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2006  
 
Add Grey's Anatomy: Season 03 to Queue Add Grey's Anatomy: Season 03 to top of Queue  
Having proven that it could stand on its own two feet without Desperate Housewives as its lead-in, Grey's Anatomy remained in its new Thursday-night slot as the seriocomic medical series entered its third season. In addition to established stars Ellen Pompeo (intern Meredith Grey) Patrick Dempsey (Dr. Derek Shepherd), Katherine Heigl (intern "Izzie" Stevens), Isaiah Washington (Dr. Preston Burke) et. al.. former recurring players Eric Dane (as plastic surgeon Mark Sloan) and Sara Ramirez (Dr. Callie Torres) have now been promoted to "regular" status. The season begins as the Seattle Grace Hospital medical team's favorite bartender Joe (Steven W. Bailey) provides those who came in late with a quick run-down of the events of the previous two seasons. Meredith is now torn between two lovers, Derek Shepherd and Dr. Finn Dandridge (Chris O'Donnell). The prickly relationship between Derek and his estranged-wife Dr. Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) is made even more so by the reappearance of their daughter. Intern Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh) has decided to remain with her current amour, Preston Burke. And after seriously considering giving up the medical profession after the death of her beloved heart patient Denny, Izzie changes her mind when the Denny Duquette Memorial Clinic is established. The first of the season's two most crucial story developments occurs when Chief of Surgery Richard Weber (James Pickens) announces his impending retirement, sparking a tense competition amongst Derek, Burke, Addison and Mark to take Weber's place. The apparent dark horse in this competition is Dr. Colin Marlow (Roger Rees), though Marlow makes his mark on the proceedings by coming between Cristina and Burke. Another major plot deveopment involves a disastrous collision between a cargo ship and a ferryboat, which threatens to claim the life of protagonist Meredith Grey (it also provides Izzie's former beau Dr. Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) the opportunity to become overly involved with an unidentified accident victim, played by Elizabeth Reaser). At season's end, Dr. Weber's successor is announced, Cristina and Burke are about to be wed, Callie demands that her husband George O'Malley (Sara Ramirez) make a commitment, and the interns sweat out the results of their first-year medical exams. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
Ellen PompeoPatrick Dempsey, (more)
 
2006  
 
Add Desperate Housewives: Season 03 to Queue Add Desperate Housewives: Season 03 to top of Queue  
The women of Wisteria Lane are back, and it's time to air some dirty laundry. In the Emmy Award-winning show's sensational third season, the gossip is juicier, the secrets are more scandalous and the revenge is even sweeter. "Desperate Housewives is back," raves The New York Daily News. Experience all 23 tantalizing episodes of Season Three, and get the dish on Susan's new love, Bree's unsettling marriage to Orson (Kyle MacLachlan) and a dangerous new presence living down the lane. Everything will come out in the wash in this spectacular six-disc set. Bubbling over with exclusive bonus features, including a behind-the-scenes look at the season finale and even more secrets straight from the show, this is the sudsiest season yet.

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Starring:
Teri HatcherFelicity Huffman, (more)
 
2006  
 
Add Ugly Betty: Season 01 to Queue Add Ugly Betty: Season 01 to top of Queue  
Audiences are cheering for a vibrant overachiever with the spirit and the smarts to live her dream. America Ferrera stars as go-getter Betty Suarez, a true beauty in the skin-deep world of high fashion. Two very different cultures collide in this sexy and stylish series about believing in yourself regardless of the odds. Earning Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Series and Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series in its very first season, Ugly Betty is a runaway hit with fans and critics. "Ugly Betty is a thing of beauty," raves the Boston Herald. Experience every episode of Season One in this six-disc DVD box set. Plus, join executive producer Salma Hayek and actor Eric Mabius for exclusive show insights, and see what it takes for America Ferrera to get Bettyfied - available only on DVD. You'll find yourself falling in love with every minute of Ugly Betty.

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Starring:
America FerreraEric Mabius, (more)
 
1975  
 
Add Happy Days: Season 02 to Queue Add Happy Days: Season 02 to top of Queue  
Happy Days was set in the 1950s in Milwaukee, the heart of middle-class America, and told the story of the Cunningham family. Mr. Cunningham (Tom Bosley) ran the local hardware store and Mrs. Cunningham (Marion Ross), like all good TV Moms, spent her time in the kitchen. Their son, Richie (Ron Howard), hung out at Arnold's Drive-In with his pals Ralph Malph (Donny Most) and Potsie (Anson Williams), trying to be as cool as the coolest greaser in town, the Fonz (Henry Winkler). Richie's sister, Joanie (Erin Moran), tagged along whenever she wasn't at her friend Jenny Piccolo's house. The Cunninghams also had an older son, Chuck, but he mysteriously disappeared after the first season.

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Starring:
Ron HowardHenry Winkler, (more)
 
2005  
 
Add Boston Legal: Season 02 to Queue Add Boston Legal: Season 02 to top of Queue  
Created by television mastermind David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal, The Practice, Picket Fences) and featuring an Emmy Award-winning cast including William Shatner, Candice Bergen, and James Spader, Season Two of Boston Legal is socially relevant, wickedly funny, and infectiously fresh...It's an open and shut case!

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Starring:
James SpaderWilliam Shatner, (more)
 
 
 
Add America's Funniest Home Videos: Battle of the Best to Queue Add America's Funniest Home Videos: Battle of the Best to top of Queue  
America's Funniest Home Videos: Battle of the Best features the show's host, Tom Bergeron showcasing some of the most popular videos that ever ran on the program. Bergeron gets some assistance from celebrities like Coolio, Martin Mull and Olympic skier Picabo Street. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

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Add America's Funniest Home Videos: Looks at Kids and Animals to Queue Add America's Funniest Home Videos: Looks at Kids and Animals to top of Queue  
Everyone knows that there's nothing more adorable than kids and puppies, and now viewers in need of a little cute overload can get their fill in one hilarious package. Of course there are plenty of bumbling parents to keep the laughs flowing as well, and with Bob Saget there to introduce the lively parade of comic clips viewers are sure to stay doubled over with laughter. As an added bonus, the $100,000 1996 season finale is also included. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Add America's Funniest Home Videos: Love and Marriage to Queue Add America's Funniest Home Videos: Love and Marriage to top of Queue  
No matter how much wedding planning is done before the big day actually arrives, when the organist plays the opening refrains of "Here Comes the Bride" all the future bride and groom can do is sit back and hope everything goes as planned. Thankfully for the rest of us in need of a good laugh, there's plenty that can go wrong from the ceremony to the reception. From kids who just can't resist that giant hypnotic cake to brides with nervous stomachs and groomsmen who just can't seem to keep their pants on, this hilarious look at marital mishaps will have viewers rolling down the aisle. As an added bonus, viewers can watch the $100,000 season twelve finale in which host Tom Bergeron revisits the funniest clips of the season. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Add America's Funniest Home Videos: Nincompoops and Boneheads to Queue Add America's Funniest Home Videos: Nincompoops and Boneheads to top of Queue  
For anyone who has ever busted a gut laughing at the guy who comes out of the bathroom with toilet paper dangling from his shoe, America's Funniest Videos offers a warm tribute to the bonehead that is bound to tickle a rib or two. These are the folks who just can't seem to get it right, but in getting it wrong, make us all realize that the most important thing in life is to have a sense of humor about ourselves. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Add America's Funniest Home Videos: Sports Spectacular to Queue Add America's Funniest Home Videos: Sports Spectacular to top of Queue  
For all those amateur athletes who have bungled the perfect play or took a hard shot to the groin on the one day they forgot their athletic supporter, this America's Funniest Home Videos release focusing on the perils of sports is sure to get a few belly laughs. Of course it's all fun and games until someone gets hurt, and there's plenty of pain here. As an added bonus, host Tom Bergeron revisits the best clips of the season to award the submitter of the funniest video the $100,000 prize. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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2005  
 
Add Grey's Anatomy: Season 02 to Queue Add Grey's Anatomy: Season 02 to top of Queue  
Following its nine-episode inaugural season, the seriocomic medical series Grey's Anatomy returns with a full complement of episodes for its second year on the air--indeed, five of the unaired installments from Season One are added to the 22-episode manifest of Season Two, with even more to follow after the series begins offering two episodes per week at season's end. Picking up where the previous season left off, we find the romance between Seattle Grace Hospital intern Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) and handsome neurosurgeon Derek Shephard (Patrick Dempsey) coming to an abrupt halt when Shepherd's estranged wife, neonatal physician Addison Montgomery, joins the staff. Likewise, intern Isobel "Izzie" Stevens (Katherine Heigl) leaves her boyfriend Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) in the lurch (despite the heating up of their romance during a "Code Black" emergency at the hospital) when she falls for heart-transplant patient Denny Duquette (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). Meanwhile, another intern, Dr. Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh), deepens her relationship with cardiothroacic specialist Preston Burke (Isaiah Washington), but that doesn't constitute a full commitment by any means; and senior surgical resident Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson), aka "The Nazi", also finds herself Great With Child, and as such is briefly replaced by a woman who is her temperamental polar opposite. Other season highlights include an earth-shattering visit from Meredith's celebrated surgeon mother Dr. Ellis Grey (Kate Burton); an emotionally disastrous one-night stand between Meredith and intern George O'Malley (T.R. Knight); and a bittersweet story arc involving premature quintuplets. As the season approaches its climax, both Alex and Izzie are serious questioning their dedication to the medical profession; and there may be a change in the weather so far as Chief of Surgery Richard Weber (James Pickens) is concerned. When Emmy Awards time rolled around in the spring of 2006, the producers of Grey's Anatomy went home with a stauette in the "outstanding casting for a drama series" category. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
Ellen PompeoPatrick Dempsey, (more)
 
2005  
 
Add Lost: Season 02 to Queue Add Lost: Season 02 to top of Queue  
4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42. Push the button and prepare to be blown away by the groundbreaking television event USA Today calls "TV's best series." The multiple Emmy Award-winning drama reaches new heights in its spectacular second season as the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 discover they are not alone in their battle against "the Others," and a contested decision to open the hatch reveals a new realm of mystery and intrigue. Prepare yourself for the DVD experience of Season Two, complete with over 8 hours of original bonus material you can't see anywhere else -- including unaired original flashbacks -- and you'll discover for yourself why "everything happens for a reason."

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Starring:
Matthew FoxEvangeline Lilly, (more)
 
2005  
 
Add Desperate Housewives: Season 02 to Queue Add Desperate Housewives: Season 02 to top of Queue  
Television's hottest show gets even juicier in its delicious second season. The women of Wisteria Lane are back, and just when you thought things couldn't get any steamier, a new neighbor and her handsome teenage son arrive to make new waves on the shady side of suburbia. Join the Emmy(R) Award-winning cast for all 24 episodes of Season Two, and discover Bree's new life without Rex, Lynette's chaotic return to the working world, and what becomes of Susan's on-again, off-again relationship with Mike. That's just the beginning of the secrets in store in this six-disc DVD experience. Sizzling with sensational bonus features, including revealing, never-before-seen story lines featuring Susan Mayer and Lynette Scavo, "there are almost too many things to love in DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES" (San Francisco Chronicle).

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Starring:
Teri HatcherFelicity Huffman, (more)
 
2004  
 
Add Boston Legal: Season 01 to Queue Add Boston Legal: Season 01 to top of Queue  
Led by an Emmy Award-winning cast (James Spader, Denny Crane and Candice Bergen), "Boston Legal" tells the professional and personal stories of a group of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. Fast-paced and darkly comedic, the series confronts social and moral issues, while its characters continually stretch the boundaries of the law.

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Starring:
James SpaderWilliam Shatner, (more)
 
2005  
 
Add Grey's Anatomy: Season 01 to Queue Add Grey's Anatomy: Season 01 to top of Queue  
Launched as a mid-season replacement on ABC in spring 2005, this sex-soaked medical soap opera quickly became a hit during its nine-episode inaugural run. Creator/executive producer Shonda Rhimes, who wrote the first three episodes herself, wasted no time in setting up the central conflicts at Seattle Grace. In taking an internship at the hospital where her mother once enjoyed great renown as a surgeon, beautiful Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) must suffer through not only heightened expectations, but also the terrible secret that her mother now suffers from Alzheimer's. As if that's not enough, Meredith also enters into an unlikely romance with her boss, Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey), aka "Dr. McDreamy." Once word gets out, the affair irks most of Meredith's co-workers: no-nonsense senior resident Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson), who toes the party line regarding resident/intern romance; nice-guy intern George O'Malley (T.R. Knight), who harbors a not-so-secret crush on Meredith; and ultra-competitive intern Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh), who believes Shepherd is playing favorites with Meredith. Much to her own surprise, however, Cristina soon finds herself hooking up with Preston Burke (Isaiah Washington), who's not only her supervisor but also Shepherd's rival for chief resident. As for surgeons-in-training Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl) and Alex Karev (Justin Chambers), they're too busy loathing each other to get caught up in any inter-office romance. Chief of Surgery Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.), too, remains above the fray -- until, during the cliffhanger season finale, he inadvertently affects the course of Meredith and McDreamy's relationship by hiring a new pediatric surgeon (guest star Kate Walsh) with a surprising link to Derek's past. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi

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Starring:
Ellen PompeoPatrick Dempsey, (more)
 
 
 
Add America's Funniest Home Videos: Best of Kids and Animals to Queue Add America's Funniest Home Videos: Best of Kids and Animals to top of Queue  
Nothing makes folks laugh quite like cute kids and cuddly critters, and in this collection of clips from America's Funniest Home Videos home viewers get a heaping helping of both. After joining host Bob Saget for a look at what happens when the cuteness of kids comes together with the curiosity of the animal kingdom, Tom Bergeron takes viewers on a side-splitting trip through some of the show's greatest animal clips. As an added bonus, a two-hour special featuring guest hosts Coolio, Martin Mull, Kathy Griffin, and Picabo Street offers a look back at some of the funniest clips from the first twelve years of America's Funniest Home Videos. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Add America's Funniest Home Videos: Home for the Holidays to Queue Add America's Funniest Home Videos: Home for the Holidays to top of Queue  
The long-running television series America's Funniest Home Videos offered footage sent-in by viewers of surprising events unwittingly captured on videotape. This particular release consists of evens surround Christmas and the holiday season. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

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2004  
 
Add Desperate Housewives: Season 01 to Queue Add Desperate Housewives: Season 01 to top of Queue  
An awful lot of awful things happen in the outwardly respectable neighborhood surrounding Wisteria Lane during the first season of Desperate Housewives, beginning with the suicide of Mary Alice Young (Brenda Strong) -- who still manages to stick around in spectral form to serve as the series' narrator. Why did she do it -- and what exactly is her husband, Paul (Mark Moses), trying to cover up by throwing that old box he'd dug up from the backyard swimming pool into the river? Then there are Mary Alice's housewife friends Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher), Lynette Scavo (Felicity Huffman), Bree Van De Kamp (Marcia Cross), and Gabrielle Solis (Eva Longoria). Divorcée Susan starts dating handsome plumber Mike (James Denton), only to be undercut by the neighborhood's resident vamp, the much-married Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan). Lynette has given up a high-paying business career to take care of her family, only to be rewarded with the cutthroat competitiveness of husband Tom (Doug Savant), the miserable behavior of her children, and the open scorn of such obnoxious neighbors as Maisy Gibbons (Sharon Lawrence). Control freak Bree, described by the ABC publicity folks as "Martha Stewart on steroids," finds her life spiralling out of control when her husband, Rex (Steven Culp), divorces her and her sociopathic son, Andrew (Shawn Pyfrom), adopts a "so what" attitude after striking down an old woman with his car. And sexy ex-model Gabrielle is cheating on her moonstruck millionaire husband, Carlos (Ricardo Antonio Chavira), with hunky 17-year-old gardener John (Jesse Metcalfe). And that's only a sample of what season one has to offer. Want more? Well, you asked for it! Susan accidentally burns down Edie's house and is blackmailed on that account by a Mrs. Martha Huber (Christine Estabrook) -- who is later killed by Paul Young, but it is Mike who is arrested for her murder. Later still, Susan is descended upon by her ex-husband, Karl (Richard Burgi), and her intrusive mother, Sophie Bremmer (Lesley Ann Warren). As for Lynette, she finds out that her husband's sainted father (Ryan O'Neal) is a serial philanderer. Also, after painfully adjusting to the breakup of her marriage, Bree starts going out with pharmacist George Williams (Roger Bart); Paul Young's son, Zach (Cody Kasch), inexplicably drops out of sight; and it is revealed that the oh-so-judgmental Maisy Gibbons has been sleeping with practically every man in the neighborhood -- including Bree's ex Rex! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
Teri HatcherFelicity Huffman, (more)
 
2004  
 
Add Lost: Season 01 to Queue Add Lost: Season 01 to top of Queue  
A passenger jet breaks apart in mid-air, crash-landing on a tropical island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Left without the creature comforts and basic necessities of civilization, the 48 survivors are forced to rely upon one another to stay alive -- and given the personality quirks of these survivors, this won't be easy during the first season of the ABC hit series Lost. Generally with the help of flashbacks, viewers learn a number of deep dark secrets about the castaways on a need-to-know basis, especially the demons plaguing Dr. Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox) and one-hit-wonder rock star Charlie Pace (Dominic Monaghan). Every so often, a crisis arises for the principal purpose of revealing a hitherto unknown and unsuspected aspect of one of the characters. Inevitably, hostilities both minor and serious arise from the basic fundamental differences among the survivors: Korean couple Jin and Sun Kwon (Daniel Dae Kim, Yunjin Kim) are unable to uphold their family traditions under the circumstances, while their inability to speak English creates an additional barrier between themselves and the others; and the MacGyver-like resourcefulness of former Iraqi Republican Guard Sayid (Naveen Andrews) is not enough to overcome the racism of some of his fellow passengers. Then there is the unfriendly aura of the island itself, with its inscrutable topography, and the bizarre menagerie of wild animals, ranging from a polar bear to a (possible) dinosaur! Also, the discovery in one episode of two long-dead bodies certainly does nothing to uplift the rescue hopes of the hapless survivors. And finally, there seems to be someone else on the island...someone not on the passenger list...someone who kidnaps two of the castaways and threatens to kill off the rest one by one. The one overriding question near the end of season one is: who among the "major" characters will not make it to season two? ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
Matthew FoxEmilie de Ravin, (more)
 
2001  
 
Add The Mole: Season 01 to Queue Add The Mole: Season 01 to top of Queue  
The American version of an Australian reality series, The Mole is off and running for its first season, originally telecast in the spring of 2001. The competition, which takes place all over the U.S. and Europe, involves ten contestants, ages 23 to 63: Jim Morrison, a copter pilot; Afi Ekulona, a medical student; Steven Cowles, an undercover police officer; Charlie McGowan, a retired detective; Wendi Wendt, an art dealer; Manuel Herrera, a professional event planner; Kate Pahls, a grandmother; Kathryn Price, a law professor; Jennifer Biondi, a sports nut; and Henry Wentz, a bartender. As the players compete in a variety of grueling, exciting, and sometimes embarrassing physical and mental challenges, one nagging question hovers over the proceedings: which of the ten contestants is the "mole," planted by the producers to deliberately -- and diabolically -- sabotage and undermine the other contestants? Only by the process of elimination (one player per episode is "executed" off the show) will the three finalists be able to figure out the identity of the mole...and the winner of the grand prize. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
Anderson CooperSteven Cowles, (more)