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  • 2013
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    Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle

    Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle

    7.50 2013 HD

    Examines the dawn of the comic book genre and its powerful legacy, as well as the evolution of the characters who leapt from the pages over the last...

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  • 1979
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    The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey

    The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey

    8.40 1979 HD

    The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey includes all 12 episodes of the 1978 television series featuring the research adventures of Cousteau, a celebrated...

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  • 2000
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    Standard Deviants TV

    Standard Deviants TV

    1 2000 HD

    Standard Deviants TV comprised material from the Standard Deviants home videos, edited into 25-minute episodes that aired on PBS. The series also...

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  • 2002
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    Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin

    5.90 2002 HD

    An epic yarn spanning most of the 18th century, the series follows Franklin's career from humble beginnings in Boston to international superstardom:...

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  • 1996
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    Baking with Julia

    Baking with Julia

    8.00 1996 HD

    Baking With Julia is an American television cooking program produced by Julia Child and the name of the book which accompanied the series. Each...

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  • 2009
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    Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)

    Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)

    7.50 2009 HD

    A 2009 television documentary series in six parts that covers 40 years of the surreal comedy group Monty Python, from Flying Circus to present day...

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  • 1992
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    To The Contrary

    To The Contrary

    6.00 1992 HD

    This all women news-analysis program provides an important, timely forum for diverse women to discuss national and international issues and policies.

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  • 2019
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    Beecham House

    Beecham House

    7.00 2019 HD

    On the cusp of the 19th century in Delhi, we follow the fortunes of the residents of the titular mansion. The story begins as handsome and soulful...

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  • 1986
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    Hometime

    Hometime

    6.00 1986 HD

    Hometime is a PBS home improvement television show produced by Hometime Video Publishing, Chaska, Minnesota, in association with WHYY-TV...

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  • 2008
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    The Jewish Americans

    The Jewish Americans

    1.00 2008 HD

    Explores 350 years of Jewish American history, beginning with the first Jews who arrive in the 17th century, who epitomized the immigrant experience....

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  • 2013
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    Makers: Women Who Make America

    Makers: Women Who Make America

    4.50 2013 HD

    The story of the modern American women’s movement and its impact on work fields once largely closed to women.

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  • 1973
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    The Men Who Made the Movies

    The Men Who Made the Movies

    1 1973 HD

    Acclaimed profiles of eight great American film directors. Produced and directed by Richard Schickel and narrated by Cliff Robertson, with solid...

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  • 1989
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    Long Ago and Far Away

    Long Ago and Far Away

    9.00 1989 HD

    Long Ago and Far Away is a TV series that aired on PBS Television from 1989 to 1993. It was created by WGBH, a public television broadcast service...

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  • 2015
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    The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements

    The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements

    7.30 2015 HD

    An exciting three-part series about one of the great adventures in the history of science: the long and continuing quest to understand what the world...

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  • 1987
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    Trying Times

    Trying Times

    6.50 1987 HD

    This half-hour sitcom anthology series that aired on PBS from 1987 to 1989 is about people struggling with the daily routines of life.

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  • 2022
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    Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin

    7.70 2022 HD

    Explore the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century’s most consequential and compelling personalities, whose work and words unlocked the...

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  • 2000
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    The American President

    The American President

    1 2000 HD

    “The American President” is a series that aired on PBS in 2000 profiling 41 U.S. chief executives, using exclusive interviews with...

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  • 2003
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    The Elegant Universe

    The Elegant Universe

    7.90 2003 HD

    One of the most ambitious and exciting theories ever proposed—one that may be the long-sought "theory of everything," which eluded even...

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  • 2022
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    Chernobyl - The New Evidence

    Chernobyl - The New Evidence

    6.20 2022 HD

    On April 26, 1986 Reactor 4 of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded, releasing clouds of radioactive fallout into the atmosphere. With access...

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  • 2008
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    Pioneers of Television

    Pioneers of Television

    6.00 2008 HD

    A documentary series focusing on the legends that helped launched TV and left lasting impression on sitcoms, talk shows, variety shows and game shows...

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