Michael Tollin

Michael Tollin

Michael "Mike" Tollin (born June 10, 1955) is an American film director and film/television producer. His career highlights included Radio, Coach Carter, and Varsity Blues. He frequently collaborates with Brian Robbins in which they own a production company together called Tollin/Robbins Productions. They created and produced such shows like All That, The Amanda Show, Kenan & Kel, One Tree Hill, Smallville, What I Like About You, The Bronx is Burning and a few others. Tollin was the producer of the weekly highlights show for the United States Football League, the springtime football league which played from 1983 through 1985. In 2009, he served as executive producer for the hour-long documentary Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL? for ESPN's 30 for 30 series. He was also part of a number of the series films, as one of the production members. Tollin is originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Tollin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Michael Tollin
  • Popularity: 10.928
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1955-10-06
  • Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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  • Also Known As: Mike Tollin
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Michael Tollin Movies

  • 2005
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    Coach Carter The Man Behind the Movie

    Coach Carter The Man Behind the Movie

    8 2005 HD

    The real life counter parts of the 1999 Richmond basketball team that were portrayed in the 2005 film of the same name. Discuss what there coach...

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  • 2009
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    Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?

    Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?

    7 2009 HD

    In 1983 the upstart United States Football League (USFL) had the audacity to challenge the almighty NFL. The new league did the unthinkable by...

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  • 2007
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    Wild Hogs

    Wild Hogs

    5.964 2007 HD

    Restless and ready for an adventure, four suburban bikers leave the safety of their subdivision and head out on the open road. But complications...

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  • 2000
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    Ready to Rumble

    Ready to Rumble

    5.227 2000 HD

    Two slacker wrestling fans are devastated by the ousting of their favorite character by an unscrupulous promoter.

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  • 2005
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    Coach Carter

    Coach Carter

    7.585 2005 HD

    Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to...

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  • 2001
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    Summer Catch

    Summer Catch

    5.4 2001 HD

    Local boy Ryan Dunne, now a pitcher for Boston College, meets Tenley Parrish, the daughter of a wealthy couple who summer on the Cape. Ryan and...

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  • 2004
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    The Perfect Score

    The Perfect Score

    5.779 2004 HD

    Six high school seniors decide to break into the Princeton Testing Center so they can steal the answers to their upcoming SAT tests and all get...

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  • 2003
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    Radio

    Radio

    7.254 2003 HD

    In the racially divided town of Anderson, South Carolina in 1976, football coach Harold Jones spots a mentally disabled African-American young man...

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  • 2009
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    Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?

    Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?

    7 2009 HD

    In 1983 the upstart United States Football League (USFL) had the audacity to challenge the almighty NFL. The new league did the unthinkable by...

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  • 2016
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    Fastball

    Fastball

    7.138 2016 HD

    Since 1912, baseball has been a game obsessed with statistics and speed. Thrown at upwards of 100 miles per hour, a fastball moves too quickly for...

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  • 1989
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    The Final Season

    The Final Season

    1 1989 HD

    The true story of one season in the life of a pro football team. As one man fights for his life, a group of fifty young men struggles to hold onto a...

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  • 2009
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    Kings Ransom

    Kings Ransom

    6.413 2009 HD

    On August 9, 1988, the NHL was forever changed with the single stroke of a pen. The Edmonton Oilers, fresh off their fourth Stanley Cup victory in...

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  • 2009
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    The Band That Wouldn't Die

    The Band That Wouldn't Die

    6.3 2009 HD

    In late March of 1984, a moving company secretly packed up the Baltimore Colts’ belongings and its fleet of vans sneaked off in the darkness of...

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  • 2009
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    Muhammad and Larry

    Muhammad and Larry

    6.2 2009 HD

    In October of 1980 Muhammad Ali was preparing to fight for an unprecedented fourth heavyweight title against his friend and former sparring partner...

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  • 2009
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    Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?

    Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?

    7 2009 HD

    In 1983 the upstart United States Football League (USFL) had the audacity to challenge the almighty NFL. The new league did the unthinkable by...

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  • 2023
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    Stand

    Stand

    6 2023 HD

    Raw and unflinching examination of the courageous life of basketball star and social justice activist Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf. Born Chris Jackson, he...

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  • 2022
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    The Redeem Team

    The Redeem Team

    7.419 2022 HD

    Using unprecedented Olympic footage and behind-the-scenes material, The Redeem Team tells the story of the US Olympic Men's Basketball Team’s...

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  • 2009
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    Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?

    Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?

    7 2009 HD

    In 1983 the upstart United States Football League (USFL) had the audacity to challenge the almighty NFL. The new league did the unthinkable by...

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  • 2010
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    One Night in Vegas

    One Night in Vegas

    6.125 2010 HD

    On the evening of Sept. 7, 1996, Mike Tyson, the WBC heavyweight champion, attempted to take Bruce Seldon’s WBA title at the MGM Grand in Las...

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  • 2015
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    Tose: The Movie

    Tose: The Movie

    1 2015 HD

    The late Leonard Tose was a genius and a fool, a saint and a sinner, but most of all the former owner of the Philadelphia Eagles was the man who took...

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  • 2002
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    Big Fat Liar

    Big Fat Liar

    5.8 2002 HD

    After one of his class papers is stolen and turned into a movie, a young student and his best friend exact a hilarious, slapstick revenge on the...

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  • 2010
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    Jordan Rides the Bus

    Jordan Rides the Bus

    5.906 2010 HD

    In the fall of 1993, in his prime and at the summit of the sports world, Michael Jordan walked away from pro basketball. After leading the Dream Team...

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  • 2003
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    Radio

    Radio

    7.254 2003 HD

    In the racially divided town of Anderson, South Carolina in 1976, football coach Harold Jones spots a mentally disabled African-American young man...

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  • 2007
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    Unstrung

    Unstrung

    7 2007 HD

    Unstrung exposes the dramas of the juniors tennis world, hitting the road with a handful of teenage competitors as they head for the national...

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  • 1999
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    Varsity Blues

    Varsity Blues

    6.168 1999 HD

    In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion, 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday...

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  • 2017
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    The Zookeeper's Wife

    The Zookeeper's Wife

    7.346 2017 HD

    The account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.

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  • 2023
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    Iceman: A George Gervin Story

    Iceman: A George Gervin Story

    1 2023 HD

    Spotlighting NBA and San Antonio Spurs legend George Gervin, the documentary focuses on Iceman's influence on the game, inspiring his peers and...

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  • 2015
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    Katy Perry - Making of the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show

    Katy Perry - Making of the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show

    8.7 2015 HD

    A behind-the-scenes documentary pieced together from over 100 hours of footage showing not just the preparation that went into Katy Perry's Super...

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  • 2017
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    Chuck

    Chuck

    6.2 2017 HD

    A drama inspired by the life of heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner.

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  • 2017
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    Morningside 5

    Morningside 5

    1 2017 HD

    In 1992, a young filmmaker named Mike Tollin chronicled one season in the lives of the Morningside High basketball team in Inglewood, California....

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  • 1993
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    Hardwood Dreams

    Hardwood Dreams

    1 1993 HD

    A 1990 California high school basketball team aspires to repeat their state championship while dealing with their many issues on and off the court.

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  • 2007
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    Norbit

    Norbit

    5.667 2007 HD

    A mild-mannered guy who is engaged to a monstrous woman meets the woman of his dreams, and schemes to find a way to be with her.

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  • 2010
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    No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson

    No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson

    7 2010 HD

    Director Steve James returns to his home town of Hampton, Virginia to tell the story of how the trial of a young basketball star left a city divided.

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  • 2023
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    Rolling Along

    Rolling Along

    1 2023 HD

    Bill Bradley has experienced many lives and has worn many hats throughout his lifetime. After becoming an accomplished college and professional...

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  • 1995
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    The Show

    The Show

    6.375 1995 HD

    A documentary about the culture of hip-hop. Through interviews with some of hip-hops biggest names, the film makers attempt to find out why it has...

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  • 2005
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    Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story

    Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story

    7.019 2005 HD

    Ben Crane believes that a severely injured racehorse deserves another chance. He and his daughter Cale adopt the mare and save it from being...

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  • 1989
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    The Final Season

    The Final Season

    1 1989 HD

    The true story of one season in the life of a pro football team. As one man fights for his life, a group of fifty young men struggles to hold onto a...

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  • 1989
    imgMovies

    The Final Season

    The Final Season

    1 1989 HD

    The true story of one season in the life of a pro football team. As one man fights for his life, a group of fifty young men struggles to hold onto a...

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  • 1989
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    Great Sports Moments of the 80's

    Great Sports Moments of the 80's

    1 1989 HD

    Experience the thrill as your favorite teams and heroes triumph again! Great comebacks, rivalries and record-breaking performances are here to watch...

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  • 1989
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    Great Sports Moments of the 80's

    Great Sports Moments of the 80's

    1 1989 HD

    Experience the thrill as your favorite teams and heroes triumph again! Great comebacks, rivalries and record-breaking performances are here to watch...

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  • 1997
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    Good Burger

    Good Burger

    6.06 1997 HD

    Two L.A. teens with summer jobs at Good Burger try to save their small restaurant when a corporate giant burger franchise moves in across the street.

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  • 1995
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    Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream

    Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream

    5.7 1995 HD

    1995 American documentary film follows baseball slugger Hank Aaron's pursuit of Babe Ruth's all time record for homeruns.

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  • 2001
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    Hardball

    Hardball

    6.5 2001 HD

    An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in...

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  • 1970
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    UFC 1: Origins of the Octagon

    UFC 1: Origins of the Octagon

    1 1970 HD

    The improbable tale of how Rorian Gracie, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist, and Art Davie, once a used car salesman, teamed with Bob...

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  • 2019
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    One Crazy Night in Baseball

    One Crazy Night in Baseball

    1 2019 HD

    Crazy sums up the final night of the baseball season, when the Tampa Bay Rays and St. Louis Cardinals overcame improbably long odds and huge...

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  • 2018
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    Improbably Gibson

    Improbably Gibson

    1 2018 HD

    An entertaining and fresh retrospective of Gibson's historic walk-off home run in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series.

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  • 2021
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    Arctic Summer

    Arctic Summer

    1 2021 HD

    ARCTIC SUMMER is a poetic meditation on Tuktoyaktuk, an Indigenous community in the Arctic. The film captures Tuk during one of the last summers...

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  • 2021
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    Meltdown

    Meltdown

    1 2021 HD

    For 30 years, Lynn Davis has photographed the magnificent icebergs of Greenland. Davis returned recently with climate change expert Tony Leiserowitz,...

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  • 2018
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    The Golden Generation

    The Golden Generation

    1 2018 HD

    How a once-in-a-generation Argentina team, led by Manu Ginobili, brought down the “Dream Team” and won gold at the 2004 Olympic Games.

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  • 1970
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    6.6 1970 HD

    A behind-the-scenes look at the glitzy, big-money world of professional sports following the eternally optimistic and endlessly resourceful L.A....

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E1

    1 1970 HD

    Bonds on Bonds is a 10-part reality TV series starring former San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds that aired on ESPN. The show revolved on...

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  • 1970
    imgS9 E13

    7.739 1970 HD

    In Tree Hill, North Carolina two half brothers share a last name and nothing else. Brooding, blue-collar Lucas is a talented street-side basketball...

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  • 1970
    imgS3 E10

    7 1970 HD

    The Amanda Show is an American live action sketch comedy and variety show that aired on Nickelodeon from October 16, 1999 to September 21, 2002. It...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E8

    7.1 1970 HD

    In the summer of 1977, New York was a city in crisis. Paralyzed by a citywide blackout, political strife, and the Son of Sam killing spree, the Big...

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  • 1970
    imgS4 E13

    8.133 1970 HD

    Set in Chicago, the show follows the kid-friendly misadventures of two high-school friends who are always scheming and dreaming. Kenan, who works at...

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  • 1970
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    7 1970 HD

    With the help of his strange cousin Skeeter, Bobby learns life lessons and tackles the ups and downs of growing up.

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    The Nick Cannon Show is an American television comedy spin-off of All That. It aired on Nickelodeon's SNICK block 2002-2003 along with All That, The...

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  • 1970
    imgS10 E8

    7.7 1970 HD

    A zany sketch comedy featuring many wacky characters hosted for kids and by kids.

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    The Days is a 2004 ABC television series. Each episode chronicles 24 hours in the lives of the members of the fictional Day family. The series was...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E6

    8.7 1970 HD

    Black Sash is an American action adventure drama television series starring Russell Wong. It ran from March 30, 2003, to June 1, 2003. Including...

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  • 1970
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    6.019 1970 HD

    The series is set in New Gotham City, several years after it has been apparently abandoned by Batman. In his absence, Huntress, Oracle and Dinah are...

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  • 1970
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    5.8 1970 HD

    Two estranged brothers reunite in their small hometown to deal with their mother who has just been released from a psychiatric facility and has yet...

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  • 1970
    imgS10 E21

    8.218 1970 HD

    The origins of the world’s greatest hero–from Krypton refugee Kal-el’s arrival on Earth through his tumultuous teen years to Clark...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E5

    10 1970 HD

    Inconceivable is an American primetime television medical drama, which was broadcast on NBC. The program premiered on September 23, 2005. The show...

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  • 1970
    imgS4 E41

    7.548 1970 HD

    30 for 30 is the umbrella title for a series of documentary films airing on ESPN and its sister networks and online properties. The series, which...

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  • 1970
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    6.4 1970 HD

    Valerie Tyler is a 28-year-old organization freak who loves her 16-year-old sister Holly. Even if Holly is rambunctious. Spontaneous. Impulsive....

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E22

    6.6 1970 HD

    When everyman Patrick Owen is bitten by the easily-excited puppy of movie star Alexandra Young, he becomes an overnight sensation. His anonymity and...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E10

    8.234 1970 HD

    A 10-part documentary chronicling the untold story of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls dynasty with rare, never-before-seen footage and sound...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E34

    7.6 1970 HD

    Pop-culture phenomenon All That is returning for a new generation of kids. The new weekly sketch-comedy series will showcase an all-new cast of kids,...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E10

    8.234 1970 HD

    A 10-part documentary chronicling the untold story of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls dynasty with rare, never-before-seen footage and sound...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E7

    7.8 1970 HD

    A compelling narrative revealing the man behind the icon - Derek Jeter. Amidst a time of great change in New York City, Derek Jeter’s arrival...

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  • 1970
    imgS9 E13

    7.739 1970 HD

    In Tree Hill, North Carolina two half brothers share a last name and nothing else. Brooding, blue-collar Lucas is a talented street-side basketball...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E4

    9 1970 HD

    With unprecedented access and never-before-seen personal archival footage, the docuseries is a revealing portrait of three-time Olympic gold medalist...

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  • 1970
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    7 1970 HD

    A compelling 360-degree insider's view of Nashville's criminal justice system, offering unprecedented access to the men's, women's, and juvenile...

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  • 1970
    imgS2 E11

    1 1970 HD

    The Nick Cannon Show is an American television comedy spin-off of All That. It aired on Nickelodeon's SNICK block 2002-2003 along with All That, The...

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  • 1970
    imgS10 E8

    7.7 1970 HD

    A zany sketch comedy featuring many wacky characters hosted for kids and by kids.

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E34

    7.6 1970 HD

    Pop-culture phenomenon All That is returning for a new generation of kids. The new weekly sketch-comedy series will showcase an all-new cast of kids,...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E10

    8.234 1970 HD

    A 10-part documentary chronicling the untold story of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls dynasty with rare, never-before-seen footage and sound...

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