Third Watch

A popular anthology dramatizing real-life news stories. Burgess Meredith hosted the final season of the series, which ran in syndication following an eight-year stint on NBC.

One of the most prestigious and honored live anthologies from TV's golden age, it presented, in nearly 12 years, some 650 productions. Actors who appeared included Grace Kelly, James Dean, Rod Steiger, Jack Lemmon, Warren Beatty, Lee Remick, Anthony Perkins, Art Carney and Helen Hayes, and superb directors like John Frankenheimer, Sidney Lumet and Fielder Cook worked on the series. One of its most memorable productions was Rod Serling's 'Patterns,' which won a 1955 scriptwriting Emmy.

A couple's long-distance, intercontinental relationship is chronicled in this drama, which explores dating, the Internet and romance in the modern age.

Martial-arts action with a title character who's an expert in hand-to-hand combat called ninjitsu. The pilot featured an appearance by a little-known Demi Moore.

A private eye with two kids, a worrying wife and a tract house in the suburbs was the unlikely hero of this crime drama.

This dramatic anthology series focuses on people and events in American history. A highly regarded radio show (1935-53) before it came to TV, the DuPont-sponsored presentation was also known at various times as 'DuPont Cavalcade Theater,' 'DuPont Theater' and 'Cavalcade of America.'