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1.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)
Episode:
Bette Davis/Martin Short
(1988)
TV-14 | 41 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Johnny presents calendars with unusual themes. Bette Davis (The Whales of August (1987)); Martin Short discusses the technique and challenges of celebrity impressions.
Stars: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Bette Davis
Votes: 205
2. Actors Reporter Interviews (2009– )
26 min | Talk-Show
Exclusive up-close and personal interviews with working actors and the entertainment industry.
Stars: Joe Sabatino, Yi Tian, Brett Walkow, Danika Quinn
Votes: 30
3.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
You Only Move Twice
(1996)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Comedy
After moving to another town for a new job, Homer must decide whether or not to stay when the family have a hard time with the transfer.
Director: Mike B. Anderson | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 5,085
4.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Cape Feare
(1993)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Comedy
After being released from prison on parole, Sideshow Bob plots to murder Bart.
Director: Rich Moore | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 4,448
5.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Treehouse of Horror V
(1994)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
The family's job at Mr. Burns' country estate goes awry when Homer goes mad; Homer's attempt to repair a toaster results in inadvertent time travel; The school staff turn cannibalistic.
Director: Jim Reardon | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,907
6.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part One
(1995)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
After Mr. Burns steals oil from Springfield Elementary and blocks out the sun, an unknown person shoots him.
Director: Jeffrey Lynch | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,620
7.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Last Exit to Springfield
(1993)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
Homer becomes union leader and leads a company strike when Mr. Burns takes away the company dental plan.
Director: Mark Kirkland | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 4,097
8.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Marge vs. the Monorail
(1993)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
After receiving a considerable donation of money, Springfield builds a monorail system with Homer as the conductor, unaware they've just boarded a one-way train to Hell.
Director: Rich Moore | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 4,474
9.
It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1986–1990)
Episode:
Shandling Vs Mull
(1990)
Comedy
When Martin Mull thinks Phoebe overcharged for her interior design services, a feud begins between the Shandlings and the Mulls. It may take God Himself to settle this argument.
Director: Thomas Schlamme | Stars: Garry Shandling, Molly Cheek, Jessica Harper, Scott Nemes
Votes: 23
10.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
The Springfield Files
(1997)
TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
Special Agents Mulder and Scully arrive in Springfield after Homer claims to have seen an alien.
Director: Steven Dean Moore | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,709
11.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
22 Short Films About Springfield
(1996)
TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
A series of vignettes highlights a day in the life of various Springfield residents.
Director: Jim Reardon | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,152
12.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Homer Badman
(1994)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
After a series of misunderstandings, Homer is labeled a pervert, and must try to clear his name.
Director: Jeffrey Lynch | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,768
13.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Homer the Great
(1995)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
Homer becomes a member of a mysterious organization called the Stonecutters and is heralded as "the chosen one".
Director: Jim Reardon | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,448
14.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Homer the Heretic
(1992)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
After skipping church one week, Homer decides that he is never going back. However, when a calamity occurs, it takes the combined efforts of a number of people from different faiths to save him.
Director: Jim Reardon | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 4,042
15.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
King Size Homer
(1995)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
Homer intentionally gains more weight in order to qualify for disability and work from home, but soon realizes that being morbidly obese comes with its own problems.
Director: Jim Reardon | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,654
16.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part Two
(1995)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
Mr. Burns is laying in the hospital while the investigation into his shooter begins. Every citizen has motivation, but it's Simpson DNA that has been found.
Director: Wesley Archer | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,266
17.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
And Maggie Makes Three
(1995)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
Homer recounts the story of Maggie's birth when the kids ask why there are no photos of her in the family album.
Director: Swinton O. Scott III | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 2,985
18.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Deep Space Homer
(1994)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
In an effort to increase the dismal television ratings for their space launches, NASA decides to send an ordinary man into space, and Homer is chosen for the task.
Directors: Carlos Baeza, David Silverman | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,446
19.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Homer the Smithers
(1996)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
When Smithers is forced to take a vacation, he appoints Homer as his temporary replacement.
Director: Steven Dean Moore | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,344
20.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Mr. Plow
(1992)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
Homer opens a snow plow business only to have his best friend Barney open a rival outfit, with commercials by Linda Ronstadt. Homer sends Barney into an avalanche, then feels guilty and saves his life.
Director: Jim Reardon | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,498
21.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Rosebud
(1993)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
After his birthday party goes wrong, Mr. Burns begins to want his childhood toy, a teddy bear named Bobo; Homer finds that Maggie is in possession of the doll.
Director: Wesley Archer | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,490
22.
The Critic (1994–2001)
Episode:
Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice
(1995)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert break up their partnership as movie critics, and each of them considers Jay as a potential replacement for the other.
Directors: Lauren MacMullan, Gregg Vanzo | Stars: Jon Lovitz, Nancy Cartwright, Christine Cavanaugh, Gerrit Graham
Votes: 125
23.
It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1986–1990)
Episode:
Take My Wife, for Example
(1989)
Comedy
Garry goes on a talk show and gets himself into trouble when he makes jokes about his girlfriend, Phoebe, implying that she's a freak. Things only get worse when he tries to explain to the audience that he wasn't serious.
Director: David Steinberg | Stars: Garry Shandling, Molly Cheek, Jessica Harper, Scott Nemes
Votes: 22
24. Brilliant But Cancelled: Pilot Season (2003 TV Movie)
Documentary
Stars: Allison Anders, Bernie Brillstein, Nick Di Paolo, Tom Fontana
Votes: 24
25.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Bart Sells His Soul
(1995)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
Bart casually sells his soul to Milhouse for five dollars but later regrets it. Moe converts his dank bar into a fun family restaurant.
Director: Wesley Archer | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,263
26.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Flaming Moe's
(1991)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
Moe claims a drink that Homer invented is his own, with the drink making the bar a local hot spot, but threatens his friendship with Homer.
Directors: Rich Moore, Alan Smart | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,518
27.
It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1986–1990)
Episode:
Garry Goes Golfing
(1989)
Comedy
Martin Mull asks Garry to participate in a charity golf event. He agrees to play, despite not being a good golfer.
Director: Don Mischer | Stars: Garry Shandling, Molly Cheek, Scott Nemes, Michael Tucci
Votes: 21
28.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Lemon of Troy
(1995)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
When a group of Shelbyville kids steal Springfield's sacred lemon tree, Bart and his friends venture there to get the tree back.
Director: Jim Reardon | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 2,826
29.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish
(1991)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Comedy
After apparently consuming poison blowfish, Homer is told that he only has 24 hours to live.
Director: Wesley Archer | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 4,029
30.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Treehouse of Horror IV
(1993)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
Homer sells his soul to the Devil for a donut, Bart contends with a gremlin on the side of the school bus which only he can see, and the family discovers that Mr. Burns is a vampire.
Director: David Silverman | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,206
31.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Bart of Darkness
(1994)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
After he breaks his leg and becomes confined to his room, Bart begins spying on the neighbors with his telescope, and suspects Ned of murdering Maude.
Director: Jim Reardon | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 2,971
32.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Bart the Murderer
(1991)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
After having a horrible day, Bart gets a job tending bar for a group of gangsters and becomes the prime suspect when Principal Skinner mysteriously disappears.
Director: Rich Moore | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,568
33.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Bart's Comet
(1995)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
Bart discovers a comet that is on a collision course with Springfield.
Director: Bob Anderson | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 2,685
34.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Boy Scoutz 'n the Hood
(1993)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
After joining the Junior Campers while on a sugar high, Bart reluctantly invites Homer to accompany him on the group's annual father-son rafting trip, which soon goes awry.
Director: Jeffrey Lynch | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,148
35.
Teen Angel (1997–1998)
Episode:
Date with an Angel
(1997)
TV-G | Comedy, Fantasy
Steve has a crush on cheerleader Jessica Fishman, and Marty discovers she probably wouldn't date him, so he becomes Jessica for a night to go on a date with Steve.
Director: Andy Cadiff | Stars: Mike Damus, Jordan Brower, Corbin Allred, Conchata Ferrell
Votes: 9
36.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Homer at the Bat
(1992)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
Homer and his co-workers qualify for the plant softball team's league final, but Mr. Burns hires nine professional MLB players in order to win a $1 million bet.
Director: Jim Reardon | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,655
37.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Homer's Triple Bypass
(1992)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
Years of poor eating habits catch up with Homer when he suffers a massive heart attack, but the family can't afford the triple bypass operation he needs.
Director: David Silverman | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,328
38.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Lisa's First Word
(1992)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
While trying to coax Maggie into saying her first word, Homer and Marge talk about how Lisa spoke hers.
Director: Mark Kirkland | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 2,968
39.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Mother Simpson
(1995)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
After faking his own death, Homer is reunited with his mother, who harbors a deep secret.
Director: David Silverman | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 2,648
40.
Teen Angel (1997–1998)
Episode:
Wrestling with an Angel
(1997)
TV-G | Comedy, Fantasy
Marty uses his angel strength to make Steve win a wrestling match in gym. The coach is impressed and puts him on the team, but without Marty, Steve could get seriously hurt.
Director: Gary Halvorson | Stars: Mike Damus, Jordan Brower, Corbin Allred, Conchata Ferrell
Votes: 9
41. The Simpsons (1989– )
TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
The satiric adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.
Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner
Votes: 377,809
42. Mad Men (2007–2015)
TV-14 | 47 min | Drama
A drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.
Stars: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones
Votes: 217,429
43. Inside the Actors Studio (1994– )
TV-PG | 65 min | Talk-Show
Famous actors, directors and writers reminisce about their careers and the philosophy behind their craft.
Stars: James Lipton, Ellen Burstyn, Elena Kobylina, Bradley Cooper
Votes: 5,069
44.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)
(1993)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
Mr. Burns builds a casino when Springfield decides to legalize gambling, with Marge becoming addicted to the slot machines.
Director: Wesley Archer | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 2,842
45.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
A Star Is Burns
(1995)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
The citizens of Springfield host their very own film festival, with a popular movie critic from New York arriving to judge.
Director: Susie Dietter | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 2,668
46.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Bart on the Road
(1996)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
Bart makes a fake driver's license and takes Milhouse, Martin and Nelson on a huge road trip; Lisa spends time with Homer at the power plant.
Director: Swinton O. Scott III | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 2,808
47.
It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1986–1990)
Episode:
Chester Gets a Show
(1990)
Comedy
With Garry still on tour with Guns N' Roses, Phoebe's dummy half-brother Chester stays with her. When TV exec Stravely stops by, Chester pitches his sitcom about two guys with the same name sharing an apartment. It replaces Garry's show.
Director: Paul Miller | Stars: Garry Shandling, Molly Cheek, Jessica Harper, Scott Nemes
Votes: 20
48.
It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1986–1990)
Episode:
Driving Miss Garry
(1990)
Comedy
After crashing his car into the kitchen, Garry's brother arrives to gift him a driver. Although Garry objects at first, he becomes fast friends with Hoke, the driver, in this parody of Driving Miss Daisy.
Director: Stan Lathan | Stars: Garry Shandling, Molly Cheek, Jessica Harper, Scott Nemes
Votes: 26
49.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer
(1997)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
At Springfield's annual chili cook-off, Homer eats a spicy concoction containing hallucinogenic peppers from Guatemala, and subsequently has a vision which makes him doubt Marge is his soul mate.
Director: Jim Reardon | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,022
50.
It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1986–1990)
Episode:
Garry Acts Like a Moron
(1989)
Comedy
When Garry fails his driver's license renewal test, he begins to feel really dumb. After a conversation with his brain, he realizes that he needs to exercise it a bit more.
Director: Alan Rafkin | Stars: Garry Shandling, Molly Cheek, Scott Nemes, Michael Tucci
Votes: 21