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Jeremiah

2002

Jeremiah

2002
6.9
Jeremiah is an American television series starring Luke Perry and Malcolm-Jamal Warner that ran on the Showtime network from 2002 to 2004. The series takes place in a post-apocalyptic future where most of the adult population has been wiped out by a deadly virus.
Mom of Number 10

2018

Mom of Number 10

2018
6.6
“Mom of Number 10” tells the story of Tina Manotas, a beautiful and humble woman forced to leave her hometown because of problems his husband Edwin gets involved in. Already in the big city, Edwin abandons her with their two sons, and she must overcome difficulties and lack of money. She’ll sacrifice everything to make her son Victor’s dream of becoming a professional football player come true. Although the financial situation gets more complicated each day, Victor makes his mother a promise: “With my football I will buy you a palace, dear mother, I will take you to the sky”. Several years later, her son manages to buy her an apartment at the Sky Building. However, problems will start with elitist neighbors that feel envious of Tina Manotas’ new and luxurious life.
Reverie

2018

Reverie

2018
6.7
A former detective specializing in human behavior is brought in when the launch of an advanced virtual reality program has dangerous and unintended consequences.
Incomplete Life

2014

Incomplete Life

2014
8.6
Since he was a child, the board game baduk has been everything to Jang Geu-rae. But when he fails at achieving his dream of becoming a professional baduk player, Geu-rae must leave his isolated existence and enter the real world armed with nothing but a high school equivalency exam on his resume.
The Cape

2011

The Cape

2011
5
"The Cape" is a drama series following Vince Faraday, an honest cop on a corrupt police force, who finds himself framed for a series of murders and presumed dead. He is forced into hiding, leaving behind his wife Dana and son, Trip. Fueled by a desire to reunite with his family and to battle the criminal forces that have overtaken Palm City, Vince Faraday becomes "The Cape" - his son's favorite comic book superhero - and takes the law into his own hands.
Ghost Hunters

2004

Ghost Hunters

2004
6.3
Paranormal investigators investigate places that are reported to be haunted. Engaging forensic experts, historical records and the most innovative technology available, the squad helps everyday people who are struggling with unexplained supernatural phenomena.
Hot Ones

2015

Hot Ones

2015
7.1
The show with hot questions and even hotter wings invites a famous guest over to eat and then interviews them while they're struggling through the heat.
Tunnel

2017

Tunnel

2017
8
A police detective from 1986 travels in time to the present to save his daughter.
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0

2009

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0

2009
7.8
There is an estimated 70% or higher possibility that a magnitude 7.0 earthquake will occur in Tokyo in the next 30 years. In 2012, Mirai, a middle school freshman girl, goes to Tokyo’s artificial Odaiba Island for a robot exhibition with her brother Yuuki at the start of summer vacation. A powerful tremor registering 8.0 on the JMA scale emanates from an ocean trench, the famed Tokyo Tower and Rainbow Bridge crumble and fall, and the landscape of Tokyo changes in seconds. With the help of a motorcycle delivery woman named Mari who they meet on Odaiba, Mirai and Yuuki strive to head back to their Setagaya home in western Tokyo.
H

1998

H

1998
7.2
At a dysfunctional hospital in Paris, three bumbling, eccentric medical employees embark on zany misadventures with surgical imprecision.
Dilbert

1999

Dilbert

1999
6.8
Dilbert, a socially awkward but highly competent engineer, works in a dysfunctional workplace. The series satirizes corporate culture, featuring clueless managers, pointless meetings, bizarre company policies, and the daily frustrations of modern office life.
Green Acres

1965

Green Acres

1965
7.2
Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a rural country farm. Produced by Filmways as a sister show to Petticoat Junction, the series was first broadcast on CBS, from September 15, 1965 to April 27, 1971. Receiving solid ratings during its six-year run, Green Acres was cancelled in 1971 as part of the "rural purge" by CBS. The sitcom has been in syndication and is available in DVD and VHS releases. In 1997, the two-part episode "A Star Named Arnold is Born" was ranked #59 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
Now Apocalypse

2019

Now Apocalypse

2019
6.8
This surreal, coming-of-age comedy series follows Ulysses and his friends Carly, Ford, and Severine, who are on various quests pursuing love, sex and fame. Between sexual and romantic dating-app adventures, Ulysses grows increasingly troubled as foreboding premonitory dreams make him wonder if some kind of dark and monstrous conspiracy is going on, or if he is just smoking too much weed.
Lawless Lawyer

2018

Lawless Lawyer

2018
7.4
Driven by the desire to avenge his mother, a former gangster turned lawyer uses both his fists and the loopholes in law to fight against those with absolute power.
Hitler's Circle of Evil

2018

Hitler's Circle of Evil

2018
7.2
Surviving power struggles, betrayals and plots, Hitler's inner circle of Nazi leaders seizes control of Germany and designs its disastrous future.
No Offence

2015

No Offence

2015
7.5
Keeping these streets clean is a Herculean task, enough to demoralize even the keenest rookie – but there’s a reason why this hotchpotch of committed cops are on this force, on this side of town. Drug labs, arsonists, neo-Nazis and notorious murderers are all in a day’s work for this close-knit team, led by the dizzyingly capable but unquestionably unhinged DI Vivienne Deering. But when a particularly twisted serial killer emerges it leaves even the most hardened of these seasoned coppers reeling.
Hammer House of Horror

1980

Hammer House of Horror

1980
7.1
Each self-contained episode features a different kind of horror, varying from witches, werewolves, ghosts, devil worship and voodoo, but also includes non-supernatural themes such as cannibalism, confinement and serial killers.
Brideshead Revisited

1981

Brideshead Revisited

1981
7.8
Agnostic Charles Ryder is seduced by the allure of the Flytes, a wealthy aristocratic family. Although he finds himself at odds with their strong Catholicism, his ties to the family deepen for the decades between the two world wars.
Whose Line Is It Anyway?

1988

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

1988
7.7
An un-scripted comedy show in which four guest performers improvise their way through a series of games, many of which rely on audience suggestions.
When the Weather Is Fine

2020

When the Weather Is Fine

2020
7.3
Drained from her life in the city, a young cellist moves to a quiet small town, where she encounters an old friend who helps her heal and remake herself.