FDR 2023

Vikings (2013 - 2021)

8.5 /10

The adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods. Legend has it that he was a direct descendant of Odin, the god of war and warriors.

Average Episode Run Time: 44` . MMPA: TV-MA . Year(s): 2013 - 2021

Director: David Wellington , Ciaran Donnelly , Paddy Breathnach

Producer: Frank Moiselle , Nuala Moiselle , Michael Hirst

Stars: Alex Høgh Andersen , Jordan Patrick Smith , Marco Ilsø , Peter Franzén , Georgia Hirst , Danila Kozlovsky

Gaycation (2016 - 2017)

8 /10

Elliot and his best friend Ian set off on a personal journey to explore LGBTQ cultures around the world. From Japan to Brazil, Jamaica to America, they discover the multiplicity of LGBTQ experiences, meeting amazing people and hearing their deeply moving stories of struggle and triumph. Gaycation celebrates the state of LGBTQ identities across the globe.

Average Episode Run Time: 44` . MMPA: TV-MA . Year(s): 2016 - 2017

Director: David Laven

Stars: Elliot Page , Ian Daniel

M*A*S*H (1972 - 1983)

0 /10

The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.

Average Episode Run Time: 26` . MMPA: TV-PG . Year(s): 1972 - 1983

Director: James Sheldon , Joshua Shelley , Gene Reynolds

Producer: Gene Reynolds , Joyce Robinson , John Rappaport

Stars: Alan Alda , Mike Farrell , Loretta Swit , Jamie Farr , Harry Morgan , David Ogden Stiers

Homeland (2011 - 2020)

8.3 /10

CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn.

Average Episode Run Time: 53` . MMPA: TV-MA . Year(s): 2011 - 2020

Director: Michael Cuesta , Nelson McCormick , John Dahl

Producer: Ava Ticotin , Claire Danes , Jason E. Hatfield

Stars: Claire Danes , Maury Sterling , Numan Acar , Nimrat Kaur , Mandy Patinkin , Linus Roache

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1998 - 2023)

0 /10

Can you tell the difference between fact and fiction? Several stories of strange, mysterious and incredible occurrences are chronicled during each episode. It is up to the viewer to decide which stories actually happened and which were completely fabricated by the show’s writers. The answer is revealed by Jonathan Frakes at the conclusion of each episode.

Average Episode Run Time: 43` . MMPA: TV-PG . Year(s): 1998 - 2023

Director: Jeanne Van Cott , D. J. Caruso , Holger Frick

Producer: Dick Clark , Al Schwartz , Matt Flanders

Stars: Jonathan Frakes , Robert Budaska , Scott Swanson , James McDonnell , Nancy Linari , Jeanne Allen

The Last Kingdom (2015 - 2022)

0 /10

A show of heroic deeds and epic battles with a thematic depth that embraces politics, religion, warfare, courage, love, loyalty and our universal search for identity. Combining real historical figures and events with fictional characters, it is the story of how a people combined their strength under one of the most iconic kings of history in order to reclaim their land for themselves and build a place they call home.

Average Episode Run Time: 56` . MMPA: TV-MA . Year(s): 2015 - 2022

Director: Paul Wilmshurst , Connie Fyans , David Moore

Producer: Courtnay Konshuh , Alex Irwin , David O'Donoghue

Stars: Alexander Dreymon , Emily Cox , Eliza Butterworth , Mark Rowley , Ruby Hartley , Cavan Clerkin

Hogan's Heroes (1965 - 1971)

0 /10

Hogan's Heroes is an American television sitcom that ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965, to July 4, 1971, on the CBS network. The show was set in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II. Bob Crane starred as Colonel Robert E. Hogan, coordinating an international crew of Allied prisoners running a Special Operations group from the camp. Werner Klemperer played Colonel Wilhelm Klink, the commandant of the camp, and John Banner was the inept sergeant-of-the-guard, Hans Schultz. The series was popular during its six-season run. In 2013, creators Bernard Fein through his estate and Albert S. Ruddy acquired the sequel and other separate rights to Hogan's Heroes from Mark Cuban through arbitration and a movie based on the show has been planned.

Average Episode Run Time: 25` . MMPA: . Year(s): 1965 - 1971

Director: John Rich , Bob Sweeney , Edward H. Feldman

Producer: Edward H. Feldman , Jack Good

Stars: Bob Crane , Richard Dawson , Robert Clary , Larry Hovis , Werner Klemperer , John Banner

Mayday (2003 - 2023)

0 /10

Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts.

Average Episode Run Time: 42` . MMPA: TV-14 . Year(s): 2003 - 2023

Director: Michael Sinyi , Gary Lang , George D'Amato

Stars: Stephen Bogaert , Ahmed Mesallati , Sarah Wilson , Ho Chow , Kris Ryan , Jim Codrington

Intimate Portrait (1990 - 2005)

7.6 /10

Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews with each subject. Among the people profiled were Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Carly Simon, Jackie Kennedy, Katharine Hepburn, Carol Burnett, Tanya Tucker, and Marla Maples.

Average Episode Run Time: 45` . MMPA: TV-PG . Year(s): 1990 - 2005

Director: Lee Grant , Terry Hughes , Sam Weisman

Producer: Linda Ellerbee , Tony Thomas , Norman Lear

Stars: Meredith Vieira , Diana, Princess of Wales , Brandy Norwood , Andrew McCarthy , Carolyn McCarthy , Martha Ludden

Foyle's War (2002 - 2015)

8.6 /10

As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.

Average Episode Run Time: 2hr . MMPA: . Year(s): 2002 - 2015

Director: Jeremy Silberston , Gavin Millar , Stuart Orme

Stars: Michael Kitchen , Honeysuckle Weeks , Peter Blythe , Valerie Edmond , Nigel Lindsay , David Horovitch

Who Do You Think You Are? (2004 - 2023)

0 /10

A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.

Average Episode Run Time: 1hr . MMPA: . Year(s): 2004 - 2023

Director: Tracey Emin , Gurinder Chadha

Stars: John Simpson , Danny Dyer , Ruby Wax , Stephen Fry , Mark Wright , Boris Johnson

American Experience (1988 - 2023)

0 /10

TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

Average Episode Run Time: 56` . MMPA: NR . Year(s): 1988 - 2023

Director: Tracy Heather Strain , Sébastien Lifshitz , Randall MacLowry

Producer: Kiley Kraskouskas , Amanda Pollak , Bernd Wilting

Stars: Lea Salonga , David Margulies , Volker Kluge , Len Cariou , Anna Deavere Smith , Andre Braugher