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1. Highway to Heaven (1984–1989)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy
A probationary angel, sent back to Earth, teams with an ex-cop to help people.
Stars: Michael Landon, Victor French, James Troesh, Margie Impert
Votes: 6,531
2. Eight Is Enough (1977–1981)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
This comedy drama focused on a family with eight very independent children.
Stars: Dick Van Patten, Lani O'Grady, Connie Needham, Susan Richardson
Votes: 3,814
3. Knots Landing (1979–1993)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance
The residents of Knots Landing, a coastal suburb of Los Angeles, deal with various issues such as infidelity, health scares, rape, murder, kidnapping, assassinations, drug smuggling, corporate intrigue and criminal investigations.
Stars: Michele Lee, Ted Shackelford, Joan Van Ark, Kevin Dobson
Votes: 3,221
4. Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two streetwise cops bust criminals in their red-and-white Ford Gran Torino, with the help of police snitch, Huggy Bear.
Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Hamilton
Votes: 10,659
5. Fame (1982–1987)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Music, Musical
The stories of the students and faculty of the New York City High School for the Performing Arts.
Stars: Carlo Imperato, Gene Anthony Ray, Debbie Allen, Albert Hague
Votes: 4,457
6. Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Television episodes built around the same sorts of incidents found in Hank Ketcham's long-running comic strip.
Stars: Herbert Anderson, Jay North, Gloria Henry, Billy Booth
Votes: 2,551
7. Police Story (1973–1980)
120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Detective Cheng is commissioned by Interpol to destroy the "Empire of Chaiba", a worldwide criminal organization based in Southeast Asia, he initiates an undercover operation to infiltrate the organization.
Stars: Scott Brady, Mel Scott, Don Meredith, Joe Santos
Votes: 1,184
8. The Rookies (1972–1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama
The trials and adventures of three young police officers.
Stars: Georg Stanford Brown, Sam Melville, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Kate Jackson
Votes: 1,233
9. Our House (1986–1988)
60 min | Drama, Family
Following the death of his son, Gus Witherspoon takes in his daughter-in-law and his three grandchildren to live with him. Adjustment to the new arrangement is not easy on any of them.
Stars: Wilford Brimley, Deidre Hall, Shannen Doherty, Chad Allen
Votes: 906
10. Automan (1983–1984)
70 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A computer-generated superhero and his human creator fight crime in the city.
Stars: Desi Arnaz Jr., Chuck Wagner, Heather McNair, Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Votes: 2,105
11. Port Charles (1997–2003)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Residents at the hospital, doctors,friends and their families are constantly threatened by Dr. Greg Cooper who may be the Homicide killer, avenging on all of them because he was dropped from the hospital's intern program.
Stars: Julie Pinson, Jon Lindstrom, Lynn Herring, Jay Pickett
Votes: 542
12. Steambath (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Fantasy
Random people find themselves in a steam room, quickly realize that it's a gateway to the afterlife and that the eccentric Puerto Rican janitor is actually God.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff | Stars: Stephen Elliott, Bill Bixby, Herb Edelman, Neil J. Schwartz
Votes: 462
13. Finder of Lost Loves (1984–1985)
Drama
Cary Maxwell is a private investigator and owner of Maxwell Unlimited. MU specializes in helping people find their lost loves. Each week Maxwell, along with Daisy Lloyd and Rita Hargrove, ... See full summary »
Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Deborah Adair, Anne Jeffreys, Richard Kantor
Votes: 121
14. Mr. Merlin (1981–1982)
30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The misadventures of Merlin the Magician and his apprentice in modern San Francisco.
Stars: Barnard Hughes, Clark Brandon, Jonathan Prince, Elaine Joyce
Votes: 293
15. Shirley (1979–1980)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Shirley Miller is a widow with three children. She's struggling to make ends meet and her children aren't happy with their new surroundings, but she has the help of Charlotte, handyman Dutch and a friend who could be something more.
Stars: Shirley Jones, Peter Barton, Rosanna Arquette, Tracey Gold
Votes: 48
16. The Scarecrow (1972 TV Movie)
105 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Just before the Salem witch trials, an embittered old woman, who's learned witchcraft, and brings a scarecrow to life, as part of her revenge on the judge who was once her lover.
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Nina Foch, Norman Lloyd, Blythe Danner, Pete Duel
Votes: 181
17. The Affair (1973 TV Movie)
PG | 74 min | Drama, Romance
A crippled lady songwriter meets an older lawyer, who becomes her first love.
Director: Gilbert Cates | Stars: Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, Bruce Davison, Jamie Smith-Jackson
Votes: 297
18. The Andersonville Trial (1970 TV Movie)
150 min | Drama
A dramatization of the 1865 war-crimes trial of Henry Wirz, commandant of the notorious Confederate POW camp at Andersonville, Georgia.
Director: George C. Scott | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, William Shatner, Jack Cassidy, Wright King
Votes: 493
19. Hunter (1976–1977)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
This series centered around the cases of US Government special agents James Hunter and Marty Shaw who cover the world of contemporary espionage. His cover was operating a Santa Monica book store, hers posing as a model.
Stars: James Franciscus, Linda Evans, Ralph Bellamy, Lawrence Montaigne
Votes: 73
20. The Death Squad (1974 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 75 min | Crime, Drama
When petty criminals start turning up murdered, a detective discovers they are being killed by a group of his fellow officers who think the criminals were treated too leniently by the courts.
Director: Harry Falk | Stars: Robert Forster, Michelle Phillips, Claude Akins, Mark Goddard
Votes: 129
21. The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (1974 TV Movie)
74 min | Comedy
A small-town beauty queen is hired, as a joke, as a "birthday present" for a magazine publisher.
Director: Bruce Bilson | Stars: Karen Valentine, Richard Long, Tom Bosley, Farrah Fawcett
Votes: 172
22. The Hatfields and the McCoys (1975 TV Movie)
74 min | Action, Drama, Western
A retelling of the famous feud between two mountain families, the Hatfields and the McCoys, in rural Kentucky in the late 1800s.
Director: Clyde Ware | Stars: Jack Palance, Steve Forrest, Richard Hatch, Karen Lamm
Votes: 133
23. Foul Play (1981)
60 min | Drama
A very short-lived series based on the film of the same name Foul Play (1978).
Stars: Barry Bostwick, Mary Jo Catlett, Richard Romanus, Deborah Raffin
Votes: 27
24. No Margin for Error (1978 TV Movie)
Crime, Drama
Two policemen are suspected of excessive violence and causing two deaths. The investigation brings to light, little by little, the whole truth.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: James Farentino, Ron Masak, Glenn Ford, Elinor Donahue
Votes: 34
25. Letters from Three Lovers (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 75 min | Drama, Romance
Three letters, whose delivery has been delayed by a year, change the lives of the people to whom they were addressed.
Director: John Erman | Stars: June Allyson, Ken Berry, Juliet Mills, Belinda Montgomery
Votes: 102
26. The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove (1979– )
60 min | Drama
Bachelor Cuda Weber, curmudgeonly in nature, likes his life in Hawaii. But five orphans who need a guardian to stay together convince Cuda to pose as their uncle. The kids devote their ... See full summary »
Stars: Clu Gulager, Lory Walsh, Shawn Stevens, Sean Marshall
Votes: 16
27. Leon Russell - Homewood Session (1970 TV Special)
Music
In December 1970 'Leon Russell and friends' recorded the 'Homewood Sessions' at the Vine Street Theatre in Hollywood, broadcast as an 'unscripted and unrehearsed' one-hour TV special on ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Muir | Stars: Leon Russell, Charles Champlin, Chuck Blackwell, Joey Cooper
Votes: 8
28. Cry Panic (1974 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 74 min | Mystery, Thriller
A man accidentally runs over and kills a pedestrian outside a small town. He begins to suspect that the locals, including the sheriff, are keeping secrets about the victim.
Director: James Goldstone | Stars: John Forsythe, Earl Holliman, Ralph Meeker, Norman Alden
Votes: 221
29. Without Walls (1990–1996)
30 min | Documentary, Biography
Featured various avant-garde and alternative cultural topics.
Stars: Paul Morley, Tony Blackburn, Auberon Waugh, Lynn Barber
Votes: 26
30. Neighbors (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama
A provacative, emotion-packed drama about race relations in an all-white suburban community.
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Andrew Duggan, Raymond St. Jacques, Vikki Thomas, Cicely Tyson
Votes: 45
31. Lemonade (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 33 min
A pair of Peoria matrons set up competing lemonade stands by the highway which they have spiked with alcohol. Neither sells anything but they sample each other's wares and pass the time talking of their families.
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Eileen Herlie, Martha Scott
Votes: 6
32.
Police Story (1973–1980)
Episode:
A Cry for Justice
(1979)
120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Police detectives investigate the shotgun shooting of a police officer.
Director: Bob Kelljan | Stars: Dennis Weaver, Diana Muldaur, Sharon Acker, Biff McGuire
Votes: 51
33.
Police Story (1973–1980)
Episode:
The Broken Badge
(1978)
93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
IA Sergeants Bivins and Petrelli investigate the fatal shooting of a prostitute by a veteran beat cop with a history of bending the rules. The cop is then convicted and sent to the same prison that holds some of the men he sent there.
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Claude Akins, Dennis Dugan, Michael Bell, Warren Stevens
Votes: 39
34.
Automan (1983–1984)
Episode:
Ships in the Night
(1984)
49 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A businessman goes missing in San Cristobal so Curtis and Roxanne are sent to find him. Walter finds out that others have disappeared and 1 was found dead so he and Auto rush down to warn them.
Director: Bob Claver | Stars: Desi Arnaz Jr., Chuck Wagner, Heather McNair, Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Votes: 41
35.
Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode:
Dennis and the Witch Doctor
(1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
John Wilson is writing an article about witch doctors. But some strange occurrences and odd accidents convince his new neighbors that he really is a witch doctor and is out to hex them.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Billy Booth, Irene Tedrow
Votes: 37
36.
Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Private Eye
(1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Dennis gets a new Private Eye Detective Kit and has fun with Tommy solving crimes. When they hear that Mr Wilson's wallet was stolen, Dennis and Tommy use their new found skills to find the culprit.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Billy Booth, Bob Hastings
Votes: 35
37.
Eight Is Enough (1977–1981)
Episode:
Mortgage Burnin' Blues
(1977)
TV-G | Comedy, Drama, Family
Tom's elation at finally paying off his mortgage dissipates after seven of his children are arrested.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: Dick Van Patten, Betty Buckley, Grant Goodeve, Willie Aames
Votes: 36
38.
Eight Is Enough (1977–1981)
Episode:
Much Ado About Garbage
(1978)
TV-G | Comedy, Drama, Family
Tom uncovers corruption and angers garbage workers. He refuses to give up his source for the article even after being threatened with jail.
Director: Harvey S. Laidman | Stars: Dick Van Patten, Betty Buckley, Grant Goodeve, Willie Aames
Votes: 31
39.
Eight Is Enough (1977–1981)
Episode:
My Son, the Prom Queen
(1980)
TV-G | Comedy, Drama, Family
When an all girl band beats out Tommy and Ernie's group for a gig at Senior prom the boys want payback. They decide to nominate Tommy for homecoming queen but when the event gets closer Tommy has doubts.
Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Dick Van Patten, Betty Buckley, Grant Goodeve, Willie Aames
Votes: 24
40.
Eight Is Enough (1977–1981)
Episode:
The Hipbone's Connected to the Thighbone
(1978)
TV-G | Comedy, Drama, Family
Mary struggles to keep up in med school amid the chaos and distractions of family life; Tommy burns through family members as he takes the wheel in preparation for drivers' education.
Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Dick Van Patten, Betty Buckley, Grant Goodeve, Willie Aames
Votes: 23
41.
Fame (1982–1987)
Episode:
...Help from My Friends
(1983)
TV-14 | 46 min | Drama, Music, Musical
After a series of school lockers are vandalized, Dwight finds a suicide note and Doris tries to enlist her friends in helping her find the note's author.
Director: Georg Stanford Brown | Stars: Debbie Allen, Lee Curreri, Erica Gimpel, Albert Hague
Votes: 34
42.
Fame (1982–1987)
Episode:
A Big Finish
(1982)
TV-14 | 46 min | Drama, Music, Musical
The janitor has a secret. He was a famous Broadway dancer and he is hiding a friend (also a famous dancer) and a dog in his office.
Director: Robert Douglas | Stars: Debbie Allen, Lee Curreri, Erica Gimpel, Albert Hague
Votes: 41
43.
Fame (1982–1987)
Episode:
A Friend in Need
(1984)
TV-14 | 47 min | Drama, Music, Musical
Blind substitute teacher Jim Hamilton returns to the School of the Arts, and finds himself falling for Lydia.
Director: David W. Hahn | Stars: Debbie Allen, Lee Curreri, Cynthia Gibb, Erica Gimpel
Votes: 19
44.
Fame (1982–1987)
Episode:
A Special Place
(1982)
TV-14 | 48 min | Drama, Music, Musical
Budget cutbacks prompts the School Board to fire one of the school's teachers.
Director: Robert Scheerer | Stars: Debbie Allen, Lee Curreri, Erica Gimpel, Albert Hague
Votes: 49
45.
Fame (1982–1987)
Episode:
Alone in a Crowd
(1982)
TV-14 | 48 min | Drama, Music, Musical
Bruno is afraid of performing in public and must learn to overcome his fears.
Director: Robert Scheerer | Stars: Debbie Allen, Lee Curreri, Erica Gimpel, Albert Hague
Votes: 54
46.
Fame (1982–1987)
Episode:
But Seriously Folks
(1982)
TV-14 | 48 min | Drama, Music, Musical
Danny starts taking caffeine pills to juggle school and his new midnight gig at a comedy club. Meanwhile Doris has her first screen-test for a hamburger commercial.
Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Debbie Allen, Lee Curreri, Erica Gimpel, Albert Hague
Votes: 49
47.
Fame (1982–1987)
Episode:
Childhood's End
(1982)
TV-14 | 48 min | Drama, Music, Musical
When her grandmother dies, Coco questions her decision to become a performer. The kids attempt to find Julie's stolen cello.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Debbie Allen, Lee Curreri, Erica Gimpel, Albert Hague
Votes: 35
48.
Fame (1982–1987)
Episode:
Come One, Come All
(1982)
TV-14 | 48 min | Drama, Music, Musical
Montgomery's mother, a famous movie star, has agreed to direct the school variety show. The only problem is she wants to use it to showcase herself.
Director: Robert Scheerer | Stars: Debbie Allen, Lee Curreri, Erica Gimpel, Albert Hague
Votes: 47
49.
Fame (1982–1987)
Episode:
Exposé
(1982)
TV-14 | 47 min | Drama, Music, Musical
When Julie gets replaced by a mannequin in a production number, she feels unimportant until a reporter threatens to do an expose on her.
Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Debbie Allen, Lee Curreri, Erica Gimpel, Albert Hague
Votes: 45
50.
Fame (1982–1987)
Episode:
Passing Grade
(1982)
TV-14 | 47 min | Drama, Music, Musical
Coco and Lydia vie for a part in a show. Danny wants to meet Johnny Carson and becomes a waiter.
Director: Nicholas Sgarro | Stars: Debbie Allen, Lee Curreri, Erica Gimpel, Albert Hague
Votes: 68