Laurie Metcalf

Laurie Metcalf

Laura Elizabeth Metcalf (born June 16, 1955) is an American actress and comedian. Often described as a character actor, she is known for her complex and versatile roles across the stage and screen. She has received various accolades throughout her career spanning over four decades, including two Tony Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. Metcalf began her career with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company and frequently works in Chicago theatre. She made her Broadway debut in the 1985 play My Thing of Love. She went on to receive six Tony Award nominations, winning Best Actress in a Play in 2017 for her performance in A Doll's House, Part 2 and Best Featured Actress in a Play for the 2018 revival of Edward Albee's Three Tall Women. Her other Tony-nominated roles were for November (2008), The Other Place (2010), Misery (2016), and Hillary and Clinton (2019). She gained national attention for her performance as Jackie Harris on the sitcom Roseanne (1988–1997, 2018) and its spinoff The Conners (2018–present), for which she won three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She also won a Primetime Emmy Award for her guest role in Hacks (2022), and her other Emmy-nominated roles include 3rd Rock from the Sun (1999), Monk (2006), Desperate Housewives (2007), The Big Bang Theory (2016), Getting On (2013–2015), and Horace and Pete (2016). She also appeared on The Norm Show (1999–2001), Frasier, and The Dropout (2022). In film, Metcalf is best known for her performance as Marion McPherson in Greta Gerwig's comedy-drama film Lady Bird (2017). She was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a SAG Award, and a BAFTA Award. From 1995, she has voiced Mrs. Davis, the mother of Andy, in the Toy Story franchise, and voiced Sarah Hawkins in the Disney animated Treasure Planet (2002). Other notable film credits include Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Uncle Buck (1989), JFK (1991), Dear God (1996), Georgia Rule (2007) and Scream 2 (1997).

  • Title: Laurie Metcalf
  • Popularity: 11.331
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1955-06-16
  • Place of Birth: Carbondale, Illinois, USA
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  • Also Known As: Laura Elizabeth Metcalf, Laura Metcalf , 劳丽·梅特卡夫, Lauren Elizabeth Metcalf
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Laurie Metcalf Movies

  • 1995
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    Toy Story

    Toy Story

    8 1995 HD

    Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's...

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  • 1999
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    Toy Story 2

    Toy Story 2

    7.597 1999 HD

    Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen,...

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  • 2007
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    Meet the Robinsons

    Meet the Robinsons

    6.9 2007 HD

    Lewis, a brilliant young inventor, is keen on creating a time machine to find his mother, who abandoned him in an orphanage. Things take a turn when...

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  • 1997
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    U Turn

    U Turn

    6.6 1997 HD

    When a desperate man’s car breaks down in a bizarre desert town while evading vengeful bookies, he becomes entangled in a dangerous love...

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  • 2010
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    Toy Story 3

    Toy Story 3

    7.801 2010 HD

    Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally...

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  • 1991
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    JFK

    JFK

    7.6 1991 HD

    Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.

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  • 1993
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    Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright

    Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright

    4 1993 HD

    Theatrical packaging of three comic shorts: Dean Parisot & Steven Wright's comedy "The Appointments of Dennis Jennings" (1988), Michael Moore's...

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  • 1989
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    Uncle Buck

    Uncle Buck

    6.8 1989 HD

    Buck Russell, a lovable but slovenly bachelor, suddenly becomes the temporary caretaker of his nephew and nieces after a family emergency. His...

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  • 1997
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    Scream 2

    Scream 2

    6.493 1997 HD

    Two years after the first series of murders, as Sidney Prescott acclimates to college life, someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string...

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  • 1990
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    Pacific Heights

    Pacific Heights

    6.2 1990 HD

    A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.

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  • 1990
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    Internal Affairs

    Internal Affairs

    6.3 1990 HD

    Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the...

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  • 1988
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    Miles from Home

    Miles from Home

    5.4 1988 HD

    Two brothers who are forced off their farm in the debt stricken mid-west become folk heroes when they begin robbing the banks that have been...

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  • 1985
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    Desperately Seeking Susan

    Desperately Seeking Susan

    6.1 1985 HD

    A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken...

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  • 2002
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    Treasure Planet

    Treasure Planet

    7.6 2002 HD

    When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him...

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  • 1998
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    Bulworth

    Bulworth

    6.3 1998 HD

    A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by...

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  • 1998
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    Always Outnumbered

    Always Outnumbered

    6.4 1998 HD

    An ex-con moves to L.A. to find work and creates a disturbance by fighting for a position. More importantly he touches the lives of many of his...

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  • 2007
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    Georgia Rule

    Georgia Rule

    6 2007 HD

    Rebellious, uncontrollable teenager, Rachel is hauled off by her dysfunctional mother to spend the summer with her estranged grandmother, Georgia....

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  • 1996
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    Dear God

    Dear God

    5.5 1996 HD

    A judge gives con-man Tom Turner a choice—a jail sentence, or a year of honest work. But when he gets a job in the U.S. Post Office's dead...

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  • 2011
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    Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective

    Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective

    7.7 2011 HD

    A year in the making, Still Screaming is the definitive documentary on the making of the iconic Scream movies. Dive into the fascinating success...

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  • 1988
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    The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

    The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

    6.4 1988 HD

    Dennis Jennings is an introverted daydreamer, sleepwalking through life. He is a professional waiter and has an equally-dull girlfriend, Emma. In an...

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  • 1991
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    Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth

    Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth

    4.5 1991 HD

    Tom sets out to solve world problems, with help from Frank Zappa, Martin Mull, and wife Roseanne.

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  • 1992
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    Mistress

    Mistress

    5.4 1992 HD

    A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems...

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  • 1994
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    The Secret Life of Houses

    The Secret Life of Houses

    1 1994 HD

    A nine-year-old girl with a mother in the hospital decides to live alone and fend for herself.

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  • 1993
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    A Dangerous Woman

    A Dangerous Woman

    5.3 1993 HD

    Martha Horgan is a withdrawn, mentally disabled woman who lives with her aunt, Frances. One of Martha's unusual traits is that she doesn't lie, a...

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  • 1988
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    Stars & Bars

    Stars & Bars

    4.4 1988 HD

    A British art expert leaves New York to buy a long-lost Renoir from a Georgia eccentric.

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  • 1985
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    The Execution of Raymond Graham

    The Execution of Raymond Graham

    6.6 1985 HD

    A young man, convicted of the murder of a clerk, who has been on death row for five years and now awaits his execution while his family desperately...

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  • 1998
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    Chicago Cab

    Chicago Cab

    5.3 1998 HD

    A day in the life of a Chicago cab driver is examined as he picks up fares from the good and bad parts of the city and emotionally connects to many...

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  • 2007
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    The Pixar Story

    The Pixar Story

    7.5 2007 HD

    A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of...

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  • 1993
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    Blink

    Blink

    6.2 1993 HD

    Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight, but she is having...

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  • 1999
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    Runaway Bride

    Runaway Bride

    6.1 1999 HD

    Having already left three grooms at the altar, Maggie Carpenter is branded "the runaway bride" by jaded New York journalist Ike Graham. But, after...

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  • 1995
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    Leaving Las Vegas

    Leaving Las Vegas

    7.3 1995 HD

    Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death....

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  • 1982
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    The Visitor

    The Visitor

    1 1982 HD

    ased on Tolstoy's classic story, "Where Love Is," The Visitor is the story of a cobbler named Martin and his struggle with personal tragedy. Feeling...

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  • 1998
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    The Long Island Incident

    The Long Island Incident

    6 1998 HD

    On December 7, 1993, a gunman opened fire in a crowded commuter train on Long Island. This fact-based story focuses on the events that swell around...

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  • 2017
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    Lady Bird

    Lady Bird

    7.3 2017 HD

    Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her...

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  • 1978
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    A Wedding

    A Wedding

    6.3 1978 HD

    Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of the ceremony, only the families actually turn up...

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  • 2008
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    Stop-Loss

    Stop-Loss

    6.1 2008 HD

    A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return...

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  • 1996
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    The Story Behind 'Toy Story'

    The Story Behind 'Toy Story'

    7.9 1996 HD

    The documentary short of Toy Story of why and how the feature length blockbuster sleeper movie became a success and helps to boost Pixar's popularity...

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  • 1988
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    Candy Mountain

    Candy Mountain

    5.8 1988 HD

    A mediocre musician goes on the road in search of the world's greatest guitar maker

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  • 1987
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    Making Mr. Right

    Making Mr. Right

    5 1987 HD

    When image consultant Frankie Stone is hired by a tech company to teach a scientist’s “Ulysses Robot” how to be a man, she winds up...

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  • 2016
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    Starring Austin Pendleton

    Starring Austin Pendleton

    6.7 2016 HD

    A quirky and inspirational documentary film on the philosophical approach to the life and work of character actor, Austin Pendleton.

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  • 1999
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    Balloon Farm

    Balloon Farm

    5.8 1999 HD

    As soon as Harvey S. Potter descends upon a drought-stricken farmland, he begins to grow a mysterious but beautiful crop of balloons. Mystified by...

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  • 2006
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    Steel City

    Steel City

    6.2 2006 HD

    After a tragic accident caused by the truck of the middle-aged Carl Lee where a woman dies with a crushed stern, he is arrested and sent to the...

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  • 2019
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    Toy Story 4

    Toy Story 4

    7.5 2019 HD

    Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But when...

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  • 2006
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    Beer League

    Beer League

    5.2 2006 HD

    An unemployed slacker inspires his softball teammates to improve their game to avoid getting kicked out of the local league.

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  • 2005
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    Fun with Dick and Jane

    Fun with Dick and Jane

    6.202 2005 HD

    After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt...

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  • 2014
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    Long Day's Journey Into Night

    Long Day's Journey Into Night

    1 2014 HD

    Long Day's Journey into Night focuses on one day in the life of the Tyrone family. Youngest son Edmund is ill, and the family are worried about...

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  • 2020
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    Barbecue

    Barbecue

    1 2020 HD

    The O’Mallerys have gathered in their local park to share some barbecue and rousing straight talk while they await their youngest...

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  • 2023
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    Somewhere in Queens

    Somewhere in Queens

    6.1 2023 HD

    Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high...

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  • 1970
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    Everybody Digs Bill Evans

    Everybody Digs Bill Evans

    1 1970 HD

    June 1961, NYC: legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans has found his musical voice and created the perfect trio, including bass player Scott LaFaro, said...

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  • 1999
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    The Norm Show

    The Norm Show

    6.8 1999 HD

    Norm Henderson was once a fairly well-known -- but not particularly good -- professional hockey player. Norm's penchant for gambling and not paying...

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  • 2004
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    Desperate Housewives

    Desperate Housewives

    7.9 2004 HD

    Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the...

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  • 2002
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    Monk

    Monk

    7.938 2002 HD

    Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most...

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  • 1997
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    King of the Hill

    King of the Hill

    7.3 1997 HD

    Set in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives with his overly confident substitute Spanish teacher...

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  • 2020
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    The Accidental Wolf

    The Accidental Wolf

    1 2020 HD

    A mysterious call from a dying stranger upends Katie Bonner's life and sends her down a dangerous rabbit hole in search of a woman named Tala.

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  • 1988
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    Roseanne

    Roseanne

    6.8 1988 HD

    A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.

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  • 2002
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    Without a Trace

    Without a Trace

    7.3 2002 HD

    The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.

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  • 1997
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    Dharma & Greg

    Dharma & Greg

    6.4 1997 HD

    Dharma & Greg is an American television sitcom that aired from September 24, 1997, to April 30, 2002. It stars Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson as...

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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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  • 2000
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    God, the Devil and Bob

    God, the Devil and Bob

    7.6 2000 HD

    God strikes a wager with the Devil: if just one person can convince him that the world is worth saving, he'll spare humanity from destruction, if...

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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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  • 2007
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    Raines

    Raines

    7.5 2007 HD

    Raines is a crime drama television series that ran from March 15, 2007 to April 27, 2007 on NBC in the United States. The show premiered as a...

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  • 2008
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    Easy Money

    Easy Money

    6 2008 HD

    Easy Money is a comedy-drama television series that aired on The CW from October 5, 2008 to August 16, 2009. The series was created by Diane Frolov...

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  • 2021
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    Q-Force

    Q-Force

    6.8 2021 HD

    A gay superspy and his scrappy LGBTQ squad fight to prove themselves to the agency that underestimated them. Today, West Hollywood… tomorrow,...

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  • 2003
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    Charlie Lawrence

    Charlie Lawrence

    7 2003 HD

    Charlie Lawrence is an American sitcom that aired from June 15 until June 22, 2003.

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  • 1975
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    Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

    6.9 1975 HD

    A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture...

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  • 2014
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    The McCarthys

    The McCarthys

    5.9 2014 HD

    A multi-camera comedy about a close-knit, sports-crazed Boston family whose somewhat athletically challenged son, Ronny, is chosen by his father to...

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  • 2013
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    Getting On

    Getting On

    6.4 2013 HD

    Set in a geriatric extended care wing of a down-at-the-heels hospital, Getting On follows put-upon nurses, anxious doctors and administrators as they...

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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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  • 2007
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    The Big Bang Theory

    The Big Bang Theory

    7.908 2007 HD

    Physicists Leonard and Sheldon find their nerd-centric social circle with pals Howard and Raj expanding when aspiring actress Penny moves in next...

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  • 2005
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    Grey's Anatomy

    Grey's Anatomy

    8.231 2005 HD

    Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.

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  • 2016
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    Horace and Pete

    Horace and Pete

    7.8 2016 HD

    The owners of a dive bar in Brooklyn, Horace and Pete, along with bar regulars share their experiences and lives with each other while drinking or...

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  • 2021
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    Hacks

    Hacks

    7.5 2021 HD

    Explore a dark mentorship that forms between Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old.

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  • 1992
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    The Jackie Thomas Show

    The Jackie Thomas Show

    1 1992 HD

    The Jackie Thomas Show is an American sitcom that aired on the ABC network from December 1992 to March 1993. The series received widespread attention...

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  • 2015
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    Supergirl

    Supergirl

    7.3 2015 HD

    Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace...

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  • 2023
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    Carol & the End of the World

    Carol & the End of the World

    7.6 2023 HD

    As a planetary apocalypse looms, a woman struggling to embrace end-times chaos searches for meaning in her last months on Earth.

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  • 2014
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    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    4.3 2014 HD

    PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and T.V. shows of the past year through candid conversations with today's hottest actors....

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  • 2018
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    The Conners

    The Conners

    7 2018 HD

    This iconic family—Dan, Jackie, Darlene, Becky and D.J.—grapples with parenthood, dating, an unexpected pregnancy, financial pressures,...

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  • 2022
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    The Dropout

    The Dropout

    7.3 2022 HD

    The story of Elizabeth Holmes, the enigmatic Stanford dropout who founded medical testing start-up Theranos. Lauded as a Steve Jobs for the next tech...

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  • 1996
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    3rd Rock from the Sun

    3rd Rock from the Sun

    7.467 1996 HD

    The high commander of an alien expedition lands on Earth -- what he considers to be the least-important planet -- in human form as Dick Solomon....

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  • 2009
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    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    4.9 2009 HD

    Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.

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  • 1975
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    Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

    6.9 1975 HD

    A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture...

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  • 2014
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    Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories

    Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories

    7.4 2014 HD

    Tim and Eric's dark comedy anthology series.

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  • 2005
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    American Dad!

    American Dad!

    7 2005 HD

    The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his...

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  • 2000
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    Malcolm in the Middle

    Malcolm in the Middle

    8.484 2000 HD

    A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.

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  • 1953
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    7 1953 HD

    An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a...

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  • 2014
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    Playing House

    Playing House

    6.7 2014 HD

    A single-camera buddy comedy about what happens when two best friends come back together, just when they need each other most. Inspired by the...

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  • 2024
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    Elsbeth

    Elsbeth

    7.6 2024 HD

    After her successful career in Chicago, Elsbeth Tascioni, an astute but unconventional attorney, utilizes her singular point of view to make unique...

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