Robert Prosky

Robert Prosky

Robert Prosky (born Robert Joseph Porzuczek, December 13, 1930 – December 8, 2008) was an American actor. He became a well-known supporting actor in the 1980s with his roles in Thief (1981), Christine (1983), The Natural (1984), and Broadcast News (1987). Prosky's other notable movies include Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), Hoffa (1992), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Last Action Hero (1993), Rudy (1993), Miracle on 34th Street (1994), Dead Man Walking (1995), and Mad City (1997). His most notable television role was of Sgt. Stan Jablonski on the TV police drama Hill Street Blues.

  • Title: Robert Prosky
  • Popularity: 7.687
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1930-12-13
  • Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Robert Prosky Movies

  • 1990
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    Gremlins 2: The New Batch

    Gremlins 2: The New Batch

    6.5 1990 HD

    Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo....

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  • 1995
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    Dead Man Walking

    Dead Man Walking

    7.324 1995 HD

    A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.

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  • 1993
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    Mrs. Doubtfire

    Mrs. Doubtfire

    7.196 1993 HD

    Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his...

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  • 1988
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    The Great Outdoors

    The Great Outdoors

    6.4 1988 HD

    It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben. But a serene weekend of...

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  • 1987
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    Outrageous Fortune

    Outrageous Fortune

    6 1987 HD

    Refined actress Lauren Ames finally has a chance to study with the great theatre professor Stanislav Korzenowski. Sandy Brozinsky, a brash, loud...

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  • 1981
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    Thief

    Thief

    7.2 1981 HD

    Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime...

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  • 1992
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    Far and Away

    Far and Away

    6.766 1992 HD

    A young couple escapes Ireland, dreaming of a new life during the land giveaway in Oklahoma. As they struggle to survive against betrayal and harsh...

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  • 1984
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    The Natural

    The Natural

    6.9 1984 HD

    An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the...

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  • 1996
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    The Chamber

    The Chamber

    6 1996 HD

    Idealistic young attorney Adam Hall takes on the death row clemency case of his racist grandfather, Sam Cayhall, a former Ku Klux Klan member he has...

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  • 1990
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    Loose Cannons

    Loose Cannons

    4.9 1990 HD

    Mac, the two-fisted, savvy cop finds that he's being saddled with a new partner, a known burnout, to work with him on a new and difficult case. The...

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  • 1983
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    Christine

    Christine

    6.861 1983 HD

    Nerdy high schooler Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to...

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  • 1987
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    Broadcast News

    Broadcast News

    6.729 1987 HD

    Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news...

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  • 1997
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    Mad City

    Mad City

    6.2 1997 HD

    A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into the fierce world of ratings-driven TV gone mad.

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  • 1983
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    The Keep

    The Keep

    5.7 1983 HD

    Nazis take over an ancient fortress that contains a mysterious entity that wreaks havoc and death upon them.

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  • 1990
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    Funny About Love

    Funny About Love

    4.6 1990 HD

    As political cartoonist Duffy and his bride Meg fail to conceive, he and sorority girl Daphne succeed.

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  • 1999
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    Dudley Do-Right

    Dudley Do-Right

    4.075 1999 HD

    Royal Canadian Mountie Dudley Do-right is busy keeping the peace in his small mountain town when his old rival, Snidely Whiplash, comes up with a...

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  • 1983
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    The Lords of Discipline

    The Lords of Discipline

    6.5 1983 HD

    Will arrives for his last year at Military Academy, in the Deep South USA, in the 1960's. A black student, Pearce, has been accepted, for the first...

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  • 1988
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    Things Change

    Things Change

    6.2 1988 HD

    Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder...

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  • 1987
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    Big Shots

    Big Shots

    6.3 1987 HD

    Following the death of his father, a suburbanite runs away from home and winds up on Chicago's South Side. After being mugged, the boy befriends a...

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  • 1990
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    The Love She Sought

    The Love She Sought

    6.2 1990 HD

    An aging school teacher (Lansbury) at a Catholic grammar school in Minnesota questions her life's existence when she has to start battling a new...

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  • 2005
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    Suits on the Loose

    Suits on the Loose

    3 2005 HD

    Suits on the Loose is the story of two rebellious teens, Justin and Ty, and their breakout from a desert survival camp. When two naive Mormon...

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  • 1982
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    Monsignor

    Monsignor

    4.4 1982 HD

    The vows of an ambitious young American priest are tested during World War II. Not only does Father John Flaherty get involved with the black market...

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  • 1987
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    Washington Monuments

    Washington Monuments

    1 1987 HD

    Washington Monuments captures the beauty and history of the Capital's major landmarks in a presentation that is informative, picturesque and...

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  • 2000
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    Pasta For War

    Pasta For War

    1 2000 HD

    A humorous retooling of wartime propaganda films as troops of rigatoni march in stunning symmetry beneath squadrons of glorious mostacciloli.

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  • 1991
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    Age Isn't Everything

    Age Isn't Everything

    2 1991 HD

    Young man gives up his dream of becoming an astronaut to go into business — and finds himself turned into a little old man.

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  • 2002
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    NBC 75th Anniversary Special

    NBC 75th Anniversary Special

    1 2002 HD

    A celebration of NBC's 75 year history, featuring clips of special moments.

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  • 1999
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    Swing Vote

    Swing Vote

    5.7 1999 HD

    A newly-appointed Supreme Court Justice must settle a controversial moral and legal dilemma with his tie-breaking decision which may also have...

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  • 1990
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    Johnny Ryan

    Johnny Ryan

    1 1990 HD

    An honest, hard-working cop has to go up against the mob in 1949 New York City.

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  • 1998
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    The Lake

    The Lake

    5 1998 HD

    Jackie Ivers is a Los Angeles nurse who returns home to the small town of San Vicente to find that her friends and family have taken on bizarrely...

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  • 1990
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    Dangerous Pursuit

    Dangerous Pursuit

    5.8 1990 HD

    A young woman's past catches up with her five years later and nearly shatters her life. As a footloose cocktail waitress, she unwittingly once spent...

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  • 1989
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    From the Dead of Night

    From the Dead of Night

    5.5 1989 HD

    After having a near death experience Joanna finds her life in constant danger. She begins to believe that certain forces are trying to bring her back...

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  • 1995
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    The Scarlet Letter

    The Scarlet Letter

    6 1995 HD

    Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend....

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  • 1990
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    Green Card

    Green Card

    6.1 1990 HD

    Urban horticulturalist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board will rent it only to a married couple....

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  • 1992
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    Hoffa

    Hoffa

    6.2 1992 HD

    A portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro. The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles...

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  • 2007
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    The Valley of Light

    The Valley of Light

    6.7 2007 HD

    The Valley of Light is a beautifully-filmed, sentimental movie of a young man's quest to make sense of his experiences and find new meaning in life....

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  • 1982
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    Hanky Panky

    Hanky Panky

    5.3 1982 HD

    Naïve Michael Jordon is drawn into a web of government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she's...

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  • 1981
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    The Ordeal of Bill Carney

    The Ordeal of Bill Carney

    1 1981 HD

    Bill Carney has just been paralyzed from the neck down. He has been taking care of his two sons since his wife left him. Now, when word of his...

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  • 1993
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    Rudy

    Rudy

    7.4 1993 HD

    Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of...

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  • 1989
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    Home Fires Burning

    Home Fires Burning

    6.4 1989 HD

    When a WW2 veteran comes back home, he realizes how the war affected Americans by seeing the changes in his wife, family, and best friend.

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  • 2002
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    D-Tox

    D-Tox

    5.565 2002 HD

    A disgraced FBI agent with a drinking problem joins nine other troubled law enforcement officers at an isolated detox clinic in the wilds of Wyoming....

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  • 1993
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    Last Action Hero

    Last Action Hero

    6.461 1993 HD

    After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is...

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  • 1985
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    Into Thin Air

    Into Thin Air

    7 1985 HD

    Ellen Burstyn stars as Joan Walker, a mother whose college student son vanishes while traveling from Canada to Colorado. When police fail to...

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  • 2009
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    The Skeptic

    The Skeptic

    5.3 2009 HD

    After the mysterious death of his Aunt, a confirmed skeptic lawyer, Bryan Becket, dismisses reports that her house is haunted and moves in....

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  • 1990
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    LifeStories: Steve Burdick

    LifeStories: Steve Burdick

    1 1990 HD

    Steve Burdick is closeted television anchorman whose lover dies of an AIDS-related illness. Steve decides to come out and then tells his story about...

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  • 1989
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    The Heist

    The Heist

    5.1 1989 HD

    Ex-con Neal Skinner seeks revenge against track owner Ebbet Berens for framing him in an emerald smuggling deal.

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  • 2006
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    The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

    The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

    1 2006 HD

    The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of Broadway's brightest luminaries. Culled from clips...

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  • 1988
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    A Walk in the Woods

    A Walk in the Woods

    1 1988 HD

    A true story about one US and one USSR delegate who, during 1982 talks in Geneva between USA and USSR on limiting medium-range nukes in Europe, met...

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  • 1992
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    Double Edge

    Double Edge

    5 1992 HD

    In this fast paced action-thriller, daytime's top star Susan Lucci plays two roles: both a crack FBI agent and the elusive killer-for-hire who she...

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  • 1975
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    Zalmen, or The Madness of God

    Zalmen, or The Madness of God

    1 1975 HD

    This play takes place during Yom Kippur in a post-Stalinist Russian synagogue, where a Rabbi waits for a Western acting troupe and gets extremely...

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  • 2002
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    Death to Smoochy

    Death to Smoochy

    5.9 2002 HD

    Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by...

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  • 1978
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    The Brink's Job

    The Brink's Job

    6 1978 HD

    In 1950, a group of unlikely criminal masterminds commits the robbery of the century. Led by Tony Pino, a petty thief fresh out of prison, and Joe...

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  • 1994
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    Miracle on 34th Street

    Miracle on 34th Street

    6.7 1994 HD

    Six-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle—Santa Claus. Her mother told her the secret about Santa a long...

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  • 1992
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    Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

    Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

    5.3 1992 HD

    For a generation, the mobs main money machine was the Teamsters Union. When Jimmy Hoffa disappeared, the fight was on to see who could follow him....

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  • 1977
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    Lou Grant

    Lou Grant

    7.196 1977 HD

    The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.

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  • 1982
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    Cheers

    Cheers

    7.6 1982 HD

    The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people who worked and drank there.

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  • 1997
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    Veronica's Closet

    Veronica's Closet

    5.1 1997 HD

    Veronica 'Ronnie' Chase is the 'Queen of Romance.' Founder of a successful lingerie empire, and best-selling author of self-help romance books,...

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  • 1999
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    Once and Again

    Once and Again

    6.8 1999 HD

    The series depicts the family of a single mother and her romance with a single father.

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  • 1985
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    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.3 1985 HD

    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The...

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  • 1998
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    LateLine

    LateLine

    1 1998 HD

    LateLine is an American TV sitcom that ran on NBC from March 17, 1998, through March 16, 1999. Due to an abrupt cancellation, there were seven...

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  • 1993
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    Frasier

    Frasier

    7.7 1993 HD

    After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father...

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  • 1951
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.8 1951 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

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  • 1994
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    ER

    ER

    7.8 1994 HD

    ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened...

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  • 1990
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    Lifestories

    Lifestories

    1 1990 HD

    Lifestories is an American medical drama television series that premiered August 20, 1990, on NBC. Done in a documentary style with off-screen...

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  • 1991
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    Brooklyn Bridge

    Brooklyn Bridge

    7.5 1991 HD

    Brooklyn Bridge is an American television program which aired on CBS between 1991 and 1993. It is about a Jewish American family living in Brooklyn...

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  • 2001
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    Danny

    Danny

    3 2001 HD

    Danny is recently separated father struggling to raise his two teenage kids. Despite just turning 40, He still wants to pursue his lifelong dreams...

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  • 2003
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    K Street

    K Street

    5.1 2003 HD

    An experimental fusion of reality and fiction--a fly-on-the-wall look at government, filmed in and around the corridors of power in Washington. The...

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  • 1956
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    Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

    5 1956 HD

    The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The...

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  • 1995
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    Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain

    Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain

    1 1995 HD

    One of America's most complex and enduring figures, Thomas Jefferson struggled personally and publicly with an issue that would come to define our...

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  • 1997
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    The Practice

    The Practice

    7.7 1997 HD

    A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its...

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  • 1981
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    Hill Street Blues

    Hill Street Blues

    7.6 1981 HD

    A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

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  • 1984
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    Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

    7.6 1984 HD

    An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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  • 1988
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    The Murder of Mary Phagan

    The Murder of Mary Phagan

    5.8 1988 HD

    In early-twentieth-century Atlanta, the murder of a young girl prompts strong reactions from the community and ultimately leads to the arrest of a...

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  • 1982
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    World War III

    World War III

    6.1 1982 HD

    When starving mobs begin rioting in the streets of Moscow, Soviet leaders believe they have no recourse but to seize the Alaskan pipeline to force...

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  • 1951
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.8 1951 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

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  • 1994
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    Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

    7.2 1994 HD

    Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.

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  • 1989
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    Coach

    Coach

    6.9 1989 HD

    Hayden Fox, the curmudgeonly coach of Minnesota State University's Screaming Eagles football team, tries to navigate his way through the sports...

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  • 1975
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    Beacon Hill

    Beacon Hill

    5 1975 HD

    Short lived soap opera about rich family and their servants in 1920s Boston.

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