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- As a young lawyer and politician, John Adams takes on the unpopular task of defending in court the British soldiers who fired on a crowd in the so-called Boston Massacre of 1770.
- Abraham Lincoln learns the art of war in the hope that one day Americans will lay down their swords and shields and study war no more. The story spans the Civil War from 1861 through the Fall of Richmond in April 1865.
- Two murderous muggers attack an innocent man walking his dog in the park, then seemingly disappear. Sam soon discovers that they've forced Albie, a top police snitch, to hide them in his apartment.
- Depicts the act of collective bargaining common to Canadian industry and shows how it affected a union, a company and a community.
- In early Boston, midwife Anne Hutchinson is put on trial for preaching her unorthodox religious beliefs and criticizing the local ministers.
- Brothers Simon and George Deus decide to become wealthy entrepreneurs and go into business together. However, when Simon starts running farmers off their land so he can take it, George opposes him and trouble brews. Marshal Ragan tries to rally the farmers behind George and against Simon.
- Bryan risks his life in an auto race though he knows the vehicles are being sabotaged.
- A renowned tropical doctor and his young son are both stricken with a rare fever from an elusive animal. Unfortunately, there is only enough serum available to treat one of them, and Kildare may be the one to decide who gets it.
- In exchange for overlooking Timmy's crime, Inspector Briscoe persuades Marcel and Timmy to undertake the dangerous mission of replacing a fake hand of a statue with the real one long ago stolen to prevent Mme. Ka using the theft to organize a coup.
- Daphne is kidnapped while en route to the wedding of a friend in Nassau.
- Charley hires a bumbling British waiter to work at his club.
- Professor Parsafoot manages to repair the Starfire and he and his friends take off from the "Limbo of the Lost" planet. Having rescued Captain Kidd from Dragos' booby trap, the pirate agrees to join the fight against the alien tyrant. When the Starfire's navigation system is disabled, the Captain uses his sextant to calculate their location and course and the spaceship arrives at Space Academy just in time to thwart Dragos' latest attack by his ship's guidance system, sending his vessel adrift in deep space.
- Jason, Nicole and Dr. Parsafoot are captured by Captain Kidd, who explains that they have landed on a planet trapped in time by Dragos. Jason tricks the Captain into taking his pocket robot, Wiki, then manages to pick the lock securing the stocks imprisoning his friends with a splinter. Jason needs the gold and silver in the Captain's chest to repair the engines on his spacecraft and follows Wiki's homing beacon to the cave where treasure is hidden.
- After Kildare saves the life of a young woman who tried to commit suicide by overdosing on barbiturates, the girl's parents (particularly her father) become so worshiping of him that they put him on a pedestal and talk as if he can do no wrong. Kildare finds it hard to tell them that she is still not out of the woods.
- Will and Jeff learn that James may be coming to the town they're in to testify in favor of a man accused of murder---and that a powerful rancher who may be the real killer intends to make sure he never gets the chance.
- A series of short television plays that were produced as a promotion for Canada Savings Bonds.
- Carl Hyatt gets held up at a Monastery where he has an encounter with two hoodlums who threaten to kill a few of the priests that work at the Monastery he is held up at.
- In 1909, Maggie starts working at the White House as second maid, but is run ragged with her usual work and extra tasks as a beautician. Daughter Lillian has an operation for her crippled leg but is heartbroken to learn she will still need crutches. Maggie asks Mrs. Jaffray to hire grown-up Lillian, but she refuses to hire a handicapped woman.
- Someone is selling illegal guns to the Indians. The townspeople blame gunsmith Eben Cotten.
- When persons trying to contact British agents say a password are killed, Burke is directed to investigate and finds a plot to use a Soviet satellite launch and a phony atomic threat to lure British defenses to an underground gas trap.
- Donal Davoren is a poet but the folks in his tenement building think he's an IRA gunman laying low. Donal is content to let them think so, Minnie Powell. Donal and his flatmate Seamus end up holding the bag, literally, after a friend of Seamus who's really in the IRA is killed. When the authorities search house to house for IRA members, Millie tries to protect Donal.
- To stop an assassination, Jeff stages an elaborate con to trick an Irish saloon-keeper into thinking he is accused of murdering his business partner.
- A nurse, Anna Bardessy, is found with her wrists cut (but still alive) under a pier in an English coastal town. Her employer, the eccentric Dr. Whitehall, has been murdered in London and Inspector Marshall of Scotland Yard investigates.
- When Jake goes to attend his sister's wedding, he discovers her fiancé is in some kind of trouble. He tries to help him but a cop tells him to back off.
- Investigative reporter Frank Harris has himself committed to death row under an assumed identify in order to probe the psychological impact of the death sentence. Suddenly his outside contacts disappear and he is left to the mercy of his jailer, an old enemy who only smiles and waits as Harris is strapped into the electric chair.
- 195725mNot Rated7.4 (27)TV EpisodeHawkeye and Chingachcook match their wits against two thieves who have phony identities.
- An anthology series that appeared twice a week initially. Each episode was a short play covering the inexplicable, the supernatural, the occult or science fiction. Each episode had it's own writer, director, and actors.
- Archie is shocked and angered when he finds out his close friend, Mr. VanRenseleer, was a member of the communist party.
- Army officer whose parents are white and Indian tries to avert an Indian war.
- The boys' night out for Archie, Barney and Harry could turn into one of the wrong kind once they get caught in a gay nightclub.
- Daniel and the other settlers in Boonesborough will lose their land if they do not pay a new tax of one shilling per acre within two weeks. As Daniel is about to take the money to Williamsburg an old friend shows up offering to help.
- Mr Wilson develops an allergy and the doctor cannot figure out what is the irritant. Mr Wilson soon realizes it might be an allergy to Dennis since that is the only time he sneezes.
- A small planes pilot must take the controls of a large passenger plane when the pilots fall victim to food poisoning.
- Showcasing the activities of a local RCMP officer and his two assistants as they investigate the dark underbelly of small town Canadian life
- Hiding out from a dangerous heroin dealer (Timothy Carey), a pretty nun (Edith Diaz) stays at Baretta's apartment. And drives him crazy.
- On his first day out of the academy, Officer David Singer fails to fire his weapon when a juvenile delinquent he is pursuing pulls a gun on him, with tragic consequences later.
- George Nader is Joe Shannon, an insurance investigator for the Transport Bonding and Insurance Company who is assigned cases by his boss Bill Cochran, played by Regis Toomey. The main character of Shannon is his 1961 Buick, which is specially equipped with every high-tech gadget from that period. Shannon has no attractive secretary like other private eyes at the time because in his car sits a dictating machine where he recites his reports for Cochran. Shannon is the original multi-tasker. Press a button and a movie camera pops up or a hidden gun appears. The show is based in Los Angeles and offers up some vintage street scenes of early-'60's L.A. "Shannon" was produced by Screen Gems/Columbia Pictures and the show was syndicated, which was unusual at the time. Smaller production companies syndicated shows for local stations, not major studios.
- A Canadian anthology series presenting one-hour dramas of romance, adventure, and mystery. Produced in Toronto for CBC and ABC, titled "General Motors Presents" in Canada. Starring Patrick Macnee, Barry Morse, and William Shatner.
- The longtime head of a powerful political machine is determined to win a fourth election and stay in power, despite challenges to his regime by young, dissatisfied opponents, and his worries that his age and his ill health may have an effect on the election's outcome.
- Victoria's witchcraft trial begins where the Trask tries to play on the jury and the communities fears to act in his favor as well as testimony from the equally fanatical Abigail. Despite Peter's best efforts at a defense, including testimony from Ben that Angelique was the real witch, Angelique's spirit appears and points out Victoria, the stranger in the community, of being the witch. In the meantime, Josette continues to fall under Barnabas' control as he seeks to make her his vampire bride. But Angelique's evil spirit seeks to prevent Josette from becoming a vampire by giving her visions of her life as a "creature of the night". In the present, Joe tries to stake Barnabas in his coffin, but is prevented by the possessed Julie who kills him before she is subdued by Willie.
- The family relives painful memories of Timmy Sr.'s death as Timmy Jr.'s christening approaches.
- Barnabas' vampirism is discovered when he lures his mother, Naomi, to the old house to reveal himself. Unfortunately, Abigail also arrives at the old house where Barnabas kills her. Daniel and Sarah witness the events and while attempting to flee, get lost in the woods during a storm where Sarah falls ill and soon dies. Meanwhile, Peter attempts to save Victoria from being hanged as a witch by filing every appeal possible. Victoria comes to realize that Barnabas is indeed a vampire and that Angelique is responsible for her arriving in the year 1790 in order to kill every member of the Collins family. When Barnabas learns about Victoria's plight, he gets revenge against Reverend Trask by walling him up alive in a wall of the old house. Things come full circle as Joshua learns that Barnabas is a vampire in which he has Ben seal him alive in his coffin, and has Naomi, driven insane from the truth, imprisoned in the tower at Collinwood, and sees Daniel recover. In the present, Maggie attempts to perform an exorcism on Julia to expel the spirit of Angelique, who instead possesses Maggie who tries to kill the comatose Phyllis. Just when all seems lost, Victoria is transported on the scaffold back to the present, and Phyllis is transported back to 1790 and hung in Victoria's place.
- Civilian Captain Foster (the freighter "Flagship") and Commander Talbot (US Navy destroyer Escort "DD 181") are responsible for convoying ships across the Atlantic during World War II.
- Steve is surprised to find he has inherited a castle in Scotland owned by his grandfather. The family travels to Scotland and are welcomed by the clan.
- Garth along with other ranchers are worried about homesteaders trying to move onto their public range. Garth realizes the land is not fit for farming but the politician leading them is an old friend who has said it is fit for farming.
- 1962–19711h 15mTV-PG7.3 (67)TV EpisodeA failed British rancher returns to Medicine Bow a wealthy man but conflicted by his cowardice in the Army. After learning he won't die from a dog bite and Trampas is taken captive by Indians he is given a second chance to prove himself.
- Gen. Savage outfits some of his planes with bigger guns to try to reduce heavy losses, but if a US senator remains unconvinced he could lose his command.
- Each week Adam Shepherd introduces a news event, either current or the past, discussing its relevance. Then he becomes part of the story, portraying the lead character in the reenactment.
- Tod, in Southern California, is working for an ultra-successful female doctor who combines psychology and dentistry. When her husband disappears, Tod is assigned to look for him. Tod does and finds an unhappy man who is tired of his wife's dominance and unwilling to live her lifestyle. Buz is not seen-or mentioned.
- While on routine patrol the Seaview begins to hear strange noises coming from an undersea canyon. Investigating they discover the source of the noise and the power behind the destruction of a British fleet in the area 200 years before.
- 1954–19971hUnrated5.5 (76)TV EpisodePaul Winters, a rock star burnout, flees his fame and ends up by chance on an island where he comes face to face with Sultan, a Bengal tiger domesticated, former television star and left there to be hunted by a wealthy businessman. He then befriends the animal and decided to do everything to save him ...
- A TV reporter fakes a news story by hiring a stuntman to fake a suicide by jumping from a bridge. After a bystander is killed things spin out of control when the jumper's girlfriend hires Barnaby to find out what really happened.
- 1964–19681hTV-G7.3 (85)TV EpisodeThe title refers to criminal Rafael Delgado, an expert diamond thief. He's involved with a band of criminals, who dress in British style (bowler hats and umbrellas) but who speak Italian. It's implied they are Mafia types trying to pass themselves off as British. Delgado, even while in prison, has pulled off a stunning robbery with the help of the gang. So many diamonds are missing it could affect the world's economy.
- A young couple and their neighbors celebrate Christmas in 1874 on the Dakota prairie. Despite tragedy and an ongoing battle with the railway company, Christmas is a homespun and overly-sentimental event. This program was recommended by the National Education Association.
- Secret courier Matt Considine accepts the mission to escort chief witness Dvorak and his wife from San Francisco to a trial in New York. They have to cover 3, 000 dangerous miles, because the drug mob wants to kill them at any price.
- This anthology series presented episodes in the lives of true-life historical personages who each faced a terrible crisis in their life.
- Mitch Guthrie is a champion bronco rider in the rodeo who tries to keep his kid brother, Andy, from pursuing the same life.
- The adventures of a Marshal and his young Deputies in a section of Oklahoma infested with bandit gangs, gunmen, and robbers.
- A hobo known as Boston comes to see Joe Mannix, explaining that someone has recently tried to kill him, and asking Mannix to find out who it is and why. Mannix agrees to look into the matter, and eventually realizes that the distinctive overcoat Boston wears might be what has made him a target -- because he "inherited" the coat from another hobo who might have overheard something about an underworld killing.
- After a woman's niece is shot and killed in a botched robbery attempt, she suspects that she was intentionally murdered and hires Barnaby Jones to investigate.
- An American correspondent pretends to go over to the Germans in World War II but is instead working for the officially neutral United States against Hitler.
- Garth trails a woman to San Francisco who he believes is part of a con game involving a railroad deal. Garth kills a man who he believes to be a part of it. However, when no body can be found, he and others start to question his sanity.
- 1964–196852mTV-G7.5 (102)TV EpisodeIn the fjords of a small Norwegian fishing village, a small boat manned by three drunken fishermen is attacked by what appears to be a giant sea monster. When Admiral Nelson hears of this, he is fascinated by it and takes the Seaview to Norway to investigate and interview the one survivor. The villagers are not happy to see them and reluctant to talk and answer questions. Someone is so desperate to keep their silence that the survivor is murdered before he could talk. With no one willing to talk, Nelson is preparing to leave when they discover evidence of giant sea life. Nelson is determined to solve this mystery.
- Mike's old partner returns to town looking for the hit man that killed his son.
- Barnaby investigates the death of a woman who was killed in a car accident after the woman's daughter claims that it was no accident. An aging movie star with something to hide is Barnaby's number one suspect.
- Judge Garth has a visitor from South America who inherited a critical piece of property in the middle of Shiloh used to move cattle. When he learns Garth has held back information on it, he decides to put crippling pressure on Garth.
- Working stiff Richard Delaney wants to become a baseball star; Walter and Martha Tate are fed up with the loose ways of today's young people, so they want to go back to a time when people were "better behaved".
- While in the front, Lt. Hanley is surprisingly summoned to go to London. He goes to a hotel, where the journalist Ted Slocum unsuccessfully sounds him out in the bar. Then he receives a mysterious phone call and heads to the informed address. Hanley is interviewed by the British intelligence and asked to go to France to bring the French physicist Dr. Barole to Switzerland. Dr.Barole is an old acquaintance of Hanley, who studied with his son when he was teenager. Dr. Barole has unsuccessfully tried to flee from occupied France but lost his son. Now he does not trust anybody and is hidden and only his daughter Marie knows the hideout. Therefore Hanley is essential for the mission and his partner will be Ted Slocum, who is indeed a secret agent that speaks French and German fluently. Ted and Hanley parachute to meet three Maquis that take them to Marie. But soon they learn that there is a traitor in the French underground. Who might be the traitor and how to find him or her?
- The life of Abraham Lincoln is told in episodic parts.
- Marshal Ragan and his Deputies maintain the peace in the Badlands of the Dakota Territory.
- After the murder of a London doctor, emotionally disturbed Sylvia Lawrence secretly sends a letter to her ex-lover Donald revealing that her husband Andrew is holding her a virtual prisoner at their remote vacation home; Andrew claims to be protecting her but what is he really hiding? And why is he being blackmailed by the late doctor's nurse?
- The Judge, believing violence in the West is disappearing, creates a rift with the Virginian when he stops a violent fight involving the Virginian. When the Judge is kidnapped, the Virginian goes to his rescue from violent captors anyway.
- The adventures of a pair of long-haul truck drivers as they haul cargo all over the US and Canada.
- As unrest grips a distant mining town where the Barkleys have financial interests, Heath travels to the place in an attempt to diffuse the situation.
- During a wolf hunt, Adam accidentally shoots Little Joe, and must find help if Joe is to survive.
- Pilot for the TV series of the same name released in 1978 that told the tale of teenage newlyweds Molly and David Beaton in the Dakota Territory in the 1870s.
- Hosted by famous dancer and actor Fred Astaire, this series presented a new drama with each week's episode. Unlike some of the earlier drama series, which tended either toward classics or toward light subject matter, this series often had powerful stories about painful or controversial subjects. Many big names got involved with this series, including actors like Charlton Heston and Lee Marvin, directors like John Ford, and writers like Ray Bradbury.
- A man at the unfinished White Wing cabin on Shiloh asks Judge Garth to meet him. Garth tells The Virginian the troubled history of his arrival at Shiloh. Garth's future with Betsy is threatened by the man and his desire for revenge.
- 1972–19771hTV-PG7.6 (145)TV EpisodeA religious man is killing clergy. Lt Stone and Inspector Keller race to find a connection between the clergymen to each other and to the killer. When they figure out who the next victim is Mike Stone puts on the collar.
- "Tales of the Unexpected" was an anthology series presenting stories of suspense, mystery and science-fiction, usually with some sort of twist ending.
- Twenty-year veteran Detective Sergeant Sam Stone is paired with rookie Briggs in a large Western metropolis. The tough-as-nails desk Sergeant is the father of young Briggs, and helps the force deal with tribulations that come with being on the police force.
- Doug and Tony land in nineteenth century Asia, meet Rudyard Kipling and become involved in the conflict between the British and local tribesman for control of the Khyber Pass.
- The wild wild west adventures of 19th-century agents Jeff Cable and Cash Conover.
- Powell served as host and, in early shows at least, occasional star in this dramatic anthology. It was his last television series and contained his last filmed acting (episode: 'The Court-Martial of Captain Wycliff').
- A cop turned private investigator Brita Burrows, a retiring booze-prone Palm Springs cop Cutter, a young hotheaded cop Hareem, and a guilt-ridden disgraced ex-cop Graves, have to follow a client's husband and find a mysterious Mexican.
- A woman who suffers from multiple personality disorder is found during therapy to have suffered child abuse in this fact-based story.
- Archie frets over the man with whom Edith shared something special before they met.
- Legendary entertainer Bob Hope hosted, and occasionally starred in, one of the last major anthology series on network television, featuring many of Hollywood's top names, including quite a few who didn't do much television otherwise
- Captain Matt Holbrook leads a squad of brave and tough detectives in a large, unnamed city. Instead of leading personal lives, they spend all of their time tracking murderers, thieves, corrupt cops, con-men and other lawbreakers. Holbrook's squad always consisted of three detectives, and rarely were all four men on a case at the same time.
- Mike's anxiety over his upcoming college exams causes him to temporarily become sexually impotent.
- Mike and Archie butt heads over gender equality when Gloria poses a riddle that neither one can figure out.
- Nat Cutler, known as Hawkeye, is a fur trader. With his faithful Indian companion Chingachgook, the last of the Mohican tribe, he fights to protect settlers against the raiding Huron Indians.
- Archie is invited to give a "man-on-the street" editorial on television, where he speaks against gun control. He then meets two people who saw the editorial ... who promptly rob him at gunpoint.
- Don Corey and Jed Sills operate Checkmate, Inc., a very high-priced detective agency in San Francisco. Helping them protect the lives of their clients is British criminologist (once an Oxford professor) Carl Hyatt.
- In 1718, on a small island off the Carolina coast, a recently freed family of indentured servants plans to settle and homestead there but they run into conflict with a group of fishermen also claiming ownership of the island.
- Ken, Dave, and Sandy are three hip private detectives living on, and working out of, a houseboat in Miami Beach, Florida. While not pursuing criminals, they spend time at the Fontainebleau Hotel.
- 1962–196548mTV-PG6.2 (352)TV EpisodeIn Georgian Scotland, a simple and unhappily-married man (Andrew Duggan) is employed to deliver "supplies" to anatomy professor Dr. Robert Knox of the Edinburgh Medical College, but, is unaware of the true contents of the boxes furnished by his associates, Messrs. Burke and Hare.