Summary: The hugely popular live American television plays of the 1950s have become the stuff of legend. Combining elements of theater, radio, and filmmaking, they were produced at a moment when TV technology was growing more mobile and art was being made accessible to a newly suburban postwar demographic. These astonishingly choreographed, brilliantly acted, and socially progressive "teleplays"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GOLSummary: Experience the passion, the drama and every heart stopping moment. Television's favorite doctors now find themselves simmering in a world of sexual politics. Bailey struggles with what it means to be a woman in charge of the hospital, and her own husband, while Maggie faces the challenges of dating a younger man.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GRESummary: The year without a Santa Claus: When Santa decides to take Christmas off, two elves go to find children to convince Santa to come back, but first they have to get past the Heat Miser and the Snow Miser.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD YEASummary: A lavish period drama set in Atlantic City, following the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed political and criminal mastermind whose grip on power and control of the city's liquor supply is under constant threat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BOA RATED RCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BOASummary: In the small town of Dillon, Texas, everyone comes together on Friday nights when the Dillon High Panthers play. But life is not a game and the charismatic football players, their new coach Eric Taylor, and the passionate fans find that their biggest challenges and obstacles come off the field.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD FRISummary: "Spenser For Hire's sophomore season ushered in some changes for the gourmet gumshoe: new faces, new challenge, and more mysteries around the streets of Boston, from Fenway backalleys to Beacon Hill townhouses. Foremost among them is Boston's new Assistant DA, Rita Fiori (Carolyn McCormick), looking to rein in the freewheeling private detective, regardless of the chummy relationship that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV SPEContents: Guy walks into a psychiatrist's office -- Do not resuscitate -- Toodle-f**king-oo -- Commendatori -- Big girls don't cry -- The happy wanderer -- D-girl -- Full leather jacket -- From where to eternity -- Bust out -- House arrest -- Knight in white satin armor -- Funhouse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 2001
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD SOPSummary: Spenser is a detective who yearns for a simpler time of ethics and standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The fourth season of this classic groundbreaking series saw the beginning of one-hour episodes. This allowed for more elaborate and detailed stories which plunged viewers even further into the twilight zone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWISummary: Henry, now forty-five, marries Jane Seymour. Jane helps to reconcile Mary with her father, but only after Mary signs a paper admitting that she is illegitimate. Jane gives birth to a son, but dies shortly thereafter. Devastated by Jane's death, Henry locks himself away, drawing fantasy palaces, with caustic court jester Will Sommers as his sole companion. Henry then marries Anne of Cleves, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Showtime Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TUDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TudorsSummary: Returning for its sixth season, Mad Men explores the glamorous and ego-driven 'golden age' of advertising in late 1960s New York City. Don Draper and the rest of the cast continue to captivate as they deal with the aftereffects of adultery, divorce, a merger, and an ever-changing social climate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MADCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MADSummary: "A gripping drama that takes you into the ruthless underworld of outlaw bikers. The Sons of Anarchy live, ride, and die for brotherhood. But as the club's leader (Ron Perlman) and his wife (Katey Sagal) steer them in an increasingly lawless direction, her son Jax (Charlie Hunnam) is torn between loyalty and the legacy in this adrenaline-charged first season"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD SONCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SONCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SonsSummary: Recently divorced fireman Tommy Gavin is coping with the fear of his job and the unease he feels watching his ex-wife as she starts to date other men.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV RESSummary: Though many years have passed, another orphan - this time a lonely American girl - makes an exciting journey to the enchanting manor where the magic began. Under the watchful eye of the keeper of the garden's key, the young orphan discovers that unlocking all the mysteries of the garden will take faith, courage and determination before life can bloom lavishly once again.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2002
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Drama about an FBI agent who recruits his mathematical-genius brother to help the Bureau solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles. The two brothers take on the most confounding criminal cases from a very distinctive perspective. Inspired by actual events, the series depicts how the confluence of police work and mathematics provides unexpected revelations and answers to the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD NUMSummary: Reeling from the death of the woman he loves, Jax Teller steers SAMCRO full-throttle down the hell-bound road to revenge, allowing nothing to stand in his way. The streets of Charming run red with blood as shifting alliances and fatal mistakes lead to chaos, betrayal, and all-out murder. The body count soars, and dark secrets give way to darker truths, until the only question remaining is who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD SONCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SONSummary: Visit Trinity, South Carolina, a small town with more chills than charm. Sheriff Lucas Buck won't let anyone--including local doctor Matt Crower or the determined Gail Emory--stand in the way of his evil plans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AMESummary: Includes all ten episodes of the second season of Portlandia, the hit sketch comedy series created and written by, and starring Fred Armisen of Saturday Night Live and Carrie Brownstein from the band Sleater-Kinney. This season, the two continue skewering the weird and wonderful residents of Portland, Oregon, as well as hipsters everywhere.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Video Services Corp. 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV PORSummary: Christmas is upon us and the Paddy's gang has got the spirit. Well, not really. For them, the holidays have always been a time of trickery, backstabbing, and disappointment. But this year things are going to be different as they are determined to rediscover the joy in Christmas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV IT'SSummary: Where does Santa's suit come from? Why does he slide down the chimney? Why does he live at the North Pole? The answers to all these questions and the origins of our favorite holiday traditions are revealed in this classic about Kris Kringle, the world's most famous gift-giver.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Classic Media 2010
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: DVD JUV SANCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SANSummary: After losing the war against the Cylon robots, the Battlestar Galactica crew heads toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth. Galactica Commander Adama and President Laura Roslin are facing the problems of waning supplies and crushed morale. Along the way they have to deal with the credible threat that Cylons may be aboard the ship.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Marco Ruiz and Sonya Cross are brought together again by the murder of a cartel member whose body is found in El Paso. Meanwhile, reporters Frye and Mendez venture deeper into the border region underworld to follow the path of a money-laundering operation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015