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Angela Bassett

1958-08-16 (66 years old) in New York City, New York, USA

Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress. Known for her work in film and television since the late 1980s, she has received various accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and seven Primetime Emmy Awards. She had her breakthrough portraying singer Tina Turner in the biopic What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), which won her a Golden Globe Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. This led to starring roles as Betty Shabazz in Malcolm X (1992), as the mother of The Notorious B.I.G. in Notorious (2009), and as Amanda Waller in Green Lantern (2011). Her other notable film roles were in Boyz n the Hood (1991), Waiting to Exhale (1995), Vampire in Brooklyn (1995), How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), Music of the Heart (1999), Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and London Has Fallen (2016). She has also played Queen Ramonda in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). For the latter, she won a Golden Globe Award and has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. On television, she has starred as Katherine Jackson in the miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992). Her portrayal of Rosa Parks in the television film The Rosa Parks Story (2002) gained her a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress. Her performances in two seasons of the FX horror anthology series American Horror Story, earned her nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2014 and 2015. In 2018, she began producing and starring as an LAPD patrol sergeant in the Fox drama series 9-1-1.

Movies

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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
0 %|May 21, 2025
Action, Adventure, Thriller
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Inside The Dream: Mugler
85 %|Sep 25, 2024
Documentary
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Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
0 %|Aug 12, 2024
TV Movie, Documentary
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Butterfly in the Sky
78 %|Mar 17, 2024
Documentary
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Damsel
70.61 %|Mar 7, 2024
Fantasy, Action, Adventure
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Orion and the Dark
65.91 %|Feb 1, 2024
Animation, Family, Comedy, Fantasy
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The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
45 %|Nov 18, 2023
Music, History, TV Movie
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
70.94 %|Nov 9, 2022
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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Good Night Oppy
76 %|Nov 4, 2022
Documentary
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Wendell & Wild
67 %|Oct 21, 2022
Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
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2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
0 %|Nov 20, 2021
Music, Documentary
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TINA
77 %|Aug 20, 2021
Documentary, Music
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Gunpowder Milkshake
63.35 %|Jul 14, 2021
Action, Crime, Thriller
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Malika the Lion Queen
50 %|Apr 4, 2021
Documentary
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Soul
81.24000000000001 %|Dec 25, 2020
Animation, Family, Comedy, Fantasy
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Between the World and Me
79 %|Nov 21, 2020
Documentary, Drama
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Attorneys At Love
0 %|Jan 14, 2020
Comedy, Romance
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Otherhood
62 %|Aug 13, 2019
Comedy
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The Apollo
63 %|Apr 24, 2019
Documentary
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Avengers: Endgame
82.47 %|Apr 24, 2019
Adventure, Science Fiction, Action
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Bumblebee
67.27000000000001 %|Dec 15, 2018
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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The Flood
57 %|Nov 25, 2018
Documentary, TV Movie
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Mission: Impossible - Fallout
74.33 %|Jul 13, 2018
Action, Adventure
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Black Panther
73.82 %|Feb 13, 2018
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
0 %|Aug 26, 2017
History, Documentary
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The Snowy Day
70 %|Nov 25, 2016
Animation
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BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
90 %|Nov 15, 2016
Music, Documentary
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London Has Fallen
62.03 %|Mar 2, 2016
Action, Thriller
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Chi-Raq
58 %|Dec 4, 2015
Drama, Crime, Comedy
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Survivor
57 %|May 21, 2015
Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
68 %|Jan 26, 2015
Animation, Family, Adventure
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White Bird in a Blizzard
62 %|Aug 14, 2014
Thriller, Drama
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Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
15 %|Jun 22, 2014
Documentary
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Black Nativity
52 %|Nov 27, 2013
Music, Drama
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Olympus Has Fallen
64 %|Mar 20, 2013
Action, Thriller
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Betty and Coretta
72 %|Feb 2, 2013
Drama
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I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
80 %|Feb 19, 2012
Documentary, Comedy
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This Means War
62 %|Feb 14, 2012
Action, Comedy, Romance
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Green Lantern
51.71 %|Jun 14, 2011
Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
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Jumping the Broom
60 %|May 6, 2011
Comedy
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Notorious
69 %|Jan 16, 2009
Music, Drama, History
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Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
80 %|Jan 1, 2009
Comedy, Documentary
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Nothing But the Truth
69.39 %|Dec 19, 2008
Drama, Thriller
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Of Boys and Men
77 %|Oct 21, 2008
Drama
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Meet the Browns
67 %|Mar 21, 2008
Drama, Comedy, Romance
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Gospel Hill
47 %|Feb 9, 2008
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Meet the Robinsons
69.19 %|Mar 23, 2007
Animation, Comedy, Family
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Akeelah and the Bee
70.69 %|Apr 28, 2006
Drama
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Time Bomb
55 %|Mar 19, 2006
Action, Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith
67 %|Jun 7, 2005
Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
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Mr. 3000
52.88 %|Jun 15, 2004
Comedy, Drama
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The Lazarus Child
56 %|May 13, 2004
Drama, Horror
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Masked and Anonymous
52 %|Jul 25, 2003
Drama, Music
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Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
59 %|Feb 10, 2003
History, Documentary
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Sunshine State
63 %|Jun 21, 2002
Drama
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The Rosa Parks Story
72 %|Feb 24, 2002
Drama, History, TV Movie
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Ruby's Bucket of Blood
61 %|Dec 1, 2001
Drama, Romance, TV Movie
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The Score
66.91 %|Jul 13, 2001
Action, Crime, Thriller, Mystery
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Boesman and Lena
65 %|Nov 3, 2000
Drama
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Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
56 %|Oct 3, 2000
Drama, Family
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Supernova
49 %|Jan 14, 2000
Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller
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Music of the Heart
66.9 %|Oct 29, 1999
Drama, Music
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Our Friend, Martin
74 %|Jan 12, 1999
Drama, Family, Animation
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How Stella Got Her Groove Back
59 %|Aug 14, 1998
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Contact
74.27 %|Jul 11, 1997
Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
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Waiting to Exhale
63 %|Dec 22, 1995
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Vampire in Brooklyn
50.87 %|Oct 26, 1995
Comedy, Horror, Romance
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Strange Days
70 %|Oct 13, 1995
Crime, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
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Panther
62 %|May 3, 1995
Drama, History
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What's Love Got to Do with It
71 %|Jun 9, 1993
Drama, Music, History
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Passion Fish
67 %|Dec 11, 1992
Drama
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Malcolm X
75 %|Nov 18, 1992
Drama, History
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Innocent Blood
61 %|Sep 25, 1992
Comedy, Horror, Thriller, Crime
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Critters 4
50.19 %|Aug 20, 1992
Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction
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One Special Victory
0 %|Dec 8, 1991
Drama, TV Movie
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Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
0 %|Oct 29, 1991
Drama, TV Movie
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The Heroes of Desert Storm
25 %|Oct 11, 1991
War, TV Movie, Drama
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City of Hope
67 %|Oct 11, 1991
Drama
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Boyz n the Hood
76 %|Jul 12, 1991
Crime, Drama
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Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor
35 %|Feb 18, 1991
Action, Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
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Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
0 %|Jan 21, 1991
Drama, TV Movie
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Kindergarten Cop
61 %|Dec 21, 1990
Comedy
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In the Best Interest of the Child
15 %|May 20, 1990
Drama, TV Movie
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
73 %|May 20, 1990
Drama, Mystery, Crime, TV Movie
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Challenger
62 %|Feb 25, 1990
Drama, TV Movie
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Liberty
0 %|Jun 23, 1986
History, Drama, TV Movie
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F/X
66 %|Feb 7, 1986
Action, Thriller
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Doubletake
52 %|Nov 24, 1985
Action, Thriller, TV Movie
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Wildwood
0 %|Invalid Date
Animation, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Adventure

Series

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Zero Day
0 %|Feb 20, 2025
Drama
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Queens
79 %|Mar 4, 2024
Documentary
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MPower
70 %|Mar 8, 2023
Documentary
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Sherri
42 %|Sep 12, 2022
Talk
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What If...?
81.44 %|Aug 11, 2021
Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Marvel Studios Legends
74 %|Jan 8, 2021
Documentary, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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9-1-1: Lone Star
80.53 %|Jan 19, 2020
Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime
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The Imagineering Story
82 %|Nov 12, 2019
Documentary
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Tamron Hall
51 %|Sep 9, 2019
Talk
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
62 %|Sep 9, 2019
Talk
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A Black Lady Sketch Show
74 %|Aug 2, 2019
Comedy
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Red Table Talk
64 %|May 7, 2018
Talk
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9-1-1
82.28999999999999 %|Jan 3, 2018
Drama, Crime, Action & Adventure
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Close to the Enemy
53 %|Nov 10, 2016
War & Politics, Drama
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Master of None
74.67 %|Nov 6, 2015
Comedy, Drama
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The Late Late Show with James Corden
54.13 %|Mar 23, 2015
Talk
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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
44.290000000000006 %|Dec 21, 2014
Talk
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BoJack Horseman
86 %|Aug 22, 2014
Animation, Comedy, Drama
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Trailblazer Honors
75 %|Jun 27, 2014
Documentary
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
58 %|Feb 17, 2014
Comedy, Talk
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The Arsenio Hall Show
57 %|Sep 9, 2013
Talk
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RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
74 %|Oct 22, 2012
Reality
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Finding Your Roots
62 %|Mar 24, 2012
Documentary
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American Horror Story
81 %|Oct 5, 2011
Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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American Horror Story
81 %|Oct 5, 2011
Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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American Horror Story
81 %|Oct 5, 2011
Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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American Horror Story
81 %|Oct 5, 2011
Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
49 %|Jul 16, 2009
Talk, Comedy
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The Ellen DeGeneres Show
57.77 %|Sep 8, 2003
Comedy, Talk
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The Bernie Mac Show
64 %|Nov 14, 2001
Comedy
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Alias
67.33 %|Sep 30, 2001
Action & Adventure, Drama
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The View
45 %|Aug 11, 1997
Talk
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The View
45 %|Aug 11, 1997
Talk
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Critics Choice Awards
55 %|Jan 10, 1996
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ER
78.14 %|Sep 19, 1994
Drama
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The Jacksons: An American Dream
66 %|Nov 15, 1992
Drama
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Nightmare Cafe
54 %|Jan 29, 1992
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Stat
50 %|Apr 16, 1991
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The Flash
74.12 %|Sep 20, 1990
Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Family of Spies
60 %|Feb 4, 1990
Drama
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The Simpsons
80.13999999999999 %|Dec 17, 1989
Family, Animation, Comedy
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A Man Called Hawk
66 %|Jan 28, 1989
Drama
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thirtysomething
63 %|Sep 29, 1987
Drama
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Tour of Duty
80.35 %|Sep 24, 1987
War & Politics, Drama, Action & Adventure
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Spenser: For Hire
66 %|Sep 20, 1985
Drama, Crime, Mystery
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227
68 %|Sep 14, 1985
Comedy, Family
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The Cosby Show
70.06 %|Sep 20, 1984
Comedy, Family
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Reading Rainbow
84 %|Jun 6, 1983
Kids
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The Oscars
70 %|Mar 19, 1953
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Golden Globe Awards
68 %|Jan 20, 1944
Talk