S. Epatha Merkerson

S. Epatha Merkerson

S. Epatha Merkerson (born Sharon Epatha Merkerson) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has won a Golden Globe, Emmy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, Obie Award, 4 NAACP Image Awards, and 2 Tony Award nominations. She is best known for her role as NYPD Lieutenant Anita Van Buren (1993–2010) on the long-running NBC police procedural drama series Law & Order, as well as the Law & Order TV movie Exiled. She appeared in 390 episodes of the series, more than any other cast member. She has a starring role as Sharon Goodwin on NBC's Chicago Med. She also had a recurring role as Reba (the mail carrier) on Pee-wee's Playhouse, and Ms. St. Marth on the TV series Here and Now. She has appeared in feature films including She's Gotta Have It, Loose Cannons, Jacob's Ladder, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Random Hearts, Radio, Black Snake Moan, Lincoln (2012), and Peeples. She has also appeared in TV movies including A Place for Annie, A Mother's Prayer, Breaking Through, Lackawanna Blues, and The Gabby Douglas Story.

  • Title: S. Epatha Merkerson
  • Popularity: 12.788
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1952-11-28
  • Place of Birth: Saginaw, Michigan, USA
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  • Also Known As: Epatha Merkerson
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S. Epatha Merkerson Movies

  • 1991
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    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    8.12 1991 HD

    Set ten years after the events of the original, James Cameron’s classic sci-fi action flick tells the story of a second attempt to get the rid...

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  • 1990
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    Jacob's Ladder

    Jacob's Ladder

    7.4 1990 HD

    After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer...

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  • 2004
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    Jersey Girl

    Jersey Girl

    6.2 2004 HD

    Ollie Trinke is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife and a baby on the way. But life deals him a bum hand when...

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  • 2006
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    Black Snake Moan

    Black Snake Moan

    6.8 2006 HD

    A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, is looking everywhere for love, but never quite...

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  • 1990
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    Loose Cannons

    Loose Cannons

    4.9 1990 HD

    Mac, the two-fisted, savvy cop finds that he's being saddled with a new partner, a known burnout, to work with him on a new and difficult case. The...

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  • 1999
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    Random Hearts

    Random Hearts

    5.531 1999 HD

    After losing their spouses in a plane crash, an internal affairs cop and a congresswoman find each other's keys in each other's loved ones'...

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  • 1986
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    She's Gotta Have It

    She's Gotta Have It

    6.661 1986 HD

    The story of Nola Darling's simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners and other friends. All...

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  • 2003
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    Radio

    Radio

    7.245 2003 HD

    In the racially divided town of Anderson, South Carolina in 1976, football coach Harold Jones spots a mentally disabled African-American young man...

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  • 2009
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    The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

    The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

    5.3 2009 HD

    A presumed-dead man's current wife and former wives squabble over his funeral arrangements.

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  • 2009
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    Mother and Child

    Mother and Child

    6.6 2009 HD

    The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for...

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  • 2007
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    Slipstream

    Slipstream

    4.9 2007 HD

    Aging screenwriter Felix Bonhoeffer has lived his life in two states of existence: in reality and his own interior world. While working on a murder...

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  • 2013
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    Peeples

    Peeples

    5.521 2013 HD

    The story follows what happens when a child psychologist surprises his girlfriend by showing up at her political family's annual get-together at...

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  • 1994
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    A Place for Annie

    A Place for Annie

    6 1994 HD

    Baby Annie is HIV positive and has been left in the clinic by her drug addicted mother. To prevent that she's deported to a home where they'd just...

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  • 1990
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    Moe's World

    Moe's World

    1 1990 HD

    The spirit of a deceased 11-year-old boy acts as the guardian of his family and friends in the working-class neighborhood he left behind.

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  • 2021
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    Desmond's Not Here Anymore

    Desmond's Not Here Anymore

    1 2021 HD

    Abigail battles moving her elderly mother with dementia out from the family home. When her mother unconsciously haunts her by continually questioning...

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  • 2005
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    Lackawanna Blues

    Lackawanna Blues

    6.3 2005 HD

    In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he...

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  • 2024
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    We Grown Now

    We Grown Now

    6.5 2024 HD

    In 1992 Chicago, a story of two young legends in their own right begins. As wide-eyed and imaginative best friends Malik and Eric traverse the city,...

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  • 2007
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    Girl, Positive

    Girl, Positive

    6.1 2007 HD

    A popular high school girl finds out that a boy she slept with is HIV positive.

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  • 1993
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    It's Nothing Personal

    It's Nothing Personal

    1 1993 HD

    An embittered ex-cop, on a quest for justice, teams up with a hard-boiled bounty hunter to go after the suspected killer of her brother in a robbery.

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  • 2014
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    The Gabby Douglas Story

    The Gabby Douglas Story

    7.4 2014 HD

    The true story of Gabby Douglas who becomes the first African American to be named Individual All-Around Champion in artistic gymnastics at the...

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  • 1970
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    Eye for an Eye

    Eye for an Eye

    1 1970 HD

    Grieving the sudden death of her parents, Anna relocates from New York to a small Florida town to live with a grandmother she’s never met....

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  • 1998
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    An Unexpected Life

    An Unexpected Life

    4.5 1998 HD

    Sequel to "An Unexpected Family."

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  • 2012
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    Lincoln

    Lincoln

    6.855 2012 HD

    The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln...

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  • 1995
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    A Mother's Prayer

    A Mother's Prayer

    8.5 1995 HD

    Rosemary Holmstrom is struggling to bring up her son following the death of her husband. When she is diagnosed with AIDS, at first she refuses to...

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  • 2015
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    The Challenger

    The Challenger

    6 2015 HD

    A legendary trainer comes out of retirement to help an underdog boxer fight his way to a better life.

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  • 1998
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    Exiled

    Exiled

    5.4 1998 HD

    NYPD Detective Mike Logan, who was reassigned to Staten Island after punching a corrupt politician, takes on a grisly murder case. When the...

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  • 1970
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    Sexual Healing

    Sexual Healing

    1 1970 HD

    A look at the last years of Marvin Gaye's life, from his parting ways with Motown and self-imposed exile to Europe, to his relationship with Freddy...

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  • 1996
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    After the Silence

    After the Silence

    7.2 1996 HD

    Laura is a 20 year old deaf girl who has never been taught sign language. She is rescued from neglect and physical abuse by Pam, a social worker. Pam...

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  • 2016
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    Year by the Sea

    Year by the Sea

    8 2016 HD

    Hoping to reclaim who she was before marriage and children, an empty nester retreats to Cape Cod where she embarks upon a quest to set herself free.

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  • 2016
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    You Can Go

    You Can Go

    5 2016 HD

    A school administrator talks down a troubled student.

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  • 2006
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    The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

    The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

    1 2006 HD

    The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of Broadway's brightest luminaries. Culled from clips...

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  • 2001
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    The Rising Place

    The Rising Place

    6 2001 HD

    The close friendship of two young women, each of a different race, and their struggle to find purpose in their lives during this time of social...

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  • 2008
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    Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

    Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

    8 2008 HD

    Zora Neale Hurston, path-breaking novelist, pioneering anthropologist and one of the first black women to enter the American literary canon (Their...

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  • 2020
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    Blood Sugar Rising

    Blood Sugar Rising

    1 2020 HD

    Blood Sugar Rising follows the diabetes epidemic in the U.S. Diabetes and pre-diabetes affect over 100 million people in the US, costing more than...

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  • 2010
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    We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918

    We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918

    6.5 2010 HD

    We meet individuals from marginalized communities who describe what it was like to live through the 1918 flu pandemic. Their experiences raise...

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  • 2014
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    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

    1.5 2014 HD

    In this open-letter style documentary, Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis' rich lives guide their grandson on his personal quest to master lasting love,...

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  • 1990
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    Navy Seals

    Navy Seals

    5.3 1990 HD

    During a rescue mission, a team of Navy Seals discover that a terrorist group have access to deadly US built Stinger missiles, and must set out to...

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  • 1988
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    Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

    Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

    7.474 1988 HD

    Pee-wee Herman and pals are celebrating Christmas in the Playhouse in their own creative ways: Pee-wee makes a list for Santa Claus 1 1/2 miles long,...

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  • 2020
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    Barbecue

    Barbecue

    1 2020 HD

    The O’Mallerys have gathered in their local park to share some barbecue and rousing straight talk while they await their youngest...

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  • 2020
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    The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

    The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

    10 2020 HD

    An all-star livestream benefit performance of scenes from Angels in America in support of amfAR’s Fund to Fight COVID-19.

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  • 1999
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    Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

    Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

    1 1999 HD

    Paul Robeson: Here I Stand presents the life and achievements of an extraordinary man. Athlete, singer, and scholar, Robeson was also a charismatic...

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  • 1970
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    After All

    After All

    1 1970 HD

    After 10 years on the road, Jake returns home for his son’s funeral. Facing a family he doesn’t know, Jake decides to stay and take a job...

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  • 2013
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    The Contradictions of Fair Hope

    The Contradictions of Fair Hope

    1 2013 HD

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  • 2012
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    Finding Your Roots

    Finding Your Roots

    6.2 2012 HD

    Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of...

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  • 1997
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    The View

    The View

    4.421 1997 HD

    ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...

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  • 2001
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    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    7.6 2001 HD

    The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense...

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  • 2006
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    Rachael Ray

    Rachael Ray

    5.1 2006 HD

    Rachael Ray, also known as The Rachael Ray Show, is an American talk show starring Rachael Ray that debuted in syndication in the United States and...

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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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  • 2005
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    The Closer

    The Closer

    7.862 2005 HD

    Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile...

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  • 2005
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    Law & Order: Trial by Jury

    Law & Order: Trial by Jury

    8 2005 HD

    The inner workings of the judicial system, beginning with the arraignment, and continuing through the prosecutors' complicated process of building a...

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  • 1993
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    Frasier

    Frasier

    7.7 1993 HD

    After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father...

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  • 1984
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    The Cosby Show

    The Cosby Show

    7 1984 HD

    The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until...

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  • 1990
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    Law & Order

    Law & Order

    7.391 1990 HD

    In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until...

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  • 2003
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    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    5.777 2003 HD

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres.

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  • 1952
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    Today

    Today

    5.538 1952 HD

    Today is a daily American morning television show that airs on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It was the first of its genre on...

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  • 1992
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    Mann & Machine

    Mann & Machine

    7 1992 HD

    Mann & Machine is an American science fiction/police drama series that aired for nine episodes on NBC from April 5, 1992 to July 14, 1992.

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  • 1992
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    Here and Now

    Here and Now

    6 1992 HD

    Here and Now is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from September 19, 1992 to January 2, 1993. The series starred Malcolm-Jamal Warner...

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  • 1990
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    Law & Order

    Law & Order

    7.391 1990 HD

    In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until...

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  • 2015
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    Chicago Med

    Chicago Med

    8.3 2015 HD

    An emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors who hold it together....

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  • 1956
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    Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

    5 1956 HD

    The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The...

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  • 2009
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    The Good Wife

    The Good Wife

    7.6 2009 HD

    Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political...

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  • 2012
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    Chicago Fire

    Chicago Fire

    8.408 2012 HD

    An edge-of-your-seat view into the lives of everyday heroes committed to one of America's noblest professions. For the firefighters, rescue squad and...

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  • 2014
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    Chicago P.D.

    Chicago P.D.

    8.417 2014 HD

    A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their...

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  • 1986
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    Pee-wee's Playhouse

    Pee-wee's Playhouse

    7.2 1986 HD

    Pee-wee's Playhouse is an American children's television program starring Paul Reubens as the childlike Pee-wee Herman.

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  • 2014
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    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    5.8 2014 HD

    After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program...

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  • 2023
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    Poker Face

    Poker Face

    7.73 2023 HD

    Follow Charlie Cale, a woman with an extraordinary ability to tell when someone is lying, as she hits the road and, at every stop, encounters a new...

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