Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "television-announcer"

1. The Contender (2000)

R | 126 min | Drama, Thriller

Senator Laine Hanson is a contender for U.S. Vice President, but information and disinformation about her past surfaces that threatens to derail her confirmation.

Director: Rod Lurie | Stars: Joan Allen, Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater

Votes: 25,029 | Gross: $17.87M

2. The First Grader (2010)

PG-13 | 103 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau veteran who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford.

Director: Justin Chadwick | Stars: Naomie Harris, Oliver Litondo, Tony Kgoroge, Alfred Munyua

Votes: 4,894 | Gross: $0.33M

3. Lucy Gallant (1955)

Approved | 104 min | Drama

The success story of a dressmaker who comes to run a group of fashion shops at the expense of her love life.

Director: Robert Parrish | Stars: Jane Wyman, Charlton Heston, Claire Trevor, Thelma Ritter

Votes: 675

4. Wicked as They Come (1956)

94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A poor but beautiful woman sets her sights on rising to the top, and lets nothing stand in her way - including murder.

Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Arlene Dahl, Philip Carey, Herbert Marshall, Michael Goodliffe

Votes: 606

5. Bring Your Smile Along (1955)

Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Music

Nancy Willows (Constance Towers), pretty blonde high school teacher, writes song lyrics which spark the careers of struggling young pianist-composer Martin Adams (Keefe Brasselle) and ... See full summary »

Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Frankie Laine, Keefe Brasselle, Constance Towers, Lucy Marlow

Votes: 136

6. How Green Is My Spinach (1950)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy

To finally defeat Popeye, Bluto sets out to destroy the spinach crop.

Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Bud Collyer, Jackson Beck, Tom Ewell, Jack Mercer

Votes: 160

7. Alias the Champ (1949)

Approved | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

New York gangsters trying to muscle in on the California wrestling scene come up against a wrestler who won't knuckle under. They frame him for a murder, and his manager and a cop set out ... See full summary »

Director: George Blair | Stars: Robert Rockwell, Barbra Fuller, Audrey Long, James Nolan

Votes: 65

8. Feudin' Rhythm (1949)

Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Music, Western

Eddy Arnold (Eddy Arnold), singing star of the Ace Lucky (Kirby Grant) radio program gets involved when Ace's equipment for a television program is destroyed by a fire. Aces accepts the ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Eddy Arnold, Gloria Henry, Kirby Grant, Isabel Randolph

Votes: 45

9. Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle (1950)

Approved | 63 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Joe is witness to a mob killing. Two of the killers are after him. He is drugged before the big fight which is watched on TV by his manager Knobby and the thugs who are holding Knobby hostage.

Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Joe Kirkwood Jr., James Gleason, Lois Hall, Edgar Barrier

Votes: 38

10. Skipalong Rosenbloom (1951)

Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Western

The town of Buttonhole Bend is in the clutches of the Butcher Baer (Max Baer) gang who have killed every sheriff and robbed every bank in the territory. The brains behind the gang is saloon... See full summary »

Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Maxie Rosenbloom, Max Baer, Jackie Coogan, Fuzzy Knight

Votes: 45

11. Katnip's Big Day (1959)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Katnip is the guest of honor in a "This is Your Life" type of television program showing his experiences with Herman (via archive footage) and with Katnip, of course, always getting the ... See full summary »

Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Izzy Sparber, Dave Tendlar, Al Eugster, Tom Golden, Wm. B. Pattengill, Martin Taras | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Sid Raymond, Arnold Stang

Votes: 25

12. Nancy Drew: The Shattered Medallion (2014 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew travels to New Zealand to compete in a reality TV competition and ends up investigating the strange mishaps that are causing the show to spiral out of control.

Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Jennifer Pratt, Sofia Rybin, Shiromi Arserio

Votes: 41

13. Family Guy (1999– )
Episode: North by North Quahog (2005)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

Peter and Lois try for a second honeymoon, but things go awry when he poses as Mel Gibson.

Director: Peter Shin | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis

Votes: 2,239

14. Family Guy (1999– )
Episode: Screwed the Pooch (2001)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy

Brian confesses to Peter and Lois that he has had sexual yearnings lately, so Lois suggests that Brian join them for a change of scenery.

Director: Pete Michels | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis

Votes: 1,936

15. Screen Directors Playhouse (1955–1956)
Episode: The Silent Partner (1955)

30 min | Drama

When a great film director accepts an Academy Award, he reflects on a comedian he worked with in the early film days, owing his success to him, not realizing that man is now destitute, watching the show on TV from a barstool.

Director: George Marshall | Stars: Buster Keaton, Zasu Pitts, Joe E. Brown, Evelyn Ankers

Votes: 141

16. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: Bread and Circuses (1968)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The Enterprise crew investigates the disappearance of a ship's crew on a planet that is a modern version of the Roman Empire.

Director: Ralph Senensky | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, William Smithers

Votes: 3,280

17. Futurama (1999– )
Episode: When Aliens Attack (1999)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A monumental attack from Lrrr of Omicron Persei 8 is precipitated by the loss of a television signal that Fry disrupted in 1999.

Directors: Brian Sheesley, Rich Moore, Gregg Vanzo | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille

Votes: 3,153

18. Répondez, Monsieur X... (1957–1958)
Episode: Speakerines (1957)

17 min | Documentary, Short

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Director: Yves Lemenager | Stars: Pierre Tchernia, Catherine Langeais, Jacqueline Caurat, Marianne Lecène

19. Family Guy (1999– )
Episode: Ratings Guy (2012)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

After the Griffins become a Nielsen Family, everyone gets mad at Peter for convincing the networks to make ridiculous changes to popular shows.

Directors: James Purdum, Dominic Bianchi | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis

Votes: 1,592

20. Monster Party (2005– )
Episode: Rock N Rods 2005 - Interviews by Count Midnight (2005)

Unrated | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

They cruised US Rt. 66 to Pontiac, Illinois on 6 August 2005 to tape interviews with hot rodders, Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's widow Ilene "Trixie" Roth, and model/actress Kathy Jean who worked as on-camera announcer and car model at Rock N Rods.

Director: Count Midnight | Stars: Kathy Jean, Count Midnight