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The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson

1998

The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson

1998
5.9
Classic saga of the merchant and his family shipwrecked on a South Seas island. This adaptation of the Johann David Wyss tale was one of the Pax network's initial offerings.
Get Ace

2014

Get Ace

2014
10
Meet Ace McDougal - just your average, everyday nerdy school kid... Well he was, 'til he happened to be in the wrong dentist's chair at the wrong time and accidentally said the secret codeword... next thing he knew he'd been fitted with a set of top secret, ultra high-tech experimental braces. From that moment on he's catapulted - teeth-first - into one hair-raising adventure after another! Now he's the kid proving you're never too nerdy to be cool!
MetaJets

2009

MetaJets

2009
The year is 2067 and fans all over the globe follow the ARC, a futuristic NASCAR in the clouds! Four of the world's best pilots are in a continuous race for first place on the track. Off the track is a different story. There they become an elite flying team known as the Metasquadron. Under the command of Captain Strong, the Metasquadron transform their lightening fast race jets into battle-ready fliers. The pilots work together to protect people globally from harm, usually at the hands of the evil General Raven and his Black Cloud organization.
Dominion Creek

2015

Dominion Creek

2015
4.2
The story of the Connolly Brothers; three Irish emigrants who travel from Montana to the Yukon during the Klondike gold rush of the 1890’s in the hope of striking it rich where they become embroiled in a deadly feud with the man who runs the town.
Terrahawks

1983

Terrahawks

1983
5.6
Gerry Anderson & Christopher Burr's Terrahawks, simply referred to as Terrahawks, was a 1980s British science fiction television series produced by Anderson Burr Pictures and created by the production team of Gerry Anderson and Christopher Burr. The show was Anderson's first in over a decade to utilize puppets for its characters, and also his last. Anderson's previous puppet-laden TV series included Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. Set in the year 2020, the series followed the adventures of the Terrahawks, a taskforce responsible for protecting Earth from invasion by a group of extraterrestrial androids and aliens led by Zelda. Like Anderson's previous puppet series, futuristic vehicles and technology featured prominently in each episode.
Gadget Boy & Heather

1995

Gadget Boy & Heather

1995
6.8
Gadget Boy & Heather is an animated series about a bionic kid-detective.
The Aquabats! Super Show!

2012

The Aquabats! Super Show!

2012
7.5
The Aquabats! Super Show! is an American action-comedy television series which premiered on March 3, 2012 on the United States cable network The Hub. The series was created by Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz, both the creators of the Nick Jr. series Yo Gabba Gabba!, and Jason deVilliers. Based on the superhero mythology of The Aquabats, a real-life comedy rock band which series co-creator and lead singer Jacobs formed in 1994, The Aquabats! Super Show! follows the comic adventures of a fictionalized version of the band, a musical group of amateur superheroes, as they haphazardly defend the world from a variety of villains and monsters. Styled similarly to the campy aesthetics of 1960s and 1970s children's television and Japanese tokusatsu, Super Show! utilizes various mediums of visual styles and special effects, mixing live-action storylines with cartoon shorts, parody advertisements and musical interludes.
Colosseum

2022

Colosseum

2022
5.8
This series brings the rise and fall of the Roman Empire to life through the lens of one of the most exhilarating and brutal arenas in the history of humanity: the Colosseum. From the savage truth of a gladiator's life as a slave-warrior to the fascinating ways Rome's emperors used the vast amphitheater to demonstrate total power, "Colosseum" offers a unique and personal look inside history's most iconic empire. Spanning several hundred years, the series unfolds chronologically, from the arena's incredible opening day to its very last games.
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb

2006

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb

2006
2.5
It’s 1922, and free-spirited archaeologist Danny Freemont is infamous for his outlandish theories. Freemont is certain that if found, the Emerald Tablet, rumored to be buried in King Tut’s tomb, would hold the power to control the world. Unfortunately, the only one who believes Freemont is nefarious archaeologist Morgan Sinclair, a member of the diabolical secret cabal known as the Hellfire Council.
SAF3

2013

SAF3

2013
4.1
The series follows Southern California's elite rescue task force, SAF3 (pronouced "safe") , consists of the cream-of-the-crop from the sea, air, and fire divisions of the Malibu Fire Department. They are the heroes who answer the most challenging calls; specialists who collaborate, coordinate, and initiate daring rescues in the most dangerous venues to save human life, always aware of the harsh reality that one of them may not return.
Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion

1955

Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion

1955
4
Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion was a half-hour black-and-white television series about the French Foreign Legion starring Buster Crabbe in the title role. Crabbe's real-life son Cullen Crabbe played the Legion mascot, with cowboy sidekick Fuzzy Knight playing himself as Legion comedy relief. The series premiered on NBC on 13 February 1955 and ended its first run with the 65th episode shown on 7 December 1957. It was shown for many years in syndication on American television under the title Foreign Legionnaire.
State of Siege 26/11

2020

State of Siege 26/11

2020
5.3
When Mumbai was under siege in 2008, it was the NSG commandos that came to its rescue. Witness the untold stories of the brave heroes and the lesser-known facts of the horrid Mumbai attacks that shook the whole world.
White Fang

1993

White Fang

1993
4.2
White Fang was a 1993 television series loosely based on a novel by Jack London. During its single season 26 episodes were produced. It tells the story of young Matt Scott who adopts a wolf/dog named Fang who continually saves him from bad situations.
Shuke and Beita

1989

Shuke and Beita

1989
8.2
Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends

2022

Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends

2022
Children's entertainment
Gogol'

2019

Gogol'

2019
4.4
The year 1829. Nikolay Gogol, a young Third Section clerk, is desperate: his own books seem shallow and mediocre, so he keeps buying entire print runs just to burn them all. He is suffering from violent epileptic seizures and struggles to keep on working. Investigator Yakov Guro accidentally witnesses one such fit and realizes that Gogol's visions contain clues that could help solve actual crimes. Together, Gogol and Guro take on a particularly weird and baffling case that brings them to a small village of Dikanka, where everyone has a huge secret to hide.
Kidnap and Ransom

2011

Kidnap and Ransom

2011
5.9
Kidnap and Ransom is a British television three-part miniseries, originally shown on ITV in January 2011 with a second series following in February 2012. The series follows the work of a British hostage negotiator Dominic King, played by Trevor Eve, who is also executive producer of the series.
Beau Geste

1982

Beau Geste

1982
5
Television miniseries based on the novel by P. C. Wren of brotherly love, self-sacrifice and death-or-glory adventure in the French Foreign Legion.
Power Battle Watch Car

2016

Power Battle Watch Car

2016
10
The series is set in the near future. The automobile company named JHC Motors has created the Watch Cars, which are miniature sentient robotic cars that have become good companions to children and adults alike. Ever since, Watch Cars have become a global trend. The Watch Car Battle League is a competition where Watch Cars battle alongside their trainers. Jino, one of the young Watch Car Masters, goes to the Watch Car Battle League with his Watch Car Blue-will, but The Rangers of Darkness, an evil force plan to takeover all the Watch Cars in the city. Jino and his friends Roy, Maru and Ari, along with their Watch Cars, must stop them.
Cave Club

2020

Cave Club

2020
6.7