nbc-shows, a list by nconnor

8.8

/163250/

84

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81

/836/

100

/33/

96

88

/26/

age 14+

High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks").

87

8.7

/78287/

85

/3238/

80

/303/

97

/130/

93

83

/88/

age 14+

The trials and triumphs of life in the small town of Dillon, Texas, where high school football is everything.

86

8.9

/380412/

85

/14257/

82

/2232/

89

/131/

92

84

/16/

age 14+

A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.

87

86

8.7

/16823/

81

/410/

80

/136/

92

/33/

90

95

/20/

age 14+

An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.

85

8.5

/30663/

83

/1262/

79

/196/

90

/86/

98

77

/59/

age 14+

A raw and authentic look into the Los Angeles crime scene, going far inside the lives of cops, criminals, victims and their families. The show centers on four main characters: Officer John Cooper, a seasoned cop who will have to prove himself again after recovering from surgery; Officer Ben Sherman, who still has much to learn after recently completing his training rotation; Detective Lydia Adams, whose unending caseload hits closer to home; and Sammy Bryant, a former detective who decided to go back to being a uniform cop after the traumatic death of his partner.

85

8.5

/303562/

84

/16406/

82

/2763/

93

/163/

94

77

/61/

age 16+

Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him with a highly respected psychiatrist – a man with a taste for the criminal minded – Dr. Hannibal Lecter.

85

8.2

/216024/

82

/18165/

79

/1869/

97

/233/

90

82

/48/

age 14+

Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her wise afterlife mentor, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome (or at least the pretty good) person within.

85

8.9

/97747/

88

/4210/

83

/537/

81

/156/

95

78

/29/

age 14+

The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.

84

8.2

/101917/

80

/4241/

77

/839/

95

/76/

95

79

/24/

age 13+

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.

84

8.7

/172281/

83

/6802/

82

/1575/

94

/138/

82

76

/38/

age 14+

Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of America in present and past times. As their paths cross and their life stories intertwine in curious ways, we find that several of them share the same birthday - and so much more than anyone would expect.

84

8.4

/409261/

83

/29629/

82

/3783/

95

/180/

88

73

/53/

age 14+

A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.

83

8.5

/308629/

84

/22496/

79

/1962/

88

/234/

88

74

/76/

age 14+

Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado.

83

8.6

/310864/

85

/19985/

80

/1704/

93

/203/

89

67

/46/

age 14+

In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, takes on bureaucrats, cranky neighbors, and single-issue fanatics whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the democratic process she loves so much.

82

8.0

/67224/

78

/2335/

76

/635/

87

/94/

95

81

/17/

age 13+

The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people who worked and drank there.

82

IMDb 53

9.0

/813973/

86

/35194/

85

/4885/

81

/205/

89

66

/51/

age 14+

The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.

82

IMDb 94

8.9

/1178135/

84

/47849/

84

/8782/

78

/92/

93

65

/24/

age 14+

Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.

82

8.2

/153052/

82

/12573/

77

/1143/

90

/96/

92

74

/51/

age 14+

When Buy More computer geek Chuck Bartowski unwittingly downloads a database of government information and deadly fighting skills into his head, he becomes the CIA's most vital secret. This sets Chuck on a path to become a full-fledged spy.

82

8.4

/99483/

80

/5111/

80

/1410/

80

/42/

88

age 8+

Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk with First Officer Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. With a determined crew, the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes, tribbles and genetic supermen led by Khan Noonian Singh. Their mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no man has gone before.

81

8.4

/281302/

83

/14977/

80

/2038/

83

/68/

86

74

/38/

age 14+

In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.

80

8.3

/137095/

81

/8187/

74

/758/

78

/230/

91

73

/68/

age 14+

Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.

80

8.3

/43270/

81

/1827/

75

/165/

88

/106/

94

64

/39/

age 14+

The trials and tribulations of the very large, colorful and imperfect Braverman family.

80

8.1

/17597/

77

/524/

76

/223/

Letterboxd

3.7

/3376/

79

/39/

91

age 14+

An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.

79

8.2

/52007/

80

/1797/

75

/368/

82

/6/

age 13+

Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends.

79

7.8

/115379/

76

/5354/

76

/1068/

82

/44/

89

77

/60/

age 14+

When petty criminal Earl Hickey wins the lottery, he sets off on a quest to repair his questionable karma.

79

8.0

/18516/

79

/653/

73

/122/

95

/34/

80

70

/23/

age 13+

The office politics and interpersonal relationships among the staff of WNYX NewsRadio, New York's #2 news radio station.

80

79

8.5

/20474/

80

/421/

77

/242/

age 12+

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

79

8.3

/21746/

80

/583/

76

/260/

Letterboxd

3.9

/5888/

Virginia and Tony, a father and daughter living in Manhattan, find themselves in a parallel universe where Snow White, Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood are struggling to maintain order. Their kingdoms have been fragmented by trolls, giants and goblins.

79

7.9

/139044/

78

/10746/

82

/3428/

89

/74/

90

58

/30/

age 14+

After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new responsibilities as a Grimm.

79

7.9

/297487/

79

/20062/

76

/3457/

91

/109/

79

74

/32/

age 14+

Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the most but the FBI cannot find because it does not know they exist. Reddington calls this "The Blacklist". Reddington will co-operate, but insists that he will speak only to Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBI profiler.

84

78

8.2

/11636/

76

/237/

76

/114/

97

/56/

88

A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

78

8.3

/36343/

81

/1789/

76

/253/

70

/34/

95

66

/29/

age 14+

Complex, offbeat Detective Charlie Crews returns to the force after serving time in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Crews’ new lease on life has provided him with a Zen-like outlook, peace of mind and no need for vengeance, an attitude which can be challenging to maintain when someone he cares about is threatened — or when he is investigating the mystery surrounding the murder he was falsely accused of.

78

7.9

/6955/

76

/550/

71

/54/

88

/46/

88

69

/40/

age 12+

A bright-eyed New York lawyer takes his first big case defending an eccentric poetry professor accused of murdering his wife.

78

7.9

/75464/

79

/2483/

78

/891/

79

/27/

age 14+

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.

78

8.3

/25824/

80

/815/

73

/126/

74

/66/

84

75

/33/

age 15+

A behind-the-scenes look at a fictional sketch-comedy TV show.

77

7.9

/82029/

76

/6366/

75

/760/

93

/105/

81

58

/25/

age 14+

A hilarious workplace comedy about a unique family of employees at a super-sized mega store. From the bright-eyed newbies and the seen-it-all veterans to the clueless summer hires and the in-it-for-life managers, together they hilariously tackle the day-to-day grind of rabid bargain hunters, riot-causing sales and nap-worthy training sessions.

77

7.6

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75

/797/

74

/477/

72

/48/

90

The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.

80

76

8.0

/12286/

81

/345/

79

/225/

age 14+

The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers, firemen, and paramedics, all working the same fictional 55th precinct during the 3pm to 11pm shift - the 'Third Watch'.

76

7.8

/21919/

75

/1738/

70

/190/

81

/31/

80

74

/29/

age 14+

Michael lives in two separate realities after a car accident. In one reality, his wife Hannah survives the accident; in the other reality, his son Rex survives. Michael does not know which reality is "real", and uses the wristbands to differentiate the two. He sees two therapists: Dr. Jonathan Lee in the "red reality" and Dr. Judith Evans in the "green reality". At work, Michael's erratic behavior triggers clashes with his team; they do not know about Michael's uncanny ability to solve crimes using details from both realities.

76

8.1

/19919/

77

/1091/

74

/226/

81

/41/

81

66

/19/

age 14+

After an unusual event, Zoey Clarke, a whip-smart computer coder forging her way in San Francisco, suddenly starts to hear the innermost wants, thoughts and desires of the people around her through popular songs.

83

76

8.2

/6958/

71

/170/

75

/79/

100

/6/

88

age 7+

Teenage weirdness investigator Marshall Teller adventures through his new small-town home with his friends, geeky Simon Holmes and mysterious Dash X.

76

IMDb 45

8.1

/142254/

79

/4840/

79

/4086/

66

/27/

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

76

7.2

/9106/

66

/666/

68

/159/

94

/18/

80

The animated adventures of Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and the crew of the Starship Enterprise.

88

75

9.5

/6753/

84

/178/

86

/91/

Letterboxd

4.5

/14407/

A seven-hour chronological edit of The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, expanded with over an hour of restored scenes to trace the Corleone family’s rise from Vito’s youth in Sicily to Michael’s reign in 1950s America, re-edited for its 1977 network television broadcast.

75

8.2

/38974/

79

/1891/

80

/746/

61

/7/

age 12+

Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.

75

7.7

/66874/

76

/3529/

78

/662/

86

/72/

77

60

/23/

age 14+

Three "good girl" suburban wives and mothers suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances and decide to stop playing it safe and risk everything to take their power back.

75

7.5

/17908/

77

/732/

73

/206/

age 13+

Raised in a secret facility built for experimenting on children, Jarod is a genius who can master any profession and become anyone he has to be. When he realizes as an adult that he's actually a prisoner and his captors are not as benevolent as he's been told, he breaks out. While trying to find his real identity, Jarod helps those he encounters and tries to avoid the woman sent to retrieve him.

75

7.4

/18912/

73

/602/

78

/802/

age 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".

75

7.5

/29770/

73

/656/

79

/953/