Sal Viscuso

Sal Viscuso

The dedication of Sal Viscuso to the craft of acting can be dated to a singular evening in 1967. A college freshman, he happened upon a teleplay of Ronald Ribman's CBS Playhouse: The Final War of Olly Winter (1967) and was so inspired by Ivan Dixon's Emmy-winning rendition of the title role that he entered the drama department the very next day, later explaining, "I felt that there I had found my family." He earned his BA from the University of California at Davis, then went on to study with Olympia Dukakis at NYU School of the Arts, from which he graduated with an MFA. Opportunities presented themselves rapidly, and Sal made his film debut in the classic The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974). An introduction to Burt Metcalfe, associate producer of the iconic series M*A*S*H (1972), led to his move to Los Angeles, and soon Sal was a regular on NBC's sitcom The Montefuscos (1975). He was an off-screen loudspeaker announcer (as well as various other characters) on M*A*S*H (1972); appeared in Gene Wilder's homage to 1920's Hollywood, The World's Greatest Lover (1977); improvised in Robert Altman's Three Women (1977); and played multiple parts on the beloved Barney Miller (1975) (one of which was written especially for him by the show's creator, Danny Arnold). He was also to feature in what TIME magazine has rated as one of the "Top 100 TV shows of all time," Susan Harris's Soap (1977). His vocationally challenged Father Timothy Flotsky (and the show's depiction of one of the first openly gay characters on network television), created instant controversy that attracted 19 million viewers to the series premiere. Shortly thereafter, Sal commenced his professional association with the Bancroft/Brooks combine of talent, first appearing in Anne Bancroft's Fatso (1980), and then in Mel Brooks' Spaceballs (1987), about which he has remarked, "I continue to get more attention from that project than from anything I've ever done!"

  • Title: Sal Viscuso
  • Popularity: 5.608
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1948-10-05
  • Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Sal Viscuso Movies

  • 1983
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    Max Dugan Returns

    Max Dugan Returns

    6.5 1983 HD

    An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned her as a child comes back into her life.

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  • 1978
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    Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force

    Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force

    4.3 1978 HD

    The true story of Leonard Matlovich, a U.S. Air Force sergeant who, in 1975, publicly divulged his homosexuality and fought to remain in service.

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  • 2001
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    When Billie Beat Bobby

    When Billie Beat Bobby

    5.5 2001 HD

    The historic 1973 tennis match between middle-aged champion Bobby Riggs and young feminist Billie Jean King.

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  • 1995
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    Kicking and Screaming

    Kicking and Screaming

    6.175 1995 HD

    After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her, deciding...

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  • 1974
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    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

    7.462 1974 HD

    In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?

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  • 2001
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    The Amati Girls

    The Amati Girls

    2.5 2001 HD

    Four sisters who disagree about everything... except what matters most. Family.

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  • 2013
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    Hollywood Seagull

    Hollywood Seagull

    1 2013 HD

    An adaptation of the play by Anton Chekhov.

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  • 1985
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    This Wife for Hire

    This Wife for Hire

    1 1985 HD

    A housewife starts a business hiring herself out as a "wife," to provide various domestic services.

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  • 1977
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    The World's Greatest Lover

    The World's Greatest Lover

    5.8 1977 HD

    When frustrated movie studio mogul Adolph Zitz announces a talent search for a romantic leading man to rival the great Rudolph Valentino, thousands...

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  • 2001
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    The Cure for Boredom

    The Cure for Boredom

    10 2001 HD

    Sex, love and murder abound when two guys, two waitresses and a group of mobsters meet.

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  • 2022
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    Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

    Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

    7 2022 HD

    When the Primm family moves to New York City, their young son Josh struggles to adapt to his new school and new friends. All of that changes when he...

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  • 1980
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    Fatso

    Fatso

    5.6 1980 HD

    Dominick DiNapoli is a man who loves food and is overweight as a result. After an obese cousin dies due to health problems, Dominick's sister...

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  • 1986
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    2 1/2 Dads

    2 1/2 Dads

    1 1986 HD

    Two fathers and a bachelor decide to share a big house to lower expenses and help relieve loneliness, but the children involved are less than happy...

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  • 1987
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    Spaceballs

    Spaceballs

    6.848 1987 HD

    When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless...

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  • 1982
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    Fantasies

    Fantasies

    3 1982 HD

    A crazed killer stalks the cast of a television soap-opera.

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  • 1986
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    Jake Speed

    Jake Speed

    4.4 1986 HD

    Jake Speed (Wayne Crawford) is the lead character in some of the biggest page-turners of the 1940s. A chiseled, heroic action figure, Speed saves...

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  • 1988
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    14 Going on 30

    14 Going on 30

    5.2 1988 HD

    Danny is hopelessly in love with his teacher Peggy Noble. Of course she doesn't even notice him while she plans to marry the obnoxious coach Roy...

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  • 1995
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    Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester

    Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester

    7.5 1995 HD

    Attorney Bill McKenzie takes the case when his niece is framed for the murder of a popular and demanding sitcom star.

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  • 1996
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    Pinocchio's Revenge

    Pinocchio's Revenge

    4.329 1996 HD

    Defense attorney Jennifer Garrick acquires a Pinocchio puppet from a condemned serial killer. Her pre-teen daughter, Zoe, mistakes the puppet as a...

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  • 1996
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    The Dentist

    The Dentist

    5.6 1996 HD

    Dr. Feinstone has everything, a beautiful wife and a successful career in dentistry; but when he discovers his wife's affair, he realizes that behind...

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  • 1981
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    Falcon Crest

    Falcon Crest

    5.6 1981 HD

    Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A...

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  • 1980
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    Magnum, P.I.

    Magnum, P.I.

    7.3 1980 HD

    A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank...

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  • 2000
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    Boston Public

    Boston Public

    7.67 2000 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.

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  • 1982
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    Family Ties

    Family Ties

    7.272 1982 HD

    Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child...

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  • 1990
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    American Dreamer

    American Dreamer

    6 1990 HD

    American Dreamer is a situation comedy which aired in the U.S. on NBC as part of its 1990-91 lineup. American Dreamer stars Robert Urich as...

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  • 1986
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    Sledge Hammer!

    Sledge Hammer!

    7.94 1986 HD

    Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. The series...

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  • 1972
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    M*A*S*H

    M*A*S*H

    7.905 1972 HD

    The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in,...

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  • 1985
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    Spenser: For Hire

    Spenser: For Hire

    6.6 1985 HD

    Mystery and suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new...

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  • 1982
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    Fame

    Fame

    6.7 1982 HD

    An American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. With a...

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  • 1999
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    Providence

    Providence

    6.5 1999 HD

    Providence is an American television drama series.

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  • 1979
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    The Facts of Life

    The Facts of Life

    7 1979 HD

    The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979, to May 7, 1988, making it the longest...

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  • 1977
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    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.3 1977 HD

    Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation...

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  • 1982
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    Silver Spoons

    Silver Spoons

    6.3 1982 HD

    Silver Spoons is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 25, 1982 to May 11, 1986 and in first-run syndication from September 15, 1986 to...

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  • 1986
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    Matlock

    Matlock

    7.15 1986 HD

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

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  • 1981
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    Simon & Simon

    Simon & Simon

    6.7 1981 HD

    Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24, 1981 to January 21, 1989. The series was broadcast on...

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  • 1999
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    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    7.9 1999 HD

    In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...

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  • 1972
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    M*A*S*H

    M*A*S*H

    7.905 1972 HD

    The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in,...

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  • 1982
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    Cagney & Lacey

    Cagney & Lacey

    6.9 1982 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...

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  • 1987
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    Jake and the Fatman

    Jake and the Fatman

    5.9 1987 HD

    Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake...

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  • 1977
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    Soap

    Soap

    7.3 1977 HD

    The antics of a wealthy family, the Tates, and a working-class family, the Campbells, in the fictional town of Dunn's River, Connecticut.

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  • 1993
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    Diagnosis: Murder

    Diagnosis: Murder

    7.1 1993 HD

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

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  • 1977
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    Soap

    Soap

    7.3 1977 HD

    The antics of a wealthy family, the Tates, and a working-class family, the Campbells, in the fictional town of Dunn's River, Connecticut.

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  • 1984
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    Cover Up

    Cover Up

    6.7 1984 HD

    Cover Up is an American action/adventure television series that aired for one season on CBS from September 22, 1984 to April 6, 1985. Created by Glen...

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  • 1984
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    Hunter

    Hunter

    7.232 1984 HD

    Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt....

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  • 1994
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    ER

    ER

    7.8 1994 HD

    ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened...

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  • 1989
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    Booker

    Booker

    5.1 1989 HD

    Booker is an American crime drama series starring Richard Grieco that aired on the Fox Network from September 24, 1989 to May 6, 1990. The series is...

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  • 1975
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    The Montefuscos

    The Montefuscos

    5 1975 HD

    The Montefuscos is an American sitcom that aired on NBC in 1975. It centered on three generations of an Italian-American family living in Connecticut.

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  • 1992
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    Batman: The Animated Series

    Batman: The Animated Series

    8.5 1992 HD

    Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".

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  • 1982
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    It Takes Two

    It Takes Two

    5 1982 HD

    It Takes Two is an American sitcom, created by Susan Harris, that aired on ABC from October 14, 1982 to April 28, 1983. The series starred Richard...

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  • 2009
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    Castle

    Castle

    8 2009 HD

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

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  • 1985
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    Amazing Stories

    Amazing Stories

    7.454 1985 HD

    A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg...

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  • 2008
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    The Mentalist

    The Mentalist

    8.4 2008 HD

    Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes...

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  • 1983
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    Princess Daisy

    Princess Daisy

    7.3 1983 HD

    The lovely Daisy is the daughter of a Russian prince and an American movie star. After her parents are killed, she flees from her half-brother Ram....

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  • 1993
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    Diagnosis: Murder

    Diagnosis: Murder

    7.1 1993 HD

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

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  • 1961
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    The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

    5.1 1961 HD

    The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much...

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  • 1982
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    Family Ties

    Family Ties

    7.272 1982 HD

    Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child...

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  • 2012
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    Scandal

    Scandal

    7.2 2012 HD

    Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the elite by keeping those secrets under...

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  • 2018
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    Station 19

    Station 19

    8.232 2018 HD

    A group of heroic firefighters at Seattle Fire Station 19—from captain to newest recruit—risk their lives and hearts both in the line of...

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  • 1990
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    Beverly Hills, 90210

    Beverly Hills, 90210

    7.395 1990 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...

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  • 1977
    imgS10 E4

    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.3 1977 HD

    Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation...

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  • 1977
    imgS10 E4

    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.3 1977 HD

    Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation...

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  • 1993
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    Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

    Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

    7 1993 HD

    A much more lavish version of the popular Superman television series which had first aired forty years earlier, Lois & Clark focused more on the Man...

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  • 1975
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    Barney Miller

    Barney Miller

    7.25 1975 HD

    Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was...

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  • 1990
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    Dream On

    Dream On

    6.9 1990 HD

    The family life, romantic life, and career of Martin Tupper, a divorced New York City book editor. The show distinctively interjected clips from...

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  • 1975
    imgS8 E22

    Barney Miller

    Barney Miller

    7.25 1975 HD

    Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was...

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  • 1981
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    Today's F.B.I.

    Today's F.B.I.

    5 1981 HD

    Today's F.B.I. is an American crime drama television series, an updated and revamped version of the earlier series The F.B.I. Like the original...

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  • 1975
    imgS8 E22

    Barney Miller

    Barney Miller

    7.25 1975 HD

    Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was...

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  • 1996
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    EZ Streets

    EZ Streets

    6.4 1996 HD

    EZ Streets is an American television drama series created by Paul Haggis. It premiered on CBS on October 27, 1996 with a two hour pilot telefilm. The...

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  • 1975
    imgS8 E22

    Barney Miller

    Barney Miller

    7.25 1975 HD

    Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was...

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  • 1994
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    Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

    7.2 1994 HD

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

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  • 2018
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    9-1-1

    9-1-1

    8.228 2018 HD

    Explore the high-pressure experiences of police officers, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and...

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  • 1978
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    Fantasy Island

    Fantasy Island

    6.4 1978 HD

    A magical island hosted by Mr Roarke and Tattoo where weekly guests learn valuable life lessons in their pursuit of fulfilling their dreams. Not all...

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