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Last updated August 11, 2025
Lie to Me
2009 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsLoosely inspired by the career of psychologist Paul Ekman, this engaging crime drama focuses on the work of Dr. Cal Lightman, whose knowledge of human facial and behavioral cues lets him determine whether a person is telling the truth.
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Dexter: Season 5
2010 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsDexter struggles with his crumbling personal and family life as he attempts to overcome his guilty conscience and stay a step ahead of Quinn. Season 5 introduces Julia Stiles as a woman with a connection to Dexter's secret.
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Prison Break
2005 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsWhen his brother, Lincoln, is wrongly convicted of murdering the brother of a powerful politician, engineer Michael Scofield resolves to bust his innocent sibling out of the notorious Fox River Penitentiary in this intense action-drama series.
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Chuck: Season 4
2010 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsIn this season of this hit spy series, Chuck decides to return to the agency and embarks on an odyssey to find his mother with Morgan's help. Meanwhile, Chuck has yet to tell Ellie what he does for a living.
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Lie to Me: Season 3
2010 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsBehavioral psychologist Dr. Cal Lightman is a top expert in the field of human deception. Working with law enforcement, his firm's employees put their analytic tools to use to uncover the truth in cases involving rape, murder and human weakness.
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The Vampire Diaries
2009 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsTrapped in adolescent bodies, feuding vampire brothers Stefan and Damon vie for the affection of captivating teenager Elena, who attempts to unravel the many dark secrets of her hometown of Mystic Falls.
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The Good Wife
2009 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsJulianna Margulies stars as attorney Alicia Florrick, who finds herself forced to return to work after a corruption scandal lands her politician husband in prison. Though Alicia stood by him, she has a host of reasons to question their marriage.
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Top Gear (U.K.)
2003 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsIn this hit series, Jeremy Clarkson and his crew of car lovers test the limits of luxury vehicles -- and even wreck them, if they choose. Highlights include the segment "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car," which puts celebrities behind the wheel.
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How I Met Your Mother
2005 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsThis sitcom details desperate bachelor Ted's epic search for his soul mate, told through flashbacks as an adult Ted recounts to his kids how he met their mom. As Ted bounces from one red herring to another, his best friends help keep him grounded.
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Merlin
2008 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsThis family-oriented retelling of the popular King Arthur legend finds Merlin arriving in Camelot, where magic is banned. There, he secretly hones his sorcery skills with the help of his uncle, the court physician.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsAfter Katara and her brother Sokka extract young Aang from his hibernation inside an iceberg, they discover he's the new Avatar: the only being who possesses the air-bending powers needed to defeat the predatory Fire Nation.
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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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Mad Men: Season 5
2012 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsBrilliant, hard-drinking advertising exec Don Draper is back for more drama in this critically acclaimed show's long-awaited fifth season, which charts the volatile ups and downs Draper and his colleagues endure at their Manhattan-based ad agency.
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Touch
2011 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsKiefer Sutherland stars as the father of an autistic boy who appears to be able to predict future events -- despite not being able to speak. Danny Glover also stars, as an academic who works with gifted children, in this dramatic series.
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Ken Burns: The National Parks: America's Best Idea
2009 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsNarrated by actor Peter Coyote, this Emmy-winning miniseries chronicles the history of America's national parks system, recounting how visionary conservationists such as John Muir fought to preserve nature for all people.
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United States of Tara: Season 2
2010 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsEmmy winner Toni Collette returns as Tara Gregson (and Alice, Buck and T) in this quirky series about a homemaker whose dissociative identity disorder causes aspects of her character to manifest as wildly different personalities.
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Touch: Season 1
2012 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsIn the first season of this moving drama, single dad Martin tries desperately to connect with his severely autistic son Jake, and discovers that Jake's peculiar gift for numbers could lay bare the mysteries at the heart of the universe.
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Bones: Season 5
2009 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsAfter a provocative Season 4 finale, a new dynamic heats up between forensic anthropologist "Bones" Brennan and FBI agent Seeley Booth. They team up on a new slate of cases in which Bones employs her knack for investigating victims' remains.
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Happy Endings: Season 2
2011 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsDave and Alex have managed to stay friends, even though Alex jilted Dave at the altar, and they continue to reshuffle their feelings while Brad and Jane plan their second wedding, and singletons Penny and Max search for a Mr. Right to call their own.
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Raising Hope
2010 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsSlacker Jimmy suddenly finds himself a father after a one-night stand with a murderer, but his eccentric family -- including his dim-bulb father, sarcastic mother and addled great-grandmother -- reluctantly pitches in to help with the new arrival.
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Human Target: Season 1
2010 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsIn this drama based on a graphic novel of the same name, Mark Valley plays Christopher Chance, a for-hire bodyguard and private investigator who integrates himself into his clients' lives so that he becomes a target instead of them.
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Bones: Season 7
2011 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsThough their methods are wildly different, FBI homicide investigator Seeley Booth and forensic anthropologist-turned-novelist Temperance "Bones" Brennan put their differences aside for a seventh season of cracking challenging murder cases.
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The Big C: Season 2
2011 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsAfter already coming to an ironic acceptance of her cancer diagnosis, Cathy Jamison reverses course and steps up to fight the disease head on. But her decision to consult another specialist doesn't go over well with Dr. Todd.
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Midsomer Murders
1998 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsThis long-running British detective drama centers first on the efforts of Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby and later on those of his younger cousin, DCI John Barnaby, to crack hard-to-solve crimes in the fictional English county of Midsomer.
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Midsomer Murders: Series 10
2007 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsBarnaby and his reliable team sniff out criminals in the rustic English villages of Midsomer, this time involving an old World War II base, a glassware firm, a rock band, a hit-and-run accident and a B-movie director who is beheaded by a prop.
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