeling pressure to catch up.
Cross of Fire

1989

Cross of Fire

1989
6.5
Cross of Fire is a 1989 American television mini-series based on the horrific rape and murder of Madge Oberholtzer by D.C. Stephenson, a highly successful leader of the Indiana branch of the Ku Klux Klan. It was originally shown in two parts. In syndication, it is shown as a television movie.
Cannes Confidential

2023

Cannes Confidential

2023
6
Gutsy French detective Camille Delmasse loves her job and her family fiercely. After her father, the former police chief, is accused of corruption, Camille is determined to clear his name. She coerces help from suave con man Harry King, who's in Cannes on a secret quest of his own. Can the sparring duo work together to uncover a conspiracy?
Keeping Faith

2017

Keeping Faith

2017
6.8
Faith, a small-town Welsh lawyer, is forced to cut short her extended maternity leave when her husband and business partner, Evan, goes missing. As the truth of his actions surface, Faith must fight to protect her family and her sanity.
L.A. Macabre

2014

L.A. Macabre

2014
7
Three filmmakers interview a former member of the defunct cult "The New Family" leading them down a path of mystery, kidnapping, and murder.
Asian Americans

2020

Asian Americans

2020
10
This five-part series traces the story of Asian Americans, spanning 150 years of immigration, racial politics, international relations, and cultural innovation. It is a timely, clear-eyed look at the vital role that Asian Americans have played in defining who we are as a nation. Their stories are a celebration of the grit and resilience of a people that reflects the experience of all Americans.
The Adventures of Skippy

1992

The Adventures of Skippy

1992
6
In this revival of the charming Aussie series, Sonny Hammond is a park ranger with two children Jerry and Louise. The kids are involved in adventures that often have an environmental theme. Kate Burgess is a researcher at the habitat.
Donkey Hodie

2021

Donkey Hodie

2021
Donkey Hodie is an American puppet live-action musical children's television series created by David and Adam Rudman for PBS Kids, aimed at preschoolers aged 3 to 5. Inspired by characters created by Fred Rogers, the series premiered on May 3, 2021, and is the second spin-off of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood after Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. The show is set in the land of Someplace Else, just north of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, where the eponymous character, Donkey Hodie solves problems throughout her day with the help of her friends. Each episode typically features two 11-minute segments, focusing on a specific vocabulary word and problem-solving, often involving themes of feelings, fairness, and perseverance.
Ranger Rob

2016

Ranger Rob

2016
1
Adventurous Ranger Rob's favorite thing to do is go outside to play, explore and discover. That's easy for him to do at Big Sky Park, the coolest outdoor adventure park around. Along with his best friends, swinging sidekick Dakota and friendly yeti Stomper, the brave ranger zip lines, vine-swings and snowboards his way around the park to discover new places, from the desert to the frosted fields
Freezing Embrace

2021

Freezing Embrace

2021
4
Commissioner Antti Hautalehto is faced with a complicated case when young men start drowning in the small Finnish town of Borg. Almost every week a new body is found in the river, and soon Hautalehto has reason to distrust his own police colleagues.
Mamon

2015

Mamon

2015
5.4
While investigating the privatization of energy giant Central Energy, journalist Petra Vlčka uncovers corruption involving his brother the CEO.
Who Killed WCW?

2024

Who Killed WCW?

2024
7.5
The meteoric rise and spectacular fall of the cultural phenomenon that was World Championship Wrestling.
Washington

2020

Washington

2020
7.1
The story of how a fatherless young soldier full of personal ambition becomes a leader of men willing to sacrifice all for the common cause. How a once-loyal British subject rises to battle an empire in a liberty-or-death campaign to forge a new nation. And then how, at the zenith of his power, the victorious general voluntarily steps down, becoming what King George III would call “the greatest man in the world.”
Holding

2022

Holding

2022
6.1
Local police officer Sergeant PJ Collins is a gentle man who hides from people and fills his days with comfort food and half-hearted police work. He is one of life's outsiders, lovable, but lonely and a bit rubbish at his job. When the body of long-lost local legend Tommy Burke is discovered, PJ is called to solve a serious crime for the first time in his career. Unearthing long buried secrets, PJ finally connects with the village he has tried so hard to avoid.