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- CreatorAndy BorowitzSusan BorowitzStarsWill SmithJames AveryAlfonso RibeiroA streetwise, poor young man from Philadelphia is sent by his mother to live with his aunt, uncle and cousins in their Bel-Air mansion.
- CreatorDick WolfRick EidStarsJerry OrbachJesse L. MartinDennis FarinaNew York's finest police detectives and prosecutors fight to make the city a safer place. With integrity as the guiding force from investigation to verdict, the teams weigh every perspective in their commitment to finding justice.
- CreatorDarren StarStarsJason PriestleyShannen DohertyLuke PerryA group of friends living in Beverly Hills, California make their way through life from their school days into adulthood.
- CreatorJoshua BrandJohn FalseyStarsRob MorrowJanine TurnerBarry CorbinA city doctor is forced to work in the remote Alaskan town of Cicely, where he encounters peculiar locals, including a former astronaut, as he adjusts to small-town life.
- CreatorDavid AngellPeter CaseyDavid LeeStarsTim DalySteven WeberCrystal BernardBrothers Brian and Joe Hackett attempt to run an airline on the New England island of Nantucket while surrounded by their various wacky friends and employees.
- CreatorD.J. MacHaleNed KandelStarsRoss HullDaniel DeSantoRaine Pare-CoullA group of teenagers meet in the woods, and tell scary stories.
- CreatorKeenen Ivory WayansStarsKeenen Ivory WayansJim CarreyKelly Coffield ParkThe Wayans siblings present an African-American focused sketch comedy show.
- CreatorDanny BilsonPaul De MeoStarsJohn Wesley ShippAmanda PaysAlex DésertA police forensic scientist, Barry Allen, battles crimes as the super-fast superhero "The Flash."
- CreatorDon ReoStarsMayim BialikJenna von OÿJoey LawrenceA teenage girl living in a house run by men dreams what life would be like if she lived in a more conventional family.
- CreatorLon DiamondClyde PhillipsStarsCorin NemecBilly JayneTroy W. SlatenFor a cool high-school kid and his friends, thwarting authority figures and other enemies is never a problem.
- CreatorDavid CraneMarta KauffmanStarsBrian BenbenDenny DillonWendie MalickMartin Tupper is a book editor in Manhattan, recently divorced from Judith, a psychologist. Martin's life is filled with fantasies and sexual thoughts, many times coming in the form of black-and-white shots from old TV shows and movies.
- CreatorFiona McHughStarsZachary BennettLally CadeauMag RuffmanA young girl is sent to live with her late mother's relatives in Prince Edward Island. Set in the early 1900's, the series follows her adventures, as well as that of her family and the town's people as she grows up in Avonlea.
- CreatorChris ElliottDavid MirkinAdam ResnickStarsChris ElliottBob ElliottRobin RikerA 30-something guy still lives with his parents and works as a paperboy and tries to avoid growing up and being responsible at all costs.
- StarsPatrice MartinezDuncan RegehrJames VictorIn nineteenth century Spanish California, heroic masked swordsman Zorro, who's actually a local nobleman, must protect his friends and small town (or pueblo) of Los Angeles from its corrupt magistrate (or alcalde) and other menaces.
- CreatorLinda Bloodworth-ThomasonStarsBurt ReynoldsElizabeth AshleyMarilu HennerA former pro football player moves back to his Arkansas childhood hometown to coach the high school football team.
- StarsMark Lindsay ChapmanDick DurockScott GarrisonWhen an attempt on Dr. Alec Holland's life leaves him consumed by deadly chemicals and fire, the swamps of Louisiana transform him into a superhuman creature hell-bent on ridding the swamp--and the world--of the evil that men do.
- StarsMeghan AndrewsMelissa ChasseAvriel HillmanBased on the popular series of children's books, this show follows the ups and downs of a young teen business club for babysitters.
- CreatorJoe ByrneS.E. HintonJeb RosebrookStarsJay R. FergusonRodney HarveyBoyd KestnerA follow-up to the novel and film of the same name, focusing on a group of troubled teens in 1960s Oklahoma.
- CreatorJohn MasiusStarsCharlie SchlatterBrandon DouglasAmi DolenzBased on the popular feature film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," this half-hour situation comedy followed the high-school adventures of Ferris Bueller and his friends.
- CreatorSteven BochcoWilliam M. FinkelsteinStarsAnne BobbyBarbara BossonDavid GianopoulosThe musical adventures of a police force.
- StarsEd Begley Jr.Jayne AtkinsonMax Elliott SladeBased on the 1989 Ron Howard film of the same name.
- CreatorJohn BinkleyStarsLaura HarrisChris William MartinTodd TalbotStudents at the fictional Hillside School deal with a variety of issues, such as dating, divorce, alcohol abuse and friendship.
- CreatorBob CarrauPaul FlahertyJohn HemphillStarsJoe FlahertyDeborah TheakerKathleen RobertsonSitcom about an amiable mad scientist who moves his family into a home inhabited by a sentient meteor.
- CreatorLarry BrodyJanis HendlerJames J. McNamaraStarsKen OlandtLarry B. ScottPatrick MacneeIn the year 2020, an astronaut becomes a vigilante when he returns from a mission to learn his cop brother's been murdered.
- CreatorMort LachmanSy RosenStarsWhoopi GoldbergJean StapletonJames GammonSitcom based on the 1987 indie hit "Bagdad Café" follows two women, a desert motel/diner owner and her guest whose husbands just left them, as they slowly develop a rocky friendship. Several colorful characters live there as well.
- CreatorLloyd J. SchwartzSherwood SchwartzStarsFlorence HendersonRobert ReedEve PlumbA look at the lives of the Brady family all grown up, and the next generation.
- StarsMia KirshnerJacob TierneyGeordie JohnsonTwo children and their vampire-hunting uncle go up against Dracula, reborn as a modern-day businessman.
- StarsBuster OlneyJon MillerDan ShulmanESPN's Sunday night prime time game of the week.
- CreatorRobert A. CinaderJack WebbBurton ArmusStarsEthan WaynePeter ParrosMiguel FernandesOfficers Doyle and Grant patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in squad car 1-Adam-12, trying to keep the city safe for everyone.
- StarsMichael St. GerardMillie PerkinsBilly Green BushAn account of the life of Elvis Presley in the early days of his fame in the 1950s.
- CreatorGil GrantStarsWill LymanNancy ValenMark BallouTeen musical comedy about the students and teachers of Cordell Hull High, a hip, urban, racially-mixed high school. The breakdancing rap group the Hull High Devils serves as the modern version of the Greek chorus.
- StarsSimon MacCorkindaleChristopher PlummerTom KneeboneAfter his wife is killed in a terrorist operation, international industrialist Alexander Addington assembles a private team of troubleshooters to help combat terrorism around the world.
- CreatorMichael LeesonStarsPamela ReedBonnie HuntJohn NevilleThe series chronicles the goings-on of various people in a small Pennsylvanian town which is renowned for its piano company.
- CreatorMichael J. WeithornStarsClaude BrooksBrigid BrannaghAdam JeffriesA new middle-class interracial blended family deals with life's issues with love and humor.
- CreatorTim O'DonnellStarsKevin MeaneyDah-ve ChodanJacob GelmanAn irresponsible slob becomes the legal guardian of his nieces and nephew, when his brother and sister-in-law are killed in a car crash.
- CreatorTom McLoughlinStarsStuart FratkinDean CameronAllan RoyalTwo teenage aliens, Abe and Bo, travel the United States in a red sports car in an effort to pick up chicks and learn more about life on Earth. They are pursued by a pair of bumbling U.S. Government soldiers who would like to capture Abe and Bo for study.
- CreatorKimberly HillTom PatchettStarsSandra BullockGeorge NewbernAnthony Tyler QuinnThis situation comedy based on the popular film featured more of the adventures of secretary Tess McGill in the office setting.
- StarsLindsay RidgewayDave CoulierShannon RatiganA TV show that presents home videos of weird people doing all kinds of funny things.
- CreatorDavid BlackVictor N. DavichRichard WechslerStarsBenjamin BrattDon FranklinCraig HurleyThe Nasty Boys are a special unit of the North Las Vegas Police Department. The unit consists of undercover cops and their identities are withheld, even from the department. They only answer to their boss, Lieutenant Krieger, who in turn only answers to the Chief, and if there is ever an instance that they have to bust the people they are working on, they wear ninja-type outfits to conceal their identities.
- CreatorDonald R. BoyleColeman LuckJacqueline ZambranoStarsJames Earl JonesLaila RobinsMadge SinclairA cop who's been sent to prison for killing his partner is freed by a lawyer who hires him as a private investigator.
- CreatorDavid McFadzeanMatt WilliamsStarsCarol BurnettAnita BaroneTerry KiserUnlike Carol's other variety shows, this series was a comedy anthology. It featured one show-long sketches, with each member of the company playing different characters each week and no "running characters."
- CreatorJoe CacaciBarney RosenzweigBeth SullivanStarsSharon GlessRon RifkinGeorgann JohnsonNewly single Rosie has become a public defender in LA, leaving a lucrative practice. Her boss is Ben, officemate Hank and secretary Carole. On the home front is mother Charlotte, sister Doreen, and stepdaughter Kim.
- CreatorThomas CarterChristopher KnopfDavid A. SimonsStarsGeorge DiCenzoDebrah FarentinoJane KaczmarekThe professional and personal lives of Pittsburgh D.A. staff, led by Arnold Bach, Gene Rogan, Linda Bauer, Peter, and Michael James, alongside new attorneys JoAnn, Briggs, Julie, and Christopher.
- CreatorJohn SaylesStarsJamey SheridanElizabeth PeñaRichard EdsonOnce a successful corporate lawyer at a prestigious Philadelphia law firm, Jack Shannon lost his marriage and his job, due in part to a compulsive gambling habit. While Shannon maintains a good relationship with his daughter, his professional career has hit rock bottom. He becomes a general practioner of law, gaining a loyal secretary in Lucy Acosta when he manages to free her boyfriend from jail. Shannon also gains an unlikely investigator in Wilmer Slade, a verbose enforcer for one of the many loan sharks to whom Jack is in debt. Although he has sworn off gambling, Shannon continues to use his skill as a cardplayer to help him work out his cases, and he always tries to work out deals for his clients without having to go to court.
- StarsBen StillerJeff KahnHarry O'ReillyA weekly behind the scenes look at the world of TV comedy in which host Stiller was constantly getting grief from co-writer Kahn and other cast members. Aired on MTV in 1990.
- CreatorMichael WilsonStarsValerie BertinelliRebeccah BushCraig BierkoSydney (Bertinelli) moves her New York detective agency to her hometown, with her younger brother (Perry), a rookie cop, tagging along.
- StarsOprah WinfreyBrenda PressleyOlivia ColeA spin off of the 1989 miniseries The Women of Brewster Place, which was based upon Gloria Naylor's novel of the same name.
- CreatorTracey JacksonGail ParentStarsWendie Jo SperberLesley BooneSusan PeretzFollows three sisters who had other things on their minds besides their weight: such as work, relationships, popularity and starting a family.
- CreatorVince ManzeDeborah McKayStarsChristopher WolfEddie GarciaDamon SharpeIn the spirit of Kidd Video (and supposedly an alternative to New Kids on the Block), the Guys Next Door was about five guys who lived in a huge house. The show consisted of comedy skits and music videos, which starred the Guys themselves.
- CreatorLes FeldickStarsLes FeldickThis is a study of the bible from Genesis to Revelation. It talks about what was happening during the time Jesus walked the earth and how the disciples acted and reacted with Jesus and the people who did not believe.
- CreatorHoward AdlerRobert L. BoyettRobert GriffardStarsAlan RuckHeather LocklearHallie ToddThe production team of "The Dick Roberts Show" has their hands full booking guests for the outrageous talk show and dealing with its egomaniacal host.
- StarsKatie RhodesVictoria ShaletAnthony WaltersMother Goose tells her three mischievous goslings the tales behind well-known nursery rhymes.
- StarsChasen HamptonKadeem HardisonLL Cool JThis was a Saturday morning music video show, shown on NBC. Basically network television's version of MTV.
- CreatorPrudence FraserRobert SterninStarsRay AranhaBess ArmstrongMegan GallivanThree married couples live in a New York City apartment building. Nick and Olivia Williams are a 60ish couple who own the building and lease out the top two floors. Russell and Elizabeth Meyers live on the second floor; he is a writer who works at home and she is a high-powered lawyer. Allen and Cindy Campbell live on the top floor; he is a college student and she works as a waitress to put him through school.
- CreatorChris CluessStu KreismanGeorge BeckermanStarsMayim BialikKevin ScannellPamela Brull11-year-old Molloy Martin's life is turned upside-down when her mother dies and she must move from New York to L.A. to live with her father, stepmother, and stepsiblings.
- CreatorJim HensonStarsMarietta DePrimaClive RevillSamuel E. WrightA spin-off of Disney's animated film The Little Mermaid. Two episodes were shot, but never aired.
- CreatorSusan SeegerStarsRobert UrichCarol KaneChay LentinAfter his wife's death, a world-traveling reporter decides to leave the busy rush of the big city and pack up his kids and move to a quiet little town in Wisconsin, where he takes a job as a columnist in the local paper. His kids don't adjust well to the move and his former boss keeps showing up to try to talk him into coming back. But he grows accustomed to his new home and new life.
- CreatorBarry FanaroTerry GrossmanMort NathanStarsJoe PantolianoAnn Morgan GuilbertChristopher MeloniWhen recently-widowed Teresa Fanelli leaves Brooklyn for Florida, her adult sons move back in. Frankie is a ladies' man, Ronnie is failing in school, and Dom runs scams while Anthony runs the family business. Uncle Angelo is a priest.
- CreatorRichard RosenstockStarsJoshua BeckettGabriel BolognaBradley GreggMarshall is a young high school kid who breaks the fourth wall and tells us about his life just as if he were sitting with us in our living room. Mostly, the show revolves around him in love with the most beautiful girl in school whom he has known since childhood, but who is dating the school bully (who of course makes Marshall's life miserable)
- CreatorChris AuerStarsJake SteinfeldBarbara MeekBen SieglerStuntman Jake Rozzner returns to NYC to help foster mother Connie with a diverse group of kids. Boy-crazy Jill, brainy Kateri, husky Lou, and hyper Andy and Dave need a loving father figure. Gary is Jake's attorney friend and Janie is his old girlfriend.
- CreatorLeah LaimanStarsMichael AronJoseph BurkeStephen BurleighThis show was introduced to audiences in 1990 as an after-school soap opera for teens. The series has 5 seasons and 250+ episodes. The storylines revolved around the teens and families of Westdale. The storylines dealt with pregnancy, date rape, suicide, divorce, racial issues and alcoholism.
- StarsSteve AdamsChris PotterVictor ErtmanisPolice officers throughout North America narrate dramatizations of interesting adventures that have happened to them on the job.
- StarsSpike AlexanderBrad PittEvan MirandIn highschool Walker, Peter, Dominic and Dave were the closest friends. But now they start going different ways: Walker becomes journalist, Dave Rotecki cop, Dominic Fopiano college student - only Trigg can't decide yet. They live through many adventures, more or less together, and manage to stay friends even when their professional interests collide.
- CreatorStu SilverStarsHowie MandelJoel BrooksWendy SchaalStraight-laced Warren, his sister Debbie, her flamboyant husband Ernie (Howie Mandel), and their tranvestite assistant Raoul, run a funeral home.
- CreatorDavid BlackChristopher CroweDick WolfStarsJohn MahoneyTom BresnahanDavid CarusoA combined Emergency Services of the FDNY, NYPD and Emergency Medical Service units in New York City called the Harlem Eastside Life-saving Program, or H.E.L.P.
- StarsTuesday KnightJason StuartGeorge ClooneyA team of Los Angeles cops go undercover posing as motorcycle bikers to nail street crime and other disorder in town.
- CreatorDavid ChisholmWilliam LinkStarsEdward WoodwardJessica LundyJill TracyMaxwell Beckett worked for Scotland Yard as a researcher. Today is an author of mystery novels living in San Francisco. Somehow everyone believes that he was an Inspector, so that's what they call him. And it seems that he has been going through a slump. It seems that his books don't have the same spark that they had before. While he struggles to regain his form, Nikki Page a reporter, who is assigned to do mundane jobs, would like to be taken seriously. So, whenever there's a mystery, she turns to Max to help in solving it, thinking it would make a good story. Max thinks Nikki's a nuisance, but hoping that their snooping around would be good material for his next novel goes along.
- CreatorArthur L. AnnecharicoLeslie EberhardBarbara HobartStarsStephen DorffJoshua RudoyDavid DotyEd Brannigan's Great-Uncle dies and leaves a trunk full of props from his ventriloquist days. His dummy, Buzz, has been locked in the trunk for years. When Ed's family opens the trunk, they discover that Buzz can think and talk.
- StarsJohn SchneiderPaul RodriguezLupe OntiverosSan Diego is home to Dennis and Pedro who work for competing bail bond companies. They decide to team up as bounty hunters which puts them in dangerous situations and numerous auto pursuits but they enjoy the exhilaration.
- CreatorDavid MansonStarsMichael O'KeefeSuzzanne DouglasElizabeth RuscioSimon MacHeath, a brash and firey lawyer, has left his job at a prestigious law firm to start his own practice. His reputation for exploding into emotional outbursts during trials has gotten him in to repeated confrontations with judges, but he has a very sincere compassion for his clients, many of whom are victims of an uncaring justice system.
- CreatorArnold MargolinStarsRobert MitchumJessica PlayerDavid LascherThe premise was that four cute upper-middle-class kids had been suddenly orphaned. About to be split up and sent to foster homes, they located a cranky old homeless man and offered him food, a home, and a decent life-style if he would live in their nice house and pose as their grandfather (this could only happen in a sitcom!). Of course he took his new responsibilities more seriously than they expected, and amid the quips, little lessons in life were learned by all around the sunny kitchen table. Roger was the helpful next-door neighbor, an air traffic controller turned homemaker.
- CreatorJohn EisendrathKathryn PrattStarsJohn SheaHelen ShaverHarris YulinThe TV network sends Hank Zaret to be news director of station WNDY (known as WIOU to the staff). The news co-anchors are Neal Frazier and Kelby Robinson. Eddie Bock and Taylor Young are reporters, Liz McVay is the executive producer, Ann Hudson is a field producer (who is dating Rick Singer), Willis Teitlebaum is a news intern (with a crush on Ann), and Marc Adamson is a cameraman.
- CreatorDebra McGrathLinda KashStarsStephanie HodgeCynthia StevensonDebra McGrathA young woman (Cynthia Stevenson) hosts and broadcasts a talk show from the living room of her home and her guests are the denizens of her town.
- CreatorPaul HaggisStarsValerie HarperTodd SusmanMary Jo KeenenLiz Gianni, city manager of an unnamed city, focuses on dealing with the realistic issues of a modern-day city with exuberance spiced with kookiness.
- CreatorWilliam BickleyMichael WarrenStarsGregory HarrisonJohn BuchananScott WeingerA widowed fire chief tries to raise his four children with help from his father-in-law.
- StarsWally GeorgeSean 'Hollywood' HamiltonTammy HansonInside the Super Roller Dome, the six teams; The T-Birds, The Bad Attitude, Hot Flash, Violators, Maniacs, and Rockers compete for the Commissioner's Cup in Rollergames from WAR.
- CreatorRichard ChapmanBill DialStarsGil GerardRobert KnepperLeon RussomThe missions of an elite response team dealing with environmental disasters.
- StarsJeanne HartmanMindy SeagalAndrew EbertThe world's smallest and most feathered secret agent takes on the forces of evil and saves the world while wooing women and creating chaos around the globe.
- CreatorPauly ShoreStarsPauly ShoreKevin WestDeanna Hodges
- CreatorMaiya WilliamsJack ElinsonRalph FarquharStarsSheryl Lee RalphPhyllis Yvonne StickneyKaren Bankhead"New Attitude" is an American sitcom inspired by Shelly Garrett's stage play "Beauty Shop." It aired on ABC as part of its TGIF lineup.
- CreatorIan GurvitzStarsDweezil ZappaMoon Unit ZappaJosh WilliamsChronicles the unconventional family life of a stay-at-home writer father, his overly-involved wife, and their three independent yet close children, inspired by the real-life Zappa family and rocker Frank Zappa.
- StarsDave ThomasAnson DownesDon LakeSummer variety show consisting of comedy sketches featuring SCTV writer Dave Thomas and many other SCTV and SNL regulars.
- StarsJack BuckTim McCarverJim KaatThe 1990 World Series is a best of seven games contest between two baseball teams: the American League pennant winning Oakland Athletics and the National League pennant winning Cincinnati Reds. The winner of the World Series is crowned the unequivocal champions of baseball.
- CreatorDavid MilchChristian WilliamsStarsLloyd BridgesMichael WoodsMark BlumShort-lived television drama about newspaper reporters in Washington, D. C. With their careers on the line, they would do almost anything to get the scoop....
- CreatorWilliam BleichStarsSummer ShohfiJohn D'AquinoWarren BerlingerDet. Michael Burton of the Los Angeles Police Department is a shallow, casual kind of guy until a near-death experience changes his life. Grazed in the head by a bullet during a stake-out, Burton dies and finds himself in limbo, surrounded by "shades"--spirits of the dead who are trapped there, unable to proceed to Heaven or Hell until they can complete whatever unfinished business binds them to Earth. Paramedics restart his heart, and Burton wakes up in the hospital--only to discover he can still see shades.
- CreatorRichard Di LelloStarsChristopher StanleyTom MasonJohn VargasThe premiere season follows the day to day battles of an elite DEA task force as they take down some of Detroit's most dangerous drug traffickers. During the course of six episodes, agents seize more than 3 million dollars worth of illicit drugs and illegal weapons and bust more than 2 dozen dealers.
- StarsRoberto EscobarGlenda Díaz RigauRuben RabasaA situative comedy show about a hair salon owner and his family. In almost every episode he tries to go into the import-export business to make big money, but always fails and goes back to his hair salon.
- CreatorJeffrey LewisStarsRobert ProskyJoe HowardAbdul Salaam El RazzacThis series was a dramatic anthology realistically portraying the medical problems and crises of ordinary people.
- CreatorGina WendkosKatherine GreenIrma KalishStarsVickilyn ReynoldsLoretta DevineDana HillSisters Vickilyn and Loretta, very dissimilar in personalities, are raising their niece Toby in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Loretta works at a restaurant and aspires to be a singer; traditional Vickilyn runs a mail-order business.
- CreatorBarton DeanStarsJudith IveyRay BakerEric Allan KramerA New York City executive returns to her coastal fishing-village hometown of Hadley Cove, Texas to help save her father's bait-and-tackle shop from her ex-boyfriend, a condominium developer.
- StarsMeryl StreepRoy ScheiderSince the beginning of the industrial revolution, the human population has experienced exponential growth, marking a significant impact on the environment. This era witnessed agricultural development, advances in medical sciences, new forms of transportation, and the widespread use of fossil fuels. The debate over whether the rising standard of living comes at the cost of the environment remains ongoing. Given the toll that modern conveniences take, the question arises: What is the fate of our planet? This documentary draws inspiration from the annual State of the World reports published by the Worldwatch Institute. It seeks not only to critique the modern industrialized model and political system but, more importantly, to inform the audience and provide insights on how to help protect the environment.
- CreatorDon ReoStarsLenny ClarkeLee GarlingtonPeter DobsonStand-up comedian Lenny Clarke plays Lenny Callahan, a working-class Bostonian holding down two jobs: construction worker by day and hotel doorman at night, while supporting his wife Shelley and three children.
- CreatorBill PerskyStarsJane CurtinStephen CollinsKyndra Joy CasperSarah and David are divorced single parents who are content to live that way until they meet in a cooking class in Manhattan. The episodes depict their courtship.
- StarsCreflo A. DollarDrs. Creflo and Taffy Dollar preach on a variety of topics concerning the gainings of spiritual, physical, mental, emotional and financial well-being. He teaches on everything from marriage and family to prayer, physical fitness, character development and discipline. These are the keys to obtain total life prosperity in his words. In the end, personal success comes and transforms one's life for the better, literally changing one's world.
- CreatorPaul HaggisStephen NathanStarsNell CarterRoger E. MosleyYasiin BeyMichael Kirkland is a bus driver in Pittsburgh living with his wife Nell and their four children, Raymond, Lorette, Peter and Nate. Nell's mother Helen is living in the basement.
- StarsSiobhan Fallon HoganBrad SlaightSheila LussierHaywire was a sketch comedy television series aired by Fox as part of its 1990-91 lineup.