Michael Paul Chan

Michael Paul Chan

Michael Paul Chan (born June 26, 1950) is an American television and film actor. Some of his recent television work includes Judge Lionel Ping on Arrested Development, Robbery Homicide Division, Dr. Lee in the Joel Schumacher directed "Batman & Robin," the voice of Jimmy Ho on The PJ's, and Detective Michael Tao on the TNT series The Closer. He had a recurring role in The Wonder Years as Mr. Chong. He also played the role of Dr. Louis Rob in Mrs. Harris and appears in the independent film, Americanese. Chan also played the part of the convenience store owner in the 1993 film Falling Down, where he refused to give a discount to Michael Douglas' character when he attempted to purchase a can of soda to get change for the pay telephone outside the store. Recently, he was seen playing the bookie "Andy" on the daytime drama the Young and the Restless. He also provided the voice for an agent of the C.I.A. (Chinese Intelligence Agency) on a 2011 episode of "The Simpsons." He made an appearance on the crime/drama/comedy series "Bones". In 1994, Chan played the character "Roberts" in the episode "The War Prayer" of US TV series Babylon 5. Some of his other movie roles were the Chinese Premier in Megiddo: The Omega Code 2, and as a CIA official, Vincent Vy Ngo, in Spy Game. Chan, a third generation Chinese American, was born in San Francisco, California. He is a founding member of the Asian American Theater Company. He is married with one child. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Paul Chan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

  • Title: Michael Paul Chan
  • Popularity: 7.041
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1950-06-26
  • Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
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Michael Paul Chan Movies

  • 2001
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    Spy Game

    Spy Game

    6.911 2001 HD

    On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the...

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  • 2001
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    The Glass House

    The Glass House

    5.922 2001 HD

    When Ruby and Rhett's parents are killed in a car accident, their carefree teenage lives are suddenly shattered. Moving to an incredible house in...

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  • 1998
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    U.S. Marshals

    U.S. Marshals

    6.513 1998 HD

    U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan...

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  • 2003
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    Masked and Anonymous

    Masked and Anonymous

    5.2 2003 HD

    A nation wracked with civil war and social unrest anticipates a giant charity concert, organized by deceptive promoter Uncle Sweetheart, who plans on...

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  • 1999
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    The Insider

    The Insider

    7.451 1999 HD

    A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.

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  • 1995
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    The Immortals

    The Immortals

    5.696 1995 HD

    An elaborate heist unites 8 strangers in a simultaneous assault on targets all over the city- and explodes in a hailstorm of gunfire and high-speed...

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  • 1994
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    Maverick

    Maverick

    6.883 1994 HD

    Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a...

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  • 1993
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    Joshua Tree

    Joshua Tree

    6.048 1993 HD

    A Los Angeles police detective tracks a fugitive who heads for the desert with a deputy sheriff as hostage.

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  • 2000
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    Once in the Life

    Once in the Life

    4.4 2000 HD

    Two estranged half-brothers, Billy and Torch, reconnect during a brief jail stay. 20/20 Mike concocts a scheme in which the two of them will steal...

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  • 1993
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    The Joy Luck Club

    The Joy Luck Club

    7.1 1993 HD

    Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.

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  • 1996
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    Sudden Terror: The Hijacking of School Bus #17

    Sudden Terror: The Hijacking of School Bus #17

    4.222 1996 HD

    In Dade County, Florida, disgruntled taxpayer Harry Kee angrily protests a huge IRS bill by wiring up a box of explosives and hijacking a school bus...

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  • 2001
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    The Ghost

    The Ghost

    2 2001 HD

    A feared Chinese Tong soldier goes undercover in America as an Asian Internet bride.

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  • 1996
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    Suddenly

    Suddenly

    4 1996 HD

    Just as Mary is about to take a romantic vacation with her boyfriend, a terrible accident leaves her paralyzed. Bitter and devastated by her...

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  • 1997
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    Double Tap

    Double Tap

    5.2 1997 HD

    A drug-lord targets an undercover FBI agent and the hit man she falls in love with while tracking.

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  • 1984
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    Runaway

    Runaway

    5.5 1984 HD

    In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to...

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  • 1991
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    Fatal Friendship

    Fatal Friendship

    1 1991 HD

    A man begins suspecting that his best friend may be involved in an international crime ring.

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  • 2006
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    Mrs. Harris

    Mrs. Harris

    6 2006 HD

    Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean...

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  • 1993
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    Falling Down

    Falling Down

    7.388 1993 HD

    An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

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  • 1995
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    Galaxis

    Galaxis

    4.158 1995 HD

    Legend says that the sacred crystal is the source for all life and was created at the beginning of time. Kyla has sought the crystal to use its...

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  • 2001
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    Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

    Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

    4.7 2001 HD

    Stone (the Antichrist) becomes President of the European Union and uses his seat of power to dissolve the United Nations and create a one world...

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  • 1991
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    Thousand Pieces of Gold

    Thousand Pieces of Gold

    6.8 1991 HD

    In 1880s China, young Lalu is sold into marriage by her impoverished father. Rather than becoming a bride, Lalu ends up in an Idaho gold-mining town,...

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  • 1992
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    Rapid Fire

    Rapid Fire

    6.404 1992 HD

    College student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked federal agents after he witnesses a murder by a Mafia kingpin.

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  • 2006
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    Americanese

    Americanese

    2 2006 HD

    Long after their breakup, Chinese American Raymond Ding and Amerasian Aurora Crane struggle to let go. Torn apart by mismatched ideals, meddling...

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  • 1997
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    Body Armor

    Body Armor

    3.2 1997 HD

    Soldier of fortune Ken Conway gets a job offer from his former fiancee to look into the whereabouts of a missing scientist. The scientist was working...

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  • 1999
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    Molly

    Molly

    4.2 1999 HD

    Molly McKay is a profoundly autistic twenty-something woman who has lived in an institution from a young age following her parents' death in a car...

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  • 1995
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    Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure

    Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure

    4.8 1995 HD

    TV producer Clair Archer, charged with the murder of her co-producer, hires attorney Simon Mitchell to defend her. Though happily married, Simon...

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  • 1988
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    Stranger on My Land

    Stranger on My Land

    5 1988 HD

    A Vietnam veteran has to fight peacefully with words once more when the Air Force wants to expropriate his ranch for the construction of an air base.

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  • 1985
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    The Goonies

    The Goonies

    7.514 1985 HD

    A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends...

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  • 1994
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    Dangerous Heart

    Dangerous Heart

    5 1994 HD

    A cop begins to turn to booze and cocaine during a tough undercover assignment. When a big drug-buy goes sour and the cop ends up with a million in...

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  • 1984
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    The Seduction of Gina

    The Seduction of Gina

    4.5 1984 HD

    Gina is young, recently married and bored. On a trip to Lake Tahoe she discovers the game of blackjack. Increasingly obsessed with gambling, she...

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  • 1995
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    Batman Forever

    Batman Forever

    5.434 1995 HD

    Batman must battle a disfigured district attorney and a disgruntled former employee with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat.

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  • 1994
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    Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders

    Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders

    5 1994 HD

    TV movie based on the novel "Blood Brothers," about the murder of Jose Menéndez and his wife Kitty by their sons, Erik and Lyle.

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  • 1980
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    Cardiac Arrest

    Cardiac Arrest

    3.6 1980 HD

    The "Missing Heart Murders" are plaguing San Francisco - dead bodies that turn up with their hears surgically removed! So a weak-stomached homicide...

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  • 1986
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    Quicksilver

    Quicksilver

    5.6 1986 HD

    Jack Casey used to be a hot-shot stock market whiz kid. After a disastrous professional decision, his life in the fast lane is over. He loses his...

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  • 2019
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    Boy Genius

    Boy Genius

    7 2019 HD

    A twelve year-old child prodigy teams up with a quirky retiree to solve a crime and save his family from splitting up.

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  • 1981
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    Thief

    Thief

    7.2 1981 HD

    Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime...

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  • 1997
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    Batman & Robin

    Batman & Robin

    4.36 1997 HD

    Batman and Robin deal with relationship issues while preventing Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from attacking Gotham City.

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  • 1996
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    Paper Dragons

    Paper Dragons

    2.3 1996 HD

    A small-time hood, left for dead after double-crossing drug dealers, is taken in by a monastery and taught the art of kung fu.

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  • 1987
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    The Three Kings

    The Three Kings

    2.8 1987 HD

    The made-for-TV film stars Jack Warden, Lou Diamond Phillips and Stan Shaw as three patients in a Los Angeles-area mental institution. Dressed as the...

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  • 1994
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    A Friend to Die For

    A Friend to Die For

    6.151 1994 HD

    Angela Delvecchio, coming from a rather poor family, moves into the rich town Montevista. She admires Stacy, leader of the most prestigeous clique of...

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  • 1970
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    The Longest Sleep

    The Longest Sleep

    1 1970 HD

    It follows a struggling father who unwittingly becomes “Death”, and must find a way to escape and reunite with his daughter. Lawrence Kao...

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  • 2025
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    Between Borders

    Between Borders

    1 2025 HD

    The incredible true story of an Armenian family forced to flee their home during the collapse of the Soviet Union, and embark on a journey to find a...

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  • 1996
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    Nash Bridges

    Nash Bridges

    6.582 1996 HD

    Fun-loving San Francisco Police Department investigator Nash Bridges is part of the elite Special Investigations Unit. He tackles crime using his...

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  • 1977
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    CHiPs

    CHiPs

    6.8 1977 HD

    Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, two...

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  • 1996
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    Arliss

    Arliss

    6.5 1996 HD

    A behind-the-scenes look at the glitzy, big-money world of professional sports following the eternally optimistic and endlessly resourceful L.A....

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  • 1989
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    The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

    8.018 1989 HD

    Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa...

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  • 2005
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    The Closer

    The Closer

    7.883 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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  • 1982
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    T. J. Hooker

    T. J. Hooker

    6.3 1982 HD

    Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who turns his back on a gold badge and goes back to...

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  • 2002
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    Boomtown

    Boomtown

    6.5 2002 HD

    Each episode of this series, set in contemporary Los Angeles, examines one crime from many different viewpoints - uniformed cops, detectives,...

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  • 2000
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    Static Shock

    Static Shock

    8.1 2000 HD

    An ordinary inner-city kid gains extraordinary powers and becomes an urban legend as the first teenage African-American superhero.

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  • 2006
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    Smith

    Smith

    7.105 2006 HD

    Though Bobby Stevens appears to be a regular family man with a nine-to-five job, he's actually an expert thief who is seeking a few last big jobs so...

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  • 1996
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    Early Edition

    Early Edition

    7.3 1996 HD

    Gary Hobson thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives today giving him a disconcerting look into the...

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  • 2005
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    Bones

    Bones

    8.2 2005 HD

    Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder...

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  • 2003
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    Las Vegas

    Las Vegas

    7 2003 HD

    Ed Deline is a strict ex-CIA officer who went from being Head of Security to becoming President of Operations of the Montecito, whose job is to run...

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  • 1981
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    Dynasty

    Dynasty

    6.5 1981 HD

    The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch; Krystle, his former secretary and wife; his children: Adam,...

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  • 2002
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    Robbery Homicide Division

    Robbery Homicide Division

    8.7 2002 HD

    Robbery Homicide Division was an American police procedural television series on CBS, created by Barry Schindel with executive producer Michael Mann....

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  • 1979
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    Knots Landing

    Knots Landing

    6.8 1979 HD

    The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.

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  • 1994
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    Babylon 5

    Babylon 5

    8.042 1994 HD

    Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth Alliance in the 2250s, its goal is to maintain peace among...

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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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  • 1988
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    The Wonder Years

    The Wonder Years

    8.32 1988 HD

    The story of Kevin Arnold facing the trials and tribulations of youth while growing up during the 1960s and 70s. Told through narration from an adult...

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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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  • 1989
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    Alien Nation

    Alien Nation

    7 1989 HD

    Detective Matthew Sikes, a Los Angeles police officer reluctantly works with "Newcomer" alien George Francisco. Sikes also has an 'on again off...

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  • 2000
    imgS6 E22

    Strong Medicine

    Strong Medicine

    7.1 2000 HD

    The lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia.

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  • 1985
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    The Colbys

    The Colbys

    5.8 1985 HD

    The Colbys is an American prime time soap opera, which originally aired on ABC from November 20, 1985 to March 26, 1987. Produced by Aaron Spelling,...

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  • 1984
    imgS7 E22

    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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  • 2003
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    Arrested Development

    Arrested Development

    8 2003 HD

    The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.

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  • 1999
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    The PJs

    The PJs

    6.868 1999 HD

    Thurgood Stubbs lives with his wife, Muriel, in the Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs housing project, where he is the superintendent. This animated comedy...

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  • 1992
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    2000 Malibu Road

    2000 Malibu Road

    6.5 1992 HD

    2000 Malibu Road is a prime time American soap opera that aired on CBS in the summer of 1992. The series stars Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Beals, Brian...

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  • 1974
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    Police Woman

    Police Woman

    6.2 1974 HD

    Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover...

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  • 1987
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    Tour of Duty

    Tour of Duty

    8 1987 HD

    The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.

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  • 1989
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    Hardball

    Hardball

    7 1989 HD

    Hardball is an American crime drama television series that ran on NBC during the 1989-1990 television schedule.

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  • 1991
    imgS1 E10

    Under Cover

    Under Cover

    6 1991 HD

    Under Cover is an American secret agent drama series that premiered on ABC on January 7, 1991. The series starred Anthony John Denison and Linda Purl...

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  • 1997
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    Brooklyn South

    Brooklyn South

    9.7 1997 HD

    An American ensemble police drama series following the life of police officers from the 74th Precinct in southern Brooklyn, New York City.

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  • 2012
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    Major Crimes

    Major Crimes

    7.3 2012 HD

    Major Crimes explores how the American justice system approaches the art of the deals as law enforcement officers and prosecutors work together to...

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  • 2010
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    Hawaii Five-0

    Hawaii Five-0

    7.7 2010 HD

    Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers him the chance to run his own task force (Five-0)....

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  • 1994
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    One West Waikiki

    One West Waikiki

    7 1994 HD

    One West Waikiki is an American crime/drama TV show set in Hawaii which ran from 1994-1996. It starred Cheryl Ladd, Richard Burgi and Kayla Blake and...

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  • 2017
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    The Good Fight

    The Good Fight

    7.6 2017 HD

    Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation of a...

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  • 1994
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    Valley of the Dolls

    Valley of the Dolls

    2 1994 HD

    A late-night syndicated TV series based on Jacqueline Susann's novel "Valley of the Dolls" which ran for 65 episodes over a three month period.

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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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  • 1995
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    JAG

    JAG

    7.318 1995 HD

    Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of...

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  • 1985
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    MacGyver

    MacGyver

    7.735 1985 HD

    He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon....

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  • 2023
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    Hello Tomorrow!

    Hello Tomorrow!

    6 2023 HD

    In a retro-futuristic world, charismatic salesman Jack Billings leads a team of fellow sales associates determined to revitalize their customers'...

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  • 2018
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    The Resident

    The Resident

    8.436 2018 HD

    A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both...

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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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  • 2001
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    Crossing Jordan

    Crossing Jordan

    7.215 2001 HD

    Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist...

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  • 1998
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    V.I.P.

    V.I.P.

    5.161 1998 HD

    While attending a Hollywood premiere with a famous action star, a crazed fan pulls a gun—but her movie hunk turns into a coward, and it's...

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  • 2016
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    MacGyver

    MacGyver

    7.3 2016 HD

    20-something Angus MacGyver creates a clandestine organization where he uses his knack for solving problems in unconventional ways to help prevent...

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  • 2023
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    Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai

    Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai

    8.071 2023 HD

    Set in 1920s Shanghai, ten-year-old Sam and 12-year-old Elle return the Mogwai Gizmo back home to the lush and perilous Valley of Jade.

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