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Angel
1999 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsIn this "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" spinoff, the titular character -- and former love of Buffy Summers -- proves just how difficult it is to deal with a conscience when you've been living without one for hundreds of years. His human soul having been restored by avenging gypsies, vampire Angel (David Boreanaz) now makes Los Angeles his home and redemption his mission -- a task thwarted by the demonic forces that thrive there.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsDespite her desire to live a normal life at Sunnydale High, tough-as-nails teenager Buffy Summers fulfills her mystical calling as a Slayer to protect humankind from vampires, demons and other supernatural creatures- with some help from her friends.
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Stargate SG-1: Season 6
2002 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsSeason 6 of this intergalactic institution begins with Anubis threatening to destroy the Stargate and Earth along with it. Meanwhile, Jack is accused of assassinating a senator, and a mighty weapon falls into the wrong hands.
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Angel: Season 1
1999 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsIn the first season of this spin-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the vampire Angel (David Boreanaz) has left behind his true love, Buffy, in Sunnydale, Calif. and tries to get a fresh start in Los Angeles. Instead, he finds a whole other breed of bloodsuckers just itching to bring out his dark side. Along the way, he joins forces with an aspiring actress, Cordelia Chase (Charisma Carpenter), who brings her own set of issues to the table.
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Torchwood: Miracle Day
2011 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsThe sci-fi hit "Torchwood" -- spun off from the venerable "Dr. Who" series -- spins out another spacey epic, featuring familiar characters and a bizarre metaphysical proposition, as well as romantic troubles for Captain Jack Harkness.
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Rescue Me
2004 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsHaunted by ghosts from his past, veteran New York City firefighter Tommy Gavin struggles to keep his anxiety in check, look out for his fellow Engine 99 firefighters and handle the emotional turmoil that surfaces in his personal life.
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Torchwood: Children of Earth
2009 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsCapt. Jack Harkness, officer Gwen Cooper and the rest of the secret organization known as Torchwood return, continuing their efforts to monitor extraterrestrial activity, collect alien technology and head off supernatural threats.
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Rescue Me: Season 1
2004 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsDenis Leary stars as Tommy Gavin, a veteran firefighter whose job requires him to be at the ready to save other people's lives -- even though his is falling apart. When his ex-wife starts dating again, he moves across the street from her.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2
1997 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsBuffy's life is changed forever when two new vampires, Spike and Drusilla, arrive in Sunnydale. As they seek to resurrect a powerful demon, Buffy falls in love with Drusilla's sire, the scrupulous Angel, and Willow meets the werewolf, Oz.
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Angel: Season 5
2003 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsArmageddon's just around the corner as everyone's favorite vampire-with-a-soul, Angel (David Boreanaz), winds up the final season of his hit TV series. The broody former bloodsucker is flustered as he contends with his "soulful" rival, Spike (James Marsters), who's materialized in L.A. after closing the Sunnydale hellmouth with the rest of the gang in the final episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Costars Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof.
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Torchwood: Season 2
2008 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsIn the second season of this award-winning drama, Capt. Jack Harkness reteams with Gwen, Owen, Toshiko and Ianto to investigate the oddities of Cardiff's alien underworld. An old acquaintance of Jack's shows up with a side order of danger.
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Angel: Season 3
2001 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsIn his third season of this popular, Emmy-nominated spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel (David Boreanaz), Buffy's former love -- who, just to complicate matters, is a vampire -- continues to attempt to find redemption after so many years of killing innocent victims. Now living in Los Angeles, Angel tries to survive and thrive surrounded by gangs, a companion who has painful visions, and other aspects of a life he wasn't expecting.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 1
1997 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsBuffy Summers might seem like a typical teenager, but she's also a vampire slayer, fated to save the world from the supernatural beings constantly spilling forth from the dimensional portal that sits underneath her high school.
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Rescue Me: Season 3
2006 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsAs the hit series continues to follow the struggles of New York City firefighters, Franco ends up in the arms of an aggressive older woman, and the crew takes heat from an angry Rev. Al Sharpton after responding to a tragedy in Harlem.
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Stargate SG-1: Season 8
2004 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsNow a brigadier general, Jack is bereft in the land of the Hala, awaiting rescue by the crew, who must thwart a Replicator attack. And so begins another season of the hit sci-fi series about time travel, space exploration and everything in between.
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Stargate SG-1
1997 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsStargate Command roars into action when Col. Jack O'Neill and his crew track down scientist Daniel Jackson on planet Abydos, then uncover a map of Stargates that enables them to combat hostile alien maneuvers all across the galaxy.
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Stargate SG-1: Season 9
2005 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsThe diverse crew of intergalactic investigators continues to help bring peace to other civilizations. In Season 9, a new commanding officer is assigned to Stargate Command and a deadly enemy threatens Earth.
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Stargate SG-1: Season 3
1999 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsSG-1 continues its fight against the Goa'uld System Lords while being introduced to a new adversary -- the Replicators, longtime enemies of the Asgards and a threat to the survival of Earth. Meanwhile, Jack finds himself forced into retirement.
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Stargate SG-1: Season 4
2000 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsThe Replicators begin to reveal just how dangerous they can be as the SG-1 crew remains committed to eliminating the Goa'uld threat. Meanwhile, SG-1 learns that Russia has developed a Stargate program.
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Rescue Me: Season 2
2005 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsTommy Gavin comes to grips with his drinking, tries to stave off the dissolution of his family and copes with job stress. His former colleagues aren't having an easy time of it either, dealing with a tinderbox of personal and professional pressures.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 4
1999 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsNow in college, Buffy and the gang are still battling the forces of evil. As Oz wrestles with his animal instincts, and Spike has a strange microchip implanted in his head, Buffy's new love exposes her to a multi-layered, occult military experiment.
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Deadliest Warrior
2009 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsWho would emerge victorious if a Roman centurion were pitted against a Rajput warrior? Or if outlaw Jesse James faced off against gangster Al Capone? This series surveys military might across the millennia by examining fictional face-offs.
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Stargate SG-1: Season 5
2001 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsSeason 5 finds System Lord Anubis becoming SG-1's main adversary as Daniel aspires to ascend to a higher plane of existence. Meanwhile, Teal'c pledges misguided allegiance to Apophis, and Jack becomes an adviser to a goofy TV show.
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Torchwood
2006 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsA spinoff from the long-running "Doctor Who," this wild sci-fi series chronicles the exploits of the mysterious Capt. Jack Harkness, who leads the Torchwood Institute team in the fight against hostile alien life forms.
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Torchwood: Season 1
2006 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsIn this series spin-off from "Doctor Who," policewoman Gwen Cooper learns of a secret organization known as Torchwood, a clandestine group that monitors alien activity on Earth. Cooper soon joins the team in a quest to protect Earth from invasion.
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