Joel Polis

Joel Polis

An American television, film and stage actor. He has appeared in over one hundred television programs and films during his career. Polis' first film role was the character 'Fuchs' in the science fiction film The Thing. He appeared in numerous television series including Cheers, Alien Nation, Northern Exposure, Star Trek: Voyager, Roseanne, Seinfeld, Chicago Hope, Boston Legal and CSI. He appeared in a recurring role on the television series Cheers as the mischievous Gary, owner of the rival bar, Gary's Olde Towne Tavern. Polis's theater credits include performances at the Astor Place Theatre, Hartford Stage, Old Globe Theater, South Coast Repertory, Mark Taper Forum, Odyssey Theatre, Laguna Playhouse, Lillian Theater and the Pasadena Playhouse.

  • Title: Joel Polis
  • Popularity: 8.597
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1951-10-03
  • Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Joel Polis Movies

  • 1982
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    The Thing
    The Thing

    8.06 1982 HD

    In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000...

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Kurt Russell

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  • 1995
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    Serial Killer
    Serial Killer

    4.3 1995 HD

    As a member of FBI Psychological Profile Unit, Selby Younger tracks Morrano, vicious and intelligent serial killer. Before getting caught, Morrano...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Tobin Bell

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  • 1997
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    Prison of Secrets
    Prison of Secrets

    5 1997 HD

    Lynn Schaffer is willfully irresponsible once too often, gets fired and refuses a plea-bargain with her employer. She's now convicted and because of...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Stephanie Zimbalist

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  • 1995
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    Twilight Man
    Twilight Man

    8.5 1995 HD

    Jordan Cooper, a professor in Durham, has everything going for him. A beautiful girlfriend named Kathy, a good job and a nice place to live. But when...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Tim Matheson

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  • 1998
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    The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
    The Thing: Terror Takes Shape

    7.5 1998 HD

    An in-depth look at the making of John Carpenter's cult classic sci-fi horror The Thing, telling the story of a group of researchers in Antarctica...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: John Carpenter

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  • 1989
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    Those She Left Behind
    Those She Left Behind

    5 1989 HD

    Scott and Sue Grimes are a happily married and affluent young couple who are about to start a family together. Unfortunately, that plan gets turned...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Gary Cole

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  • 1990
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    The Rookie
    The Rookie

    5.846 1990 HD

    Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Clint Eastwood

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  • 2009
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    Chasing a Dream
    Chasing a Dream

    6.3 2009 HD

    When high school football player Cam Stiles loses his best friend, he decides to drop football and focus on attaining his friend's goal of running a...

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Joanna Going

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  • 2003
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    Alien Hunter
    Alien Hunter

    5.093 2003 HD

    Government agents find evidence of extraterrestrial life at the South Pole.

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Cast: James Spader

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  • 1989
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    True Believer
    True Believer

    6.22 1989 HD

    Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: James Woods

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  • 1990
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    My Blue Heaven
    My Blue Heaven

    6.035 1990 HD

    FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Steve Martin

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  • 2001
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    Attraction
    Attraction

    7 2001 HD

    A writer/radio advice show host fails to heed his own advice as he stalks his ex-girlfriend and then becomes involved with an actress friend of hers.

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Matthew Settle

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  • 2004
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    Swallow
    Swallow

    1 2004 HD

    Lacking the grades and money for college, a Florida high school senior takes assignment as a cocaine mule.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Joe Reegan

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  • 1999
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    Tumbleweeds
    Tumbleweeds

    6.488 1999 HD

    Whenever trouble strikes in one of her relationships, single mother Mary Jo Walker and her daughter, Ava, pack up and move to another city, a routine...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Janet McTeer

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  • 1990
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    Burning Bridges
    Burning Bridges

    1 1990 HD

    Fact-based story of a woman who suffered a nervous breakdown after having an extra-marital affair.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Meredith Baxter

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  • 2000
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    Shadows
    Shadows

    1 2000 HD

    Joshua and his father are among the Jewish prisoners in a concentration camp. When the assistant leader of their work crew is gunned down by mistake,...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Andrew Reynolds

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  • 2000
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    Rocket's Red Glare
    Rocket's Red Glare

    3 2000 HD

    A troubled 17-year-old Todd Baker restores a Mercury Redstone rocket as a science project with the help of his ex-astronaut grandfather. When a NASA...

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Cast: Robert Wagner

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  • 1991
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    Deadly Medicine
    Deadly Medicine

    1 1991 HD

    A pediatrician becomes trapped in a web of betrayal and guilt when her best friend, a nurse, seems to be a baby-killer.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Veronica Hamel

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  • 1984
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    Best Defense
    Best Defense

    4.1 1984 HD

    An engineer fails to get the bugs out of a tank before an Army officer has to use it in Kuwait.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Dudley Moore

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  • 1984
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    All The Kids Do It
    All The Kids Do It

    1 1984 HD

    High school diving champion Buddy Elder (Scott Baio) can't seem to stop drinking and driving.

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    Cast: Scott Baio

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  • 1998
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    Seinfeld
    Seinfeld

    8.281 1998 HD

    A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jerry Seinfeld

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  • 2004
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    The Guardian
    The Guardian

    6.762 2004 HD

    Nick Fallin is a hotshot lawyer working at his father's ultrasuccessful Pittsburgh law firm. Unfortunately, the high life has gotten the best of...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Simon Baker

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  • 2001
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    Star Trek: Voyager
    Star Trek: Voyager

    7.785 2001 HD

    Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels...

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast: Kate Mulgrew

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  • 2005
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    Judging Amy
    Judging Amy

    7.493 2005 HD

    Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Amy Brenneman

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  • 2000
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    Beverly Hills, 90210
    Beverly Hills, 90210

    7.405 2000 HD

    Follow the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of Beverly Hills, California and attending the fictitious West...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jennie Garth

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  • 2003
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    Touched by an Angel
    Touched by an Angel

    7.266 2003 HD

    Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast: Roma Downey

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  • 2004
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    Angel
    Angel

    7.915 2004 HD

    The vampire Angel, cursed with a soul, moves to Los Angeles and aids people with supernatural-related problems while questing for his own redemption....

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast: David Boreanaz

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  • 2003
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    Mister Sterling
    Mister Sterling

    7.5 2003 HD

    Mister Sterling is an American television serial drama created by Lawrence O'Donnell that ran from January to March in 2003. It starred Josh Brolin...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Josh Brolin

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  • 2007
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    7th Heaven
    7th Heaven

    6.413 2007 HD

    Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven children, not to mention the friends, sweethearts and...

    Genre: Family

    Cast: Stephen Collins

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  • 2000
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    Chicago Hope
    Chicago Hope

    7.176 2000 HD

    Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The...

    Genre: Soap

    Cast: Adam Arkin

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  • 1988
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    St. Elsewhere
    St. Elsewhere

    5.319 1988 HD

    St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: William Daniels

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  • 2005
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    Boston Public
    Boston Public

    7.679 2005 HD

    Principal Steven Harper runs Winslow High School as best as he can while dealing with the demands of the faculty, the students and their parents.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Chi McBride

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  • 1993
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    Cheers
    Cheers

    7.559 1993 HD

    The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people who worked and drank there.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Ted Danson

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  • 2024
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    Law & Order
    Law & Order

    7.4 2024 HD

    In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Sam Waterston

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  • 1987
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    Remington Steele
    Remington Steele

    7.043 1987 HD

    Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Stephanie Zimbalist

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  • 1986
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    T. J. Hooker
    T. J. Hooker

    6.289 1986 HD

    Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who turns his back on a gold badge and goes back to...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: William Shatner

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  • 2015
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    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    7.602 2015 HD

    A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Ted Danson

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  • 2012
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    CSI: Miami
    CSI: Miami

    7.7 2012 HD

    CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: David Caruso

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  • 2000
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    The Pretender
    The Pretender

    7.4 2000 HD

    Raised in a secret facility built for experimenting on children, Jarod is a genius who can master any profession and become anyone he has to be. When...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michael T. Weiss

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  • 1989
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    The Twilight Zone
    The Twilight Zone

    7.7 1989 HD

    This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two...

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast: Robin Ward

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  • 1989
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    Moonlighting
    Moonlighting

    7.495 1989 HD

    After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Cybill Shepherd

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  • 1995
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    Matlock
    Matlock

    7.095 1995 HD

    Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Andy Griffith

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  • 2009
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    The Unit
    The Unit

    7.229 2009 HD

    A covert team of special forces operatives risk their lives on undercover missions around the globe, while their wives maintain the homefront,...

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Dennis Haysbert

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  • 2013
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    CSI: NY
    CSI: NY

    7.346 2013 HD

    Follow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators".

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Gary Sinise

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  • 1987
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    Scarecrow and Mrs. King
    Scarecrow and Mrs. King

    6.371 1987 HD

    Scarecrow and Mrs. King is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to May 28, 1987 on CBS. The show stars Kate Jackson and...

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Kate Jackson

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  • 2002
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    Dharma & Greg
    Dharma & Greg

    6.388 2002 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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jenna Elfman

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  • 1988
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    Cagney & Lacey
    Cagney & Lacey

    6.9 1988 HD

    Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Tyne Daly

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  • 2008
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    Boston Legal
    Boston Legal

    7.874 2008 HD

    Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: James Spader

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  • 2002
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    The Invisible Man
    The Invisible Man

    7.02 2002 HD

    The Invisible Man is a Sci-Fi American television series starring Vincent Ventresca, Paul Ben-Victor, Eddie Jones, Shannon Kenny and Michael...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Vincent Ventresca

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  • 2016
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    Castle
    Castle

    7.999 2016 HD

    After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Nathan Fillion

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  • 1991
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    The Hitchhiker
    The Hitchhiker

    6.1 1991 HD

    A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Page Fletcher

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  • 2000
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    Bull
    Bull

    6.8 2000 HD

    Bull is a short-lived American drama series created by Michael S. Chernuchin, who had worked on Law & Order and Brooklyn South in 2000. It was TNT's...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Elisabeth Röhm

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  • 1991
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    Eddie Dodd
    Eddie Dodd

    1 1991 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Treat Williams

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  • 1990
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    Alien Nation
    Alien Nation

    6.975 1990 HD

    Detective Matthew Sikes, a Los Angeles police officer reluctantly works with "Newcomer" alien George Francisco. Sikes also has an 'on again off...

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast: Gary Graham

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  • 2016
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    Rizzoli & Isles
    Rizzoli & Isles

    8 2016 HD

    Perhaps their strikingly different personalities make the relationship between detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles so effective....

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Angie Harmon

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  • 2020
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    Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
    Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

    7.483 2020 HD

    Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Clark Gregg

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  • 1999
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    Home Improvement
    Home Improvement

    7.427 1999 HD

    The daily trials and tribulations of handyman Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three boys with help from his loyal co-host, domineering wife, and...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Tim Allen

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  • 1984
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    Fatal Vision
    Fatal Vision

    6.3 1984 HD

    A retiree spends nine years relentlessly seeking to prove that his son-in-law, a former Green Beret Army doctor, murdered his pregnant wife and two...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Karl Malden

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  • 2017
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    Bones
    Bones

    8.243 2017 HD

    Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Emily Deschanel

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  • 2009
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    Without a Trace
    Without a Trace

    7.296 2009 HD

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

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Anthony LaPaglia

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  • 2002
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    Ally McBeal
    Ally McBeal

    6.532 2002 HD

    Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Calista Flockhart

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  • 2001
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    Diagnosis: Murder
    Diagnosis: Murder

    7.019 2001 HD

    Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Dick Van Dyke

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  • 2003
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    The Best Sex Ever
    The Best Sex Ever

    3.8 2003 HD

    Veronica hosts a midnight radio show called "The Best Sex Ever". Each night "after all the good girls and boys have gone to bed", she invites...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Angela Nicholas

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  • 2024
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    NCIS
    NCIS

    7.621 2024 HD

    From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has a shred of evidence connected...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Sean Murray

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  • 2002
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    Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
    Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

    7.2 2002 HD

    Can you tell the difference between fact and fiction? Several stories of strange, mysterious and incredible occurrences are chronicled during each...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Jonathan Frakes

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  • 1996
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    One West Waikiki
    One West Waikiki

    7 1996 HD

    One West Waikiki is an American crime/drama TV show set in Hawaii which ran from 1994-1996. It starred Cheryl Ladd, Richard Burgi and Kayla Blake and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Cheryl Ladd

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  • 2009
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    Stargate Atlantis
    Stargate Atlantis

    8.008 2009 HD

    With the Ancients' city of Atlantis discovered in the Pegasus Galaxy by Stargate Command, Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Major Sheppard lead a scientific...

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast: Joe Flanigan

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  • 1986
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    Misfits of Science
    Misfits of Science

    6.6 1986 HD

    A superhero fantasy television series featuring super-powered humans and their madcap adventures.

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Kevin Peter Hall

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