Good Morning America Good Morning America (GMA) is ABC's long-running morning news and talk program combining news, interviews, weather and features. It premiered in 1975 and remains a flagship U.S. mo…
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Goodnight Sweetheart British time‑travel sitcom (1993–1999) by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, starring Nicholas Lyndhurst. A comic drama about a man living between 1990s London and the 1940s wartime…
Goof Troop (Disney animated television series) Goof Troop Goof Troop is a 1990s Disney animated sitcom about Goofy and his son Max navigating suburban life with neighbors the Pete family; it inspired two feature films and a lasting fan fo…
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Gordon the Big Engine Gordon the Big Engine is a fictional blue tender locomotive from Reverend W. Awdry’s Railway Series and the TV adaptation Thomas & Friends, known for pulling the Express and for hi…
Gossip Girl (TV series) Gossip Girl American teen drama about privileged Manhattan teens and an anonymous online narrator — adapted from Cecily von Ziegesar's novels; influential in fashion, social-media storytelling…
Got Talent franchise Got Talent series International reality TV competition format that showcases a wide range of performing acts; created in the UK and expanded into many national versions, including Britain's Got Tale…
Gotham (TV series) American crime-drama prequel (2014–2019) that follows young Detective James Gordon, the Wayne family tragedy and the early origins of many Gotham City figures from DC Comics.
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Green Acres (1965–1971) — American sitcom set in Hooterville Green Acres Green Acres is a 1960s American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor about a New York couple who move to a country farm in the fictional Hooterville. Known for its surreal hu…
Grey's Anatomy American medical drama created by Shonda Rhimes that follows surgeons at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. Premiered on ABC in 2005; noted for ensemble cast, longevity, and cultural im…
Grimm (American TV series) Grimm (TV series) American fantasy police-procedural (2011–2017) about a Portland detective who discovers he is a Grimm and confronts mythic creatures; blends folklore, crime drama, and urban fantas…
Grizzy and the Lemmings A French CGI slapstick animated series about a bear named Grizzy and a group of mischievous lemmings, known for silent visual comedy, short episodes, and international broadcast on…
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Groundskeeper Willie (The Simpsons) Groundskeeper Willie Groundskeeper Willie is the red-bearded, kilt-wearing janitor of Springfield Elementary from The Simpsons, a comic caricature of a burly Scottish groundskeeper who serves as recurr…
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Happy Days (U.S. television sitcom) Happy Days Happy Days is an American television sitcom set in 1950s–60s Milwaukee. It aired on ABC from 1974 to 1984, launched several spin-offs, and became a touchstone of American pop cultu…
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HLN (TV network): history, format, and programming HLN (TV network) HLN is an American cable and satellite news channel, launched in 1982 as CNN2 and rebranded in 2008. It mixes rolling headline updates with personality and true-crime programming.
