Charles Grodin

Charles Grodin

Charles Sidney Grodin (April 21, 1935 – May 18, 2021) was an American actor, comedian, author, and television talk show host. Grodin began his acting career in the 1960s appearing in TV serials including The Virginian. After a small part in Rosemary's Baby in 1968, he played the lead in Elaine May's The Heartbreak Kid (1972) and supporting roles in Mike Nichols's Catch-22 (1970), the 1976 remake of King Kong, and Warren Beatty's Heaven Can Wait (1978). Known for his deadpan delivery and often cast as a put-upon straight man, Grodin became familiar as a supporting actor in many Hollywood comedies of the era, including Real Life (1979), Seems Like Old Times (1980), The Great Muppet Caper (1981), Ishtar (1987), Dave (1993), and Clifford (1994). Grodin co-starred in the action comedy Midnight Run (1988) and in the family film Beethoven (1992). He made frequent appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Late Night with David Letterman. In the mid-1990s, Grodin retired from acting and wrote autobiographies; he became a talk show host on CNBC and in 2000 a political commentator for 60 Minutes II. He returned to acting with a handful of roles in the mid-2010s, including in Louis C.K.'s FX show Louie and Noah Baumbach's film While We're Young (2014). Grodin won several awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special in 1978 for the Paul Simon Special alongside Chevy Chase, Lorne Michaels, Paul Simon, and Lily Tomlin. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for The Heartbreak Kid in 1972. He won Best Actor at the 1988 Valladolid International Film Festival for Midnight Run, and the American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his performance in Dave in 1993. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Grodin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Charles Grodin
  • Popularity: 8.855
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1935-04-21
  • Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Charles Grodin Movies

  • 1968
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    Rosemary's Baby

    Rosemary's Baby

    7.8 1968 HD

    A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the...

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  • 1976
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    King Kong

    King Kong

    6.227 1976 HD

    An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.

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  • 1994
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    Clifford

    Clifford

    4.946 1994 HD

    When his brother asks him to look after his young son, Clifford, Martin Daniels agrees, taking the boy into his home and introducing him to his...

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  • 1993
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    So I Married an Axe Murderer

    So I Married an Axe Murderer

    6.081 1993 HD

    Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers...

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  • 1993
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    Beethoven's 2nd

    Beethoven's 2nd

    5.517 1993 HD

    Beethoven is back -- and this time, he has a whole brood with him now that he's met his canine match, Missy, and fathered a family. The only problem...

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  • 1990
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    Taking Care of Business

    Taking Care of Business

    6.2 1990 HD

    An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.

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  • 1988
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    You Can't Hurry Love

    You Can't Hurry Love

    4.6 1988 HD

    Aspiring director Eddie moves from the Midwest to Los Angeles, where he rooms with his cousin and attempts to establish himself in advertising...

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  • 1984
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    The Woman in Red

    The Woman in Red

    6.208 1984 HD

    When a happily married family man, who would never consider an affair, meets a beautiful woman in red, he is totally infatuated and desperate to make...

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  • 1993
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    Dave

    Dave

    6.6 1993 HD

    A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the...

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  • 1992
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    Beethoven

    Beethoven

    5.814 1992 HD

    The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This "hole" is filled by a small puppy, who walks into their...

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  • 1988
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    The Couch Trip

    The Couch Trip

    5.4 1988 HD

    The escaped delinquent John W. Burns, Jr. replaces Dr. Maitlin on a radio show, saying he's the psychiatrist Lawrence Baird.

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  • 1978
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    Heaven Can Wait

    Heaven Can Wait

    6.634 1978 HD

    Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him...

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  • 1988
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    Midnight Run

    Midnight Run

    7.2 1988 HD

    A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who embezzled $15 million of mob money. He is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the...

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  • 1979
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    Real Life

    Real Life

    6.556 1979 HD

    A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking...

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  • 1981
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    The Incredible Shrinking Woman

    The Incredible Shrinking Woman

    5.2 1981 HD

    After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer begins to shrink. This baffles scientists, makes parenting difficult,...

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  • 1984
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    The Lonely Guy

    The Lonely Guy

    6.331 1984 HD

    A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.

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  • 1987
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    Ishtar

    Ishtar

    4.507 1987 HD

    Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the...

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  • 2006
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    The Ex

    The Ex

    5.237 2006 HD

    When his lawyer wife, Sofia, becomes pregnant, chronic underachiever Tom Reilly must take a job at his father-in-law's advertising firm. Tom has to...

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  • 1980
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    Seems Like Old Times

    Seems Like Old Times

    6.265 1980 HD

    After being falsely accused of robbing a bank, a writer seeks the help of his lawyer ex-wife to clear his name. However, hilarity ensues when he must...

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  • 1972
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    The Heartbreak Kid

    The Heartbreak Kid

    6.6 1972 HD

    Three days into his Miami honeymoon with needy and unsophisticated Lila, Lenny meets tall, blonde Kelly. This confirms his fear that he has made a...

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  • 1974
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    11 Harrowhouse

    11 Harrowhouse

    5.7 1974 HD

    A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is...

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  • 1981
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    The Great Muppet Caper

    The Great Muppet Caper

    6.8 1981 HD

    Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is...

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  • 1994
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    It Runs in the Family

    It Runs in the Family

    5.3 1994 HD

    It is now summer in the Parker family; and the usual amount of numerous events are happening in their separate lives. Ralphie is searching for the...

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  • 1985
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    Movers & Shakers

    Movers & Shakers

    3.9 1985 HD

    Studio head Joe Mulholland promises his dying producer and mentor, Saul Gritz, to adapt a popular sex manual into a film, despite his better...

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  • 1979
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    Sunburn

    Sunburn

    5 1979 HD

    A model and a private eye help a New York insurance investigator on a deadly case in Acapulco.

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  • 1978
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    The Meanest Men in the West

    The Meanest Men in the West

    4.1 1978 HD

    Bronson and Marvin star as murderous half-brothers who are running from the law as well as each other. A climatic confrontation proves to each of...

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  • 2012
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    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    7.5 2012 HD

    A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between...

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  • 2013
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    Brazzaville Teen-Ager

    Brazzaville Teen-Ager

    5.7 2013 HD

    In a self-effacing attempt to save his father from a death by deterioration, a young man enlists his curmudgeonly boss and Kelis to perform a song,...

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  • 1980
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    It's My Turn

    It's My Turn

    5.8 1980 HD

    A successful but stressed mathematics professor goes to her father's wedding and falls in love with her father's bride's son, a prematurely retired...

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  • 2014
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    The Humbling

    The Humbling

    5.2 2014 HD

    Following a breakdown and suicide attempt, an aging actor becomes involved with a much younger woman but soon finds that it's difficult to keep pace...

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  • 1978
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    The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank

    The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank

    1 1978 HD

    A comedy-drama about a New York couple who decides to dump the hassle of the big city, pack up the kids and move to what they think is the easy life...

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  • 2012
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    Char·ac·ter

    Char·ac·ter

    4 2012 HD

    A raw and candid dialogue about the life and craft of acting between longtime colleagues and friends Dabney Coleman, Peter Falk, Charles Grodin, Mark...

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  • 2017
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    Waiting for Ishtar

    Waiting for Ishtar

    1 2017 HD

    A conversation about guilty pleasures turns into one man's quest to find others on a library waiting list, while simultaneously examining the fate of...

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  • 1977
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    It Happened One Christmas

    It Happened One Christmas

    3.667 1977 HD

    It's Christmas Eve 1944 in the small town of Bedford Falls, New York. A despondent and suicidal Mary Bailey Hatch is praying for guidance on what to...

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  • 1986
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    Last Resort

    Last Resort

    3.4 1986 HD

    George Lollar takes his family on vacation with "Club Sand", a shoddy and untrustworthy company. On their tropical island, they find soldiers...

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  • 1986
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    King Kong! The Living Legend

    King Kong! The Living Legend

    1 1986 HD

    Documentary special to promote the release of King Kong Lives, the grand opening of the King Kong attraction at Universal theme park, as well as a...

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  • 1977
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    Thieves

    Thieves

    3.7 1977 HD

    Martin and Sally Cramer grew up on the hardscrabble Lower East Side, where Sally still teaches; meanwhile, Martin's the head of a fancy private...

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  • 1977
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    The Paul Simon Special

    The Paul Simon Special

    8 1977 HD

    Paul Simon just wants to perform his songs although an arrogant director keeps on interrupting him with crazy ideas.

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  • 2015
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    While We're Young

    While We're Young

    6 2015 HD

    An uptight documentary filmmaker and his wife find their lives loosened up a bit after befriending a free-spirited younger couple.

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  • 2002
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    The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s

    The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s

    1 2002 HD

    Classic Carson monologues, visits from Carnac and Art Fern, comedians Eddie Murphy, Garry Shandling, Albert Brooks and Bill Maher. Hollywood legend...

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  • 2011
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    The Harmony Game

    The Harmony Game

    7.5 2011 HD

    Half a century after its recording in 1970, this captivating documentary retraces the story of "Bridge Over Troubled Water", the final album, which...

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  • 1954
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    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    7 1954 HD

    A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.

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  • 1970
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    Catch-22

    Catch-22

    6.679 1970 HD

    A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a...

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  • 1964
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    Sex and the College Girl

    Sex and the College Girl

    4 1964 HD

    This early 1960s film depicts the trivial pursuits and relationships of two college age girls on a weekend vacation to a luxury resort in Puerto Rico.

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  • 2016
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    The Comedian

    The Comedian

    5.703 2016 HD

    An aging comic icon, Jackie Burke, has seen better days. Despite his efforts to reinvent himself and his comic genius, the audience only wants to...

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  • 2007
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    Paul Simon and Friends | The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song

    Paul Simon and Friends | The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song

    6.2 2007 HD

    The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song will honor either a songwriter, interpreter, or singer/songwriter whose career reflects...

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  • 2017
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    An Imperfect Murder

    An Imperfect Murder

    3.7 2017 HD

    Successful actress Vera Lockman thrashes during a nightmare in which she struggles with, shoots and kills her drug-dealer ex-boyfriend. Jolted awake,...

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  • 1978
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    Just Me and You

    Just Me and You

    5 1978 HD

    A salesman travels cross country with a quirky New Yorker.

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  • 1969
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    Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

    Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

    1 1969 HD

    “Songs of America” shows the two on stage, in the studio and on a concert tour across a turbulent country. Their ambitious Bridge Over...

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  • 1993
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    Heart and Souls

    Heart and Souls

    6.897 1993 HD

    A fateful night in 1959, four people die when the bus they are riding crashes. They continue as ghosts; their souls become eternally entwined to the...

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  • 1990
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    The Muppets at Walt Disney World

    The Muppets at Walt Disney World

    6.4 1990 HD

    Filmed right after the merger between Disney and Jim Henson productions, the Muppet's are featured heading to the greatest place on earth, Walt...

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  • 1994
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    The World of Jim Henson

    The World of Jim Henson

    7.3 1994 HD

    In this episode of PBS' Great Performances, the history and legacy of puppeteer Jim Henson is explored, from his six-second commercial beginnings to...

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  • 1983
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    Charley's Aunt

    Charley's Aunt

    1 1983 HD

    Charley's Aunt is a farce in three acts written by Brandon Thomas. The story centres on Lord Fancourt Babberley, an undergraduate whose friends Jack...

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  • 1994
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    Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

    Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

    7 1994 HD

    Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! was a 1994 TV special that aired on ABC to celebrate Sesame Street's 25th...

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  • 1982
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    Night of 100 Stars

    Night of 100 Stars

    6.5 1982 HD

    The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...

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  • 1974
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    11 Harrowhouse

    11 Harrowhouse

    5.7 1974 HD

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  • 1977
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    The Paul Simon Special

    The Paul Simon Special

    8 1977 HD

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  • 1973
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    Acts of Love and Other Comedies

    Acts of Love and Other Comedies

    7 1973 HD

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  • 1969
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    Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

    Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1974
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    Paradise

    Paradise

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1969
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    Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

    Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1985
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    Movers & Shakers

    Movers & Shakers

    3.9 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    Movers & Shakers

    Movers & Shakers

    3.9 1985 HD

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  • 1965
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    The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

    5.4 1965 HD

    The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the...

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  • 1996
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    The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

    6.4 1996 HD

    The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

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  • 1988
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    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    5.2 1988 HD

    A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus...

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  • 1976
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    Laverne & Shirley

    Laverne & Shirley

    7.2 1976 HD

    Laverne & Shirley is an American television sitcom that ran on ABC from January 27, 1976 to May 10, 1983. It starred Penny Marshall as Laverne De...

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  • 1964
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    The Young Marrieds

    The Young Marrieds

    3 1964 HD

    The Young Marrieds is an American daytime soap opera which aired on ABC from October 5, 1964 to March 25, 1966. The program was created by James...

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  • 1966
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    Felony Squad

    Felony Squad

    7 1966 HD

    Twenty-year veteran Detective Sergeant Sam Stone is paired with rookie Briggs in a large Western metropolis.

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  • 1962
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    The Virginian

    The Virginian

    6.4 1962 HD

    The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It...

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  • 1965
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    My Mother the Car

    My Mother the Car

    3.6 1965 HD

    The story of the relationship between a man and his mother, the latter having been reincarnated as a 1928 Porter automobile.

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  • 1965
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    The Big Valley

    The Big Valley

    6 1965 HD

    The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck,...

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  • 1967
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    Judd for the Defense

    Judd for the Defense

    7.5 1967 HD

    High-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take difficult cases throughout the U.S.

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  • 1995
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    The Charles Grodin Show

    The Charles Grodin Show

    1 1995 HD

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  • 1961
    imgS4 E30

    The Defenders

    The Defenders

    6.2 1961 HD

    The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized...

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  • 1966
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    Shane

    Shane

    6 1966 HD

    Shane works for the Starett family, a young widow, her son, and her aging father-in-law, protecting them against the anti-sodbuster rancher Ryker and...

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  • 1975
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    Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

    6.936 1975 HD

    A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture...

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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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  • 1962
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    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    7.4 1962 HD

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally...

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  • 1986
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    Fresno

    Fresno

    6.4 1986 HD

    In Fresno, California, the once-wealthy Kensington family's raisin-growing empire has fallen on hard times. They are led by widowed matriarch...

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  • 2016
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    Madoff

    Madoff

    6.5 2016 HD

    The rise and fall of Bernie Madoff, who's Ponzi scheme bilked $65 billion from unsuspecting victims.

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  • 2013
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    The Michael J. Fox Show

    The Michael J. Fox Show

    5.9 2013 HD

    Look who’s making the news again! One of NY’s most beloved news anchors, Mike Henry (Michael J. Fox), put his career on hold to spend...

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  • 1992
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    Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

    Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

    10 1992 HD

    Actress Shelley Duvall presents charming animated versions of some of the most beloved children's stories in this superb Emmy-nominated collection...

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  • 1967
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    The Guns of Will Sonnett

    The Guns of Will Sonnett

    5.7 1967 HD

    The Guns of Will Sonnett is a Western television series

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  • 1971
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    The Great American Dream Machine

    The Great American Dream Machine

    1 1971 HD

    The Great American Dream Machine was a weekly satirical variety television series, produced in New York City by WNET and broadcast on PBS from 1971...

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  • 1967
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    Captain Nice

    Captain Nice

    5.667 1967 HD

    Carter Nash was a chemist in a police department who discovered a liquid which could turn him into Captain Nice, an odd sort of superhero: very shy...

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  • 1971
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    Great Performances

    Great Performances

    5.2 1971 HD

    The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular...

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