"Universal" TV: some of the most memorable shows in history.
This studio produced TV shows of high quality from the 1950s to the 1980s. Millions of viewers tuned in, watching the latest "Columbo," "The Rockford Files," "Kojak" and many others.
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- StarsAlfred HitchcockHarry TylerLillian O'MalleySeries of unrelated short stories covering elements of crime, horror, drama, and comedy about people of different backgrounds committing murders, suicides, thefts, and other sorts of crime caused by certain motivations, perceived or not.Stories are mostly excellent and the overall presentation is impeccable.
- StarsAlfred HitchcockHinton PopeJimmy Joyce"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" was a continuation of the dramatic anthology series Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) hosted by the Master of Suspense and Mystery.
- StarsBoris KarloffRichard PeelHenry DaniellExperience the complete series of the show that was hailed as the most frightening ever created for television--now available for the first time.
- CreatorEd HaasNorm LiebmannStarsFred GwynneAl LewisYvonne De CarloA family of friendly monsters have misadventures, never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.The funniest American sitcom of the 1960s!
- CreatorCollier YoungStarsRaymond BurrDon GallowayDon MitchellWheelchair-using, crime-fighting detective Robert T. Ironside battles the bad guys on the streets of San Francisco.Quality is uneven.
- DirectorJames GoldstoneStarsRaymond BurrGeraldine BrooksWally CoxParalyzed by a sniper's bullet, Robert T. Ironside continues investigating criminal cases as a citizen volunteer. With the assistance of two former protegees, Ironside sets out to find his would-be assassin.
- DirectorBoris SagalBarry ShearSteven SpielbergStarsJoan CrawfordOssie DavisRichard KileyA seemingly haunted painting drives a greedy man insane. A rich blind woman gets a new pair of eyes that allow her to see for only one brief ironic moment. An idyllic painting gives a Nazi war criminal in hiding some fleeting comfort.Three superb stories!
- CreatorRod SerlingStarsRod SerlingLarry WatsonJoanna PettetRod Serling presents tales of horror illustrated in various paintings.When it's good, the show is worth seeing.
- CreatorHerman MillerStarsDennis WeaverJ.D. CannonTerry CarterA New Mexico deputy marshal gets assigned to Manhattan's 27th Precinct.Dennis Weaver makes the show watchable.
- DirectorRichard IrvingStarsPeter FalkGene BarryKatherine JusticeA psychiatrist uses a patient he is having an affair with to help him kill his wife, but his perfect alibi may come apart at the hands of a seemingly befuddled LAPD lieutenant.
- CreatorRichard LevinsonWilliam LinkStarsPeter FalkMike LallyJohn FinneganLos Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo uses his humble ways and ingenuous demeanor to winkle out even the most well-concealed of crimes.Still the definitive cop show of the decade.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonStarsBen MurphyRoger DavisPete DuelHannibal Heyes and Kid Curry, two of the most wanted outlaws in the history of the West, are popular "with everyone except the railroads and the banks".
- CreatorAnthony WilsonStarsGeorge PeppardRalph ManzaMurray MathesonThe adventures of proud Polish-American freelance insurance investigator Thomas Banacek.
- StarsLee MajorsRichard AndersonMartin E. BrooksAfter a severely injured test pilot is rebuilt with nuclear-powered bionic limbs and implants, he serves as an intelligence agent.
- DirectorRichard IrvingStarsLee MajorsBarbara AndersonMartin BalsamAfter an astronaut and test pilot is catastrophically mutilated in a test plane crash, he is rebuilt and equipped with nuclear powered bionic limbs and implants.Excellent opening pilot episode.
- DirectorRuss MayberryStarsLee MajorsRichard AndersonAlan OppenheimerAfter a failed mission, Steve Austin goes on vacation and gets a second chance to stop an arms dealer.
- DirectorRuss MayberryStarsLee MajorsRichard AndersonAlan OppenheimerA criminal organization, known as "O.S.O.", specializes in kidnapping high ranking U.S. representatives. Although Colonel Steve Austin has already thwarted one of their kidnappings, he is unable to stop them from grabbing William Henry Cameron right from under O.S.I.'s nose. O.S.O. demands one billion dollars in gold, and Oscar Goldman takes the opportunity to try and lure them out into the open. Meanwhile, Steve accompanies Dr. Erica Bergner, who is testing a new method of brain transferal, in order to find out where Cameron is being kept.
- CreatorAbby MannStarsTelly SavalasDan FrazerKevin DobsonA bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in his city.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsTelly SavalasMarjoe GortnerJosé FerrerA homicide detective begins to suspect that the black teenager accused of murdering two white girls is being framed by his fellow detectives.Very grim, has none of the regular show's escapism.
- CreatorStephen J. CannellRoy HugginsStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosThe cases of an easy-going ex-convict turned private investigator.
- CreatorJeffrey Grant RiceStarsDarren McGavinSimon OaklandJack GrinnageCarl Kolchak is a reporter for a Chicago newspaper. Through more accident than design he ends up investigating homicides, many of which involve supernatural forces. Ultimately, rather than reporting on the crimes, he solves them.
- CreatorHarve BennettSteven BochcoStarsDavid McCallumMelinda O. FeeCraig StevensThe weekly adventures of Dr. Daniel Westin, an invisible scientist working as an agent for a private thinktank.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonLou ShawStarsJack KlugmanJohn S. RaginRobert ItoThe cases of a brilliant, if Irascible, coroner who investigates suspicious deaths which usually suggest murder.
- CreatorKenneth JohnsonStarsBill BixbyLou FerrignoJack ColvinA fugitive scientist has the curse of becoming a powerful green monster under extreme emotional stress.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonStarsLorne GreeneRichard HatchDirk BenedictAfter the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet on a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonLeslie StevensStarsGil GerardErin GrayFelix SillaA 20th-century astronaut emerges out of 500 years of suspended animation into a future time to become Earth's greatest hero.
- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioGlen A. LarsonStarsTom SelleckJohn HillermanRoger E. MosleyThe adventures of a Hawaii-based private investigator.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonStarsDavid HasselhoffEdward MulhareRichard BasehartA lone crimefighter battles the forces of evil with the help of a virtually indestructible and artificially intelligent supercar.
- CreatorStephen J. CannellFrank LupoStarsGeorge PeppardMr. TDwight SchultzFour Vietnam vets, framed for a crime they didn't commit, help the innocent while on the run from the military.
- CreatorAnthony YerkovichStarsDon JohnsonPhilip Michael ThomasSaundra Santiago-Resplendent with authentic 1980s music, fashion, and vibe, "Miami Vice" follows two undercover detectives and their extended team through the mean streets of Miami, Florida.
- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioStarsJan-Michael VincentAlex CordErnest BorgnineAs part of a deal with an intelligence agency to look for his missing brother, a renegade pilot goes on missions with an advanced battle helicopter.
- CreatorRichard LindheimMichael SloanStarsEdward WoodwardKeith SzarabajkaRobert LansingA retired Intelligence Agent turned private detective helps various threatened clients to equalize the odds.
- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellDeborah PrattDuring an experiment into time travel, a scientist finds himself trapped in the past, "leaping" into the lives of different people, sorting out their problems and changing history in hopes of getting back to his own life in the present.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDennis WeaverJacqueline ScottEddie FirestoneA business commuter is pursued and terrorized by the malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsLee MarvinAngie DickinsonJohn CassavetesSurprised that their contract victim didn't try to run away from them, two professional hit men try to find out who hired them and why.
- DirectorPhilip DeGuere Jr.StarsPeter HootenClyde KusatsuJessica WalterA psychiatrist becomes the new Sorcerer Supreme of the Earth in order to battle an evil Sorceress from the past.
- DirectorAlan J. LeviStarsDavid HasselhoffEdward MulhareSusan NormanIn the future, guns are banned and criminals are frozen for the duration of their sentences. A recent spate of killings involving handguns brings Michael Knight back to fight for justice, but he insists on the help of KITT, his artificially-intelligent car from decades ago. The only problem is that KITT has been deactivated.
- CreatorRockne S. O'BannonStarsJonathan BrandisDon FranklinTed RaimiIn the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans Organization enlists Captain Nathan Bridger and the submarine seaQuest DSV to keep the peace and explore the last frontier on Earth.
- CreatorDick WolfRick EidStarsJerry OrbachJesse L. MartinDennis FarinaNew York's finest police detectives and prosecutors fight to make the city a safer place. With integrity as the guiding force from investigation to verdict, the teams weigh every perspective in their commitment to finding justice.
- DirectorRod HolcombStarsReb BrownLen BirmanHeather Menzies-UrichA recipient of an experimental body enhancement chemical retaliates against his would be killers as a star spangled superhero.
- CreatorPeter S. FischerRichard LevinsonWilliam LinkStarsAngela LansburyWilliam WindomRon MasakProfessional writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher uses her intellect, charm, and persistence to get to the bottom of every crime she encounters.
- CreatorKenneth JohnsonStarsLindsay WagnerRichard AndersonMartin E. BrooksAfter fully recovering from her nearly fatal bout of bionic rejection, Jaime Sommers, the first female cyborg, is assigned to spy missions of her own.
- 19891h 36mNot Rated5.9 (1.2K)TV MovieDirectorAlan J. LeviStarsLindsay WagnerLee MajorsRichard AndersonThe Bionic Woman and the Six Million Dollar Man reunite, with a few younger bionic assistants, and try to catch a bionic spy.
- 19871h 38mNot Rated6.3 (1.1K)TV MovieDirectorRay AustinStarsLindsay WagnerLee MajorsTom SchanleyNine years after his retirement from the government, Colonel Steve Austin must again team up with Jaime Sommers to stop a terrorist group. Complicating matters for Austin are his estranged son Michael, who struggles for his father's acceptance as he graduates from flight school, and Jaime, who must cope with her and Steve's past. When Michael is severely injured in a crash, Steve must make the same decision about fitting him with bionics that he had to make with Jaime years ago after her accident.
- CreatorShaun CassidyStarsGary ColeLucas BlackPaige TurcoA quiet, seemingly-quaint small town is ruled over by its charming yet evil sheriff who uses his demonic powers to remove anyone who dares to stand in his way. The only one he fears is a young boy he fathered through rape.
- CreatorDick WolfStarsMariska HargitayChristopher MeloniIce-TThis series follows the Special Victims Unit, a specially trained squad of detectives in the New York City Police Department that investigate sexually related crimes.
- CreatorDean HargroveRoland KibbeeStarsTony CurtisRoscoe Lee BrownePhilip ChapinMcCoy has expensive tastes with an equally costly lifestyle offset with a gambling problem. To make ends meet he becomes a con man relieving others of their ill gotten gains with the aid of Gideon, a nightclub comedian.
- StarsJames McEachinDavid HuddlestonRosanna HuffmanAfrican-American private eye Harry Tenafly was a happily married, middle-class family man who had given up being a cop to work for a better paying position at a big L.A. detective agency. One of the few TV detectives who relied more on brains and solid legwork, Tenafly had no interest in gunfights, fisticuffs, or chasing beautiful women. Nevertheless, trouble seemed to find him anyway.
- CreatorStephen J. CannellStarsRobert BlakeTom EwellEdward GroverThe cases of maverick undercover New York City detective Tony Baretta (Robert Blake).
- DirectorJerry JamesonStarsBen MurphyBonnie BedeliaLew AyresThe residents of an isolated mountain town must band together to survive during a devastating heat wave.
- StarsRichard WidmarkRonny CoxGeorge ColeA dedicated New York police officer named Madigan hunts down lawbreakers locally and internationally.
- StarsRichard BooneRick LenzHarry MorganThe adventures of Hec Ramsey, a turn-of-the-20th-century detective who prefers to use his brains instead of his guns.
- CreatorRichard LevinsonWilliam LinkStarsJim HuttonDavid WayneTom ReeseThe son of a police detective solves baffling crimes.
- CreatorPaul M. BelousRobert WolterstorffBruce LansburyStarsRex SmithRichard VentureJoe RegalbutoA desk bound cop secretly fights crime as the test pilot for a prototype combat motorcycle.
- CreatorDavid VictorStarsRobert YoungJames BrolinElena VerdugoDr. Marcus Welby, a general practitioner, and Steven Kiley, Welby's young assistant. The two try to treat people as individuals in an age of specialized medicine and indifferent physicians.
- StarsRoy ThinnesLuther AdlerPete DuelDr. James Whitman is a psychiatrist at a major LA facility who shakes things up with newer techniques, like group therapy. Dr. Altman is his sometime mentor who helps him evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment.
- StarsLloyd BridgesClu GulagerBarbara WerleJim Conrad is manager of the busy airport of San Francisco where problems arise daily. Bob Hatten is his troubleshooting maintenance chief and June his efficient plus dependable secretary.
- StarsGene BarrySusan Saint JamesRobert StackSandy, a young woman in the research dept of Howard Publications has wild romantic daydreams about her boss Glenn Howard that confuse her sense of reality, hampering Howard in an investigation.
- CreatorRobert A. CinaderJack WebbStarsMartin MilnerKent McCordShaaron ClaridgeTwo regular police officers patrol Los Angeles.
- DirectorJerry ThorpeStarsVince EdwardsChelsea BrownMichael LarrainThe head of a psychiatric telephone hot line gets his associates to get out of the office and into the streets to help people with psychiatric problems.
- StarsVince EdwardsFelton PerryJune HardingMatt Lincoln is a with it psychiatrist in an inner city neighborhood helping disadvantaged young people. Helping him staff the phone lines are streetwise Jimmy and Tag, with Ann and policeman Kevin filling in where needed.
- CreatorDavid LevyStarsGeorge KennedyRamon BieriSallie ShockleySamuel "Sarge" Cavanaugh is a priest at the St. Aloysius Parish in San Diego, California. He is known as Sarge because of his police background of working for nine years as a homicide detective in the area in which he tries to help out with guidance to his parishioners in their struggle to cope with the problems of a metropolitan environment.
- CreatorHoward RodmanStarsAnthony QuinnMike FarrellWilliam SchallertThomas Acala is the longtime mayor of a rapidly growing city in Southwest United States. He handles the constant challenges with the help of his chief aide Andy Hays and secretary Marian Crane.
- CreatorJames E. MoserJack WebbStarsDavid JanssenPaul PicerniStacy HarrisJames O'Hara of the United States Treasury works in several branches to stop illegal activities such as smuggling contraband, tax evasion, and the like.
- CreatorLarry CohenStarsJames FarentinoAdele MaraEd BernardThe adventures of private eye Jefferson Keyes, who charges a cool million bucks for his services.
- DirectorDon TaylorStarsBarry NewmanSusan HowardAlbert SalmiA Harvard-educated, big-city lawyer moves to a small Arizona town to set up practice. His first case is defending a beautiful socialite accused of murdering her husband.
- CreatorDon AdamsStarsDon AdamsRupert CrosseJohn DoucetteLennie Crooke and George Robinson are inept detectives teamed up to solve crimes. Captain Andrews is their exasperated boss, Sgt. Higgenbottom is a smarmy co-worker, and Freddy confesses to most of the neighborhood crimes.
- CreatorJerry McNeelyDavid VictorStarsArthur HillJoan DarlingLee MajorsIn a small California town, attorney Owen Marshall, assisted by several different younger lawyers, defends clients with great compassion for the accused.
- CreatorAnthony LawrenceStanley ShpetnerStarsGary CollinsCatherine FerrarRod SerlingDr. Michael Rhodes is a college professor with an interest in the paranormal. He and his assistant Nancy spend much of their time researching mysteries.
- CreatorRoland KibbeeStarsRobert WagnerFred AstaireMalachi ThroneThe adventures of suave cat burglar Alexander Mundy, who plies his trade for the U.S. Government.
- StarsJames WainwrightSkye AubreySheree NorthLt. Frank Dain worked for the California State Police as a dogged investigator of missing persons cases. No one was better at piecing together clues and solving mysteries, as Dain's cases took him all over the Golden State.
- CreatorRobert A. CinaderHarold Jack BloomStarsRandolph MantoothKevin TigheJulie LondonThe crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.
- CreatorGeorge TibblesStarsAnn SheridanRuth McDevittDouglas FowleyThe setting is 1871 Wretched, Colorado, where the local sheriff is jealous of the popular Hanks family, who do a better job of keeping the peace.
- StarsStephen StrimpellDick GautierPaul SmithStanley is tasked with breaking into a household of moonshiners in the mountains. Stanley needs to deceive the man's girlfriend and persuade the group that he is skilled at breaking into vaults.
- CreatorFrancine CarrollStarsJessica WalterArt MetranoJohnny SevenWhen the Chief of Detectives suddenly dies, the police officer with the most seniority (who happens to be a woman) becomes the new Chief, which doesn't go down well with all of the men of the Department.
- CreatorRobert A. CinaderStephen DowningStarsJames G. RichardsonErnest ThompsonSusan FosterYosemite National Park fills in for the fictitious Sierra where head ranger Jack Moore supervises a diverse group of employees. Their daily encounters with the public range from the lost and friendly to the beligerent and destructive. There is also a problem bear Cruncher.
- CreatorJerry McNeelyStarsDavid HartmanRobbie RistTrish SoodikLucas Tanner changes careers after a grievous personal tragedy, taking up teaching in suburban St. Louis. He approaches it in an idealistic fashion, rebeling against the rules that keep him from connecting to the students.
- CreatorJack WebbStarsJack WebbMarion RossCameron MitchellBased-on-true-story anthology about victims who need rescuing.
- CreatorLarry CohenStarsLorne GreeneBen MurphyPatricia StichWade Griffin quits the police force after three decades to become a private eye.
- CreatorEdward HumeStarsTony MusanteSimon OaklandSusan StrasbergThis series Is based on the real-life story of New Jersey detective David Toma. Toma was a master of disguise and undercover work. Toma himself made a cameo appearance in many episodes.
- CreatorStephen J. CannellRobert A. CinaderStarsMitchell RyanWayne MaunderReid SmithAdventures of an unconventional police unit led by Capt. Chase Reddick.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsCristina RainesCliff De YoungMeg FosterWhen a young woman who is living in the woods with her struggling-musician husband and her very young daughter discovers that she has terminal cancer, she begins to tape-record a journal of the time she has left, hoping to leave something precious for her daughter.
- StarsCliff De YoungElizabeth CheshireBill MumySam Hayden is a young widower living in Vancouver, British Columbia who tries to make a living in various odd jobs while caring for his 5-year-old step-daughter Jill from his late wife's previous marriage.
- StarsJackie CooperJulie GreggMark WheelerExperienced news reporter Peter hits the streets in a large metropolis covering breaking stories and tales of human nature. His producer Maggie and cameraman Doug work with Peter in getting their pieces on the local news.
- CreatorJames E. MoserJack LairdStarsGeorge PeppardZohra LampertVictor CamposThe cases of Dr. Jake Goodwin, chief surgeon of a Los Angeles hospital.
- CreatorM. Charles CohenStarsGlynnis O'ConnorGary FrankJan ShutanJeff and Anita are students at Southwest High in the 1950s who find themselves falling in love. They bond over family problems as Jeff's father has recently died and Anita's parents are divorced. Stash and 'Moose' are their pals.
- CreatorGeorge KirgoPeter NelsonStarsTeresa GravesDennis RuckerCharles CioffiAdventures of sexy & sassy black undercover cop Christie Love.
- StarsPeter StraussNick NolteSusan BlakelyAn examination of the trials and tribulations of the Jordache family, from the period following World War II to the late 1960s.
- StarsBen MurphyKatherine CrawfordWilliam SylvesterA man has a watch that makes him invisible when pressed. However he can only remain invisible for 15 minutes or else he will stay invisible forever.
- CreatorStephen J. CannellRoy HugginsStarsWayne RogersElaine JoyceClifton JamesWeekly adventures of hard-boiled '30s detective Jake Axminster.
- CreatorSusan HarrisStarsLee GrantAudra LindleyJoe SilverSitcom about a divorced woman in her forties who has to begin dating.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonStarsRobert WagnerEddie AlbertCharlie CallasEx-cop Frank McBride and ex-con Pete Ryan start their own detective agency.
- StarsPeter StraussGregg HenryJames Carroll JordanThis is the sequel to the mini-series, RICH MAN, POOR MAN. It begins with Rudy Jordache apprehending the man who killed his brother, Falconetti. He then also takes in his nephew, Wesley. He then begins a vendetta with a man, who tried to take over the company of an old friend. Unfortunately for him, he has no evidence against him and the man is not about to let Rudy off the hook. He also has to deal with his step-son, Billy. And Falconetti, has been released from prison and is looking to get back at Rudy.
- StarsMichael ConstantineCynthia HarrisKathleen MillerNight shift Judge Matthew Sirota runs his urban courtroom with humor and common sense. He has a casual romance with his clerk Maureen plus referees between idealistic defender Gail Goodman and zealous prosecutor Bud Nugent.
- DirectorMike NewellStarsMax HarrisEileen McCallumDouglas AlexanderA faithful adaptation of Kipling's riveting autobiographical short story, detailing a harrowing period of his life between the ages of 6 and 11, under the care of foster parents in England, while his parents lived in India.
- StarsRobert ConradSimon OaklandDana ElcarThe dramatized World War II adventures of U.S. Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his U.S. Marine Attack Squadron 214, (The Black Sheep Squadron).
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonStarsShaun CassidyParker StevensonEd GilbertThe cases of a pair of teen detective brothers and a teen girl amateur sleuth.
- StarsRod TaylorAndrew StevensTony BeckerIn 1842, a widower leaves his Illinois farm and heads west towards Oregon with his three children to seek a better life.
- CreatorSteven BochcoStephen J. CannellStarsDennis DuganRobert HoganBarbara BossonA private detective in his early twenties uses his youthful looks to an advantage in his work.