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Action movies are a film genre where in the story is largely told through physical action as opposed to dialogue. The action typically involves individual efforts on the part of the hero. While action has long been an element of films, the "Action film" as a genre of its own began to develop in the...
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The A-Team

The A-Team is an American action adventure television series about a fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces who work as soldiers of fortune while being on the run from the military for a "crime they didn't commit". The A-Team was...

Air date of first episode:

  • Jan 23, 1983

Air date of final episode:

  • Mar 8, 1987

Original episode running time:

  • 60 min (36 hs )

Number of seasons:

  • 5

Number of episodes:

  • 98

Xena: Warrior Princess

Xena: Warrior Princess is an American television cult series, a supernatural fantasy adventure that aired from September 4, 1995 until May 21, 2001. The series was created in 1995 by writer-director-producer Robert Tapert under his production tag,...

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Air date of first episode:

  • Sep 4, 1995

Air date of final episode:

  • May 21, 2001

Original episode running time:

  • 45 min (27 hs )

Number of seasons:

  • 6

Number of episodes:

  • 134

Dark Angel

Dark Angel is an American biopunk/cyberpunk science fiction television program created by James Cameron and Charles H. Eglee. Dark Angel premiered in the United States and Canada on the Fox network on October 3, 2000, but was canceled after two...

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  • Oct 3, 2000

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  • May 3, 2002

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  • 60 min (36 hs )

Number of seasons:

  • 2

Number of episodes:

  • 43

24

24 is an American serial action/drama television series. Broadcast by Fox in the United States and syndicated worldwide, the show first aired on November 6, 2001, with an initial 13 episodes (the next 11 episodes were later ordered). 24 is the...

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  • Nov 6, 2001

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  • 6

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  • 24

Jeremiah

Jeremiah is an American television series starring Luke Perry and Malcolm-Jamal Warner that ran on the Showtime network from 2002 to 2004. The series takes place in a post-apocalyptic future where most of the adult population has been wiped out by a...

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  • Mar 3, 2002

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  • Jan 19, 2004

Original episode running time:

  • 45 min (27 hs )

Number of seasons:

  • 2

Number of episodes:

  • 35

Ultraman

Ultraman (ウルトラマン, Urutoraman) is a character featured in tokusatsu, or "special effects" television programs in Japan. Ultraman made his debut in the tokusatsu SF/kaiju/superhero TV series, Ultra Q: Ultraman: Special Effects Fantasy Series, a follow...

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  • Jul 17, 1966

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  • Apr 9, 1967

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  • 30 min (18 hs )

Number of episodes:

  • 39

ReBoot

ReBoot is a Canadian CGI-animated action-adventure television series that originally aired from 1994 to 2001. It was produced by Vancouver-based production company Mainframe Entertainment, and created by Gavin Blair, Ian Pearson, Phil Mitchell and...

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  • Sep 17, 1994

Air date of final episode:

  • Nov 30, 2001

Original episode running time:

  • 30 min (18 hs )

Number of episodes:

  • 47

Alias

Alias is an American action television series created by J. J. Abrams which was broadcast on ABC for five seasons, from September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006. It starred Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow, a CIA agent. The main theme of the series...

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  • Sep 30, 2001

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  • May 22, 2006

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Number of seasons:

  • 5

Number of episodes:

  • 105

Totally Spies!

Totally Spies! is an animated television series produced by the French company Marathon Production. Production began in 2001; in 2008 the show ran its fifth and final season. The movie aired in France on July 22, 2009. Totally Spies features the...

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  • Nov 3, 2001

Air date of final episode:

  • 2008

Number of seasons:

  • 5

Number of episodes:

  • 130

Samurai Jack

Samurai Jack is a 4-time Emmy award-winning American animated television series created by animator Genndy Tartakovsky that aired on Cartoon Network from 2001 until 2004. It is noted for its highly detailed, outline-free, masking-based animation, as...

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  • Aug 10, 2001

Air date of final episode:

  • Sep 25, 2004

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Number of seasons:

  • 4

Number of episodes:

  • 52

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (often called Lois & Clark or The New Adventures Of Superman) is a live-action American television series based on the Superman comic books. Lois & Clark aired on ABC from September 12, 1993 to June 14,...

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  • Sep 12, 1993

Air date of final episode:

  • Jun 14, 1997

Number of seasons:

  • 4

Number of episodes:

  • 88

Code Lyoko

Code Lyoko is a French animated television series featuring both conventional animation and CGI. It premiered on September 3, 2003 on the France 3 network, and was produced by Antefilms during the first season, MoonScoop Group during the second and...

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  • Sep 3, 2003

Air date of final episode:

  • Nov 10, 2007

Number of seasons:

  • 4

Number of episodes:

  • 77

Ace Lightning

For the video game series of the same name, see Ace Lightning (video game). For the titular character, see Ace Lightning (character). Ace Lightning is a children's television show co-produced by the BBC and Alliance Atlantis, which has been...

Air date of first episode:

  • 2002

Air date of final episode:

  • 2004

Original episode running time:

  • 30 min (18 hs )

The Centurions

The Centurions is a syndicated 30 minute American science fiction animated television series produced by Ruby-Spears and animated in Japan by Sunrise. Comic book legends Jack Kirby and Gil Kane contributed to the design and concepts of the show. The...

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  • 1985

Air date of final episode:

  • 1987

Original episode running time:

  • 30 min (18 hs )

Number of seasons:

  • 2

Number of episodes:

  • 65

Mighty Jack

Mighty Jack (マイティジャック, Maitei Jakku) is a tokusatsu SF/espionage/action TV series. Created by Japanese effects wizard Eiji Tsuburaya, the show was produced by Tsuburaya Productions and was broadcast on Fuji TV from April 6, 1968 to June 29, 1968,...

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Birds of Prey

Birds of Prey is a television drama series produced in 2002. The series was developed by Laeta Kalogridis for The WB and is loosely based on the Birds of Prey DC Comics series. Despite the weekly ratings of 7.6 million viewers and the network's...

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Air date of first episode:

  • Oct 9, 2002

Air date of final episode:

  • Feb 19, 2003

Original episode running time:

  • 60 min (36 hs )

Number of episodes:

  • 13

Soldier of Fortune, Inc.

Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (known by fans as simply "SOF") was a television show created by Dan Gordon which ran for two seasons, from 1997-1998. The show was about an elite team (composed of mostly former military personnel) who performed "unofficial...

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  • 1997

Air date of final episode:

  • 1998

Number of seasons:

  • 2

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones) is an American television series that ran from 1992 to 1996. The series explores the childhood and youth of the fictional character Indiana Jones. The series primarily stars...

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  • Mar 4, 1992

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  • Jun 16, 1996

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  • 3

Number of episodes:

  • 28

Renegade

Renegade is a American television series that ran for 110 episodes spanning 5 seasons between September 19, 1992 and April 4, 1997. The series followed the adventures of Reno Raines, a cop framed for murder who goes on the run and becomes a bounty...

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  • Sep 17, 1992

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  • Apr 4, 1997

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  • 5

Number of episodes:

  • 110

Mirrorman

Mirrorman (ミラーマン, Mirāman) is the title superhero of a tokusatsu SF/kaiju/superhero TV series, Mirrorman. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, the series aired on Fuji TV from December 5, 1971 to November 26, 1972, with a total of 51 episodes. This...

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  • Dec 5, 1971

Air date of final episode:

  • Nov 26, 1972

Number of episodes:

  • 51

Thunder in Paradise

Thunder in Paradise is a one-hour action-adventure TV series from the creators of Baywatch, which stars Hulk Hogan, Chris Lemmon and Carol Alt. This first-run syndicated TV series originally premiered as a straight-to-video feature in September 1993...

Air date of first episode:

  • Mar 25, 1994

Air date of final episode:

  • Nov 27, 1994

Original episode running time:

  • 60 min (36 hs )

Number of episodes:

  • 22

Ultimate Force

Ultimate Force is a British television drama series that was shown on ITV, which deals with the activities of the fictional Red Troop of the SAS (Special Air Service). The programme started in 2002 and four seasons were produced. It was co-created...

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Air date of first episode:

  • 2002

Air date of final episode:

  • May 2008

Number of seasons:

  • 4

Number of episodes:

  • 21

Highlander: The Animated Series

Highlander: The Animated Series is an animated television series which premiered on September 18, 1994. It is a loose spinoff of the cult classic 1986 film of the same name. The series was produced by Gaumont Multimedia (now Xilam Animation) with...

Air date of first episode:

  • 1994

Air date of final episode:

  • Jan 5, 1996

Original episode running time:

  • 25 min (15 hs )

Number of seasons:

  • 2

Number of episodes:

  • 40

Ultra Seven

Ultra Seven (ウルトラセブン, Urutora Sebun) is a superhero featured in a tokusatsu TV show of the same name. He first appeared in Ultra Seven (the third Ultra Series and the second to feature an Ultra Being), the famous tokusatsu SF TV series that aired on...

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Air date of first episode:

  • Oct 1, 1967

Air date of final episode:

  • Sep 8, 1968

Highlander: The Series

Highlander: The Series is a sci-fi television series featuring Duncan MacLeod of the Scottish Clan MacLeod (Adrian Paul), as the Highlander. It was an offshoot of the Highlander movies, Highlander: The Series centered on Duncan, clansman to the...

Air date of first episode:

  • Oct 3, 1992

Air date of final episode:

  • May 16, 1998

Number of seasons:

  • 6

Superboy

Superboy is a half-hour live-action television series based on the fictional DC Comics comic book character Kal-El's early years as Superboy. The show ran from 1988–1992 in syndication. It was renamed The Adventures of Superboy at the start of the...

Air date of first episode:

  • Oct 8, 1988

Air date of final episode:

  • May 17, 1992

Original episode running time:

  • 22 min (13 hs )

Number of episodes:

  • 100

Rainbowman

Rainbowman (レインボーマン, Reinbōman) is the name and titular superhero of the tokusatsu TV series sometimes known as Warrior of Love Rainbowman (愛の戦士レインボーマン, Ai no Senshi Reinbōman). Created by Kōhan Kawauchi, this was the first superhero TV series...

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  • Oct 6, 1972

Air date of final episode:

  • Sep 18, 1973

Number of episodes:

  • 52

Ultraman 80

Ultraman 80 (ウルトラマン80(エイティ), Urutoraman Eiti) is a Japanese tokusatsu TV show and is the 8th season in the Ultra Series. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Ultraman 80 was aired between April 2, 1980 to March 25, 1981, with a total of 50 episodes....

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  • Apr 2, 1980

Air date of final episode:

  • Mar 25, 1981

Number of episodes:

  • 50

Ultraman Taro

Ultraman Taro (ウルトラマンタロウ, Urutoraman Tarō) is the title superhero of a tokusatsu SF/kaiju/superhero TV show, and is the 6th show in the Ultra Series. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, this series aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System from April 6,...

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  • Apr 6, 1973

Air date of final episode:

  • Apr 5, 1974

Number of episodes:

  • 53

Ultraman Leo

Ultraman Leo (ウルトラマンレオ, Urutoraman Reo) is a Japanese tokusatsu TV show and is the 7th show in the Ultra Series. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Ultraman Leo was aired between April 12, 1974 to March 28, 1975, with a total of 51 episodes....

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Air date of first episode:

  • Apr 12, 1974

Air date of final episode:

  • Mar 28, 1975

Number of episodes:

  • 51

Spy Game

Spy Game is a short-lived American action-adventure television series that aired on the ABC network for 13 episodes during the spring and summer of 1997. The series was created by screenwriter and physician Ivan Raimi, director Sam Raimi, and writer...

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  • Mar 3, 1997

Air date of final episode:

  • Jul 12, 1997

Original episode running time:

  • 60 min (36 hs )

Number of seasons:

  • 1

Number of episodes:

  • 13

Fireman

Fireman (ファイヤーマン, Faiyāman), known as Magma Man in some markets, is a Japanese tokusatsu television series about a superhero, the title character, who fights kaiju and other villains. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, the show was broadcast on...

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  • 1973

Air date of final episode:

  • Jul 31, 1973

Number of episodes:

  • 30

Hardcastle and McCormick

Hardcastle and McCormick is a 1980s action/drama television series from Stephen J. Cannell Productions and Columbia Pictures Television, shown on ABC from 1983-1986, starring Brian Keith as Judge Milton C. Hardcastle and Daniel Hugh Kelly as ex-con...

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Air date of first episode:

  • Sep 18, 1983

Air date of final episode:

  • May 5, 1986

Number of seasons:

  • 3

Number of episodes:

  • 67

La Femme Nikita

La Femme Nikita (or simply Nikita in some countries) is a American/Canadian television spy drama based on the original French film directed by Luc Besson, co-produced by Jay Firestone (Firestone Entertainment) and Warner Bros., and created for...

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Air date of first episode:

  • 1997

Air date of final episode:

  • 2001

Original episode running time:

  • 60 min (36 hs )

Number of seasons:

  • 5

Number of episodes:

  • 96

Max Steel

Max Steel is a Sci-Fi–action, CGI, animated series which originally aired on February 25, 2000 - January 15, 2002. Season 3's airdates have been difficult to find, but according to "Crackle", the last episode "Truth Be Told" aired January 15, 2002....

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  • Feb 25, 2000

Air date of final episode:

  • 2002

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Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei

Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei (English title: Alarm for Cobra 11 - The Motorway Police) is a long-running, popular German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine...

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Air date of first episode:

  • Mar 12, 1996

Number of seasons:

  • 14

Number of episodes:

  • 194

E.A.R.T.H. Force

E.A.R.T.H. Force is an American action adventure television series starring Gil Gerard. The series aired 3 episodes on CBS from September 16, 1990, to September 29, 1990, before being canceled due to low ratings. The show was about an elite group,...

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  • 1990

Air date of final episode:

  • Sep 29, 1990

Original episode running time:

  • 45 min (27 hs )

Number of seasons:

  • 1

Zentrix

Zentrix is a 3D-CG Chinese animated TV series directed by Tony Tong and Felix Ip under the Hong Kong based company Imagi Animation Studios. The original story was written by Tony Tang, Benny Chow, Felix Ip and Francis Kao. The series is set in...

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  • 2004

Air date of final episode:

  • 2004

Number of episodes:

  • 26

Spawn

Todd McFarlane's Spawn is an animated television series which aired on HBO from 1997 through 1999. It was based on the popular comic series of the same name from Image Comics. The show was nominated for and won an Emmy in 1999 for Outstanding...

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  • 30 min (18 hs )

24: Conspiracy

24: Conspiracy is a low-budget mobile-only spin-off of the television drama program 24. It was released on January 30, 2005, after the show's season 4 premier and was released in a three day interval. It is the first mobisode FOX released. Set in...

Runaway

Runaway is a short-lived American drama series that aired on The CW Television Network from September 25, 2006 to October 15, 2006. The series was created by Chad Hodge and was produced and distributed by Sony Pictures Television. Along with The...

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  • Sep 25, 2006

Air date of final episode:

  • Oct 15, 2006

Original episode running time:

  • 60 min (36 hs )

Number of seasons:

  • 1

Day Break

Day Break is a television program for which one 13-episode season was produced. The series starred Taye Diggs as Detective Brett Hopper, who is framed for the murder of Assistant District Attorney Alberto Garza. Due to a time loop, Hopper lives the...

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Air date of first episode:

  • Nov 15, 2006

Air date of final episode:

  • Mar 2, 2007

Original episode running time:

  • 60 min (36 hs )

Number of seasons:

  • 1

Number of episodes:

  • 13

The Adventures of Superboy

The Adventures of Superboy was a proposed TV series that was put into production in 1961. It was meant to capitalize on the success of Adventures of Superman, which was cancelled years earlier. A revival was planned, but abandoned following the...

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  • 25 min (15 hs )

Number of episodes:

  • 1

The Net

The Net is a 1998 television drama series based on the 1995 film of the same name. The series starred Brooke Langton as Angela Bennett, the character Sandra Bullock played in the film. Produced in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the series...

Air date of first episode:

  • Jul 19, 1998

Air date of final episode:

  • Mar 27, 1999

Original episode running time:

  • 60 min (36 hs )

Number of seasons:

  • 1

Number of episodes:

  • 22

Rambo and the Forces of Freedom

Rambo and the Force of Freedom is an animated series based on the character of John Rambo, from David Morrell's book First Blood, and the subsequent films First Blood and Rambo: First Blood Part II and adapted for television by story editor/head...

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  • Sep 15, 1986

Air date of final episode:

  • Dec 26, 1986

Original episode running time:

  • 30 min (18 hs )

Number of seasons:

  • 1

Number of episodes:

  • 65

Nine Tailed Fox

Forbidden Love (구미호외전, Kumiho woejeon; aka Gumiho, The Legend of the Nine Tailed Fox, Tale of the Nine-Tailed Fox, or Fox with 9 Tails) is a popular and innovative KBS drama series produced in 2004, starring Kim Tae Hee and Jun Jin from Shinhwa. The...

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Air date of first episode:

  • Jul 19, 2004

Air date of final episode:

  • Sep 7, 2004

Number of episodes:

  • 16

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (sometimes abbreviated as Terminator: TSCC) is an American science fiction television series that aired on Fox. The show was produced by Warner Bros. Television and C2 Pictures. It is a spin-off from the...

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  • Jan 13, 2008

Air date of final episode:

  • Apr 10, 2009

Original episode running time:

  • 60 min (36 hs )

Number of seasons:

  • 2

Number of episodes:

  • 17

Da Adventures of Pedro Penduko

Da Adventures of Pedro Penduko is the third and fourth season of the Filipino fantasy TV series Komiks. The third season began airing in the Philippines on September 9, 2006 and currently airs on Saturday evenings on the ABS-CBN network in the...

Air date of first episode:

  • Sep 9, 2006

Air date of final episode:

  • Apr 28, 2007

Number of episodes:

  • 33

Di-gata defenders

Di-Gata Defenders is an Canadian action/adventure, fantasy, animated television series created by Greg Collinson with Nelvana Entertainment. This show is rated C8 according to the Canadian TV Classification System. The series currently has 52...

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  • Sep 16, 2006

Number of seasons:

  • 2

Number of episodes:

  • 52

Witchblade

Following a pilot film in August 2000, the cable network TNT premiered a Witchblade television series based on the Witchblade Top Cow Productions comic book series in 2001. The series was directed by Ralph Hemecker and written by Marc Silvestri (who...

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Air date of first episode:

  • Jun 12, 2001

Air date of final episode:

  • Aug 26, 2002

Original episode running time:

  • 60 min (36 hs )

Number of seasons:

  • 2

Number of episodes:

  • 23

Honey West

Honey West is an American crime drama television series produced by the ABC network. The series ran for 30 episodes during the 1965-1966 television season and starred Anne Francis as female private detective Honey West. The Honey West character was...

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  • Sep 17, 1965

Air date of final episode:

  • Apr 8, 1966

Number of seasons:

  • 1

Number of episodes:

  • 30

Noble House

Noble House was an American television miniseries that was produced and broadcast by NBC in 1988. Based upon the novel Noble House by James Clavell, it featured a large cast headlined by Pierce Brosnan as business tycoon Ian Dunross and was directed...

Number of episodes:

  • 4

Serpico

Serpico is a short-lived American crime drama series that aired on NBC between September 1976 and February 1977. The series was based on the novel by Peter Maas and the 1973 film of the same name that starred Al Pacino in the title role. A...

Air date of first episode:

  • Mar 14, 1974

Air date of final episode:

  • 1977

Original episode running time:

  • 60 min (36 hs )

Number of seasons:

  • 1

Number of episodes:

  • 15

Spyforce

Spyforce was an Australian TV series produced from 1971 to 1973, based upon the adventures of Australian Military Intelligence operatives in the South West Pacific during World War II. It was produced by the Nine Network in conjunction with...

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Air date of first episode:

  • Aug 8, 1971

Original episode running time:

  • 60 min (36 hs )

Number of seasons:

  • 2

Number of episodes:

  • 42

Blood Ties

Blood Ties is a Canadian television series based on the Blood Books by Tanya Huff; the show was created by Peter Mohan. It premiered in the United States on March 11, 2007 on Lifetime Television, and during fall of 2007 on Citytv and Space in Canada...

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  • Mar 11, 2007

Air date of final episode:

  • Dec 7, 2007

Original episode running time:

  • 60 min (36 hs )

Number of episodes:

  • 22

The First 48

The First 48 is an American reality television show based on homicide detective units in various cities across the United States. The show's premise is summarized in its title voiceover: "For homicide detectives, the clock starts ticking the moment...

Air date of first episode:

  • 2004

Original episode running time:

  • 60 min (36 hs )

Marvel Action Universe

Marvel Action Universe is a weekly syndicated television block from Marvel Productions featuring animated adaptions of Dino-Riders and RoboCop. Marvel Action Universe debuted in 1988. The first half of the hour was an episode of Dino-Riders; the...

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Air date of first episode:

  • Oct 2, 1988

Number of seasons:

  • 1

Air America

Air America is an American action/adventure television series starring Lorenzo Lamas, and premiering on October 4, 1998. The series is not based on the 1990 film Air America. The series concerns two undercover secret agents, Rio and Wiley, who...

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Air date of first episode:

  • Oct 4, 1998

Original episode running time:

  • 60 min (36 hs )

Number of seasons:

  • 1

Painkiller Jane

Painkiller Jane is an American-Canadian science fiction and action television series based on the comic book character of the same name. Airing on the US Sci Fi Channel starting April 13, 2007 and Global in Canada, it starred Kristanna Loken as the...

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Air date of first episode:

  • Apr 13, 2007

Air date of final episode:

  • Sep 21, 2007

Original episode running time:

  • 60 min (36 hs )

Number of episodes:

  • 22

Atlantika

Atlantika is a Filipino telefantasya produced by GMA Network about the fictional undersea kingdom of Atlantika. The series premiered on October 3, 2006 and ended on December 12 in the same year. A behind-the-scenes introductory special, Atlantika:...

Air date of first episode:

  • Oct 3, 2007

Air date of final episode:

  • Feb 9, 2008

Number of episodes:

  • 74
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