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John Amos

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John Allen Amos Jr. (born December 27, 1939) is an American actor known for his roles as James Evans, Sr. [1]

102 relations: Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story, Alex Haley, All About the Andersons, All in the Family, American Broadcasting Company, American Flyers, American Football League, Anson Williams, Anthony Anderson, Archie Bunker, Atlantic Coast Football League, Bad Asses on the Bayou, Bill Cosby, Canton Bulldogs, CBS, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colorado State Rams football, Colorado State University, Coming to America, Continental Football League, Countdown (2004 film), Denver Broncos, Die Hard 2, Dr. Dolittle 3, Dr. Dre, East Orange High School, East Orange, New Jersey, Esther Rolle, For Better or Worse (film), Ghetto, Good Times, Gus Trikonis, Hank Stram, Hunter (1984 U.S. TV series), Ice Cube, In the House (TV series), Jan-Michael Vincent, Jimmie Walker, Kansas City Chiefs, Kunta Kinte, Let's Do It Again (1975 film), Lie to Me, Lillian Lehman, List of minor characters on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, List of The West Wing characters, Lock Up (film), Long Beach City College, Mac (film), Madea's Witness Protection, Martin (TV series), ..., Master chief petty officer, Maude (TV series), McDonald's, Men in Trees, Minstrel show, Murder, She Wrote, My Baby's Daddy, My Name Is Earl, NAACP Image Awards, Natural Born Killaz, Netflix, New Jersey Army National Guard, Newark, New Jersey, Night Trap (film), Norfolk Neptunes, Norman Lear, Police Story (1973 TV series), Primetime Emmy Award, Psych, Ricochet (film), Roots (1977 miniseries), Sanford and Son, Shadowboxing (2005 film), Shari Headley, Sidney Poitier, Social work, Sociology, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Tewksbury Township, New Jersey, The A-Team, The Beastmaster, The Cosby Show, The District, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Players Club, The President's Plane Is Missing (film), The Ranch (TV series), The West Wing, The World's Greatest Athlete, Tim Conway, Touched by an Angel, Touched by Love, TV Land Award, Two and a Half Men, Two Evil Eyes, United Football League (1961–64), United States Coast Guard, Vanishing Point (1971 film), Wheeling Ironmen, 50th Armored Division (United States), 704 Hauser. Expand index (52 more) »

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story is a 1980 American miniseries about Clarence Carnes, the youngest ever inmate of Alcatraz Prison.

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Alex Haley

Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers.

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All About the Andersons

All About the Andersons is an American sitcom that originally aired on The WB from September 12, 2003 to February 12, 2004.

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All in the Family

All in the Family is an American sitcom TV-series that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network for nine seasons, from January 1971 to April 1979.

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American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Disney–ABC Television Group, a subsidiary of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company.

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American Flyers

American Flyers is a 1985 American sports drama film starring Kevin Costner, David Marshall Grant, Rae Dawn Chong, Alexandra Paul, Luca Bercovici and Janice Rule about bicycle racing.

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American Football League

The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1969, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL).

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Anson Williams

Anson Williams (born Anson William Heimlich, September 25, 1949, in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor, singer and director, best known for his role as gullible but well-intentioned singer Warren "Potsie" Weber on the television series Happy Days (1974–1984), a role for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film.

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Anthony Anderson

Anthony Anderson (born August 15, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and game show host.

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Archie Bunker

Archibald "Archie" Bunker is a fictional character from the 1970s American television sitcom All in the Family and its spin-off Archie Bunker's Place, played by Carroll O'Connor.

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Atlantic Coast Football League

The Atlantic Coast Football League (ACFL) was a minor football league that operated from 1962 to 1973.

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Bad Asses on the Bayou

Bad Asses on the Bayou (also known as Bad Ass 3) is a 2015 action film starring Danny Trejo and Danny Glover, written and directed by Craig Moss.

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Bill Cosby

William Henry Cosby Jr. (born July 12, 1937) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician, author, and convicted sex offender.

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Canton Bulldogs

The Canton Bulldogs were a professional American football team, based in Canton, Ohio.

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CBS

CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) is, by U.S. law, the highest-ranking and senior-most military officer in the United States Armed Forces 10 USC 152.

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Colorado State Rams football

The Colorado State Rams football program, established in 1893, represents Colorado State University and is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and Mountain West Conference.

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Colorado State University

Colorado State University (also referred to as Colorado State, State, and CSU) is a public research university located in Fort Collins, in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Coming to America

Coming to America is a 1988 American romantic comedy film directed by John Landis and based on a story originally created by Eddie Murphy, who also starred in the lead role.

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Continental Football League

The Continental Football League (COFL) was a professional American football league that operated in North America from 1965 through 1969.

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Countdown (2004 film)

Countdown (also known as Personal Number, Личный номер) is a Russian action movie directed by Yevgeny Lavrentyev with a $7 million budget, which was huge for Russia of that time, and released in Moscow in December 2004.

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Denver Broncos

The Denver Broncos are a professional American football club based in Denver, Colorado.

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Die Hard 2

Die Hard 2 is a 1990 American action film and the second installment in the ''Die Hard'' film series.

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Dr. Dolittle 3

Dr.

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Dr. Dre

Andre Romelle Young (born February 18, 1965), better known by his stage name Dr.

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East Orange High School

East Orange High School was a comprehensive community public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from 1891 to 2002 in East Orange, in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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East Orange, New Jersey

East Orange is a city in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.

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Esther Rolle

Esther Elizabeth Rolle (November 8, 1920 November 17, 1998) was a Bahamian American actress.

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For Better or Worse (film)

For Better or Worse is a 1995 American feature film.

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Ghetto

A ghetto is a part of a city in which members of a minority group live, typically as a result of social, legal, or economic pressure.

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Good Times

Good Times is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from February 8, 1974, to August 1, 1979.

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Gus Trikonis

Gus Trikonis (born November 21, 1937) is an American actor, dancer, and director.

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Hank Stram

Henry Louis "Hank" Stram (January 3, 1923 – July 4, 2005) was an American football coach.

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Hunter (1984 U.S. TV series)

Hunter is an American crime drama created by Frank Lupo, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991.

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Ice Cube

O'Shea Jackson Sr. (born June 15, 1969), known professionally as Ice Cube, is an American rapper, writer and actor.

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In the House (TV series)

In the House is an American sitcom that premiered on April 10, 1995 and aired on NBC until it was cancelled after its second season.

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Jan-Michael Vincent

Jan-Michael Vincent (born July 15, 1944) is a retired American actor best known for his role as attack helicopter pilot Stringfellow Hawke on the television series Airwolf (1984–86) and as the protagonist of 1978's Big Wednesday.

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Jimmie Walker

James Carter Walker Jr. (born June 25, 1947), known professionally as Jimmie Walker, is an American actor and comedian.

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Kansas City Chiefs

The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Kunta Kinte

Kunta Kinte (1750 – 1822) is a character in the novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family by American author Alex Haley.

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Let's Do It Again (1975 film)

Let's Do It Again is a 1975 American action crime comedy film directed by and starring Sidney Poitier and co-starring Bill Cosby and Jimmie Walker, among an all-star black cast.

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Lie to Me

Lie to Me (stylized as Lie to me*) is an American crime drama television series.

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Lillian Lehman

Lillian Lehman (born February 12, 1947) is an American actress.

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List of minor characters on The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The following is a list of minor characters recurringly featured on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

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List of The West Wing characters

The television series The West Wing is a political drama series which was originally broadcast on NBC.

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Lock Up (film)

Lock Up is a 1989 American prison drama film directed by John Flynn.

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Long Beach City College

Long Beach City College, established in 1927, is a community college located in Long Beach, California.

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Mac (film)

Mac is a 1992 American drama film co-written and directed by John Turturro, in his directorial debut.

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Madea's Witness Protection

Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection is a 2012 American comedy film directed, written and produced by Tyler Perry.

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Martin (TV series)

Martin is an American sitcom that aired for five seasons on Fox from August 27, 1992, to May 1, 1997.

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Master chief petty officer

U.S. Coast Guardmaster chief petty officercap and collar device U.S. Coast Guardmaster chief petty officersleeve rating insignia United States Navymaster chief petty officershoulderboard United States Navygood conduct rating badge for amaster chief boatswain's mate United States Navymaster chief petty officercap and collar insignia Master chief petty officer (MCPO) is the ninth, and highest, enlisted rate (pay grade E-9) in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, just above senior chief petty officer (SCPO).

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Maude (TV series)

Maude is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 12, 1972, until April 23, 1978.

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McDonald's

McDonald's is an American fast food company, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States.

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Men in Trees

Men in Trees is an American romantic television comedy-drama series starring Anne Heche as relationship coach Marin Frist, which premiered on September 12, 2006, on ABC.

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Minstrel show

The minstrel show, or minstrelsy, was an American form of entertainment developed in the early 19th century.

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Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote is an American crime drama television series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher.

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My Baby's Daddy

My Baby's Daddy is a 2004 comedy film, directed by Cheryl Dunye.

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My Name Is Earl

My Name Is Earl is an American sitcom series created by Greg Garcia that aired on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States.

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NAACP Image Awards

The NAACP Image Award is an annual awards ceremony presented by the American National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to honor outstanding people of color in film, television, music, and literature.

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Natural Born Killaz

"Natural Born Killaz" is a collaborative single released by Dr. Dre and Ice Cube for the soundtrack of the film Murder Was the Case.

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Netflix

Netflix, Inc. is an American over-the-top media services provider, headquartered in Los Gatos, California.

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New Jersey Army National Guard

The New Jersey Army National Guard consists of over 8,000 Guardsmen.

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Newark, New Jersey

Newark is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County.

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Night Trap (film)

Night Trap, also known as Mardi Gras for the Devil, is a 1993 supernatural thriller film directed by David A. Prior and starring Robert Davi, Michael Ironside, John Amos, Mike Starr, Lesley-Anne Down and Mickey Jones.

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Norfolk Neptunes

The Norfolk Neptunes were an American football franchise based in Norfolk, Virginia that played in the Continental Football League from 1966 until 1969 and the Atlantic Coast Football League from 1970 to 1971.

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Norman Lear

Norman Milton Lear (born July 27, 1922) is an American television writer and producer who produced such 1970s sitcoms as All in the Family, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, Good Times, and Maude.

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Police Story (1973 TV series)

Police Story is an anthology television crime drama that aired on NBC from 1973 through 1978.

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Primetime Emmy Award

The Primetime Emmy Award is an American award bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming.

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Psych

Psych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks and broadcast on USA Network with syndicated reruns on ION Television.

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Ricochet (film)

Ricochet is a 1991 American action crime thriller film, directed by Russell Mulcahy and starring Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, Kevin Pollak, and Lindsay Wagner.

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Roots (1977 miniseries)

Roots is an American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family.

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Sanford and Son

Sanford and Son is an American sitcom that ran on the NBC television network from January 14, 1972, to March 25, 1977.

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Shadowboxing (2005 film)

Shadowboxing (Boy s tenyu; literally "Fight with Shadow") is a 2005 Russian 4-episode sports drama movie.

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Shari Headley

Shari Headley (born July 15, 1964) is an American actress and former model.

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Sidney Poitier

Sir Sidney Poitier, (born February 20, 1927) is a Bahamian-American actor, film director, author, and diplomat.

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Social work

Social work is an academic discipline and profession that concerns itself with individuals, families, groups and communities in an effort to enhance social functioning and overall well-being.

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Sociology

Sociology is the scientific study of society, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and culture.

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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is a 1971 American independent action thriller film written, co-produced, scored, edited, directed by and starring Melvin Van Peebles.

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Tewksbury Township, New Jersey

Tewksbury Township is a township located in Hunterdon County, New Jersey and is located within the New York Metropolitan Area.

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The A-Team

The A-Team is an American action-adventure television series that ran on NBC from 1983 to 1987 about former members of a fictitious United States Army Special Forces unit.

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The Beastmaster

The Beastmaster is a 1982 sword and sorcery film directed by Don Coscarelli and starring Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, John Amos and Rip Torn.

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The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show is an American television sitcom starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984, until April 30, 1992.

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The District

The District is an American crime drama and police procedural television series which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000, to May 1, 2004.

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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 10, 1990, to May 20, 1996.

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The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Mary Tyler Moore Show is an American sitcom created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns that aired on CBS from 1970 to 1977.

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The Players Club

The Players Club is a 1998 American comedy/drama film written and directed by Ice Cube in his directorial debut.

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The President's Plane Is Missing (film)

The President's Plane Is Missing is a 1973 American television film directed by Daryl Duke with a screenplay by Ernest Kinoy and Mark Carliner based upon the Robert J. Serling novel of the same name.

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The Ranch (TV series)

The Ranch is an American comedy web television series starring Ashton Kutcher, Danny Masterson, Debra Winger, Elisha Cuthbert, and Sam Elliott that debuted in 2016 on Netflix.

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The West Wing

The West Wing is an American serial political drama television series created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999, to May 14, 2006.

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The World's Greatest Athlete

The World's Greatest Athlete is a 1973 American feature film released by Walt Disney Productions.

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Tim Conway

Thomas Daniel "Tim" Conway (born December 15, 1933) is an American actor, writer, director, and comedian.

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Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel is an American supernatural drama television series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994, and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003.

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Touched by Love

Touched by Love (also called To Elvis, with Love) is a 1980 drama film about a therapist who tries a novel approach with a girl afflicted with cerebral palsy; she has her charge become a pen pal with the girl's favorite singer, Elvis Presley.

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TV Land Award

The TV Land Icon Awards is an American television awards ceremony that generally commemorates shows now off the air, rather than in current production as with the Emmys.

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Two and a Half Men

Two and a Half Men is an American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS for twelve seasons from September 22, 2003, to February 19, 2015.

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Two Evil Eyes

Two Evil Eyes (Italian: Due occhi diabolici) is a 1990 Italian-American horror film written and directed by Dario Argento and George A. Romero.

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United Football League (1961–64)

The United Football League was a professional minor league American football league that operated between 1961 and 1964.

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United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's seven uniformed services.

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Vanishing Point (1971 film)

Vanishing Point is a 1971 American action road movie directed by Richard C. Sarafian and starring Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, and Dean Jagger.

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Wheeling Ironmen

The Wheeling Ironmen were a professional American football team based in Wheeling, West Virginia, and played their home games at Wheeling Island Stadium.

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50th Armored Division (United States)

The 50th Armored Division was a division of the Army National Guard from July 1946 until 1993.

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704 Hauser

704 Hauser is an American sitcom and a spin-off of All in the Family (the final of several) that aired on CBS from April 11 to May 9, 1994.

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References

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