Ken Jenkins

Ken Jenkins

Ken Jenkins (born August 28, 1940) is an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Bob Kelso, the curmudgeonly Chief of Medicine on the American comedy Scrubs. In 1969, he co-founded the Actors Theatre of Louisville and served as the Associate Artistic Director for three years. This institution has produced playwrights such as Beth Henley and Marsha Norman. Jenkins previously appeared on the series Adult Math, as well as episodes of Homefront, The X-Files (episode "Medusa", season 8), Babylon 5 and "Evolution", the Season three premiere episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation "Sliders" (2 episodes, 1999–2000) Dust (2000) TV episode .... Professor Jack Bigelow - Revelations (1999) TV episode .... Robert Clark. He has appeared in the movies Executive Decision, The Abyss, Air America, Last Man Standing, Fled, Gone in 60 Seconds, I Am Sam, The Sum of All Fears, Matewan, Courage Under Fire and the 1998 remake of Psycho. He appeared as the father of Fran Goldsmith in Stephen King's TV miniseries, The Stand. Jenkins also had a role in Clockstoppers. Jenkins can sing and play the acoustic guitar, and is seen doing so on the Scrubs episodes "My Tuscaloosa Heart" and "My Musical". Jenkins also has a recurring role on Cougar Town since October 27, 2010 as Jules' (played by Courteney Cox) father. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ken Jenkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

  • Title: Ken Jenkins
  • Popularity: 8.337
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1940-08-28
  • Place of Birth: Dayton, Ohio, USA
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Ken Jenkins Movies

  • 1989
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    The Abyss

    The Abyss

    7.352 1989 HD

    A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself...

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  • 1993
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    And the Band Played On

    And the Band Played On

    6.455 1993 HD

    The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.

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  • 2002
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    The Sum of All Fears

    The Sum of All Fears

    6.346 2002 HD

    When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia...

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  • 1987
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    Matewan

    Matewan

    7.335 1987 HD

    Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe...

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  • 1990
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    Air America

    Air America

    5.8 1990 HD

    Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for...

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  • 1996
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    Last Man Standing

    Last Man Standing

    6.4 1996 HD

    John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances...

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  • 1989
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    The Outside Woman

    The Outside Woman

    1 1989 HD

    A factory worker is convinced to hijack a helicopter and help two prisoners escape from jail.

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  • 1996
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    Fled

    Fled

    5.564 1996 HD

    During a routine prison work detail, convict Piper is chained to Dodge, a cyberhacker, when gunfire breaks out. Apparently, the attack is related to...

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  • 2007
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    Welcome to Paradise

    Welcome to Paradise

    6.8 2007 HD

    When big-city preacher Debbie Laramie (Crystal Bernard) moves to the small town of Paradise with her son Hayden (Bobby Edner), she finds the local...

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  • 2002
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    Home Room

    Home Room

    6.7 2002 HD

    A high school shooting has repercussions on the town and students.

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  • 1991
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    In Broad Daylight

    In Broad Daylight

    5.7 1991 HD

    The fanatically uncompromising Len Rowan and his family insult and terrorize the citizens of a small town for years. One day the comment of a...

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  • 1990
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    Dark Avenger

    Dark Avenger

    4.4 1990 HD

    An acid-scarred judge turns masked avenger, backed by an electronics expert and her crime lab.

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  • 1988
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    Disaster at Silo 7

    Disaster at Silo 7

    6.3 1988 HD

    During routine maintenance of a liquid-fuelled ICBM, the fuel tank is penetrated by a falling spanner. The film traces the efforts of the maintenance...

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  • 1990
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    By Dawn's Early Light

    By Dawn's Early Light

    6.5 1990 HD

    A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a...

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  • 1974
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    In Fashion

    In Fashion

    1 1974 HD

    This charming musical comedy, set in turn-of-the-century Paris and based on George Feydeau's classic romp, "Tailleur Pour Dames," turns on a case of...

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  • 1998
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    Thirst

    Thirst

    4.438 1998 HD

    A chemical engineer, who recently moved to town, struggles to find a way to kill a deadly new variant of Cryptosporidium that has infiltrated the...

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  • 1995
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    Past the Bleachers

    Past the Bleachers

    6 1995 HD

    Bill and his wife have recently had to live through a tragedy. When Bill decides to coach a little league baseball team, he meets a young mute boy...

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  • 2002
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    Clockstoppers

    Clockstoppers

    5.285 2002 HD

    Until now, Zak Gibbs' greatest challenge has been to find a way to buy a car. But when he discovers an odd wristwatch amidst his father's various...

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  • 1991
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    Edge of Honor

    Edge of Honor

    4.6 1991 HD

    A group of scouts stumble onto a cache of stolen weapons hidden in a forest. They meet up with a girl and get involved with the men who originally...

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  • 1989
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    Roe vs. Wade

    Roe vs. Wade

    6.8 1989 HD

    Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child,...

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  • 1983
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    Heart of Steel

    Heart of Steel

    7.7 1983 HD

    A steel factory that employs most of the town shuts down, leaving a man desperate to keep his family and friends together while alcohol consumes him...

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  • 1990
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    Shattered Dreams

    Shattered Dreams

    5.5 1990 HD

    Charlotte marries John. Things seem ok; John has a good job and he's going up in the world, working for the government. But every so often he loses...

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  • 1990
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    Descending Angel

    Descending Angel

    5 1990 HD

    A recently engaged man getting to know his future father-in-law better unearths clues that the man may have been a Nazi collaborator and a mass...

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  • 1992
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    A House of Secrets and Lies

    A House of Secrets and Lies

    1 1992 HD

    A newswoman is consumed by suspicions and guilt over her rocky marriage.

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  • 1994
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    In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness

    In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness

    6.5 1994 HD

    After a very messy divorce, a man starts suspecting his ex-wife and her new boyfriend of various crimes.

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  • 1989
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    Unconquered

    Unconquered

    10 1989 HD

    In 1962 in Montgomery, Alabama, State Attorney Richmond Flowers, Sr. is one of few willing to fight racial injustices even if it costs him his...

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  • 2001
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    I Am Sam

    I Am Sam

    7.566 2001 HD

    Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own....

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  • 1985
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    What Comes Around

    What Comes Around

    3.5 1985 HD

    Country singer Joe Hawkins must fight both drug addiction and his unscrupulous manager to get back on his feet.

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  • 1996
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    Executive Decision

    Executive Decision

    6.3 1996 HD

    Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell)...

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  • 1992
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    Crossing the Bridge

    Crossing the Bridge

    5.893 1992 HD

    A film about three high school friends who find their happy-go-lucky existence tarnished forever the instant they get embroiled in a drug-running...

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  • 1996
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    Courage Under Fire

    Courage Under Fire

    6.503 1996 HD

    A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female...

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  • 1989
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    Breaking Point

    Breaking Point

    4.667 1989 HD

    With D-Day less than 72 hours off, top US intelligence officer Jefferson Pike (Corbin Bernsen), is captured by the enemy. Pike, one of handful of...

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  • 2016
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    All the Way

    All the Way

    6.661 2016 HD

    Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and...

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  • 1994
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    A Time to Heal

    A Time to Heal

    10 1994 HD

    A paralyzed mother recovers from a stroke during childbirth with care from her husband.

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  • 2019
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    Girls Weekend

    Girls Weekend

    0.5 2019 HD

    When a queer daughter returns home to Las Vegas for a "girls weekend" with her estranged homophobic sister and people-pleasing mother, her gun-toting...

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  • 2000
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    Lucky Numbers

    Lucky Numbers

    5.128 2000 HD

    Russ Richards is a TV weatherman and local celebrity on the verge of losing his shirt. Desperate to escape financial ruin, he schemes with Crystal...

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  • 1989
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    In Country

    In Country

    5.429 1989 HD

    Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth. Samantha lives with her uncle Emmett, who...

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  • 2001
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    The Tailor of Panama

    The Tailor of Panama

    6.019 2001 HD

    A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a...

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  • 1994
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    White Mile

    White Mile

    5.7 1994 HD

    An ad-agency boss (Alan Alda) leads a white-water-rafting trip into danger.

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  • 1992
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    Mad About You

    Mad About You

    6.7 1992 HD

    Young, urban newlyweds Paul and Jamie Buchman try to sustain their marital bliss while sidestepping the hurdles of love in the '90s.

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  • 1987
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    thirtysomething

    thirtysomething

    6.333 1987 HD

    Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and...

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  • 1987
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    Star Trek: The Next Generation

    Star Trek: The Next Generation

    8.4 1987 HD

    Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new...

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  • 1990
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    Beverly Hills, 90210

    Beverly Hills, 90210

    7.395 1990 HD

    Follow the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of Beverly Hills, California and attending the fictitious West...

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  • 1996
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    Early Edition

    Early Edition

    7.3 1996 HD

    Gary Hobson thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives today giving him a disconcerting look into the...

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  • 1995
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    Cybill

    Cybill

    5.8 1995 HD

    Cybill is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre, which aired on CBS from January 2, 1995, to July 13, 1998. Starring, Cybill Shepherd,...

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  • 1991
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    Homefront

    Homefront

    5.1 1991 HD

    Homefront is an American television drama series created and produced by Lynn Marie Latham and Bernard Lechowick in association with Warner Bros....

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  • 1979
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    Knots Landing

    Knots Landing

    6.8 1979 HD

    The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.

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  • 1982
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    Newhart

    Newhart

    7.2 1982 HD

    Dick Loudon and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in Vermont. Dick is a how-to book writer, who eventually...

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  • 1989
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    Mancuso, F.B.I.

    Mancuso, F.B.I.

    6 1989 HD

    Mancuso, F.B.I. is a crime drama which was aired by NBC as part of its 1989-90 schedule. Mancuso, F.B.I. stars veteran actor Robert Loggia as Nick...

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  • 1994
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    Babylon 5

    Babylon 5

    8.048 1994 HD

    Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth Alliance in the 2250s, its goal is to maintain peace among...

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  • 1993
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    The X-Files

    The X-Files

    8.379 1993 HD

    The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena....

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  • 1985
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    The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

    7.1 1985 HD

    Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself...

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  • 2001
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    Scrubs

    Scrubs

    8 2001 HD

    In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.

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  • 1994
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    Chicago Hope

    Chicago Hope

    7.2 1994 HD

    Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The...

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  • 1987
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    Wiseguy

    Wiseguy

    6.5 1987 HD

    Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an agent for the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau) of the United...

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  • 2012
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    Gravity Falls

    Gravity Falls

    8.6 2012 HD

    Twin brother and sister Dipper and Mabel Pines are in for an unexpected adventure when they spend the summer helping their great uncle Stan run a...

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  • 1999
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    Family Law

    Family Law

    8.2 1999 HD

    Family attorney and mom Lynn Holt has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together since her husband left her and took most of their...

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  • 2014
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    black-ish

    black-ish

    7.2 2014 HD

    A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.

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  • 2013
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    Back in the Game

    Back in the Game

    6.455 2013 HD

    Terry Gannon Jr. was an All Star softball player until life threw her a couple curve balls: a baby, a lost college scholarship and a loser for a...

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  • 2012
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    Gravity Falls

    Gravity Falls

    8.6 2012 HD

    Twin brother and sister Dipper and Mabel Pines are in for an unexpected adventure when they spend the summer helping their great uncle Stan run a...

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  • 1992
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    Hearts Afire

    Hearts Afire

    8 1992 HD

    Frustrations and sparks fly in Washington, D.C. when a strict conservative hires a free spirited journalist as his boss's press secretary. Their...

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  • 2015
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    Harvey Beaks

    Harvey Beaks

    6.19 2015 HD

    A mild-mannered young bird and his best friends, a pair of rambunctious siblings called Fee and Foo, seek adventure and mischief in the magical...

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  • 1998
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    Oh Baby

    Oh Baby

    5 1998 HD

    Tracy is a successful career woman who longs to be a mom. When her boyfriend refuses to commit, Tracy decides she can't wait around...

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  • 2017
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    A Series of Unfortunate Events

    A Series of Unfortunate Events

    7.4 2017 HD

    The orphaned Baudelaire children face trials, tribulations and the evil Count Olaf, all in their quest to uncover the secret of their parents' death.

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  • 2009
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    Cougar Town

    Cougar Town

    6.393 2009 HD

    Jules Cobb is a mom in her forties facing the often humorous challenges, pitfalls and rewards of life's next chapter. Along for the journey is her...

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  • 1995
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    Sliders

    Sliders

    7.596 1995 HD

    In his basement in San Francisco, boy-genius Quinn Mallory unlocks the doorway to an infinite number of Earths. During a test run, Quinn invites...

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  • 1995
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    Sliders

    Sliders

    7.596 1995 HD

    In his basement in San Francisco, boy-genius Quinn Mallory unlocks the doorway to an infinite number of Earths. During a test run, Quinn invites...

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  • 1971
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    Great Performances

    Great Performances

    5.2 1971 HD

    The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular...

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  • 1995
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    Hiroshima

    Hiroshima

    8 1995 HD

    Hiroshima is a 1995 Japanese / Canadian film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and Roger Spottiswoode about the decision-making processes that led to...

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