LeVar Burton
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr. (born February 16, 1957, height 5' 7" (1,70 m)) professionally known as LeVar Burton, is an American actor, director, producer and author who first came to prominence portraying Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley. He is also well known for his portrayal of Geordi La Forge on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: The Next Generation and as the host of the PBS children's program Reading Rainbow.
En route to the honeymoon of William Riker to Deanna Troi on her home planet of Betazed, Captain...
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When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has...
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The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to...
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Ali
as Martin Luther King, Jr.In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the...
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Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
as Black Lightning (voice)United States President Lex Luthor uses the oncoming trajectory of a Kryptonite meteor to frame...
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Blizzard
as Night Watchman Elf (uncredited)A young girl's aunt tells her the tale of a young ice skater and an enchanted reindeer.
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Rise of the Zombies
as Dr. Dan HalpernWhen zombies overrun San Francisco, a desperate group survives by locking themselves inside...
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Looking for Mr. Goodbar
as Cap JacksonA dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she...
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the...
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The Hunter
as Tommy PriceDuring his long career, bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson has caught over 5,000 criminals. Now,...
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The Muppets Go Hollywood
as SelfKermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the...
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The Midnight Hour
as Vinnie DavisPhil, Melissa, Mitch, Mary, and Vinnie are high school friends, who unwittingly raise the dead...
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Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
as SelfThis documentary is hosted by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy and they take us through the...
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The Supernaturals
as Pvt. Michael OsgoodNichelle Nichols is an army sergeant who leads her platoon into the woods of the deep south on a...
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Lennon or McCartney
as Self550 artists were interviewed over ten years. At some point during those interviews, they were...
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The Jesse Owens Story
as Professor PrestonThe Jesse Owens Story is a biographical film about the black athlete Jesse Owens. Dorian...
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Our Friend, Martin
as Martin at Age 26 (voice) (as Levar Burton)Two teens are sent back in time to meet Martin Luther King Jr. at several points during his life.
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Trekkies
as SelfDenise Crosby takes a first look at the huge fans of "Star Trek" from around America and how the...
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Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation
as SelfReunification: 25 Years After Star Trek – The Next Generation is a 61-minute documentary...
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Taken in Broad Daylight
as Mike TimbrookEvery 24 hrs. after a child's been kidnapped by a stranger, chances of finding them alive...
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The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
as SelfThis special is hosted by Patrick Stewart and traced the history of Star Trek from its inception...
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40 Years of Star Trek
as SelfThe Space Channel celebrates the 40th anniversary of the original STAR TREK. Produced by Mark...
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Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
as Commodore Geordi La ForgeGet ready to send off Jean-Luc Picard and his crew in style! On Wednesday, April 19, experience...
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Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
as SelfFriends, family, co-stars and admirers of actor Steve McQueen talk about his life and his movie...
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Parallel Lives
as Dr. Franklin CarterA college reunion turns into a tangled web of passion, romance and intrigue as old friends and...
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US Against the World
as SelfThis NBC Special from 1977 pitted celebrities from the worlds of film and TV in the United...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
as Geordi LaForge (archive footage)Loyalties are divided when civil war splits the Klingon Empire. When Worf sees a chance to...
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Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
as SelfYour destination: the 24th century. Your mission: to voyage where few have gone before--behind...
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Secrets of Sacred Architecture
as Narrator (voice)For most of America's history, sacred buildings represented our greatest feats of innovative...
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Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland
as Fire Chief J. Allan MatherBased on the actual events of the 1991 brush fires that swept across Northern California which...
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Roots: The Gift
as Kunta KinteOn Christmas Eve 1770, a young African warrior, who three years prior had been captured and sold...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Time's Arrow
as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi LaForge (archive footage)An engineering team finds evidence of an alien presence on Earth in 19th century San Francisco:...
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Liberty
as Robert JohnsonDrama about how the Statue of Liberty came to be erected in New York Harbor in the early 1880s...
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Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
as SelfA star-studded tribute to Star Trek on its 30th anniversary, hosted by many of the stars and...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)When the Federation calls for help in locating an ambassador suspected of defecting, Picard is...
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I Love Liberty
as SelfAn all-star variety special saluting America.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)The Enterprise has a deadly encounter with the Borg, resulting in Picard's kidnap, while...
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The Acorn People
as RodneyAn unemployed teacher becomes a counselor at a summer camp for severely disabled children.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Gambit
as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)After hearing a rumor that Captain Picard has been murdered while on an archeological dig, the...
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Butterfly in the Sky
as SelfTwo seconds into the bubbling synth sounds of its theme song will have a child of the 1980s or...
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Star Trek: Federation Science
as uncreditedProduced by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (lead writer, Mark Bourne), the exhibit...
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Transformers: Rescue Bots - Rescue Family
as uncreditedThe Rescue Bots (Chase, Heatwave, Blades and Boulder) along with their human counterparts, the...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)Tensions rise as a possible Cardassian attack looms, and Picard, Dr. Crusher and Worf are sent...
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Emergency Room
as Ray WaldenAn ER doctor divides her time between saving lives, playing hospital politics, and juggling a...
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And the Children Shall Lead
as Glenn ScottMississippi in the early '60s is the setting for this story of a 12-year-old African-American...
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One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
as Ron LeFloreThe true story of baseball star Ron LeFlore, from his days as a street-corner punk with no...
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The Jensen Project
as KendrickAfter a sixteen-year absence, married scientists Claire and Matt Thompson reunite with The...
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Almos' a Man
as DaveAlthough Dave (LeVar Burton) and his family are poor sharecroppers in the Deep South in the...
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Yesterday's Target
as WinstromMemory loss, separation and assassins threaten three time-travelers with special powers who are...
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Dummy
as Donald LangThe real-life account of an illiterate, deaf-and-mute, black youth who was accused of murdering...
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Definition Please
as LeVar BurtonThe story of Monica Chowdry, a National Spelling Bee champ…from 15 years ago. Life hasn’t quite...
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
as Geordi La ForgeStar Trek: Deep Space Nine – Behind the Scenes was a fifty minute documentary hosted by Terry...
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Brentwood
as LeVar BurtonA running feud between Star Trek actors Brent Spiner and Levar Burton is the basis for this TV...
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Central Park
as SelfCENTRAL PARK is a film about the famous New York City landmark and the variety of ways in which...
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Battered
as Andrew SinclairGritty drama of three interweaving stories of three women of various backgrounds and ages whose...
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A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con
as SelfThis fast-paced Documentary was filmed inside America's biggest Comics/Film Convention and...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things ...
as Lieutenant Commander Geordi La ForgeQ returns as Capt. Picard finds himself continually shifting into the past, future, and present,...
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Reach for Me
as NathanialOld and bitter, Alvin just wants some peace and quiet in his last days. His wish, however, is...
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A Special Friendship
as Ben SumnerDuring the American Civil War, two women, a wealthy white woman and a freed black slave, join...
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Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
as Billy PeoplesA young ghetto kid despairs of ever getting out of that environment and making something of...
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School of the Future
as uncreditedResearchers and educators highlight the gaps in the U.S. education system and share their...
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Jeopardy!
as Self - HostAmerica's favorite quiz show where contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the...
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Family Guy
as Vern (voice)Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures...
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Family Guy
as LeVar Burton (voice)Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures...
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Star Trek: Voyager
as Captain Geordi La ForgePulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp...
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Adventure Time
as Bubble (voice)Unlikely heroes Finn and Jake are buddies who traverse the mystical Land of Ooo. The best of...
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as SelfThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...
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Batman: The Animated Series
as Hayden Sloane (voice)Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in...
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The Big Bang Theory
as LeVar BurtonPhysicists Leonard and Sheldon find their nerd-centric social circle with pals Howard and Raj...
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The Daily Show
as SelfThe World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
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Futurama
as Unlicensed Hologram of LeVar Burton (voice)The adventures of a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who,...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Geordi La ForgeFollow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
as SelfFollow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the...
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Hell's Kitchen
as Self - Restaurant PatronAspiring restaurateurs brave Ramsay and his fiery command of the kitchen as he puts the...
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - GuestBravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality...
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The View
as Self - GuestABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
as SelfKelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well...
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Star Trek: Enterprise
as HimselfDuring the mid-22nd century, a century before Captain Kirk's five-year mission, Jonathan Archer...
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The Legend of Vox Machina
as Undead Thordak (voice)They're rowdy, they're ragtag, they're misfits turned mercenaries for hire. Vox Machina is more...
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Community
as LeVar BurtonFollow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college...
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The Love Boat
as Darnell HallPassengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...
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Tamron Hall
as Self - GuestFormer news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she...
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Murder, She Wrote
as Reporter Dave RobinsonAn unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...
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Captain Planet and the Planeteers
as Kwame (voice)Eco-villains beware: Captain Planet is here to save the day! With the guidance of Gaia, five...
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Star Trek: Picard
as Commodore Geordi La ForgeSet twenty years after the events of Star Trek Nemesis, we follow the now-retired Admiral Picard...
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The Ready Room
as SelfWelcome to The Ready Room. Every Thursday Wil Wheaton will sit down with members of the Star...
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Becker
as Mr. HallerBecker is a dedicated, outspoken and talented doctor with a gruff exterior. While he tends to...
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Reading Rainbow
as Self - HostJourney to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode...
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Transformers: Rescue Bots
as Doc Green (voice)A team of specialized Autobots not quite ready for prime-time battles against the Decepticons is...
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Trapper John, M.D.
as uncreditedTrapper John, M.D. is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH,...
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Gargoyles
as uncreditedIn Scotland, 994 A.D. Goliath and his clan of gargoyles defend a medieval castle. In present...
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Perception
as Paul HaleyDr. Daniel Pierce, a neuroscientist and professor, is recruited to help the federal government...
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as The Monk (voice)Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.
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The Eric Andre Show
as SelfA comedic talk show from an alternate reality featuring unstable hosts, a variety of...
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Finding Your Roots
as uncreditedNoted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost...
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Leverage: Redemption
as Mr. BlancheThe Hitter, the Hacker, the Grifter and the Thief are together again, this time with help from a...
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The Problem with Jon Stewart
as SelfIt's easy to feel overwhelmed by the world's problems. It's harder to pinpoint the systems...
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Roots
as Kunta KinteThe epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in...
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Explained
as Narrator (voice)This documentary series, made in partnership with Vox, explain some of the world's current...
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Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
as SelfTim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! is an American sketch comedy television series, created by...
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Carol & the End of the World
as (voice)As a planetary apocalypse looms, a woman struggling to embrace end-times chaos searches for...
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OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
as KwameAnimated comedy set in the futuristic year of 201X, where the world is populated by video game...
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The Shuttlepod Show
as SelfActors Connor Trinneer, Dominic Keating, and Erica LaRose explore all things Star Trek, life on...
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100 Years of Warner Bros.
as SelfTracing a century of movie and TV history, these four documentary specials explore the...
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PBS News Weekend
as Himself (voice)A summary of the day’s national and international news, using renowned experts to provide...
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Boomtown
as Marvin LloydEach episode of this series, set in contemporary Los Angeles, examines one crime from many...
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Tom Swift
as Barclay (voice)Tom Swift is thrust into a world of sci-fi conspiracy and unexplained phenomena after the...
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Weird City
as Dr. NegariSet in the not-too-distant future, this comedy anthology explores the issues of everyday life in...
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Deadly Games
as Mr. MetcalfDeadly Games is an American comedy action sci fi show that appeared on UPN as part of its 1995...
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Christy
as Daniel ScottChristy is an American historical fiction drama series which aired on CBS from April 1994 to...
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The Captain and Tennille
as SelfHosted by the chart-topping husband and wife team, this 1976-1977 television variety series...
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Trivial Pursuit
as Self - HostThe beloved trivia game Trivial Pursuit is reimagined in a question-packed entertainment format....
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Beyond the Spotlight
as uncreditedFrom the highest-grossing actor of all time, Samuel L. Jackson, alongside his Tony...
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Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
as Richard JeffersonThe story of the Peoples Temple led by Jim Jones and the 1978 mass suicide at Jonestown.
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Houston Knights
as Jason EvansHouston Knights is an American crime drama set in Houston, Texas. The show ran on CBS from 1987...
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Shatner's Raw Nerve
as SelfShatner's Raw Nerve is a TV program on The Biography Channel. In it, William Shatner sits down...
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MADtv
as SelfMADtv is an American sketch comedy television series originally inspired by Mad magazine. The...
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