A young schoolboy is spirited away to a magical fantasy land after falling asleep in the school library while writing an...
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Choreography, Composer (Music Score), Director, Lyricist
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2010
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This remake of the '80s classic focuses on a group of young students attending a high school for the performing arts....
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2009
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An overnight drug shipment is sent to the wrong recipient, prompting a frantic race to recover the package before the...
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2009
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This self-help program offers an integrated program for attaining happiness and success in life, with input from 24 experts...
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2009
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Heath Freeman (Tru Calling, ER) heads an all-star cast including Clifton Davis (Any Given Sunday) Ben Vereen (Roots), Stacey...
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2006
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Director
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2006
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When an inner-city basketball team is faced with the sudden prospect of elimination, the girls who have been using their...
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2005
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Director
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2005
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Director
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2005
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Battle Night: The Krump Wars features serious dance battles between enterprising young dancers. The video includes...
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2005
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Experience the performances that made Broadway history in this release that compiles twenty-three unforgettable musical...
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2005
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Track the rise and fall of fictional action superstar Frank Sledge in this rapid-fire mockumentary featuring special...
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2005
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The romantic comedy All About You features Renee Elise Goldsberry as Nicole Taylor, a woman who decides to alter her life...
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2003
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The original movie and TV-series versions of Fame were fictionalized accounts of life in a professional training school,...
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Herself
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2003
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The Harlem Renaissance of the 1940s serves as the backdrop for this small-screen adaptation of John Henry Redwood's play as...
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Director
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2001
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2000
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Matthew Miele directs this tale about a mysterious homeless guy. Jake (Ernie Hudson) lives relatively contently in his...
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Librarian
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2000
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1998
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This TV comedy-drama series takes place at Linc's, a Washington, D.C., bar and grill where blacks gather to talk about issues...
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Director
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1998
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This Steven Spielberg-directed exploration into a long-ago episode in African-American history recounts the trial that...
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Producer
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1997
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1997
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This documentary explores the accomplishments and inspirations of African-American women and examines some of the issues they...
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1996
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Monica (Roma Downey) assumes the guise of a journalist, assigned to interview teenage death-row inmate Luther (DeAundre...
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1996
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Jackie Warren
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1995
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Jackie Warren
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1995
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Actor Billy Crystal co-wrote, directed, and starred in this romantic comedy. Forty-something couple Andy (Joe Mantegna) and...
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Choreography
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1995
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A wife finds herself highly expendable as her husband and his lover continually bungle their attempts at murder in this...
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Betty
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1994
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This low-rent Disney comedy mines the Home Alone territory for labored laughs. Brian Bonsall stars as the eleven-year-old...
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1994
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A love affair with a drug dealer's squeeze lands an L.A. dee-jay (rap artist LL Cool J) in a heap of trouble. Soon he finds...
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Director
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1994
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In the conclusion of a two-part story, Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) lands a lucrative job with the Kineshawa company--one that...
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Director
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1993
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To cut down on costs, Lena (Jada Pinkett, Gina (Ajai Sanders), Charmaine (Karen Malina White), Dorian (Bumper Robinson) and...
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Director
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1993
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Having spent everything he has (and then some) to open his own club, Ron (Darryl M. Bell) panics when the band he has booked...
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Director
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1993
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Taking on a temporary teaching assignment at a very tough junior-high remedial class, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) discovers that...
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Director
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1993
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The stand-up performance film Sinbad: Afros & Bellbottoms features the popular comic performing a number of routines the...
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Director
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1993
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Led to believe that Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) can't afford to give her a surprise birthday party, Whitley (Jasmine Guy)...
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Director
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1993
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Season Six of A Different World opens with the first episode of a two-part story, in which newlyweds Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison)...
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Director
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1992
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As a project for her sociology class, Charmaine (Karen Malina White) follows Whitley (Jasmine Guy) around at her place of...
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Director
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1992
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In the first episode of a two-part story, Whitley's overbearing mother Marion (Diahann Carroll) visits Whitley (Jasmine Guy)...
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Director
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1992
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In the second episode of a three-part story, Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) seems unconcerned over Whitley's new romance with...
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Director
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1992
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In the first episode of A Different World's two-part Season Five finale, it is one day before the wedding of Whitley (Jasmine...
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Director
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1992
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In the conclusion of A Different World's two-part Season Five finale, Whitley (Jasmine Guy)is just about to wed Byron Douglas...
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Director
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1992
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New student Charmaine (Karen Malina White) is so overbearing in Dwayne's statistics class that someone slaps a sign on her...
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Director
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1992
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After making a few stupidly sexist remarks at a Halloween party, Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) has a dream in which all the...
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Director
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1992
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Signing on with Freddie's new mentorship program for the teenagers at Juvenile Hall, Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison)i tries to...
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Director
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1992
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Anita Morris guest stars as Freddie's mom Joni, who insists upon interfering in her daughter's life--and in the lives of all...
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Director
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1992
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Producer
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1992
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Now that Ron (Darryl M. Bell) and Freddie (Cree Summer) are aware of their mutual attraction, things get dicey for Ron when...
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Director
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1992
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In the conclusion of a two-part story, Thanksgiving dinner at the home of Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Whitley (Jasmine Guy)...
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Director
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1992
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Originally aired on CBS in 1992, Stompin' at the Savoy was produced and directed by Broadway choreographer and actress...
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Director
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1992
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In the conclusion of A Different World's two-part Season Six opener, Whitley (Jasmine Guy and Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison)...
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Director
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1992
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Producer
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1991
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In the conclusion of a two-part story, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) is outraged that her fiance Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) has been...
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Director
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1991
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The fifth season of A Different World begins with the start of another school year at Hillman College, where Dwayne (Kadeem...
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Director
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1991
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Upset by the news that Julian (Dominic Hoffman) is engaged, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) begins fantasizing about the luxurious...
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Director
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1991
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Dr. Taylor (Glynn Turman) invites Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) to join himself and Jaleesa (Dawnn Lewis) for Christmas dinner....
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1991
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Before Whitley (Jasmine Guy) can be hired as art buyer for her wealthy aunt's hotel chain, she must first entertain her...
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Director
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1991
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In the first episode of a two-part story, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) is more on edge than usual just before her engagement party....
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Director
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1991
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To get over her breakup with Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison), Whitley (Jasmine Guy) focuses all her energy on the African American...
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Director
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1991
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To enhance the popularity of his new band X-Pression, Ron (Darryl M. Bell) hires Kim (Charnele Brown) as vocalist....
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Director
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1991
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With a hurricane rapidly approaching Hillman College, everyone takes shelter at The Pit. As the huddled masses nervously wait...
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Director
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1991
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Having finally managed to get Lena (Jada Pinkett) to move out of the spare room, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) now turns her...
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Director
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1991
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Whitley (Jasmine Guy recommends that E.H. Wright engage the services of the new temp agency run by Jaleesa (Dawnn...
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Director
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1991
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Whitley (Jasmine Guy) is convinced that Lena (Jada Pinkett) has a crush on Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison), who is tutoring the girl...
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Director
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1991
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Walter (Sinbad) organizes a telethon to raise $15,000 for the Community Outreach Program. This provides ample opportunity to...
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Director
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1991
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Whoopi Goldberg earned an Emmy nomination for her performance as Hillman's forensics professor Dr. Jordan, who assigns her...
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Director
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1991
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Overzealous Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) imposes an impossibly heavy workload on his first calculus class. As a result, the...
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Director
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1991
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This episode marks the first appearances of Ajai Sanders as Gina Deveaux and Gary Dourdan) as Shazza Zulu (aka Sylvester...
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Director
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1991
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Serious-minded Kim (Charnele Brown) begins to wonder if her actor boyfriend Matthew (Andrew Lowery) is too frivolous for her...
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Director
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1991
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Will (Will Smith) is both amazed and distressed by how his cousins' leisure activities are so meticulously dictated and...
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Director
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1990
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In the debut episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, it's difficult to say who is more upset when South Philly teenager Will...
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Director
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1990
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1990
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It's official -- the formerly self-centered Hillman College graduate Whitley Gilbert (Jasmine Guy) is definitely in love with...
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Producer
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1990
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It's Christmas Time at the Wayne family household, and Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) has brought Whitley (Jasmine Guy) and Ron...
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Director
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1990
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Kinu (Alisa Gyse-Dickens) is in a monumentally rotten mood because Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) can't get his mind off Whitley...
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Director
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1990
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In this spoof of The Twilight Zone, Walter (Sinbad) uses his best Rod Serling voice to narrate the misadventures of his...
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Director
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1990
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Whitley (Jasmine Guy) goes head to head against her romantic rival Kinu (Alisa Gyse-Dickens) at an academic decathalon. If he...
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Director
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1990
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When her father cuts off all her credit cards, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) is forced to move in with Jaleesa (Dawnn Lewis)--who...
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Director
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1990
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Freddie (Cree Summer) takes it upon herself to find a permanent home for Alex Webb (T. J. Evans), a foster child she's met at...
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Director
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1990
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Upset over the romance between Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Kinu (Alisa Gyse-Dickens), Whitley (Jasmine Guy) tries to make...
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Director
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1990
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In the conclusion of a two-part story, vacationers Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Ron (Darryl M. Bell) don female drag in a...
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Director
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1990
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In the final episode of A Different World's third season, Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) is visited by his mother Adele (Patti...
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Director
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1990
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As Season Four of A Different World gets under way, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) has concluded that Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) is the...
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Director
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1990
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Certain that everyone has forgotten her 21st birthday, a melancholy Whitley (Jasmine Guy) decides to throw a party just for...
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Director
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1990
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In the first episode of a two-part story, the gang decides to spend Spring Break at a rented cottage on Devil's Island, South...
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Director
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1990
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Whitley (Jasmine Guy) is determined to land the best possible job after graduation, but she may end up sabotaging her chances...
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Director
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1990
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In flashback, Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Walter (Sinbad) recall their disastrous journey to North Carolina, where they'd...
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Director
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1990
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Dominic Hoffman makes his first appearance as Julian Day, a handsome exchange student from Georgetown. Though Whitley...
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Director
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1990
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Phylicia Rashad once again makes a "crossover" appearance from The Cosby Show in the role of Clair Huxtable, This time, Clair...
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Director
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1990
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Whitley (Jasmine Guy) is convinced that she is the inspiration for Dwayne's poem "My First Love." Actually, Dwayne (Kadeem...
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Director
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1990
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Whitley (Jasmine Guy) deems it an honor when Dean Hughes (Rosalind Cash) asks her to cohost the annual Freshman Tea. But the...
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Director
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1990
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Upset that her mother Marion (Diahann Carroll) would rather jet to Paris for Christmas than spend the holidays at home,...
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Director
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1989
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Just before midterms, Kim (Charnele Brown) receives word that her policeman father (Richard Roundtree) has been seriously...
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Director
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1989
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Defying the wishes of her policeman father (guest star Richard Roundtree), Kim (Charnele Brown) attends the Freaknic music...
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Director
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1989
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After winning a free honeymoon vacation in Hawaii, Walter (Sinbad) figures that it's time to find himself a wife--so he...
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Director
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1989
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Whitley (Jasmine Guy) had wanted an opera company to perform at an upcoming charity concert, but Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) has...
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Director
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1989
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When Whitley (Jasmine Guy) announces plans to attend her father's wedding in New York, Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) offers to...
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Director
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1989
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Volunteering to teach dance classes at a community center, Whitley befriends a self-proclaimed poor child named Dion (Brandon...
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Director
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1989
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Campus discipline is the issue when Walter (Sinbad) temporarily lightens up on the rules governing the male residents of...
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Director
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1989
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In desperate need of a math credit to graduate from Hillman, Whitley (Jasmine Guy)j nervously enrolls in the dreaded calculus...
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Director
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1989
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The second season of A Different World comes to a close as everyone prepares to wrap up the college year and face the summer....
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Director
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1989
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Rev. Jesse Jackson arrives at Hillman College to deliver a lecture, taking time out to encourage Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) in...
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Director
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1989
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When Freddie (Cree Summer) falls for good-looking football player Garth Parks (played by martials-arts expert Taimak), Dwayne...
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Director
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1989
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After accidentally causing extensive--and expensive--damage to Mr. Gaines' car, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) is too frightened to...
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Director
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1989
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In her efforts to maintain good grades while keeping up her work schedule, Kim (Charnele Brown) worries herself into a...
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Director
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1989
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Though he puts on an elaborate display of indifference, Walter (Sinbad) seethes with jealousy when Jaleesa (Dawnn Lewis)...
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Director
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1989
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Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Ron (Darryl M. Bell) are anxious to join a fraternity, but are worried about their chances of...
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Director
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1989
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Diahann Carroll earned an Emmy nomination for her first appearance as Marion Gilbert, overbearing mother of Hillman student...
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Director
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1989
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It promises to be a dismal Valentine's Day when Dwayne's marriage proposal to Suzanne (Tracy Lee Harrison) is turned down...
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Director
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1989
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Making another crossover appearance from The Cosby Show, Clair Huxtable (Phylicia Rashad) arrives at Hillman College to...
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Director
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1989
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Rushing to finish a creative writing assignment, Freddie (Cree Summer) comes down with a bad case of writer's block. To...
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Director
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1989
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Worried that she might be pregnant, Kim (Charnele Brown) confides in an unusually sensitive Whitley (Jasmine Guy)--while...
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Director
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1989
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Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) plays the new "Dapper D" rap album on the campus radio station, unaware that the lyrics are (too say...
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Director
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1989
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There were those in 1989 who bellyached that Disney Television's Polly was a far from faithful adaptation of Eleanor Porter's...
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Choreography, Director
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1989
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As the third season of A Different World rolls around, Hillman College's venerable Gilbert Hall is now a coed dorm. Lettie...
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Producer
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1989
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Whitley (Jasmine Guy) tries to be tolerant of her roommate Kim's all-consuming romance with new boyfriend Robert (Brian...
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Director
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1988
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A blossoming romance between Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) and a girl named Suzanne (Tracy Lee Harrison) hits a snag when he finds...
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Director
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1988
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Much to his own surprise, Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) is attracted to Whitley (Jasmine Guy) at a midterm dance--far too...
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Director
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1988
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Sensing that Kim (Charnele Brown) is homesick, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) suggests that they spend their Thanksgiving somewhere...
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Director
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1988
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Appearing as "herself", Gladys Knight arrives at Hillman to give a concert. Upon hearing that Gladys needs some new backup...
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Director
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1988
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Volunteering to choreograph Gilbert Hall's Homecoming "step" contest, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) drives everyone crazy with her...
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Director
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1988
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The friendship between Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Ron (Darryl M. Bell) may come to a sudden and ignominious end when they...
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Director
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1988
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Although original series star Lisa Bonet is nowhere to be seen in the opening episode of A Different World's second season,...
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Director
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1988
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Season two of A Different World finds the overall quality of the series improving immensely, which many insiders attributed...
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Producer
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1988
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Jaleesa (Dawnn Lewis) has been avoiding the Hillman dating scene because she has an out-of-town boyfriend. Even so, she...
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Director
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1988
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Clair (Phylicia Rashad) hopes to lose several pounds within a handful of days in order to fit into a fancy dress for an...
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1988
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Popular African-American comedian Jo Jo Dancer is severely burned while free-basing cocaine. Producer/director/writer...
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Michelle
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1986
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Although the weekly, one-hour musical drama series Fame was still one of the most popular syndicated series in America as it...
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Lydia Grant
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1986
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Still riding high as one of the most-watched dramatic series in off-network syndication, Fame eases into a fifth season on...
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Lydia Grant
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1985
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After twenty-five years, a trio of old high school friends are held responsible for a rape incident they have, until now,...
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1985
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Tommy Lee Jones plays the title character in The River Rat. Released from prison after 13 years, Jones heads south to meet...
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Songwriter
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1984
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Far more popular in syndication than it had ever been on the NBC network, the weekly musical drama series Fame returns with a...
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Lydia Grant
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1984
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In this drama, a crack corps of female prison guards are assigned to watch over the men in the most dangerous cell-block....
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1983
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Cancelled by NBC after two seasons in the spring of 1983, the musical drama series Fame was nonetheless extremely popular...
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Lydia Grant
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1983
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1983
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1982
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Though Fame declared "I'm gonna live forever" in its theme song, the NBC musical drama series barely squeaked through its...
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Lydia Grant
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1982
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The first season of the musical drama series Fame could boast of several carryovers from the 1980 film favorite of the same...
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Lydia Grant
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1982
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Milos Foreman's cinematic adaptation of E.L. Doctrow's sprawling pop-culture epic Ragtime follows a variety of characters...
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1981
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Fame is set at New York's High School of Performing Arts, where talented teens train for show-business careers. The film...
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1980
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The phenomenal success of the 1977 ABC miniseries Roots all but demanded a sequel to writer Alex Haley's epic story of his...
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1979
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The "fish" in the title of this picture refers to the astrological sign Pisces. Not all of Pittsburgh is due to be saved, but...
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Choreography
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1979
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A scientist hunted by terrorists receives assistance from an unexpected source: two Las Vegas showgirls and their promoter...
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1979
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The seemingly lighthearted title of this made-for-TV movie obscures the film's somber overtones. Good Times star...
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1977
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In the first episode of a two-part story, J.J. (Jimmie Walker) announces his intention of marrying his new girlfriend, Diana...
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1976
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In the conclusion of a two-part story, J.J. (Jimmie Walker) and his girlfriend, Diana (Debbie Allen), override the objections...
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1976
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Host
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