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1.
For the People (1965)
Episode:
The Killing of One Human Being
(1965)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Koster's attempt to prosecute a young hoodlum for homicide is complicated by the appearance of a lawyer with high political connections representing the defendant.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: William Shatner, Howard Da Silva, Lonny Chapman, Jessica Walter
Votes: 11
2.
Omnibus (1952–1961)
Episode:
Mr. Lincoln: Part 3
(1952)
30 min | Drama, History, Music
Norman Lloyd and James Agee continue the story of Lincoln; Robert Tallman and Helen Hayes present stories of Mother Goose.
Directors: Andrew McCullough, Norman Lloyd | Stars: James Broderick, Blanche Charles, Alistair Cooke, Royal Dano
Votes: 11
3. The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.
Stars: Rod Serling, Robert McCord, Jay Overholts, James Turley
Votes: 93,099
4.
ABC Stage 67 (1966–1967)
Episode:
The Trap of Solid Gold
(1967)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A mid-level company executive is assured by his superiors that he's being groomed for better things, and an upcoming project could assure his future at the company, but in the meantime he ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Dina Merrill, Conrad Nagel, James Broderick
Votes: 8
5.
The Defenders (1961–1965)
Episode:
Blood County
(1962)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Lawrence and Kenneth Preston go to Blood County, Pennsylvania, to represent a hunter who has been coerced into confessing to a killing he didn't commit. They find that local law enforcement... See full summary »
Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed, Sorrell Booke, James Broderick
Votes: 11
6.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
A Right and Proper Goodbye
(1976)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
Hattie, Kate's headstrong mother, pays a final visit to the family. She attempts to hide a serious illness, but takes Buddy into her confidence. Kate eventually realizes that Hattie can no ... See full summary »
Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Elayne Heilveil, Gary Frank
Votes: 61
7.
Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode:
No Deadly Medicine: Part 2
(1957)
60 min | Drama
Dr. Joseph Pearson and his young assistant clash over the circumstances of a premature birth and a cancer diagnosis.
Stars: Bea Arthur, Philip Bourneuf, Carolyn Brenner, James Broderick
Votes: 29
8.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Pilot: The Best Years
(1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family
Nancy walks in on Jeff and finds him with another woman and moves back home. Buddy overhears something Kate says about her children, and runs away.
Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Elayne Heilveil, Gary Frank
Votes: 103
9.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
We Love You, Miss Jessup
(1977)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
Buddy is fawning over her teacher Miss Jessup. When Kate goes to a PTA meeting, one of the parents reveals that Miss Jessup is a lesbian and that she reportedly had an affair with a student... See full summary »
Director: Edward Parone | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 48
10.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Rites of Friendship
(1976)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
Willie experiences difficulty accepting his childhood friend Zeke who is arrested in a gay bar. Buddy seeks dancing lessons from a disinterested Nancy.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 60
11.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Smarts
(1980)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
Annie and Buddy each have problems with intellect: Annie feels she's too smart, while Buddy fears she's not smart enough.
Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 30
12.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Such Sweet Sorrow
(1976)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
Willie's relationship with Big Al is complicated by Salina's surprise reappearance in his life. Doug considers relocating the family to New York.
Director: Richard Kinon | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 43
13.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Best Friends
(1977)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
Buddy's relationship with T.J. complicates her friendship with Audrey. At her class reunion, Nancy becomes reacquainted with Brian Slater, the high school sweetheart she dumped for Jeff, but Brian's hiding a terrible secret.
Director: Robert Hartford-Davis | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 41
14.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Expectations
(1978)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
Nancy's the victim of sexual harassment from her new boss. Buddy tries out for a slot on the cheer leading squad at school.
Director: Edward Parone | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 36
15.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
Atta Girl, Kelly!: K for Kelly
(1967)
Unrated | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Kelly is one of a litter of puppies born on a puppy farm. This farm breeds dogs especially for the Seeing Eye. Kelly was turned over to Danny Richards as a 4H project, knowing he will have to give her up after a year.
Director: James Sheldon | Stars: Beau Bridges, James Broderick, J.D. Cannon, William Corcoran
Votes: 23
16.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Coming Apart
(1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family
When Buddy gets a part-time job at a bakery, Willie is smitten with the owner, Big Al. Meanwhile, Nancy finds herself in a romantic triangle between Peter, her former college professor, and ex-husband Jeff, anxious for a reconciliation.
Director: John Erman | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 50
17.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Letting Go
(1980)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
With Buddy departing soon for college, Doug has difficulty letting go, while she secretly fears leaving.
Director: James Broderick | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 36
18.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Gifts
(1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family
Disturbed by all the holiday cheer, a lonely and bereft Annie decides to run away.
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 30
19.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Skeleton in the Closet
(1976)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
Doug must face his sister Emily's alcoholism. Buddy tries to help a senior citizen she spots shoplifting food from the supermarket.
Director: John Erman | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 52
20. The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
TV-G | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A Disney-produced anthology covering many different genres.
Stars: Walt Disney, Paul Frees, Clarence Nash, Slim Pickens
Votes: 2,291
21. You Are There (1953–1972)
30 min | Drama, History
Walter Cronkite hosted the reenactments of historical events. Shows included "The Landing of the Hindenburg", "The Salem Witchcraft Trials", "The Gettysburg Address", "The Fall of Troy", and "The Scuttling of the Graf Spee".
Stars: Walter Cronkite, Todd Hunter, Paul Birch, Harlow Wilcox
Votes: 206
22. Omnibus (1952–1961)
55 min | Drama, History, Music
Omnibus was a television program that sought to provide the best of what television could provide as the highest common denominator of intellectual curiosity and interest. This level of programing excellence has not been achieved again.
Stars: Alistair Cooke, Leonard Bernstein, Joseph N. Welch, Helen Hayes
Votes: 218
23.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Monday Is Forever
(1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family
The family is stressed out and Kate is nervous as she must continue to wait for news from the doctor on Monday, whether or not she has cancer. Buddy may lose her friend Laura, whose family may have to move to Detroit.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Elayne Heilveil, Gary Frank
Votes: 72
24.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Point of Departure
(1976)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
During a string of burglaries that sweeps through the neighborhood and tests the family, Doug resents Willie's attitude towards life and work.
Director: John Erman | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Elayne Heilveil, Gary Frank
Votes: 44
25.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
When the Bough Breaks
(1980)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
Kate's unplanned pregnancy is a source of conflict and embarrassment in the family. Buddy's friend Erica wants to lose her virginity and selects Willie as her partner.
Director: Gwen Arner | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 46
26.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Hard Times
(1980)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
Buddy's interference in the relationship of two close friends backfires. Nancy experiences difficulty juggling a career and being a good parent.
Director: Richard Kinon | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 33
27.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
A Special Kind of Loving
(1976)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
Willie meets Salina McGee and falls in love, leading to Buddy's jealousy, who needs him to help her overcome her fear of diving.
Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Elayne Heilveil, Gary Frank
Votes: 57
28.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Annie Laurie
(1977)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family
While working on an important patent case, Doug meets formidable attorney Annie Laurie, who is interested in more than his briefs.
Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 40
29.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Coming of Age
(1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family
Buddy begins puberty. Nancy finds herself torn between Peter's proposal and her attraction to a stranger.
Director: John Erman | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 53
30.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Prelude
(1979)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
Buddy's crush on her swimming coach leads to problems with Zack. Kate considers contacting a former flame.
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 28
31.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Sleeping Over
(1979)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
Buddy's invitation to a sorority becomes a sore point in her friendship with Audrey when Audrey isn't invited to join. Willie sleeps with Kate's musician friend, leading to a serious mother-son rift over casual sex.
Director: Richard Kinon | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 37
32.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
Doctor's Wife
(1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
There's trouble for Doc Adams, and perhaps for Dodge, when a new doctor and his wife arrive in town and the wife resorts to spreading a nasty rumor about Doc to get the new practice started.
Director: Harry Harris | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 205
33.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Exits and Entrances
(1979)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
Kate's friend, a professional actress, pushes Buddy to replace an ingénue in her play. Annie accepts a part-time job selling disco lessons to fund a new bike she wants to buy.
Director: Gwen Arner | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 37
34.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Generations
(1978)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
The family decides to spend Thanksgiving at Hattie's farm, where Kate faces ghosts from the past and Buddy is intrigued by a local boy.
Director: Richard Kinon | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 37
35.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Jack of Hearts
(1980)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
Just as Nancy and Buddy finally affect a closer sister relationship, Buddy develops a crush on her jogging partner Jack and later discovers that he and Nancy have been intimate.
Director: Edward Parone | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 35
36.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Whispers
(1980)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
Buddy's friendship with a teacher leads to whispers at school and a valuable lesson for Buddy about good people doing bad things. Meanwhile, Annie will do anything to persuade Willie to grant her an interview for her school newspaper.
Director: Marshall Herskovitz | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 26
37.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Just Like Old Times
(1980)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
Buddy pretends that her college applications were rejected, but her real issue is being Willie Lawrence's little sister. Doug attempts to share his passion for baseball with Annie.
Director: Richard Kinon | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 28
38.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall...
(1977)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family
Kate intercedes for Elaine and the young woman she gave up for adoption before marrying Fred. Willie wonders about the private life of a beautiful client at the photo studio.
Director: Robert Hartford-Davis | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 47
39.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
The Friend's Affair
(1979)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
Doug and Kate draw battle lines when Doug lies for a friend who's having an extramarital affair. Annie spies on a neighbor and believes he might have murdered his wife, as in the film Rear Window.
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 42
40.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Thursday's Child
(1976)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
The family relives painful memories of Timmy Sr.'s death as Timmy Jr.'s christening approaches.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Elayne Heilveil, Gary Frank
Votes: 53
41.
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969–1973)
Episode:
First: No Harm to the Patient
(1970)
60 min | Drama
The hospital has been receiving patients with previous botched surgeries and Dr. Stuart investigates.
Director: Jeffrey Hayden | Stars: E.G. Marshall, David Hartman, John Saxon, James Broderick
Votes: 9
42.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
'Tis the Season
(1979)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
Doug sees a specialist after having chest pains, but an argument erupts between him and Willie about him and Rachel going to Mexico. Meanwhile, Buddy invites the school janitor home for Christmas, much to the reluctance of Kate.
Director: Richard Kinon | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 30
43.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
All for Love
(1978)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
Buddy's boyfriend Zack pressures her to have sex, and she contemplates sleeping with him to keep him from turning to a pretty rival. Doug considers buying a sports car.
Director: Kim Friedman | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 32
44.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Moment of Truth
(1979)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
Audrey and Buddy are accused of cheating on an algebra test. The family is threatened by Bob Gantry, a criminal Doug sent to prison years ago.
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 29
45.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
On the First Day of Christmas
(1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family
Doug and his father are at odds when James introduces the family to his younger fiancée Constance, a woman with a lurid past. Jeff angers Nancy by insisting that Timmy accompany him on a Christmas cruise.
Director: Gerald S. O'Loughlin | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 45
46.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Sleeping Gypsy
(1978)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
Buddy's friend Mara, the daughter of Kate's old friends, makes Buddy's life difficult at school with her unconventional personality.
Director: Stuart Millar | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 92
47.
Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode:
No Deadly Medicine: Part 1
(1957)
60 min | Drama
A conflict develops between Dr. Joseph Pearson and his young assistant, who attempts to introduce new methods in their pathology lab.
Stars: Philip Bourneuf, James Broderick, Charles Bronson, Lee J. Cobb
Votes: 31
48.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
An Apple for the Teacher
(1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family
Just as she begins teaching, Kate's challenged by trouble-making student Phillip Ogden. Annie loses Buddy's lucky ring.
Director: Kim Friedman | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 32
49.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
An Eye to the Future
(1977)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
Kate ponders going to college, Doug has a shot at the bench, and Buddy becomes part of the CB radio craze.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 51
50.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Return Engagement
(1977)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family
Maggie Calder, the woman who nearly destroyed Doug and Kate's marriage 20 years ago, is back for a second attempt. Buddy feels she's being treated like a baby.
Director: Richard Kinon | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 49