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The Walking Dead: Season 1
2010 | NR | 4.5 out of 5 StarsIn a world devastated by a zombie apocalypse, a motley band of survivors pulls together to fight back and make a final stand for humanity. But the only hope they have to cling to is finding safety -- and answers -- at the Center for Disease Control.
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The Walking Dead
2010 | NR | 4.5 out of 5 StarsIn the wake of a zombie apocalypse that desolates the world as we know it, a group of survivors led by police officer Rick Grimes holds on to the hope of humanity by banding together to wage a never-ending fight for their own survival.
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The Walking Dead: Season 3
2012 | NR | 4.5 out of 5 StarsIn the third season of the zombie drama, sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes and his band of survivors take shelter in an abandoned prison, then discover Woodbury, a settlement of survivors headed by a powerful man known as the Governor.
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The Walking Dead: Season 2
2011 | NR | 4.5 out of 5 StarsIn the second season of this grim and gripping zombie drama, Grimes and his cohorts continue to search for sanctuary in a ruined and dangerous landscape, hoping that in time science will halt the epidemic.
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Arrow
2012 | NR | 4.4 out of 5 StarsThis adaptation of the story of DC Comics' Green Arrow stars Stephen Amell as the titular character, an affluent playboy who becomes an archer superhero at night, saving the city from villains with his special arrows.
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Arrow: Season 1
2012 | NR | 4.4 out of 5 StarsShipwrecked and presumed dead for five years, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen returns home a changed man. Secretly, he's the vigilante Arrow, fighting for his family and his city. But someone close to him also harbors a secret.
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Doctor Who
2005 | NR | 4.3 out of 5 StarsAfter more than a decade off the air, the epic sci-fi series returns with an all-new look -- and the ninth (and beyond) incarnation of everybody's favorite time-traveling doctor, who promptly sets about fighting nefarious aliens and other foes.
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Doctor Who: Season 5
2010 | NR | 4.3 out of 5 StarsMatt Smith stars as the regenerated 11th incarnation of Doctor Who in the sci-fi show's fifth season. As the good Doctor journeys through time and space, he's joined by new companion Amy Pond in a battle of wits against a fresh batch of villains.
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Sons of Anarchy: Season 5
2012 | NR | 4.3 out of 5 StarsNow that Jax has fully committed to leading his fellow bikers, he's dealing with the consequences of brokering an arms deal with the Irish, the arrival of a Latino gang leader who becomes an uneasy ally, and Damon Pope's vow to obtain bloody revenge.
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Firefly: The Complete Series
2002 | NR | 4.3 out of 5 StarsSet almost 500 years in the future, this short-lived but much-loved TV series follows the adventures of the ragtag crew of the transport spaceship &NFi;Serenity&NFi_;, who view no job as too small, too dirty or too close to the line of illegality.
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Hell on Wheels: Season 2
2012 | NR | 4.3 out of 5 StarsCullen Bohannon continues to seek vengeance for his wife and son's deaths during the Civil War. Meanwhile, he lives and works in Hell on Wheels, a gritty, lawless moving settlement that houses workers constructing the transcontinental railroad.
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Doctor Who: Season 4
2008 | NR | 4.3 out of 5 StarsIn the fourth season of the hit BBC sci-fi series, former runaway bride Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) joins the good Doctor (David Tennant) on his intergalactic adventures, fighting for justice and solving mysteries throughout space and time.
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Doctor Who: Season 1
2005 | NR | 4.3 out of 5 StarsMore than 15 years after "Doctor Who" went off the airwaves, the venerable sci-fi series gets a well-received 21st-century makeover, complete with younger actors, modern editing and vibrant CGI animation.
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Firefly
2002 | NR | 4.3 out of 5 StarsSet almost 500 years in the future, this short-lived but much-loved sci-fi series follows the adventures of the ragtag crew of the transport spaceship Serenity, who view no job as too small, too dirty or too close to the line of illegality.
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Doctor Who: Season 2
2006 | NR | 4.3 out of 5 StarsIn Season 2 of this popular series, the Doctor and Rose bounce back in time to battle a force that threatens 18th-century Versailles, defend Queen Victoria from a creature in the Scottish Highlands and discover a bizarre hospital run by cat people.
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City Hunter
2011 | NR | 4.3 out of 5 StarsYoon Sung -- the son of a murdered government agent -- begins working in the Blue House, the presidential residence in Korea. He tries to find the five men who betrayed his father 28 years ago, and makes a plan to punish them his own way.
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Doctor Who: Season 3
2007 | NR | 4.3 out of 5 StarsThe BBC's hit sci-fi series returns starring David Tennant as the time-traveling Doctor, with Freema Agyeman as Martha Jones, a medical student who joins him on his journeys as they traverse the centuries to solve mysteries and right wrongs.
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Hell on Wheels
2011 | NR | 4.3 out of 5 StarsFormer Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon seeks his wife's killer as post-Civil War America struggles to rebuild its identity. His quest traverses the history of Reconstruction, peopled with railroad bosses, emancipated slaves and immigrants.
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City Hunter
2011 | NR | 4.3 out of 5 StarsYoon Sung -- the son of a murdered government agent -- begins working in the Blue House, the presidential residence in Korea. He tries to find the five men who betrayed his father 28 years ago, and makes a plan to punish them his own way.
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Doctor Who: Season 6
2011 | NR | 4.3 out of 5 StarsThe Doctor returns, alongside newlyweds Amy and Rory, to face monsters and mysteries all across time and space. Together they find themselves in 1960s America, aboard a 17th-century pirate ship, and in a bubble universe at the edge of reality.
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Hell on Wheels: Season 1
2011 | NR | 4.3 out of 5 StarsAfter the Civil War, Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon seeks revenge on the Union soldiers who murdered his wife. His bloody quest takes him West, where he joins the tumultuous, nation-building effort to construct the Transcontinental Railroad.
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Burn Notice
2007 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsAfter inexplicably being blacklisted by his government handlers and having all of his assets frozen, quick-thinking and resourceful spy Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) focuses on finding who burned him and helping ordinary people with big problems. This thrilling Miami-based action series pairs the intrepid hero with several allies, including his ex-IRA ex-girlfriend (Gabrielle Anwar) and covert operative best buddy (Bruce Campbell).
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Prison Break: Season 2
2006 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsIn Season 2 of this hit drama series, a daring jailbreak has prompted a nationwide manhunt, as Michael, Lincoln and the rest of the fugitives run for their lives, hitting the back roads and small towns of America in an effort to elude officials.
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Archer: Season 1
2009 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsSet amid the world of international espionage, this irreverent animated comedy revolves around smart-mouthed superspy Sterling Archer. For Archer, top-secret missions around the world are a breeze compared to dealing with his fellow agents.
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Burn Notice: Season 1
2007 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsWhen secret agent Michael Westen inexplicably gets his walking papers, he makes his way home to Miami and turns his talents to private detective work, all the while trying to get to the bottom of his mysterious fall from grace.
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