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The Big Bang Theory(2007)

TV-14
| 22min per episode | Comedy
3.4/5 (with 1,465 votes)

The Big Bang Theory is centered on five characters living in Pasadena, California: roommates Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper; Penny, a waitress and aspiring actress who lives across the hall; and Leonard and Sheldon's equally geeky and socially awkward friends and co-workers, mechanical engineer Howard Wolowitz and astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali. The geekiness and intellect of the four guys is contrasted for comic effect with Penny's social skills and common sense.

Directed by Mark Cendrowski - With Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Sara Gilbert, ...

The Flash(2014)

TV-PG
| 44min per episode | Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.4/5 (with 1,043 votes)

After a particle accelerator causes a freak storm, CSI Investigator Barry Allen is struck by lightning and falls into a coma. Months later he awakens with the power of super speed, granting him the ability to move through Central City like an unseen guardian angel. Though initially excited by his newfound powers, Barry is shocked to discover he is not the only "meta-human" who was created in the wake of the accelerator explosion -- and not everyone is using their new powers for good. Barry partners with S.T.A.R. Labs and dedicates his life to protect the innocent. For now, only a few close friends and associates know that Barry is literally the fastest man alive, but it won't be long before the world learns what Barry Allen has become...The Flash.

With Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Rick Cosnett, Tom Cavanagh, Jesse L. Martin, ...

NCIS(2003)

TV-14
| 45min per episode | Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
3.3/5 (with 284 votes)

From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has a shred of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.

With Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, David McCallum, Sasha Alexander, Sean Murray, ...

PBS NewsHour(1975)

1h per episode | News
2.8/5 (with 12 votes)

America's first and longest running hour-long nightly news broadcast known for its in-depth coverage of issues and current events.

With Judy Woodruff, Gwen Ifill, Jim Lehrer, Hari Sreenivasan, Robert MacNeil

Westworld(2016)

TV-MA
| 1h per episode | Western, Science Fiction
4.1/5 (with 654 votes)

A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged.

With Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, James Marsden, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, ...

The Walking Dead(2010)

TV-MA
| 42min per episode | Action & Adventure, Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.7/5 (with 1,691 votes)

Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.

With Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies, Laurie Holden, Jeffrey DeMunn, Steven Yeun, ...
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The 100(2014)

TV-14
| 43min per episode | Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.2/5 (with 532 votes)

Based on the books by Kass Morgan, this show takes place 100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity. The last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the repressive regime picks 100 expendable juvenile delinquents to send down to Earth to see if the planet is still habitable.

With Eliza Taylor-Cotter, Paige Turco, Thomas McDonell, Marie Avgeropoulos, Bob Morley, Devon Bostick, ...

Supernatural(2005)

TV-14
| 45min per episode | Drama, Mystery, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.6/5 (with 713 votes)

When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.

With Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins, Mark Sheppard, Mark Pellegrino, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, ...
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Lethal Weapon(2016)

TV-14
| 43min per episode | Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
3.7/5 (with 125 votes)

A slightly unhinged former Navy SEAL lands a job as a police officer in Los Angeles where he's partnered with a veteran detective trying to keep maintain a low stress level in his life.

With Clayne Crawford, Damon Wayans, Jordana Brewster, Kevin Rahm, Keesha Sharp

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.(2013)

TV-14
| 43min per episode | Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
3.4/5 (with 534 votes)

Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary.

With Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, ...
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The Simpsons(1989)

TV-PG
| 22min per episode | Animation, Comedy
3.6/5 (with 751 votes)

Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.

Mindhunter(2017)

TV-MA
| 1h per episode | Drama, Crime
3.8/5 (with 171 votes)

An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.

With Jonathan Groff, Anna Torv, Holt McCallany, Hannah Gross

Grey's Anatomy(2005)

TV-14
| 43min per episode | Drama
3.1/5 (with 344 votes)

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

With Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl, Justin Chambers, T. R. Knight, Chandra Wilson, ...
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New Girl(2011)

TV-14
| 22min per episode | Comedy
3.3/5 (with 174 votes)

Jessica Day is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in with three single guys. Goofy, positive, vulnerable and honest to a fault, Jess has faith in people, even when she shouldn't. Although she's dorky and awkward, she's comfortable in her own skin. More prone to friendships with women, she's not used to hanging with the boys—especially at home.

Directed by Jake Kasdan, Peyton Reed, Michael Spiller, Nanette Burstein, Eric Appel, Tristram Shapeero, ... - With Damon Wayans, Jr., Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson, Hannah Simone, Lamorne Morris, Max Greenfield, ...
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Doctor Who(2005)

TV-PG
| 1h 20min per episode | Action & Adventure, Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.5/5 (with 568 votes)

The Doctor looks and seems human. He's handsome, witty, and could be mistaken for just another man in the street. But he is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living – more of a hobby actually, and he's very, very good at it. He's saved us from alien menaces and evil from before time began – but just who is he?

With Sylvester McCoy, Samuel Anderson, Pearl Mackie, Penelope Wilton, Jenna Coleman, Alex Kingston, ...

The Middle(2009)

22min per episode | Comedy
3.3/5 (with 73 votes)

The daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the city of Orson, Indiana.

With Patricia Heaton, Neil Flynn, Charlie McDermott, Eden Sher, Atticus Shaffer, Beau Wirick, ...

Breaking Bad(2008)

TV-MA
| 45min per episode | Drama
4.2/5 (with 1,290 votes)

When Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live, he becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.

Directed by Vince Gilligan, Adam Bernstein, Jim McKay, Tricia Brock, Bronwen Hughes, Tim Hunter, ... - With Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, RJ Mitte, Jonathan Banks, ...
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Homeland(2011)

TV-MA
| 55min per episode | Drama
3.7/5 (with 431 votes)

CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn.

With Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Mandy Patinkin, Morena Baccarin, David Harewood, Sarah Sokolovic, ...

Family Guy(1999)

TV-14
| 22min per episode | Animation, Comedy
3.3/5 (with 564 votes)

Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and taking over the world), Meg (the oldest, and is the most unpopular girl in town) and Chris (the middle kid, he's not very bright but has a passion for movies). The final member of the family is Brian - a talking dog and much more than a pet, he keeps Stewie in check whilst sipping Martinis and sorting through his own life issues.

The Missing(2014)

TV-MA
| 1h per episode | Drama, Mystery
3.6/5 (with 54 votes)

A gripping anthological relationship thriller series exploring the emotional fallout of a child's abduction not only on the family but on the wider community, told over two time frames.

Directed by Tom Shankland - With James Nesbitt

Modern Family(2009)

TV-PG
| 25min per episode | Comedy
3.7/5 (with 332 votes)

The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.

With Ty Burrell, Sarah Hyland, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sofía Vergara, Ed O'Neill, Julie Bowen, ...

My Kitchen Rules(2010)

1h per episode | Reality-TV
2.7/5 (with 3 votes)

My Kitchen Rules is an Australian competitive cooking game show broadcast on the Seven Network since 2010. The series is produced by the team who created the Seven reality show My Restaurant Rules, and was put into production based on the success of Network Ten's MasterChef Australia. My Kitchen Rules has just been renewed by the Seven Network for a fifth series.

Legion(2017)

TV-14
| 50min per episode | Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.9/5 (with 205 votes)

David Haller, AKA Legion, is a troubled young man who may be more than human. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. But after a strange encounter with a fellow patient, he’s confronted with the possibility that the voices he hears and the visions he sees might be real.

With Dan Stevens, Rachel Keller, Jean Smart, Aubrey Plaza, Katie Aselton, Bill Irwin, ...

Friends(1994)

TV-14
| 22min per episode | Comedy
3.9/5 (with 574 votes)

The misadventures of a group of friends as they navigate the pitfalls of work, life and love in Manhattan.

With Jennifer Aniston, Ñ, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer, ...
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The Blacklist(2013)

TV-14
| 43min per episode | Drama, Crime, Mystery
3.5/5 (with 383 votes)

Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the most but the FBI cannot find because it does not know they exist. Reddington calls this "The Blacklist". Reddington will co-operate, but insists that he will speak only to Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBI profiler.

With James Spader, Megan Boone, Harry Lennix, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold, Parminder Nagra, ...

Arrow(2012)

TV-14
| 42min per episode | Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction
3.0/5 (with 929 votes)

Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.

With Colin Donnell, Katie Cassidy, Susanna Thompson, Willa Holland, Paul Blackthorne, David Ramsey, ...

Once Upon a Time(2011)

TV-PG
| 43min per episode | Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.2/5 (with 330 votes)

There is a town in Maine where every story book character you've ever known is trapped between two worlds, victims of a powerful curse. Only one knows the truth and only one can break the spell. Emma Swan is a 28-year-old bail bonds collector who has been supporting herself since she was abandoned as a baby. Things change for her when her son Henry, whom she abandoned years ago, finds her and asks for her help explaining that she is from a different world where she is Snow White's missing daughter.

With Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla, Josh Dallas, Jared S. Gilmore, Robert Carlyle, ...

Gotham(2014)

TV-14
| 43min per episode | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller, Crime
3.5/5 (with 422 votes)

Before there was Batman, there was GOTHAM. Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon's story and his rise from rookie detective to Police Commissioner? What did it take to navigate the multiple layers of corruption that secretly ruled Gotham City, the spawning ground of the world's most iconic villains? And what circumstances created them – the larger-than-life personas who would become Catwoman, The Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face and The Joker?

With Ben McKenzie, Morena Baccarin, Robin Lord Taylor, David Mazouz, Camren Bicondova, Donal Logue, ...

EastEnders(1985)

30min per episode | Soap / Telenovela, Drama
1.9/5 (with 60 votes)

The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.

With Shona McGarty, Ross Kemp, Patsy Palmer, Maddy Hill, Gillian Taylforth, Letitia Dean, ...

Marvel's Iron Fist(2017)

TV-MA
| 55min per episode | Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.1/5 (with 271 votes)

Danny Rand resurfaces 15 years after being presumed dead. Now, with the power of the Iron Fist, he seeks to reclaim his past and fulfill his destiny.

With Finn Jones, Jessica Henwick, David Wenham, Jessica Stroup, Tom Pelphrey, Ramón Rodríguez, ...