Best Shows to Last 4 Seasons or More

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1.
24 (2001 TV Series)
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Jack Bauer, Director of Field Ops for the Counter-Terrorist Unit of Los Angeles, races against the clock to subvert terrorist plots and save his nation from ultimate disaster. (42 mins.)
 
2.
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996 TV Series)
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A group of aliens are sent to Earth, disguised as a human family, to experience and report life on the 3rd planet from the sun. (60 mins.)
 
3.
Angel (1999 TV Series)
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The vampire Angel, cursed with a soul, moves to Los Angeles and aids people with supernatural-related problems while questing for his own redemption. (44 mins.)
 
4.
Arrested Development (2003 TV Series)
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Level-headed son Michael Bluth takes over family affairs after his father is imprisoned. But the rest of his spoiled, dysfunctional family are making his job unbearable. (30 mins.)
 
5.
Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV Series)
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When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protects a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony of Earth. (50 mins.)
 
6.
The Big C (2010 TV Series)
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A suburban mom, diagnosed with cancer, tries to find the humor in the disease. (30 mins.)
 
7.
Boy Meets World (1993 TV Series)
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Adolescent Cory Matthews grows up, and faces problems with friends, family, and school. (30 mins.)
 
8.
Breaking Bad (2008 TV Series)
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A high school chemistry teacher turns to a life of crime in order to secure his family's financial future. (45 mins.)
 
9.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997 TV Series)
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After the traumatizing ordeal in the movie with the same name, Buffy Summers and her mother move to Sunnydale, only to discover that L.A. was just a walk in the park... (44 mins.)
 
10.
Cheers (1982 TV Series)
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The regulars of the Boston bar Cheers share their experiences and lives with each other while drinking or working at the bar where everybody knows your name. (98 mins.)
 
11.
Chuck (2007 TV Series)
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When a twenty-something computer geek inadvertently downloads critical government secrets into his brain, CIA and NSA assign two agents to protect him and exploit such knowledge, turning his life upside down. (43 mins.)
 
12.
Cougar Town (2009 TV Series)
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A recently divorced woman decides to find some excitement in her dating life. (30 mins.)
 
13.
Coupling (2000 TV Series)
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Six best friends talk about all aspects of sex and relationships on their never-ending quest to find true love. (30 mins.)
 
14.
Damages (2007 TV Series)
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Bright and sharp law school graduate Ellen Parsons becomes the protégée of the successful and hard-hitting high stakes litigator Patricia Hewes. But nothing is what it seems. (60 mins.)
 
15.
Doctor Who (2005 TV Series)
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The further adventures of the time traveling alien adventurer and his companions. (71 mins.)
 
16.
Friday Night Lights (2006 TV Series)
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The trials and tribulations of small town Texas football players, their friends, family, and coaching staff. (43 mins.)
 
17.
Friends (1994 TV Series)
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The lives, loves, and laughs of six young friends living in Manhattan. (22 mins.)
 
18.
Fringe (2008 TV Series)
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A television drama centered around a female FBI agent who is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena. (60 mins.)
 
19.
Full House (1987 TV Series)
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A man raises his three daughters in a house he shares with two adult male friends. (30 mins.)
 
20.
Ghost Whisperer (2005 TV Series)
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A newlywed with the ability to communicate with the earthbound spirits of the recently deceased overcomes skepticism and doubt to help send their important messages to the living and allow the dead to pass on to the other side. (60 mins.)
 
21.
How I Met Your Mother (2005 TV Series)
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Ted searches for the woman of his dreams in New York City with the help of his four best friends. (25 mins.)
 
22.
The IT Crowd (2006 TV Series)
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The comedic adventures of a ragtag group of tech support workers at a large corporation. (23 mins.)
 
23.
Malcolm in the Middle (2000 TV Series)
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A gifted young teen tries to survive with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family. (30 mins.)
 
24.
Misfits (2009 TV Series)
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A group of young offenders doing community service get struck by lightning during a storm, and begin to develop superpowers. (60 mins.)
 
25.
Monk (2002 TV Series)
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Adrian Monk is a brilliant San Francisco detective, whose obsessive compulsive disorder just happens to get in the way. (47 mins.)
 
26.
My Name Is Earl (2005 TV Series)
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A ne'er do well wins $100,000 in the lottery and decides to right all the wrongs from his past with his newfound realization. (30 mins.)
 
27.
The Office (2005 TV Series)
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A mockumentary on a group of typical office workers, where the workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behavior, and tedium. Based on the hit BBC series. (22 mins.)
 
28.
Parenthood (2010 TV Series)
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A family tree with Zeek (Craig T. Nelson) and Camille Braverman (Bonnie Bedelia) serving as the patriarch and matriarch... (60 mins.)
 
29.
Parks and Recreation (2009 TV Series)
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The absurd antics of an Indiana town's public officials as they pursue sundry projects to make their city a better place. (21 mins.)
 
30.
Psych (2006 TV Series)
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A novice sleuth is hired by the police after he cons them into thinking he has psychic powers that help solve crimes. With this assistance of his reluctant best friend the duo take on a series of complicated cases. (60 mins.)
 
31.
Scrubs (2001 TV Series)
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In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, intern John "J.D" Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life. (24 mins.)
 
32.
Seinfeld (1990 TV Series)
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The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York friends. (23 mins.)
 
33.
Sons of Anarchy (2008 TV Series)
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A man in his early 30s struggles to find a balance in his life between being a new dad and his involvement in a motorcycle club. (45 mins.)
 
34.
The Sopranos (1999 TV Series)
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Modern day morality tale about New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano, as he deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life. (58 mins.)
 
35.
Southland (2009 TV Series)
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Southland takes a raw look at Los Angeles as it is in the 2000s and as well at the lives of the officers of the Los Angeles Police Department who are trying to contain it. (42 mins.)
 
36.
Spartacus: War of the Damned (2010 TV Series)
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Watch the story of history's greatest gladiator unfold with graphic violence and explicit sex. This is Spartacus. (60 mins.)
 
37.
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (2011 Mini-Series)
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Before Spartacus struck down his first opponent in the arena, there were many gladiators who passed...
 
38.
Twilight Zone (1959 TV Series)
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Rod Serling's seminal anthology series focused on ordinary folks who suddenly found themselves in extraordinary, usually supernatural, situations. The stories would typically end with an ironic twist that would see the guilty punished. (51 mins.)
 
39.
The Vampire Diaries (2009 TV Series)
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A high school girl is torn between two vampire brothers. (43 mins.)
 
40.
Wings (1990 TV Series)
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Brothers Brian and Joe Hackett and friend Helen attempt to run a Cape Cod-based airline while surrounded by their various wacky friends and employees. (30 mins.)
 
41.
The X-Files (1993 TV Series)
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Two FBI agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained while hidden forces work to impede their efforts. (45 mins.)