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- DirectorJ.J. AbramsStarsMatthew FoxEvangeline LillyTerry O'QuinnForty-eight survivors of an airline flight originating from Australia, bound for the U.S., which crash-lands onto an unknown island 1000 miles off course, struggle to figure out a way to survive while trying to find a way to be rescued.
- DirectorJ.J. AbramsStarsMatthew FoxTerry O'QuinnEvangeline LillyHaving retrieved the plane tranceiver, a group of survivors try to transmit a signal, only to receive a strange transmission from another inhabitant.
- DirectorVince GilliganStarsBryan CranstonAnna GunnAaron PaulDiagnosed with terminal lung cancer, chemistry teacher Walter White teams up with former student Jesse Pinkman to cook and sell crystal meth.
- DirectorJ.J. AbramsStarsJennifer GarnerRon RifkinMichael VartanSydney Bristow discovers that her job as an agent for SD-6, a top-secret division of the CIA, is not what she thought it was. Sydney's father, Jack, also tells her the truth about his work and she, enraged, seeks help from real CIA and is hired as their double agent under the command of Agent Vaughn. From now on, her job is really simple: she needs to complete her cases at SD-6 while reporting her findings back to the CIA.
- DirectorRyan MurphyStarsDianna AgronChris ColferJessalyn GilsigHigh school teacher Will Schuester tries to reinvent McKinley High School's Glee Club.
- DirectorJoss WhedonStarsNathan FillionGina TorresAlan TudykMalcolm Reynolds is a veteran and the captain of Serenity. He and his crew are smuggling goods, but they need to pick up some passengers for extra money. However, not all the passengers are what they seem.
- DirectorRich MooreGregg VanzoStarsBilly WestKatey SagalJohn DiMaggioA down-on-his-luck pizza delivery guy is accidentally frozen on New Year's Eve 1999 and wakes up in the year 3000.
- DirectorAlan BallStarsPeter KrauseMichael C. HallFrances ConroyWhen the funeral director is killed in an accident, the family comes together to mourn and decide the fate of the funeral home.
- DirectorDavid NutterStarsJared PadaleckiJensen AcklesSarah ShahiSam and Dean Winchester were trained by their father to hunt the creatures of the supernatural. Now, their father has mysteriously disappeared while hunting the demon that killed their mother, 22 years ago.
- DirectorTimothy Van PattenStarsSean BeanMark AddyNikolaj Coster-WaldauEddard Stark is torn between his family and an old friend when asked to serve at the side of King Robert Baratheon; Viserys plans to wed his sister to a nomadic warlord in exchange for an army.
- DirectorThomas SchlammeStarsRob LoweMoira KellyAllison JanneyThe West Wing staffers are introduced as each learns via phone or pager that the President was in a cycling accident. Josh faces the possible loss of his job after an on-air insult of a political opponent, which Toby tries to prevent by having Josh make a personal apology. Sam's fling the previous night with Laurie, who unbeknownst to Sam is a call girl, puts him in hot water, which he compounds when ineptly lecturing a class of 4th-graders about the White House and then asking their teacher which child is Leo's daughter. Leo must deal with the fallout from Josh's blunder, as well as 137 Cuban refugees who escaped on rafts and are seeking asylum. The president walks in during Josh's apology, recites the First Commandment, and lambastes three Christian pols for not denouncing a fringe group.
- DirectorDavid SilvermanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer is forced to become a department store Santa when Marge spends the family's Christmas savings on removing Bart's tattoo.
- DirectorDave FiloniStarsPedro PascalCarl WeathersWerner HerzogA Mandalorian bounty hunter tracks a target for a well-paying, mysterious client.
- DirectorDan TrachtenbergStarsKarl UrbanJack QuaidAntony StarrWhen a Supe kills the love of his life, A/V salesman Hughie Campbell teams up with Billy Butcher, a vigilante hell-bent on punishing corrupt Supes -- and Hughie's life will never be the same again.
- DirectorScott FrankStarsAnya Taylor-JoyBill CampMoses IngramSent to an orphanage at age 9, Beth develops an uncanny knack for chess and a growing dependence on the green tranquilizers given to the children.
- DirectorJustin RoilandStarsJustin RoilandChris ParnellSpencer GrammerA strangely eccentric genius scientist and inventor moves into the home of his daughter and her family and begins to strongly influence his young grandson.
- DirectorPhil AbrahamStarsCharlie CoxDeborah Ann WollElden HensonMatt Murdock and Foggy Nelson open their law firm, and take the case of a woman accused of murder who Matt believes is innocent.
- DirectorAnthony RussoJoe RussoStarsJason BatemanPortia de RossiWill ArnettAfter his father fails to promote him within the family business, Michael accepts a job in Arizona -- until his dad is arrested for shady bookkeeping.
- DirectorMatt ShakmanStarsElizabeth OlsenPaul BettanyKathryn HahnWanda and Vision struggle to conceal their powers during dinner with Vision's boss and his wife.
- DirectorNoah HawleyStarsDan StevensRachel KellerAubrey PlazaA troubled young man battling mental illness wonders if the visions he experiences are real following a strange encounter with a fellow patient.
- DirectorMichael RymerStarsEdward James OlmosMary McDonnellKatee SackhoffIn a distant part of the galaxy lie The Twelve Colonies of Man, a civilization that has been at peace for some forty years with an empire of machines, the Cylons, who were created generations before as worker drones for mankind, but became independent, rose in rebellion, and launched war on their masters. Now, the Cylons have evolved into more human form, into machine-created biological beings, who seek to exterminate true biological humans. To this end they use a human scientist, Gaius, to help one of their infiltrators, known as #6, penetrate the Colonies' master defense mainframes; Gaius is reluctant but smitten by #6, a Cylon woman of seemingly insatiable sexual desire, and the result of their affair is a nuclear sneak-attack that obliterates the Colonies and the star navy deployed for their protection. One ship, however, survives, an obsolete battlestar known as the Galactica; scheduled for decommissioning, the Galactica instead must lead 50,000 surviving humans on a quest for a new home world, where they must bear children to rebuild their race. First, however, the Galactica must lead surviving ships of the Colonies to a weapons deployment base within a spatial storm, a rendezvous that leaves them trapped when two Cylon base stars track them down and open fire.
- DirectorBarry SonnenfeldStarsLee PaceAnna FrielChi McBrideNed uses his unique powers to bring his childhood crush, Chuck, back to life and solve her murder. But he is also forced to keep his distance from her, because if he touches her, she will be dead forever.
- DirectorGlen WinterStarsDiane GuerreroApril BowlbyAlan TudykAfter a severe accident, Cliff Steele wakes up, a changed man, in the house of Dr. Niles Caulder and his Doom Patrol.
- DirectorDavid ChaseStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoA mobster passes out at a family barbecue and seeks therapy to understand why.
- DirectorDavid SemelStarsSonequa Martin-GreenDoug JonesShazad LatifWhile patrolling Federation space, the U.S.S. Shenzhou encounters an object of unknown origin, putting First Officer Michael Burnham to her greatest test yet.
- DirectorMark PiznarskiStarsKristen BellPercy Daggs IIITeddy DunnDuring the day, Veronica negotiates high school like any average teenage girl. At night, she helps her father's struggling, new private investigator business.
- DirectorPaul McGuiganStarsBenedict CumberbatchMartin FreemanRupert GravesWar vet Dr. John Watson returns to London in need of a place to stay. He meets Sherlock Holmes, a consulting detective, and the two soon find themselves digging into a string of serial "suicides."
- DirectorRobert MandelStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonCharles CioffiAgent Dana Scully is instructed to debunk an FBI project dubbed "The X-Files," paranormal cases that have been reopened by Agent Fox Mulder.
- DirectorOtto BathurstStarsRory KinnearLindsay DuncanDonald SumpterPrime Minister Michael Callow faces a shocking dilemma when Princess Susannah, a much-loved member of the Royal Family, is kidnapped.
- DirectorBryan SingerStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsYoung kindergarten teacher Rebecca Adler collapses in her classroom after losing intelligible speech while teaching students.
- DirectorAdam BernsteinStarsZach BraffSarah ChalkeDonald FaisonThree interns - two medical and one surgical - kick off their first day at Sacred Heart teaching hospital.
- DirectorStephen HopkinsStarsKiefer SutherlandLeslie HopeSarah ClarkeJack Bauer is called to his office because there's a threat on the life of a US Senator who's running for President; Jack also discovers that his daughter has skipped out her bedroom window.
- DirectorGraham LinehanNick WoodStarsDylan MoranBill BaileyTamsin GreigBernard is struggling to cope with getting down to menial but essential tasks for his book shop, such as the accounts when a chance meeting with a customer, Manny, helps him out. Meanwhile, the owner of the shop next door, enlists the help of Bernard and his customers to find out exactly what an object from her shop is and in doing so misses an important appointment.
- DirectorScott WinantStarsEllen MuthRebecca GayheartCallum BlueGeorgia, 18, a college dropout in Seattle, gets a filing job. She gets killed by a falling Mir toilet seat on her first workday. Two grim reapers have her join their rank.
- DirectorMichael CuestaStarsMichael C. HallJulie BenzJennifer CarpenterDexter's world is rocked when a rival serial murderer, dubbed the Ice Truck Killer by the media, privately contacts him and reveals that he knows Dexter's grisly secret. Meanwhile, Dexter's sister Debra is transferred to Homicide.
- DirectorJohn Howard DaviesStarsJohn CleesePrunella ScalesAndrew SachsBasil is delighted when a member of the aristocracy chooses to stay at the Fawlty Towers, snubbing the normal guests who frequent the hotel. What Basil does not know, however, is that the man is not a Lord but a confidence trickster who attempts to steal his collection of rare coins. As Basil's desperation to keep such an 'upstanding' guest increases, he becomes increasingly tolerant towards the man's behavior, only to have the guest arrested in a police raid on the hotel.
- DirectorJake KasdanStarsLinda CardelliniJohn Francis DaleyJames FrancoIn 1980, a group of high school students face various social struggles. Wealthy "brain" Lindsay wants to rebel. Her geeky freshman brother Sam and his two friends are targeted by a bully.
- DirectorPeter BergStarsKyle ChandlerConnie BrittonGaius CharlesNew head coach Eric Taylor finds his every move scrutinized as he takes over leadership of Texas's No. 1 high school football team.
- DirectorDavid SemelStarsSantiago CabreraTawny CypressNoah Gray-CabeyIn Manhattan, Peter Petrelli is the younger brother Nathan Petrelli an overly ambitious and unscrupulous candidate for the next New York congressman, and he dreams and believes that he can fly. He decides to prove his theory and jumps from the roof of a building in an alley and his brother flies and saves him. In Texas, cheerleader Claire Bennet learns that she is literally indestructible and can not harm herself or die. She saves a fireman in a fire in a train, but does not take the credit. In Tokyo, Hiro Nakamura believes he can control time and space continuum. In India, Mohinder Suresh moves to the Brooklyn, New York, where his father, that was researching a secret project called Genesis about genome and DNA, is killed in a taxi cab. In Lower Manhattan, the painter Isaac Mendez paints pictures of the future. In Las Vegas, stripper Niki Sanders borrows $30,000 from a powerful local mobster to get her young son into school, and does not have the money to pay her loan. She sees a different image of her in the mirror, and when two gangsters come to her house to collect the money, one of them hits her and she faints. Later Nikki wakes up, and the two thugs are dead... literally torn apart by her evil alter ego.
- DirectorHarry BradbeerStarsJodie ComerGiulia PatrignaniPaolo Roca ReyWhen a Russian politician is murdered, a bored MI5 security officer is tasked with protecting the only witness and soon finds herself on a collision course with a violent and extraordinary assassin.
- DirectorJohn Howard DaviesStarsRowan AtkinsonPaul BownRudolph WalkerMr. Bean sits an exam and is confident until he realizes he has studied the wrong math equations. Mr. Bean tries to change into his swim trunks at the beach without anyone seeing his bits. Last, Mr. Bean tries to stifle a sneeze in church.
- DirectorDewi HumphreysStarsDawn FrenchGary WaldhornJames FleetWhen the Vicar of Dibley dies, David Horton sends for a replacement but is horrified when he finds out the replacement is a woman.
- DirectorLee Toland KriegerStarsTyler HoechlinElizabeth TullochJordan ElsassSuperman and Lois' return to idyllic Smallville is set to be upended by mysterious strangers.
- 2016–202547mTV-148.5 (27K)TV EpisodeDirectorMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourFinn WolfhardAmerican scientists, working without oversight in an obscure laboratory in a backwater town, have managed to bring about the total destruction of mankind.
- DirectorGreg MottolaStarsJeff DanielsEmily MortimerJohn Gallagher Jr.Will's professional idealism is put to the test with his new news team when they are first to cover the Deep Horizon platform oil spill.
- DirectorCary Joji FukunagaStarsMatthew McConaugheyWoody HarrelsonMichelle MonaghanIn 2012, former detective partners Rust Cohle and Martin Hart recap one of their very first cases together involving a serial killer, back in 1995.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsKyle MacLachlanMichael OntkeanMädchen AmickThe small northwest town of Twin Peaks, Washington is shaken up when the body of the Homecoming Queen, Laura Palmer, is discovered washed up on a riverbank, wrapped in plastic.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsKyle MacLachlanJane AdamsJoseph AugerMy log has a message for you.
- DirectorFrank DarabontStarsAndrew LincolnJon BernthalSarah Wayne CalliesDeputy Sheriff Rick Grimes awakens from a coma, and searches for his family in a world ravaged by the undead.
- DirectorKate HerronStarsTom HiddlestonOwen WilsonGugu Mbatha-RawLoki, the God of Mischief, finds himself out of time and in an unusual place and forced - against his godly disposition - to cooperate with others.
- DirectorJohan RenckStarsJared HarrisMichael ShaefferJessie BuckleyPlant workers and firefighters put their lives on the line to control a catastrophic April 1986 explosion at a Soviet nuclear power plant.
- 2021– 31mTV-147.0 (20K)TV EpisodeDirectorBryan AndrewsStarsJeffrey WrightHayley AtwellJosh KeatonWhen Steve Rogers is seriously injured, Peggy Carter becomes the world's first super soldier.
- DirectorHwang Dong-hyukStarsLee Jung-jaePark Hae-sooOh Yeong-suHoping to win easy money, a broke and desperate Gi-hun agrees to take part in an enigmatic game. Not long into the first round, unforeseen horrors unfold.
- DirectorSteward LeeSaul RuizNathaniel VillanuevaStarsDee Bradley BakerArchie PanjabiMichelle AngThe clones of The Bad Batch find themselves in a changing galaxy after The Clone Wars.
- DirectorDeclan LowneyStarsJames NesbittHelen BaxendaleJohn ThomsonHaving ended yet another relationship ladies' man Adam Williams goes to the pub with best friend Pete Gifford. Pete brings him home to the annoyance of his wife Jenny,who is especially fertile and anxious to make a baby. Next day in a supermarket car park Adam's car collides with that of Rachel,whose boyfriend Simon has just announced that he is leaving her to work in Hong Kong. There is attraction between Adam and Rachel,whose friends Karen and David urge her to go on a date. After seeing a particularly bad play Rachel and Adam sleep together but,though things seem to be going well,they argue and Simon returns to tell Rachel he is not going to Hong Kong after all. Determined not to let Rachel go Adam makes a grand - and very bare - gesture involving a rose,which wins her back. Jenny discovers that she is pregnant whilst Karen persuades David to get a nanny for their son.
- DirectorAugustine FrizzellStarsZendayaMaude ApatowAngus CloudRue returns home from rehab and meets Jules; Nate and Maddy attempt to make each other jealous; Kat is pressured to lose something.
- DirectorMohamed DiabStarsOscar IsaacEthan HawkeMay CalamawySocially awkward, amiable , "gift shop-ist" Steven Grant learns that he may share a body with a ruthless mercenary.
- DirectorMichael DinnerStarsTimothy OlyphantNick SearcyJacob PittsMarshal Givens returns home and is assigned a case involving an old friend from his coal mining days who has become a white supremacist and blew up an African American church.
- DirectorGenndy TartakovskyStarsAaron LaPlanteTragedy forces a caveman and a dinosaur to rely upon each other for their survival.
- DirectorMiguel SapochnikStarsPaddy ConsidineMatt SmithEmma D'ArcyViserys hosts a tournament to celebrate the birth of his second child. Rhaenyra welcomes her uncle Daemon back to the Red Keep.
- DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsHenryk BaranowskiWojciech KlataMaja KomorowskaA woman worries about her nephew's spiritual education, whose life and his father's are run on their home computer.
- 2023– 1h 21mTV-MA9.1 (111K)TV EpisodeDirectorCraig MazinStarsPedro PascalBella RamseyNico ParkerTwenty years after a fungal outbreak ravages the planet, survivors Joel and Tess are tasked with a mission that could change everything.
- DirectorAmy Sherman-PalladinoStarsRachel BrosnahanAlex BorsteinMichael ZegenMidge Maisel has the perfect life. She is supportive of her husband's dream of becoming a stand up comic until he bombs on stage and blames her, leading Midge back to the comedy club and an act that might change her life.
- DirectorWesley ArcherStarsMike JudgeKathy NajimyPamela AdlonA social worker mistakenly believes that Hank is abusing Bobby. When Bobby finds out what is happening, he takes advantage of the situation.
- DirectorRyan MurphyStarsSterling K. BrownKenneth ChoiChristian ClemensonThe murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman lead the LAPD to the home of O.J. Simpson.
- DirectorAdam BernsteinStarsBilly Bob ThorntonAllison TolmanColin HanksA ruthless, manipulative man meets a small-town insurance salesman and sets him on a path of destruction.
- DirectorJake CastorenaStarsRay ChaseJennifer HaleAlison Sealy-SmithCyclops races to find the source of new anti-mutant technology.