Pick of the Litter 2019 - 2020

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

Frasier (1993 - 2004)

0 /10

After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . MMPA: TV-PG . Year(s): 1993 - 2004

Director: Andy Ackerman , Wil Shriner , Kelsey Grammer

Producer: David Angell , Alan R. Baxter , Rob Greenberg

Stars: Kelsey Grammer , David Hyde Pierce , Jane Leeves , Peri Gilpin , John Mahoney , Valerie Mahaffey

Diagnosis: Murder (1991 - 2002)

0 /10

Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

Average Episode Run Time: 45` . MMPA: TV-PG . Year(s): 1991 - 2002

Director: Anson Williams , Roy Campanella II , Max Tash

Producer: Lee Goldberg , Dean Hargrove , Fred Silverman

Stars: Dick Van Dyke , Barry Van Dyke , Charlie Schlatter , Victoria Rowell , Sam Rubin , Hunter Tylo

I Dream of Jeannie (1965 - 1970)

0 /10

While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted South Pacific island, Captain Nelson happens upon a bottle containing a beautiful two-thousand-year-old female genie named Jeannie. Rescuing her from the bottle nets Tony the requisite three wishes, and then some, when Jeannie pledges total devotion to her new "master".

Average Episode Run Time: 25` . MMPA: TV-G . Year(s): 1965 - 1970

Director: Richard Goode , Jon C. Andersen , Herb Wallerstein

Producer: Claudio Guzmán , Sidney Sheldon , Sheldon Schrager

Stars: Barbara Eden , Larry Hagman , Emmaline Henry , Arthur Malet , Corinne Camacho , Bobbie Collins

Bonanza (1959 - 1973)

0 /10

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.

Average Episode Run Time: 49` . MMPA: TV-PG . Year(s): 1959 - 1973

Director: William Witney , Edward Ludwig , James Neilson

Producer: David Dortort

Stars: Lorne Greene , Dan Blocker , Michael Landon , Stuart Randall , Gloria Talbott , Jack Elam

Amazing Stories (1985 - 1987)

0 /10

A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.

Average Episode Run Time: 25` . MMPA: TV-PG . Year(s): 1985 - 1987

Director: Joe Dante , Robert Stevens , Bob Balaban

Producer: David E. Vogel , Stephen Semel , Frank Marshall

Stars: Sharon Spelman , Clara Peller , Rick Overton , David Hollander , Gerry Gibson , Susan Dear

Touched by an Angel (1994 - 2003)

0 /10

Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.

Average Episode Run Time: 48` . MMPA: TV-PG . Year(s): 1994 - 2003

Director: Terrence O'Hara , Bruce Bilson , Joel J. Feigenbaum

Stars: Roma Downey , Della Reese , John Dye , Valerie Bertinelli , Sheila Kelley , Stephanie Faracy

MacGyver (1985 - 1994)

0 /10

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. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.

Average Episode Run Time: 45` . MMPA: TV-PG . Year(s): 1985 - 1994

Director: Don Chaffey , Bill Gereghty , Lee H. Katzin

Producer: Susanne McLellan , Henry Winkler , John Rich

Stars: Richard Dean Anderson , Bruce McGill , Dana Elcar , Gary Hetherington , Jack Colvin , Ken Pogue

Family Matters (1989 - 1998)

0 /10

A long-running dramedy centering on the Winslow family, a middle-class African American family living in Chicago, and their pesky next-door neighbor, ultra-nerd Steve Urkel. A spin-off of Perfect Strangers.

Average Episode Run Time: 30` . MMPA: TV-G . Year(s): 1989 - 1998

Director: Mark Linn-Baker , Rich Correll , Kelly Sandefur

Producer: Pamela Eells

Stars: Reginald VelJohnson , Darius McCrary , Kellie Shanygne Williams , Jaleel White , Alex Nevil , Elise Neal

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: Al Schwartz , Allison Liddi-Brown , Alison Maclean

Producer: Al Schwartz , Dick Clark , Matt Flanders

Stars: Jonathan Frakes , Elena Wohl , Todd Gorang , Christopher R. Sumpton , Tabitha St. Germain , Judith Hoag

I Love Lucy (1951 - 2017)

0 /10

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.

Average Episode Run Time: 30` . MMPA: TV-G . Year(s): 1951 - 2017

Director: David Steinberg , William Asher , Marc Daniels

Producer: Desi Arnaz , Jack Aldworth , B. Donald Grant

Stars: Lucille Ball , Desi Arnaz , Vivian Vance , William Frawley , Jack Albertson , Emory Parnell

iCarly (2007 - 2012)

0 /10

Watch Carly, Sam, and Freddie, as they try to balance their everyday 8th grade lives with their newfound fame managing and starring in the most awesome show on the web.

Average Episode Run Time: 25` . MMPA: TV-G . Year(s): 2007 - 2012

Director: Jonathan Goldstein , Roger Christiansen , Steve Hoefer

Producer: Bruce Rand Berman , Robin Weiner , Matt Fleckenstein

Stars: Miranda Cosgrove , Jennette McCurdy , Nathan Kress , Jerry Trainor , Noah Munck , Yvette Nicole Brown