Ken Olin

Ken Olin

His dark, sincere good looks were steadily put to use on the small screen during the 80s, but, in retrospect, actor Ken Olin will probably be considered more of a major force behind the camera. Born in Chicago, Ken went to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and headed for Hollywood in the late 70s. After the typical route of bit parts, he started moving up in leaps and bounds on TV's top shows. A couple of strong, single season regular parts on both Hill Street Blues (1981)and Falcon Crest (1981) ultimately led to his casting as the introspective and quietly sexy Michael Steadman on Thirtysomething (1987), which ran for four seasons and nabbed numerous awards for its liberal writing and sensitive content. Ken co-starred with wife Patricia Wettig on the show, but the multi-Emmy winner Wettig did not play Ken's wife (actress Mel Harris did) and the public was often confused as to who Ken's wife really was. Ken also earned the chance to direct occasionally on Thirtysomething (1987) and this would have a significant impact as to the direction of his career in the years to come. Following Thirtysomething (1987), Ken pursued acting work in mini-movies as both hero ( Police Story: Cop Killer (1988) ) and villain ( Dead by Sunset (1995) ), but almost always seemed on the verge of leaving acting altogether. It was his burgeoning interest in directing that took over, and he has since found steady helming duties on such popular shows as Felicity (1998) and The West Wing (1999). His TV drama Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992)was nominated for three Emmys.

  • Title: Ken Olin
  • Popularity: 3.59
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1954-07-30
  • Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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  • Also Known As: Kenneth Edward Olin, Kenneth Edward "Ken" Olin
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Ken Olin Movies

  • 1991
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    Queens Logic

    Queens Logic

    5.8 1991 HD

    When childhood friends Al, Dennis and Eliot get together for Ray's wedding, which may or may not happen, they end up on a roller-coaster ride through...

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  • 1993
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    Telling Secrets

    Telling Secrets

    4.6 1993 HD

    Through a series of elaborate schemes, a wealthy woman arranges for the murder of her husband's mistress and then takes steps so that the crime won't...

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  • 1999
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    Y2K

    Y2K

    4.1 1999 HD

    It's millennium eve. At the stroke of midnight the Y2K computer bug kicks in, causing widespread chaos in the US.

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  • 1990
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    Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston

    Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston

    5 1990 HD

    Dramatic recounting of the true story of Bostonians Charles and Carol Stuart and the events before and after October 23, 1989, the night of the...

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  • 1995
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    Nothing But the Truth

    Nothing But the Truth

    1 1995 HD

    A polygraph examiner has an affair with a murder suspect after her test clears him, but new evidence then suggests that he's guilty after all.

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  • 1999
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    Evolution's Child

    Evolution's Child

    2 1999 HD

    Dr. James Mydell is involved in an unfortunate incident of assisted reproduction. For one has to deal with extracting semen of a Bronze Age men...

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  • 1997
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    The Advocate's Devil

    The Advocate's Devil

    6.6 1997 HD

    A charismatic basketball star (Holt McCallany) is accused of rape. A lawyer (Ken Olin) in need of a big win is brought in to get the star off. The...

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  • 1986
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    There Must Be a Pony

    There Must Be a Pony

    6.2 1986 HD

    Marguerite Sydney is a celebrated Hollywood star attempting a comeback after a stay in a mental hospital, as well as trying to re-establish a...

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  • 1988
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    A Stoning in Fulham County

    A Stoning in Fulham County

    5.3 1988 HD

    Religious beliefs clash with the law when an Amish infant is killed in a rural community.

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  • 1997
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    Til There Was You

    Til There Was You

    3.9 1997 HD

    Two strangers, whose paths are always crossing, finally meet when fate steps in. It took them twenty years to fall in love at first sight.

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  • 1987
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    Tonight's the Night

    Tonight's the Night

    1 1987 HD

    The game of love starts in a typical blues bar. The hot and magic rhythm of the blues makes even the shiest man throw away his fears and participate...

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  • 2005
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    The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie

    The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie

    5.1 2005 HD

    After making it to the top of the charts, members of the Silver Boulders, a popular tween rock band, find themselves undermined by internal...

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  • 1981
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    Ghost Story

    Ghost Story

    6 1981 HD

    Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year-old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons...

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  • 1988
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    Police Story: Cop Killer

    Police Story: Cop Killer

    3 1988 HD

    The best friend and partner of a dedicated cop is killed by a pair of holdup men during a routine traffic check.

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  • 2020
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    The Story of Soaps

    The Story of Soaps

    9.5 2020 HD

    This ABC/PEOPLE television special highlights the impact of the soap opera. In today's shifting television landscape, "The Story of Soaps" traces how...

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  • 1979
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    Women at West Point

    Women at West Point

    1 1979 HD

    A fictionalized drama about the first women to enter the U.S. Military Academy in 1976 and the reactions they faced.

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  • 1984
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    Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac

    Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac

    4.7 1984 HD

    Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac is a true story based on the crash of Air Florida flight 90 on January 13, 1982 in Washington D.C. This movie...

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  • 1992
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    Doing Time on Maple Drive

    Doing Time on Maple Drive

    5.5 1992 HD

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  • 1994
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    White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf

    White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf

    6.9 1994 HD

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  • 1995
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    In Pursuit of Honor

    In Pursuit of Honor

    5.786 1995 HD

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  • 1995
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    Kansas

    Kansas

    5 1995 HD

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  • 1992
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    The Broken Cord

    The Broken Cord

    5 1992 HD

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  • 2003
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    Phenomenon II

    Phenomenon II

    6 2003 HD

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  • 1984
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    Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

    7.5 1984 HD

    An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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  • 2006
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    Brothers and Sisters

    Brothers and Sisters

    7.1 2006 HD

    The close-knit Walker family deals with struggles and triumphs.

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  • 1987
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    thirtysomething

    thirtysomething

    6.333 1987 HD

    Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and...

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  • 2001
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    Alias

    Alias

    6.728 2001 HD

    Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working for a criminal organization...

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  • 1998
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    L.A. Doctors

    L.A. Doctors

    7 1998 HD

    L.A. Doctors is an American medical drama television series set in a Los Angeles practice. It ran on CBS during the 1998-99 season.

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  • 1982
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    Hotel

    Hotel

    6.8 1982 HD

    Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty. Based on...

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  • 1993
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    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    7.1 1993 HD

    Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition in sheer strangeness....

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  • 1983
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    Bay City Blues

    Bay City Blues

    5 1983 HD

    Bay City Blues is an American comedy-drama series that aired on NBC from October 1983 to November 1983. The series stars Michael Nouri, Dennis Franz,...

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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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  • 1983
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    The Hitchhiker

    The Hitchhiker

    6.1 1983 HD

    A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody...

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  • 2002
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    Breaking News

    Breaking News

    5 2002 HD

    Breaking News is an American drama television series about the fictional Milwaukee-based 24-hour cable news television network I-24, with the motto...

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  • 2015
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    Zoo

    Zoo

    6.7 2015 HD

    Set amidst a wave of violent animal attacks sweeping across the planet, a young renegade scientist is thrust into a race to unlock the mystery behind...

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  • 1981
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    Hill Street Blues

    Hill Street Blues

    7.6 1981 HD

    A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

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  • 1995
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    Dead by Sunset

    Dead by Sunset

    7.4 1995 HD

    A doctor meets a handsome, successful man and soon marries him--unaware that he cheated on his first wife, raped her, abused and tortured his...

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  • 1987
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    I'll Take Manhattan

    I'll Take Manhattan

    5.8 1987 HD

    I'll Take Manhattan is a 1987 American television miniseries, adapted from Judith Krantz's novel of the same name. Screened by CBS, it tells the...

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  • 2020
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    Stars in the House

    Stars in the House

    1 2020 HD

    In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains indefinitely, SiriusXM host Seth Rudetsky and his...

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  • 1981
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    Hill Street Blues

    Hill Street Blues

    7.6 1981 HD

    A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

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  • 1944
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    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    6.8 1944 HD

    An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press...

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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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  • 1944
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    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    6.8 1944 HD

    An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press...

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  • 1970
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    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    7.1 1970 HD

    The close-knit Walker family deals with struggles and triumphs.

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  • 1970
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    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    7.1 1970 HD

    The close-knit Walker family deals with struggles and triumphs.

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  • 1970
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    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    7 1970 HD

    L.A. Doctors is an American medical drama television series set in a Los Angeles practice. It ran on CBS during the 1998-99 season.

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  • 1970
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    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    8.3 1970 HD

    The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional...

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  • 1970
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    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    7.5 1970 HD

    Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy...

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  • 1970
    imgS5 E17

    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    6.728 1970 HD

    Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working for a criminal organization...

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  • 1970
    imgS5 E17

    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    6.728 1970 HD

    Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working for a criminal organization...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E9

    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    6.4 1970 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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  • 1970
    imgS2 E13

    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    6.767 1970 HD

    Many lawyers consider themselves prophets, but Eli Stone may be the real deal. Eli has built a successful career at a top law firm in San Francisco...

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  • 1970
    imgS2 E13

    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    6.767 1970 HD

    Many lawyers consider themselves prophets, but Eli Stone may be the real deal. Eli has built a successful career at a top law firm in San Francisco...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E13

    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    5 1970 HD

    Breaking News is an American drama television series about the fictional Milwaukee-based 24-hour cable news television network I-24, with the motto...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E18

    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    8.153 1970 HD

    High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a...

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  • 1970
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    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    6.333 1970 HD

    Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and...

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  • 1970
    imgS4 E22

    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    6.5 1970 HD

    Felicity Porter, a sensitive and intelligent girl from the San Francisco Bay Area, decides to give up a slot at Stanford University's pre-med program...

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  • 1970
    imgS4 E13

    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    7.4 1970 HD

    Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E8

    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    6.1 1970 HD

    Hector and his wife Aisha plan a party for family and friends, but the day doesn't turn out as they expected when Hector's hot-headed cousin Harry...

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  • 1970
    imgS6 E18

    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    8.2 1970 HD

    Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of America in present and past times. As their paths cross...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E13

    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    6.5 1970 HD

    For most physicians, the Hippocratic oath is sacred. But for one Chicago doctor, who is indebted to the mafia, saving lives isn’t her only ...

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  • 1970
    imgS6 E18

    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    8.2 1970 HD

    Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of America in present and past times. As their paths cross...

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  • 1970
    imgS4 E10

    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    7.53 1970 HD

    Explore what it would be like if the Allied Powers had lost WWII, and Japan and Germany ruled the United States. Based on Philip K. Dick's...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E13

    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    7.1 1970 HD

    Santiago Mendoza owns last family-owned hotel in multicultural Miami Beach, while his glamorous second wife, Gigi, and their adult children enjoy the...

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  • 1970
    imgS2 E8

    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    7.377 1970 HD

    Lone-wolf survivalist Colter Shaw roams the country as a “reward seeker,” using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and...

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  • 1970
    imgS4 E13

    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    7.4 1970 HD

    Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding...

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  • 1970
    imgS2 E8

    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    7.377 1970 HD

    Lone-wolf survivalist Colter Shaw roams the country as a “reward seeker,” using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and...

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