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Playhouse 90

Playhouse 90 was a long-running CBS television anthology series airing from 1956 to 1960. Each episode presented a new,...

Classic Drama Live TV Cbs

8.8 Great

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Masterpiece

Masterpiece is a long-running PBS anthology series showcasing distinguished British dramatic works. Beginning with Alist...

Classic Drama British Pbs

8.7 Great

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Play for Today

Play for Today was a BBC television anthology series running from 1970 to 1984. It presented single dramatic works explo...

Classic Drama British Bbc

8.6 Great

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The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play was a BBC television anthology series running from 1964 to 1970. It presented single dramatic works,...

Drama British Bbc 1960S

8.5 Great

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Malgudi Days

Malgudi Days is an Indian Hindi-language anthology television series from 1986, directed by Shyam Benegal and based on R...

Drama Indian 1980S Literary

8.5 Great

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Omnibus

Omnibus was a long-running American anthology series broadcast from 1952 to 1961. Hosted by Alistair Cooke, it presented...

Educational Classic Drama 1950S

8.4 Great

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Studio One

Studio One was a pioneering live television anthology drama series broadcast by CBS from 1948 to 1958. It established i...

Classic Drama Live TV Cbs

8.2 Great

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CBS Playhouse

CBS Playhouse was an American anthology drama series broadcast by CBS from 1967 to 1970. The program presented original...

Classic Drama Cbs 1960S

8.2 Great

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The Outer Limits (1963)

The Outer Limits is a 1963 American sci-fi anthology series, notable for its monster-of-the-week format and its profound...

Sci Fi Horror Abc Episodic

8.2 Great

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Armchair Theatre

Airing on ITV from 1956 to 1974, this pioneering and highly influential British anthology series presented original stan...

Classic Drama Live TV Episodic

8.0 Great

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Accused (UK)

Created by Jimmy McGovern, this British anthology aired on BBC One starting in 2010 and follows ordinary people as they...

Drama Episodic Crime Bbc

7.9 Good

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Little America

Co-created by Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, this 2020 Apple TV+ anthology series adapts true stories from Epic Ma...

Drama Episodic Apple TV Plus Immigration

7.8 Good

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One Step Beyond

One Step Beyond is an American anthology that aired from 1959, presenting dramatized paranormal cases hosted by John New...

Classic Drama Supernatural Episodic

7.5 Good

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Dramarama

Dramarama was a British children's anthology drama series produced by ITV regional companies (1983–1989), presenting sel...

Drama Episodic British Kids

7.1 Good

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Dolly Parton's Heartstrings

Premiering on Netflix in 2019, this American anthology series brings the iconic country songs of singer-songwriter Dolly...

Music Drama Netflix Episodic

7.0 Good

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Accused (US)

Developed by Howard Gordon for Fox, this 2023 American legal anthology series examines crime from the defendant's perspe...

Drama Episodic Crime Legal

6.8 Fair

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Science Fiction Theatre

Science Fiction Theatre is a U.S. anthology that aired from 1955, presenting speculative stories framed around contempor...

Sci Fi Classic Drama Episodic

6.6 Fair

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Studio 57

Studio 57 is an American anthology series that aired in the 1950s, notable for featuring original dramatic teleplays and...

Classic Drama Episodic 1950S

6.6 Fair

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Solos

Created by David Weil, this 2021 Amazon Prime Video science fiction anthology series explores the deeper meaning of huma...

Sci Fi Drama Episodic Prime Video

5.7 Mediocre

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Roar

Based on Cecelia Ahern's short story collection, this 2022 American feminist anthology series on Apple TV+ uses dark com...

Drama Episodic Apple TV Plus Surreal

5.4 Mediocre