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Dexter: Season 2
2007 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsMild-mannered forensics expert Dexter Morgan continues his double life as a Miami serial killer in the sophomore season of this dark drama. Keith Carradine joins the cast as FBI agent Frank Lundy, whose investigation may expose Dexter's dark secret.
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Life: Season 1
2007 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsAfter spending years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit, Det. Charlie Crews returns to the police force determined to prove himself to wary co-workers. Crews struggles to adjust, but he discovers that his time away has also given him an edge.
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Dexter: Season 1
2006 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsPlaying a sympathetic serial killer might sound like a stretch, but former "Six Feet Under" star Michael C. Hall pulls it off in this macabre drama about a likable forensics expert who channels his violent tendencies into knocking off miscreants.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: Book 2
2006 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsCan a mischievous 12-year-old boy master his special powers over the four elements? Join unlikely Avatar Aang as he and friends Katara and Sokka leave the Northern Water Tribe and continue their journey so that Aang can master the element of Earth.
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Prison Break: Season 2
2006 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsIn Season 2 of this hit drama series, a daring jailbreak has prompted a nationwide manhunt, as Michael, Lincoln and the rest of the fugitives run for their lives, hitting the back roads and small towns of America in an effort to elude officials.
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How I Met Your Mother: Season 2
2006 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsWhen Ted's best friends, Marshall and Lily, become engaged, Ted urgently sets out to find his soul mate. Coming to his aid is Barney, a highly opinionated, self-styled Casanova with a healthy obsession for suits.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: Book 1
2005 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsIn the first book of the Avatar saga, two siblings discover a boy named Aang who's been frozen in a block of ice. But the minute they thaw him out -- and the world learns he's the Avatar they've been waiting for -- his destiny takes a dizzying turn.
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North & South
2004 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsWhen her father uproots his family from their serene rural burg for an industrial mill town, parson's daughter Margaret Hale (Daniela Denby-Ashe) struggles to adapt to her harsh new surroundings in this BBC series based on Elizabeth Gaskell's novel. As her mother's health fails, Margaret throws herself into the fight for workers' rights and clashes with mill owner John Thornton (Richard Armitage). Sinead Cusack and Tim Pigott-Smith also star.
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How I Met Your Mother: Season 1
2005 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsWhen his best friend announces he's engaged, single guy Ted throws his search for a soul mate into high gear. Via flashback, he recounts to his kids 25 years later the often-hilarious story of how he met -- and eventually married -- their mother.
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Prison Break: Season 1
2005 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsDetermined to help his brother break out of the Fox River State Penitentiary, structural engineer Michael Scofield holds up a bank to get himself arrested so he can smuggle in the prison blueprints and hatch an elaborate plan to set them both free.
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The Life of Mammals
2002 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsDavid Attenborough introduces us to the most diverse animals to ever live on earth. From the tiny pygmy shrew to the enormous blue whale, this is the story of 4,000 species which have outlived the dinosaurs and conquered the farthest places on earth
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Ken Burns: Prohibition
2011 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsKen Burns's fascinating multipart documentary examines the history of alcohol in America, including the events leading up to the passage of the 18th Amendment, the social and legal effects of prohibiting alcohol, and the repeal of Prohibition.
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Masterpiece Mystery!: Inspector Lewis: Series 4
2011 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsNo-nonsense sleuth Inspector Lewis and his brainy partner DS Hathaway investigate a murder in Oxford's last all-women's college in Series 4. Other baffling cases include the murder of a bishop and the deaths of participants in a clinical drug trial.
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Masterpiece Mystery!: Inspector Lewis: Series 5
2012 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsIn Series 5 of this police drama, Inspector Lewis and Detective Hathaway must enter a strange, new world -- suburbia -- to solve Oxford's mysteries. Responding with typical tenacity, Lewis pursues cases involving a babysitter, a botanist and more.
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FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman
2006 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsRuff Ruffman is the canine host of this partly animated reality show in which kids attempt to meet wacky challenges involving science. From his well-appointed headquarters doghouse, Ruff awards points and keeps things running according to plan.
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Masterpiece Classic: Great Expectations
2011 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsAn orphaned young man meets a convict in a cemetery and sets into motion a series of events that leads him from a life in his brother-in-law's forge to a mysterious inheritance and his acquaintance with the eerie Miss Havisham and her beautiful ward.
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FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman: Season 1
2006 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsCombining live action and lively animation, this series features cartoon canine Ruff Ruffman guiding young contestants through zany competitions. The kids face challenges ranging from teaching a cat new tricks to building a boat that won't sink.
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Ripper Street
2013 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsIn April 1889 -- six months after the last Jack the Ripper killing -- East London is emerging into a fragile peace, hopeful that the murderer's reign of terror might have finally run its course.
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Ripper Street: Series 1
2013 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsCharged with keeping order in the blood-stained streets of London's East End, Inspector Edmund Reid and his men fight to uphold justice and the rule of law, but always in the background lurks the fear of the era's most evil killer, Jack the Ripper.
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Masterpiece Classic: Great Expectations
2011 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsIn this lavish production of Charles Dickens's classic tale, orphan Pip's fortunes change when an anonymous patron takes an interest in him. Meanwhile, he becomes involved with eccentric Miss Havisham, who can't get over being left at the altar.
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Covert Affairs: Season 3
2012 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsAfter her disastrous trip to Sweden, Annie returns to discover that she's been reassigned to a new boss, super-smooth operative Lena Smith, and while she's entangled in an investigation proposed by Jai, Annie also questions her feelings for Auggie.
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Psych: Season 6
2011 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsA new season brings new questions for "psychic" detective Shawn Spencer ... including whether he's ready to propose marriage. Guest stars this season include William Shatner, Corey Feldman, Malcolm McDowell and Molly Ringwald.
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Ken Burns: Baseball
1994 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsDocumentarian Ken Burns takes a swing at baseball, chronicling the sport's signature people, places and events and its deep-rooted relationship to American culture. The pastime's history unfolds over nostalgic, informative "innings."
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Ken Burns: The National Parks: America's Best Idea
2009 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsThe award-winning documentarian turns his insight and cameras to the history and breathtaking splendor of America's national parks. The words of early naturalists and modern advocates accompany panoramas of Yosemite, Glacier, Redwood and other parks.
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Ken Burns: Prohibition
2011 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsKen Burns's fascinating multipart documentary examines the history of alcohol in America, including the events leading up to the passage of the 18th Amendment, the social and legal effects of prohibiting alcohol, and the repeal of Prohibition.
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