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SeaChange

1998

SeaChange

1998
7.6
SeaChange is a popular Australian television show that ran for 39 episodes from 1998 to 2000 on the ABC. It was created by Andrew Knight and Deborah Cox and starred Sigrid Thornton, David Wenham, William McInnes, John Howard, Tom Long and Kerry Armstrong. The director was Michael Carson. Filming was based at Barwon Heads, Victoria and St Leonards, Victoria, both locations being on the Bellarine Peninsula. A number of streets in the St Leonards Sea Change Estate have since been named to acknowledge some of the characters of the series. Many scenes were also filmed in Williamstown, including the exterior of the Williamstown Life Saving Club, which became the court house of Pearl Bay.
Gadget Boy & Heather

1995

Gadget Boy & Heather

1995
7.2
Gadget Boy & Heather is an animated series about a bionic kid-detective.
Ossan's Love Returns

2024

Ossan's Love Returns

2024
9.5
Marital bliss gets complicated for two newlyweds when their new housekeeper turns out to be their former boss! Will their old love triangle resurface?
Barbelle

2017

Barbelle

2017
7.8
Barbelle follows the story of a newly famous Toronto based pop-star duo, Veronica Vale and Alice O'Hara, whose meteoric rise to stardom has led to a blitzkrieg on their personal lives.
Gary Busey: Pet Judge

2020

Gary Busey: Pet Judge

2020
5.2
You've got a pet, and it's got problems. There is only one man who can solve them, so good thing you've come to the right place. It's the honorable Judge Gary Busey and this is his pet court. You're about to meet people with some serious pet problems. They're about to go to-to-toe with the silver fox of jurisprudence. It's Gary Busey, Pet Judge!
The Stanley Dynamic

2015

The Stanley Dynamic

2015
7.2
Twin brothers Larry and Luke Stanley are like any other twins you might know, except one twist - Luke is an animated cartoon.
The Ex-PM

2015

The Ex-PM

2015
6.2
As our third longest serving Prime Minister, Andrew Dugdale mattered. He dined with presidents and kings, hosted world summits and changed the lives of millions of his fellow Australians. But now he's retired; a not-so-elder statesman with time on his hands to ponder the question - was it all worth it? Not that he's asking of course. No, his inquisitive and over enthusiastic ghostwriter Ellen has an unhelpfully insatiable appetite for the truth.
Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution

2011

Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution

2011
6.2
It's a comedy revolution -- unite in uproarious laughter with the "fluffy" comic in the Hawaiian shirt! Filmed at the Stand Up Live club in Phoenix, this series features Gabriel Iglesias and a bunch of his funny comedian friends performing routines, plus music from Grammy Award winners Ozomatli, the house band. Iglesias begins each episode with a set of all-new material before introducing a guest comic, some of whom include Cristela Alonzo, Tommy Chunn, Noe Gonzalez, Maz Jobrani, Rudy Moreno, Carlos Oscar, Paul Varghese and Thea Vidale. Martin Moreno is the show announcer and guest commentator.
The Mighty Jungle

2007

The Mighty Jungle

2007
7.2
The Mighty Jungle is a puppet series for preschoolers in which the narrative of the story is largely crafted by a group of preschoolers who appear in live-action segments interspersed between puppet-acted scenes. It is co-produced by Halifax Film and Decode Entertainment, both DHX Media Companies; it is produced in association with CBC Television. The program is broadcast in Canada on CBC Television, a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national English-language public broadcaster, in the Kids' CBC programming block, and in the United States on the PBS Kids Sprout cable network.
Grandpa in My Pocket

2009

Grandpa in My Pocket

2009
7.5
A Grandpa with a magic Shrinking Cap that only his grandson Jason knows about. When he puts the cap on Grandpa shrinks and creates comic mayhem, but somehow Grandpa and Jason always manage to save the day. It’s teamwork!
Prospects

1986

Prospects

1986
7
Prospects is a British television comedy drama series that was written by Alan Janes and originally shown on Channel 4 in 1986. Created by Euston Films who had a pedigree of producing successful, gritty drama such as The Sweeney and Minder, it followed the exploits of two East End 'geezer' characters - Jimmy 'Pincy' Pince played by Gary Olsen and Billy played by Brian Bovell and their trials and tribulations of making a living in London's Isle of Dogs. Comprising 12 episodes Prospects - with a comic slant, dealt with many of the major issues affecting British society at the height of the "Thatcherite" '80's including unemployment, crime, poverty, regeneration, social change and racism. Prospects gained a cult following and ratings wise it performed well above expectation for Channel 4. At that time Channel Four received a large subsidy from the rival commercial network ITV in exchange for the right to sell airtime; this gave ITV a significant input into the management of the station. The success of Prospects and
Date with the Angels

1957

Date with the Angels

1957
6.3
Date with the Angels is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from May 10, 1957 to January 29, 1958. The series, which stars Betty White and Bill Williams, began as a late season replacement for The Ray Anthony Show for the same sponsor, Chrysler's Plymouth division. Tom Kennedy was the show's announcer and spokesman for Plymouth.
Atlantis High

2001

Atlantis High

2001
6.3
Atlantis High is a teen comedy TV show, shot in New Zealand in 2001. The plot revolves around 16-year-old Giles Gordon, who has just moved to Sunset Cove, "a beautiful coastal surfing town where the sun is always shining, the people are all beautiful and everything is perfect... or so it seems." He enrolls in Atlantis High School, where he soon discovers that Sunset Cove is unlike any town he's ever seen: populated by double-agents, aliens and high school students with blue hair and pointy ears, its inhabitants are eccentric lunatics who at times turn into superheroes or other whimsical figures. Atlantis High both parodies soap operas and pays homage to spoof television.
Very Small Business

2008

Very Small Business

2008
6.5
Don Angel is a small businessman – the backbone of this great country’s economy. But if that's true, it's no thanks to him. After numerous unsuccessful ventures, Don's Worldwide Business Group is now hurtling towards liquidation. His debts are mounting, his stomach's killing him, his wife has left him and he's just hired Ray Leonard as his sole employee. It's a marriage made in heaven – at least until the Tax Office gets there.
Hearts Afire

1992

Hearts Afire

1992
7.8
Frustrations and sparks fly in Washington, D.C. when a strict conservative hires a free spirited journalist as his boss's press secretary. Their mismatched political views lead to arguments... and attraction.
Flo

1980

Flo

1980
6
Flo is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from 1980 to 1981. The series is a spin-off for Polly Holliday who portrayed the sassy and street-smart waitress Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry on the sitcom Alice. Flo was cancelled at the end of its second season.
Aurora

2022

Aurora

2022
7.3
Sasha Zorina, who at the age of 10 became famous throughout the country for her main role in the popular blockbuster "Aurora", 15 years later works as a telephone psychologist at the suicide prevention center, drinks a lot and tries to continue her acting career without much success. When she comes to her senses after a protracted celebration of her 25th birthday, she realizes that she absolutely does not remember the previous four weeks. Trying to reconstruct the events of the month that fell out of her memory, the heroine plunges deeper into her past, where everything turns out to be much scarier and more dangerous than she thought.
Danger-Less Detectives

2020

Danger-Less Detectives

2020
7.7
Showa-era detectives were passionate. Heisei-era detectives at least worked hard for the public good. But... Reiwa-era detectives have little interest in their jobs. They fight only for their own future and peace. Millennials with 100-year life expectancies don't take risks. One won't investigate cases, instead studying for promotion exams and kissing up to his bosses. One uses his charm to get through life with ease as he searches for another career path. They play it safe and make no waves. Yet these two keep getting embroiled in criminal cases…?! In a cool and stylish manner, this police story portrays the slack-off lives of these two harmless detectives!
Benza English

2020

Benza English

2020
7.3
The cast from the hit Japanese comedy "The Benza" returns in this outlandish, outrageous spin off series that will teach you all the English you never knew you needed to know.
Idiomatic

2018

Idiomatic

2018
6.7
The life and times of an urban, bilingual, environmentally conscious left-wing couple in their thirties: Aino, who’s originally from Finnish Lapland, and Swedish-speaking Micke. They are forced to move to an upper-class neighborhood, into an apartment owned by Micke’s wealthy parents, who also live next door. When Aino’s yokel brother moves into their guest room, people from all walks of life meet under the same roof.