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Earth and the American Dream
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star 6.3A documentary of America from the environment's perspective, covering the period from Columbus to the 20th century.Time Was
1979
Time Was
1979
Time Was... is a documentary television series that premiered on Home Box Office on November 11, 1979. It was hosted by Dick Cavett with each program looking at one decade from the past starting from the 1920s up to the 1970s. The historical program looked at the lifestyles and society during the various periods of time. The series was followed up with two other HBO documentary series hosted by Cavett, Remember When and Yesteryear.Standing Room Only
1977
Standing Room Only
1977
Standing Room Only is an entertainment series on Home Box Office that premiered in 1976. Shows featured concerts, burlesque shows, ventriloquism programs, magic shows and more. From 1982 to 1986, a version of the "HBO in Space" program opening sequence was used to introduce the series.Video Synchronicity
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Video Synchronicity
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An aspiring-filmmaker arrives in Hollywood during the early 1980s and lands a job working on music videos.24/7 College Football
2019
star 10This four-part, limited series follows the Florida Gators, Penn State Nittany Lions, Arizona State Sun Devils and Washington State Cougars as they meet the demands and challenges leading up to and through game day.Family Bonds
2004
star 2A 10-part reality series showcases the Evangelista clan, owners of a bounty-hunter business on Long Island. Candid and lighthearted, it follows the extended family at work and at play, as patriarch Tom Evangelista does his best to balance a hectic office environment with occasional mayhem at home.All Def Comedy
2017
star 7All Def Comedy continues the HBO's legacy of promoting urban comedy. The original Def Comedy Jam helped launch the careers of a host of today’s comedy superstars, Dave Chappelle, Chris Tucker, Martin Lawrence, Steve Harvey, Kevin Hart, Cedric the Entertainer, Katt Williams, J.B. Smoove, Bill Bellamy, the late Bernie Mac and many more.Braingames
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star 6.5Braingames is an American educational program shown on HBO in the mid-1980s. It was a half-hour program consisting of brain-teasing animated skits designed to make the viewers think.First Day on Earth
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First Day on Earth
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British novelist Henri is stuck. Work has dried up, her relationship is going nowhere. So when she's offered a job on a film in Ghana, West Africa - her parents' homeland, where her estranged father lives - she can't resist the chance to reconnect with him and the country of her heritage. But when she arrives neither the job nor her father turn out the way she expected, and soon Henri has to deal with danger and hypocrisy, form new friendships, lose her illusions, and create a new sense of identity - one that might leave her stronger, but could also break her.Reverb
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Reverb
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Reverb, the critically acclaimed weekly HBO music television series spotlighting emerging talent, ran for four seasons. Reverb captured the energy and spontaneity of live music by taking viewers on stage, backstage, and into the audience at some of the premier venues in the United States. Joining artists on tour, without special staging or second takes, Reverb created an unfiltered, authentic and intimate experience where the viewer became part of the live show dynamic between artist and fan. During its run, the show became the highest-rated, regularly scheduled music program on television. A joint effort of HBO and Warner Music Group, Reverb featured a wide variety of artists from major and independent record labels. Vanity Fair magazine called the show “a brilliant showcase of underground favorites.” The series creators were Jim Noonan, Chris Spencer and Will Tanous. Noonan served as Executive Producer and Tanous served as Executive Producer and Producer. Directors for the series included Milton LageThe Cost of Winning
2020
The Cost of Winning
2020
In 2018, a nearly 200-year-old Catholic school, located in the heart of a neighborhood rife with gun violence and grinding socioeconomic challenges, became a source of both immense pride and then searing controversy as the school's football team, the Panthers, were expelled from their private school league for being "too good" – a turn of events that raised questions of racial bias. Finding themselves without a league in which to play, the team made its own schedule, barnstorming the country in search of top competition and the chance to showcase its players as they strove for athletic scholarships.Addiction: The Supplementary
2007
A series of 13 short films examining different aspects of addiction, treatment and recovery, including drug-court programs, insurance problems and interviews with health-care professionals.Encyclopedia
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Encyclopedia
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Encyclopedia is a television series created by the HBO Network and the for-profit branch of the Children's Television Workshop, Distinguished Productions. The series premiered on the HBO network in 1988. Each episode covered a letter or series of letters in the alphabet, with short skits of sketch comedy devoted to up to twelve corresponding encyclopedia topics. Several topics were related through song. Three of the six writers of the show had also been writers for NBC's Saturday Night Live: Patricia Marx, Brian McConnachie, and Mitchell Kriegman. The series featured the band BETTY, who performed both the opening and closing themes as well as individual songs for selected topics.Colin Quinn: Long Story Short
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star 8Colin Quinn performs his one-man show about world history, which he originally presented on Broadway.The Country Mouse and the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale
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The Country Mouse and the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale is an animated TV special from Michael Sporn Productions, which aired in December 1993 as part as the HBO Storybook Musicals series. As the title implies, the story is an adaptation of the Aesop fable that is set around Christmastime. The special's two characters, Emily and Alexander, were voiced respectively by Crystal Gayle and John Lithgow. These two cousins would appear in the animated series The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures, also on HBO.Vietnam War Story
1987
Vietnam War Story
1987
An anthology series featuring stories suggested by true events occurring during the war in Vietnam, often written by Vietnam veterans.George Carlin: You are All Diseased
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star 8You Are All Diseased is the 16th album and 11th HBO live broadcast stand-up special by comedian George Carlin, recorded on February 6, 1999, at the Beacon Theater in New York City. "How's Everybody Doin'?" - 0:54 "Airport Security" - 8:02 "Fear of Germs" - 5:58 "Cigars" - 1:39 "Angels" - 1:10 "Harley-Davidson" - 1:23 "House of Blues" - 2:00 "Minority Language" - 2:12 "Man Stuff" - 5:23 "Kids and Parents" - 6:51 "TV Tonight" - 3:53 "Names" - 4:23 "Advertising Lullabye" - 2:37 "American Bullshit" - 2:39 "Businessmen" - 1:26 "Religion" - 2:06 "There is No God" - 8:37All Signs of Death
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star 1All Signs of Death is a television pilot based on the 2009 novel The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston, who also wrote the teleplay. Huston served as executive producer along with Alan Ball who directed the pilot. It was produced as part of Ball's multi-project contract with HBO.The Dog and the Cat
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star 1El Perro y el Gato is a Spanish language animated educational television series airing on HBO since 2004. It is a Spanish learning show.
