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  • 1983
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    The Joy of Painting

    The Joy of Painting

    8.49 1983 HD

    The Joy of Painting was an American television show hosted by painter Bob Ross that taught its viewers techniques for landscape oil painting....

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  • 2014
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    Odd Squad

    Odd Squad

    6.80 2014 HD

    Odd Squad saves the day whenever something unusual happens.

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  • 1980
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    Masterpiece Mystery

    Masterpiece Mystery

    5.00 1980 HD

    Mystery! is an episodic television series that debuted in 1980 in the USA. It airs on PBS and is produced by WGBH. The show has brought a large...

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  • 2012
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    Finding Your Roots

    Finding Your Roots

    6.40 2012 HD

    Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of...

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  • 2018
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    7.50 2018 HD

    Join author, activist and commentator Margaret Hoover for a public affairs talk show that delivers a civil and engaging contest of ideas among the...

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  • 1983
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    Reading Rainbow

    Reading Rainbow

    8.34 1983 HD

    Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode centers on a theme from a book, or other children's...

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  • 1987
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    Square One Television

    Square One Television

    5.33 1987 HD

    Square One Television is an American children's television program produced by the Children's Television Workshop to teach mathematics and abstract...

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  • 2001
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    America's Test Kitchen

    America's Test Kitchen

    6.40 2001 HD

    Equipment reviews, taste tests, and recipes from the test kitchen to the home cook. A team of test cooks that viewers have come to love and trust...

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  • 1994
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    Baseball

    Baseball

    7.44 1994 HD

    The history of the sport of baseball in America, told through archival photos, film footage, and the words of those who contributed to the game in...

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  • 2008
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    Wallander

    Wallander

    7.31 2008 HD

    This drama follows Inspector Kurt Wallander – a middle-aged everyman – as he struggles against a rising tide of violence in the...

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  • 2013
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    Mr Selfridge

    Mr Selfridge

    6.96 2013 HD

    Mr. Selfridge recounts the real life story of the flamboyant and visionary American founder of Selfridge's, London's lavish department store. Set in...

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  • 1971
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    The Electric Company

    The Electric Company

    7.09 1971 HD

    The Electric Company is an educational American children's television series that was produced by the Children's Television Workshop for PBS in the...

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  • 2019
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    Sanditon

    Sanditon

    7.60 2019 HD

    The spirited and impulsive Charlotte Heywood moves from her rural home to Sanditon, a fishing village attempting to reinvent itself as a seaside...

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  • 1990
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    The Civil War

    The Civil War

    7.91 1990 HD

    A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

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  • 1981
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    MotorWeek

    MotorWeek

    4.40 1981 HD

    This award-winning weekly automotive magazine provides unbiased, consumer-oriented car news with feature stories on related topics.

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  • 2013
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    PBS News Weekend

    PBS News Weekend

    5.00 2013 HD

    A summary of the day’s national and international news, using renowned experts to provide in-depth analysis. Each weekend broadcast contains...

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  • 2007
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    WordWorld

    WordWorld

    7.80 2007 HD

    WordWorld is an Emmy Award-winning children's television series partially funded by the United States Department of Education as part of the Ready to...

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  • 1980
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    Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

    Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

    8.60 1980 HD

    Carl Sagan covers a wide range of scientific subjects, including the origin of life and a perspective of our place in the universe.

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  • 2003
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    Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks

    Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks

    5.80 2003 HD

    The adventures of Piggley, a spunky eight-year-old pig, and his friends Dannan the Duck and Ferny the Bull on Raloo Farm in Ireland.

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  • 2000
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    Between the Lions

    Between the Lions

    7.50 2000 HD

    Between the Lions is a PBS Kids puppet television series designed to promote reading. The show is a co-production between WGBH in Boston and Sirius...

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