Television Shows
"As Seen on TV"
A television movie (also TV movie, made-for-TV movie, telefilm, etc.) is a photoplay that does not normally feature in movie theatres but is produced for, and released to, television only. It is commonly considered a type of movie, but some people restrict the latter term to those that play in cinemas only.
The programs listed below have all at one time or another been on the telly. Most of those great old shows are represented here, from "Green Acres" to "Absolutely Fabulous", from "Dallas" to "Six Feet Under", from "The Simpsons" to "Ren and Stimpy".....
Below is an amalgam of Alice's entire collection of "Television Shows". For more precise grazing you may find scrolling within this genre helpful. ie "TV Drama", "TV Comedy", "TV Cult", etc
The Sea Wolf (2009)
7.5/10
Director: Mike Barker
Starring: Neve Campbell, Tim Roth, Stephen Campbell Moore, Sebastian Koch
This adventure on the high seas follows the exploits of the notorious Captain Wolf Larsen (Sebastian Koch) who engages young castaway Humphrey Van Wyd... Read more
The Shadow Line (2011)
8.2/10
Director: Hugo Blick
Starring: Antony Sher, Christopher Eccleston, Stephen Rea, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kierston Ware...
Detective Inspector Jonah Gabriel (Chiwetel Ejiofor) takes on his first case since being shot in a botched police operation that left his partner dead... Read more
The Shark Net (2003)
8.1/10
Director: Graeme Burfoot
Starring: Angie Milliken, Warren Mitchell, Dan Wyllie, Leeanna Walsman, Tim Draxl, William...
When Robert Drewe, aged six, moves with his family to Perth, he has every reason to expect a life of playful adventure. But divisions between his pare... Read more
The Shield: Season 1 (2002)
8.7/10
Director: Gary Fleder, Guy Ferland, Stephen Gyllenhaal, Clark Johnson, D J Caruso
Starring: Michael Chiklis, Catherine Dent, Walton Goggins, Michael Jace, Kenneth Johnson,...
Stand-out TV cop show that broke the mould. Detective Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis) is the leader of an elite Strike Team unit, a group of cops brutal... Read more
The Shield: Season 2 (2003)
8.7/10
Director: Guy Ferland, Nick Gomez, Scott Brazil, Leslie Libman
Starring: Michael Chiklis, Catherine Dent, Walton Goggins, Michael Jace, Kenneth Johnson,...
Everything good about the first season is intensified in the second, as Vic and the boys start figuring out how to make a big payday out of the Armeni... Read more
The Shield: Season 3 (2004)
8.7/10
Director: Guy Ferland, D J Caruso, Scott Brazil, Michael Chiklis, Dean White
Starring: Michael Chiklis, Catherine Dent, Walton Goggins, Michael Jace, Jay Karnes, CCH P...
Back for a pulse-pounding third season, Vic and the boys may have pulled off the money train job, but it could cost them their jobs, their friendships... Read more
The Shield: Season 4 (2005)
2.4/10
Director: Guy Ferland, Nick Gomez, Stephen Kay, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Scott Brazil, Dean White
Starring: Michael Chiklis, Catherine Dent, Walton Goggins, Michael Jace, Jay Karnes, CCH P...
Things have changed in Farmington, not least of which being the introduction of a new boss, Captain Monica Rawling (played by series guest star Glenn... Read more
The Shield: Season 5 (2006)
8.7/10
Director: D J Caruso, Guy Ferland, Stephen Kay, Phillip Atwell, Michael Chiklis, Dean White, Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Starring: Michael Chiklis, Catherine Dent, Walton Goggins, Michael Jace, Kenneth Johnson,...
The tension mounts with Vic and his crew squarely in the sights of Internal Affairs Officer Jon Kavanaugh (Forest Whitaker). Determined to the point o... Read more
The Shield: Season 6 (2007)
8.7/10
Director: Various
Starring: CCH Pounder, Michael Chiklis, Benito Martinez
"Are you ready for this?" quintessential cop on the edge Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis) asks his longtime nemesis, Councilman David Aceveda (Benito Mart... Read more
The Shield: Season 7 (2008)
8.7/10
Starring: CCH Pounder, Michael Chiklis, Walton Goggins, Catherine Dent, Michael Jace, Jay...
Now, after seven edge-of-your-seat seasons, you can finally see how this award-winning drama turns out. Shane resorts to kidnapping in his dangerous d... Read more