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Jeff, aka Mr. Pickles, is an icon of children's television, who for the last three decades has been a beacon of kindness and optimism to children and adults alike. But when his family life starts to unravel, Jeff discovers that keeping it all together isn't as easy as one-two-three. The result: a kind man in a cruel world facing a slow leak of sanity that asks the question, can one keep a good man down?
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Based on the beloved character created by M.C. Beaton, Agatha Raisin, public relations specialist, moves from London to the small village of Carsley, hoping for a quieter, simpler life. She soon finds her dreams dashed when she becomes a murder suspect after entering a quiche-making competition. To save her reputation, she sets out to solve the murder and discovers that she has a talent for crime solving, even if it means her new life in the country...
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"Former vice president and onetime president Selina meyer is back on the campaign trail for a second crack at the White House in the seventh and final season. As Selina woos uber-wealthy donors while navigating threats from primary challengers, her band of misfits misbehaves as usual"--Container.
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"The hilarious psychiatrist first seen on Cheers make[s] the move from Boston to his former hometown of Seattle. A newly divorced Dr. Frasier Crane finds himself on the radio airwaves as the host of his own call-in advice show. When he's not dealing with the problems of his troubled listeners, he's embroiled in skirmishes at home involving Marty, his retired police detective; Daphne, his father's physical therapist; his younger brother (and rival)...
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The complete first season of the animated television sit-com of the satiric adventures of a working class family, the Simpsons. The father, Homer, works with pride in a nuclear power plant run with more regard for profit than safety. His wife Marge is a kind of supermom, while their eldest son Bart is an underachiever and proud of it.
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Everything Is Still Fine. Just Fine. After Michael's disastrous attempt to torture Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani and Jason for eternity goes belly-up, Eleanor and the gang are rebooted and Michael has revised his plan to keep his torture subjects separate. Only now, Michael's soul is on the line, as his boss, Shawn, won't allow another attempt!
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus returns for a second season in her Emmy winning role as Vice President Selina Meyer in VEEP. As midterm elections loom, Vice President Meyer is scoring higher ratings than the President in several popularity polls, which she hopes will boost her influence and help her curry favor with the chief executive. But despite her best intentions, even the most banal actions can set off unexpected and often disastrous consequences. Her staff...
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"A high-spirited musical series that traces the origins of the classic hit movie. Four outcast high school girls -- a brainiac student, a scandal-ridden cynic, a tomboy, and a fashion maven -- join together to form their own 'girl gang' and trigger a rock-'n'-roll revolution at Rydell High. Of course, the adults are in a 1950s moral panic over the burgeoning new era, but the Pink Ladies are ready to get this party started"--Container.
96) Holding
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"Nothing ever happens in tiny Irish towns like Duneen -- until one day human remains are found buried at a farm there. Jolted out of his mundane routine, police sergeant PJ Collins has a genuine crime to solve for the first time ever. Rumors run wild that the bones are those of Tommy Burke, a local lothario who disappeared 20 years ago on his wedding day. Soon DI Linus Dunne arrives to help run the inquiry, but he and PJ struggle to find common ground....
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"For ten-year-old Sheldon Cooper, being vulnerable, naïve and stratospherically smart isn't always helpful in a place like East Texas, where church and sports rule. His football- coach father, George, Sr.; his fiercely protective mother, Mary; older brother, Georgie; and twin sister, Missy, do their best to support the high-maintenance, high-IQ child while coping with their own ups and downs. But it's tough love from his no-nonsense, tell-it-like-it-is...
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"Is it normal to be smarter than your parents? Or to have a brother who's more interested in his hair than his studies and a twin sister whose personality is the opposite of yours? It is if you're Sheldon Cooper, the phenomenally gifted eleven-year-old living in East Texas as he tests the patience of his family, the proofs of his analytical theories and the limits of his knowledge of the real world"--Container.
99) Catch-22
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Based on the acclaimed Joseph Heller novel, Catch-22 follows the adventures and misadventures of a US air squadron in Italy in World War II, where the real enemy of the soldiers is actually the bureaucracy of the military.
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