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Actually, I Am...

2015

Actually, I Am...

2015
7.9
Asahi Kuromine is a high school student who supposedly cannot keep a secret. One day he spots his crush Yoko Shiragami, unfurling a large pair of wings from her back. She explains to him that she is a vampire and is only able to attend a normal school on the condition that no one discover her true identity. Asahi swears to keep her secret but finds it hard to maintain seeing as how Yoko herself is an airhead and Asahi's friend Mikan keeps bullying the two of them.
The Great Escape

2018

The Great Escape

2018
8.8
The variety show is a large-scale game show, where the members will try and escape a secret room.
Total Wipeout

2009

Total Wipeout

2009
6.2
Each week, 20 contestants compete in a series of challenges in an attempt to win £10,000. These challenges are based in large pools of water or mud and generally involve large assault courses that participants must cross.
Charles II: The Power and The Passion

2003

Charles II: The Power and The Passion

2003
6.5
Charles II: The Power and the Passion is a four-part television miniseries, broadcast on BBC One from 16 November to 7 December 2003. The series depicts the reign of Charles II, covering the period just before his Restoration in 1660. It focuses on his conflicts with Parliament, his relationships with his mistresses—particularly Barbara Villiers—and his efforts to restore England after the Civil War. When shown in the United States, as The Last King: The Power and the Passion of King Charles II, nearly an hour was removed for broadcast by the A&E Network. The edits often make little regard for either the full product's continuity or coherence.
Kendall Rae

2021

Kendall Rae

2021
True crime with a refreshingly empathetic approach: Follow along with Kendall Rae as she unfolds remarkable stories while keeping advocacy for justice at the forefront of the conversation.
Charlie's Angels

2011

Charlie's Angels

2011
5.1
Everyone deserves a second chance—even a thief, a street racer and a cop who got in a little too deep. After all, the three women who solve cases for their elusive boss, Charlie Townsend, are no saints. They're angels... Charlie's Angels.
Animorphs

1998

Animorphs

1998
7
Five kids are given the power to morph into any creature they wish to help them fight villainous Visser Three and his fellow Yeerks, a breed of parasitic aliens threatening Earth.
Cocomong

2008

Cocomong

2008
What's in your fridge? In sunny Refrigerator Land, everyday ingredients transform into animal friends who love a good adventure.
Bionic Woman

2007

Bionic Woman

2007
6.3
Jaime Sommers is saved from death after receiving experimental medical implants. While adjusting to her new bionic powers and raising a rebellious younger sister, Jaime agrees to work for the Berkut Group, a quasi-governmental private organisation that performed her surgery.
Band of Gold

1995

Band of Gold

1995
5.6
Band of Gold is a British drama series written by Kay Mellor and produced by Granada Television. It was initially broadcast on ITV between 1995 and 1997. Starring Geraldine James, Cathy Tyson, Barbara Dickson and Samantha Morton, the series revolves around the lives of a group of women who live and work in Bradford's red-light district. Three seasons were produced (the third under the moniker of Gold, with only a small number of characters from the first two series).
Big Comfy Couch

1992

Big Comfy Couch

1992
7.4
The Big Comfy Couch is a Canadian children's television series about Loonette the Clown and her dolly Molly, who solve everyday problems on their "Big Comfy Couch". It aired from 1992 until early 2006. It was produced by Cheryl Wagner and Robert Mills, directed by Wayne Moss and Mills. It premiered on March 2, 1992 in Canada and in 1995 in the USA on public television stations across the country. There is also a Spanish version of the show titled, "El Sofa de mi Imaginacion". It also aired in the United Kingdom on GMTV's kids block. The show's format revolves around Loonette the Clown, who lives with her dolly Molly on the eponymous Big Comfy Couch. Episodes are generally focused on a theme or a lesson. For example, Season 3's episode "Full of Life" explored the concepts of "full" and "empty", while "Sticks and Stones" dealt with name-calling and teasing.
The Good Love

2004

The Good Love

2004
7
Amor Del Bueno is a 2004 telenovela produced by Venevisión and Iguana Producciones. Venezuelan actors Coraima Torres and Ricardo Álamo star as the main protagonists.
A.D. Police Files

1990

A.D. Police Files

1990
6.8
MegaTokyo 2027: Relentless technological development has resulted in the creation of Boomers. These are artificially intelligent androids with the potential to free mankind from physical labor; but anything that can be used can also be misused.
Behind the Mask

2018

Behind the Mask

2018
Lookkaew is a hi-so woman who is cheating on her boyfriend, Ratt. Her boyfriend catches her and walks away. When Lookkaew goes after him, she gets into a car accident and hits a girl named Natda. Lookkaew's selfish mother doesn't want to lose Ratt as a son-in-law because her daughter is in a coma and may not wake up. To fool Ratt and his father into continuing with the marriage, she has the unconscious Natda undergo plastic surgery to look like her daughter, Lookkaew. Natda wakes up and is told she is Lookkaew, but she has no memories except for what she is told by her fake mother. She also has to deal with Ratt who is angry and hurt because the real Lookkaew cheated on him. Nothing in her life feels familiar to her and even Ratt notices her personality change. Will Ratt find out the truth? Will Natda get her memories back? And what happens if the real Lookkaew wakes up?
Middlemarch

1994

Middlemarch

1994
7.8
19th century Great Britain. The Industrial Revolution brings both the promise and fear of change. In the provincial town of Middlemarch, the progressive Dorothea Brooke desperately seeks intellectual fulfillment in a male-dominated society and is driven into an unhappy marriage to the elderly scholar Casaubon. No sooner do they embark on their honeymoon than she meets and develops an instant connection with Casaubon's young cousin, Will Ladislaw. When idealistic Doctor Lydgate arrives, his new methods of medicine sweep him into the battle between conservatives and liberals in town. He quickly becomes enamored of the beautiful, privileged Rosamond Vincy, a woman whose troubles seem bound to destroy him.
Dark Hole

2021

Dark Hole

2021
5.7
A creature action thriller series about the desperate survival of the survivors among the mutant humans who drank a mysterious black smoke from the sinkhole and soon turned into monsters and quickly became a pandemonium.
Leandro Díaz

2022

Leandro Díaz

2022
7.4
Strange Days at Blake Holsey High

2002

Strange Days at Blake Holsey High

2002
8.5
Black Hole High is a Canadian science fiction television program which first aired in North America in October 2002 on NBC and Discovery Kids. It is set at the fictional boarding school of the title, where a Science Club investigates mysterious phenomena, most of which is centered around a wormhole located on the school grounds. Spanning four seasons, the series developed into a success, and has been sold to networks around the globe. Created by Jim Rapsas, the series intertwines elements of mystery, drama, romance, and comedy. The writing of the show is structured around various scientific principles, with emotional and academic struggles combined with unfolding mysteries of a preternatural nature. In addition to its consistent popularity among children, it has been recognised by adults as strong family entertainment. Forty-two episodes of the series, each roughly twenty-five minutes in length, have been produced, the last three of which premiered in January 2006. Those three final episodes that aired were combin
The French Chef

1963

The French Chef

1963
7.1
One of the first cooking shows on American television, created and hosted by Julia Child on public television to introduce the French way of cooking. It emphasized fresh ingredients, many of which were unfamiliar to Americans. Based on the books she co-authored, entitled Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
Tunnel

2017

Tunnel

2017
8.1
A police detective from 1986 travels in time to the present to save his daughter.