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A police chief takes in a young child she finds near the site of a mysterious accident who has no memory of what has happened. The investigation draws her into a conspiracy larger than she ever imagined, and the child’s identity is at the center of it all
Genres: | Drama, Mystery |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Created By: | Tara Butters, Michele Fazekas |
Network: | ABC |
Status: | Returning Series |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 8.7 / 10 (12) |

The Wonder Years tells the story of Kevin Arnold (Fred Savage) facing the trials and tribulations of youth while growing up during the 1960s and 70s. Told through narration from an adult Kevin (Daniel Stern), Kevin faces the difficulties of maintaining re
Genres: | Comedy, Drama, Family |
Number Of Seasons: | 6 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Carol Black, Neal Marlens |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 8.1 / 10 (123) |

The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the hear
Genres: | Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery |
Number Of Seasons: | 3 |
Networks: | ABC, Showtime |
Created By: | David Lynch, Mark Frost |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 8 / 10 (698) |

The Untouchables is an American crime drama that ran from 1959 to 1963 on ABC. Based on the memoir of the same name by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley, it fictionalized Ness' experiences as a Prohibition agent, fighting crime in Chicago in the 1930s with the
Genre: | Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 4 |
Network: | ABC |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 8 / 10 (8) |

This docu-series explores and exposes flaws in the American justice system through emotional, in-depth examinations of the death row cases of Darlie Routier and Julius Jones.
Genre: | Documentary |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | ABC |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 8 / 10 (1) |

Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence need
Genres: | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
Number Of Seasons: | 11 |
Created By: | William Link, Richard Levinson |
Networks: | ABC, NBC |
Status: | Ended |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 8 / 10 (199) |

After breaking up with his girlfriend, Josh comes to the realization that he is homosexual. With the support of his now ex girlfriend Claire, and his best friend and house mate Tom, Josh must help his mother with her battle with depression and the rest of
Genres: | Drama, Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 4 |
Created By: | Josh Thomas |
Networks: | ABC, ABC Comedy |
Status: | Ended |
Origin Country: | AU |
User Score (votes): | 7.9 / 10 (44) |

Boston Legal is an American legal dramedy created by David E. Kelley and produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for ABC. The series aired from October 3, 2004, to December 8, 2008. Boston Legal is a spin-off of long-running Kelley serie
Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 5 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | David E. Kelley |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.8 / 10 (128) |

Boy Meets World is an American television sitcom that chronicles the coming of age events and everyday life-lessons of Cory Matthews, a Philadelphian who grows up from a young boy to a married man. The show aired for seven seasons from 1993 to 2000 on ABC
Genres: | Drama, Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 7 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Michael Jacobs, April Kelly |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.7 / 10 (55) |

77 Sunset Strip is an hour-length American television private detective series created by Roy Huggins and starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Roger Smith, and Edd Byrnes. The show was the subject of an ownership battle between Roy Huggins and Warner Brothers,
Genres: | Drama, Crime |
Number Of Seasons: | 6 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Roy Huggins |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.8 / 10 (9) |

In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D" Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.
Publisher: | Touchstone Television, ABC Studios, Doozer |
Genres: | Drama, Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 9 |
Networks: | ABC, NBC |
Created By: | Bill Lawrence |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.8 / 10 (559) |

Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.
Genres: | Drama, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery |
Number Of Seasons: | 6 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Jeffrey Lieber |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.8 / 10 (1145) |

The life of a 15 year-old high school student, whose angst-ridden journey through adolescence, friendship, parents, and life teaches her what it means to grow up.
Genre: | Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Winnie Holzman |
Status: | Canceled |
User Score (votes): | 7.8 / 10 (56) |

The Odd Couple is a television situation comedy broadcast from September 24, 1970 to March 7, 1975 on ABC. It stars Tony Randall as Felix Unger and Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison, and was the first of several developed by Garry Marshall for Paramount Telev
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 5 |
Network: | ABC |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.8 / 10 (25) |

The Critic is an American prime time animated series revolving around the life of New York film critic Jay Sherman, voiced by actor Jon Lovitz. It was created by writing partners Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who had previously worked as writers and showrunners
Genres: | Animation, Comedy, Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 3 |
Networks: | ABC, FOX, Comedy Central |
Created By: | Mike Reiss, Al Jean |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.7 / 10 (25) |

Before there were parenting blogs, trophies for showing up, and peanut allergies, there was a simpler time called the '80s. For geeky 11-year old Adam these were his wonder years and he faced them armed with a video camera to capture all the crazy. The Go
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 6 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Adam F. Goldberg |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.7 / 10 (107) |

Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was broadcast from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on ABC. It was created by Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Fl
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 8 |
Created By: | Danny Arnold, Theodore J. Flicker |
Network: | ABC |
Status: | Ended |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 7.5 / 10 (23) |

Dex Parios is a strong, assertive, and unapologetically sharp-witted Army veteran working as a P.I. in Portland, Oregon. With a complicated personal history and only herself to rely on, she solves other people’s messes with a blind eye toward her own.
Genre: | Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Created By: | Jason Richman |
Network: | ABC |
Status: | Returning Series |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 7.5 / 10 (8) |

A young surgeon with Savant syndrome is recruited into the surgical unit of a prestigious hospital. The question will arise: can a person who doesn't have the ability to relate to people actually save their lives?
Genre: | Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | David Shore |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.9 / 10 (229) |

The Pink Panther Show is a showcase of cartoon shorts produced by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng between 1969 and 1979, starring the animated Pink Panther character from the opening credits of the live-action films. The series was produced by Mirisch F
Genres: | Animation, Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 4 |
Networks: | ABC, NBC |
Created By: | David DePatie, Friz Freleng |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.4 / 10 (73) |

A group of heroic firefighters at Seattle Fire Station 19—from captain to newest recruit—risk their lives and hearts both in the line of duty and off the clock. These brave men and women are like family, literally and figuratively, and together they put t
Genre: | Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Stacy McKee |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.3 / 10 (21) |

Welcome Back, Kotter is an American television sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan and featuring a young John Travolta. Videotaped in front of a live studio audience, it originally aired on the ABC network from September 9, 1975, to June 8, 1979.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 4 |
Created By: | Alan Sacks, Gabe Kaplan |
Network: | ABC |
Status: | Ended |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 7.5 / 10 (19) |

After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.
Genres: | Drama, Crime |
Number Of Seasons: | 8 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Andrew W. Marlowe |
Status: | Canceled |
User Score (votes): | 7.4 / 10 (433) |

Darkwing Duck is an American animated action-adventure television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991–1995 on both the syndicated programming block The Disney Afternoon and Saturday mornings on ABC. It featured the eponymous anth
Genres: | Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family |
Number Of Seasons: | 3 |
Networks: | ABC, Broadcast Syndication |
Created By: | Tad Stones |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.4 / 10 (74) |

A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their lives.
Genres: | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery |
Number Of Seasons: | 5 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Peter Nowalk |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.4 / 10 (368) |

Happy Days is an American television sitcom that aired first-run from January 15, 1974 to September 24, 1984 on ABC. Created by Garry Marshall, the series presents an idealized vision of life in the mid-1950s to mid-1960s United States. The series was pr
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 11 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Garry Marshall |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.4 / 10 (69) |

Moonlighting is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 3, 1985, to May 14, 1989. The network aired a total of 66 episodes. Starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd as private detectives, the show was a mixture of drama, comedy, and ro
Genres: | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery |
Number Of Seasons: | 5 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Glenn Gordon Caron |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.4 / 10 (112) |

Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick for MGM/UA Television Group and The Bedford Falls Company, and aired on ABC. It premiered in the U
Genres: | Drama, Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 4 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.4 / 10 (7) |

The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 10 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.3 / 10 (750) |

Refugees from a war-torn country start showing up to seek asylum in an American town. Only the country these people are from is America and the war they are fleeing is 250 years in the future. The local sheriff with a past, a federal agent and a mother in
Genres: | Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Dan Dworkin, Jay Beattie |
Status: | Canceled |
User Score (votes): | 7.2 / 10 (40) |

A fresh and funny take on modern friendship and what one urban family will do to stay friends after the perfect couple who brought them all together break up on their wedding day. The failed wedding forces them all to question their life choices. Then the
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 3 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | David Caspe |
Status: | Canceled |
User Score (votes): | 7.3 / 10 (63) |

Rainbow Johnson recounts her experience growing up in a mixed-race family in the ‘80s and the constant dilemmas they had to face over whether to assimilate or stay true to themselves.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Created By: | Kenya Barris, Peter Saji, Tracee Ellis Ross |
Network: | ABC |
Status: | Returning Series |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 7.3 / 10 (4) |

Brand new lawyers work for both the defense and the prosecution as they handle the most high profile and high stakes cases in the country – all as their personal lives intersect.
Genre: | Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Paul William Davies |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7 / 10 (13) |

Bewitched is an American fantasy situation comedy originally broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from 1964 to 1972. It was created by Sol Saks under executive director Harry Ackerman, and stars Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead
Genres: | Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 8 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Sol Saks |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.1 / 10 (77) |

Tom Kirkman, a low-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack during the State of the Union kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.
Genres: | Drama, War & Politics |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Networks: | ABC, Netflix |
Created By: | David Guggenheim |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.3 / 10 (320) |

The misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles.
Genres: | Family, Animation, Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 6 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | William Hanna, Joseph Barbera |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.1 / 10 (199) |

Recess is an American animated television series created by Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere and produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The series focuses on six elementary school students and their interaction with other classmates and teachers.
Genres: | Animation, Comedy, Action & Adventure |
Number Of Seasons: | 6 |
Networks: | ABC, Disney Channel |
Created By: | Joe Ansolabehere, Paul Germain |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7 / 10 (61) |

Three's Company is an American sitcom that aired from March 15, 1977, to September 18, 1984, on ABC. It is based on the British sitcom, Man About the House. The story revolves around three single roommates: Janet Wood, Chrissy Snow and Jack Tripper who a
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 8 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Johnnie Mortimer, Brian Cooke |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.1 / 10 (46) |

Home Improvement is an American television sitcom starring Tim Allen, that aired from September 17, 1991 to May 25, 1999. The show was created by Matt Williams, Carmen Finestra and David McFadzean. In the 1990s, it was one of the most watched sitcoms in t
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 8 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Carmen Finestra, Matt Williams, David McFadzean |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.1 / 10 (161) |

A married father of three tries to maintain his manliness in a world increasingly dominated by women.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 7 |
Networks: | ABC, FOX |
Created By: | Jack Burditt |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7 / 10 (100) |