Bankmanden Andy Dufresne idømmes livsvarigt fængsel for en forbrydelse, han ikke har begået. Han sendes til Shawshank-fængsel, hvor han nu må forsøge at opbygge en tålelig tilværelse blandt nogle af USA's værste forbrydere. De første år synes som et mareridt, men lidt efter lidt får Dufresne opbygget både status og vennekreds. Men selv som garvet indsat lægger Dufresne stadig planer om, hvordan han kan flygte og hævne sig på dem, der har gjort ham ondt.
Mangemillionæren Philippe søger en handicaphjælper efter en ulykke, der har gjort ham lam fra halsen og nedefter. Til alles overraskelse falder hans valg på den sorte ghettoknægt Driss, der netop er blevet løsladt efter en fængselsdom. Ved første øjekast har de to ikke det mindste til fælles. Alligevel bliver det begyndelsen på et smukt venskab.
Inspektør Lee fra Hong Kong politi og Los Angeles-kriminalbetjenten James Carter ankommer sammen til Hong Kong for at holde ferie. Til Carters store fortrydelse står de straks ved ankomsten over en kæmpe sag. En bombeeksplosion på den amerikanske ambassade har dræbt to toldagenter, der efterforskede en sag om smugling af en million dollars i falske pengesedler. Den hovedmistænkte er supergangsteren Ricky Tan, og Lee har et personligt regnskab at gøre op med ham. Den amerikanske Carter er i høj grad på udebane i Hong Kong, men får dog også mulighed for at lære fra sig.
Den californiske betjent James Carter og Hongkong-strisseren Lee går sammen om at bekæmpe den kinesiske mafia Triaderne i byernes by - Paris! Her har deres gamle ven ambassadør Han opsporet, hvem der er lederen af det internationale forbrydersyndikat, men inden han når at give oplysningerne videre, bliver han offer for en snigmorders dødbringende kugler. Heldigvis nåede han at fortælle sin datter, Soo Yung, hvem bagmanden er, så Carter og Lee må nu gøre alt for at holde Soo Yung i live for at afsløre forbryderne.
Danny Vinyard ser op til sin storebror Derek, som sidder i fængsel for et racistisk dobbeltmord. For at opnå Dereks kærlighed og respekt prøver Danny at avancere i de nynazistiske kredse, som Derek færdedes i, før han blev fængslet. Derek bliver løsladt, men fængslet har givet ham et nyt syn på tilværelsen. Spørgsmålet er så, om det nynazistiske miljø vil slippe grebet om Derek - og Danny.
Oberst William Ludlow er rasende over regeringens behandling af indianerne, så han bygger en ranch på landet i Montana. Her opfostrer han tre sønner, Alfred Samuel og Tristan. De følger i deres fars fodspor og lever af at dyrke jorden på landet. Da Samuel melder sig ind i forsvaret for at kæmpe i Første Verdenskrig, tager hans brødre med for at beskytte ham, trods deres fars protester. Familien Ludlow oplever tab, kærlighed og spirituelle udfordringer i løbet af deres liv.
Den småkriminelle Dell er blevet prøveløsladt og har brug for et job. Phillip Lacasse er en kørestolsbundet mangemillionær, som har brug for hjælp fra stort set alt fra en personlig assistent – et job, som Dell modvilligt søger. Dell forventer som sædvanligt et rungende nej, men Philippe trænger til lidt forandring i hverdagen og beslutter sig for at give ham jobbet.
Menneskerettighedsaktivisten Ann Atwater er en urokkelig kvinde, der stædigt tager kampen op mod en repræsentant for Ku Klux Klan, C.P. Ellis. Kampen varer i ti år og slutter i 1971 i Durham, North Carolina.
Tracy Turnblad er en stor pige med et stort hår og et endnu større hjerte. Tracy elsker at danse, og hun har kun en eneste drøm: at komme med i Baltimores smarte danseprogram på TV. Men det eneste knap så lille problem er, at Tracy er alt for stor - hvilket hendes overbeskyttende mor (Divine) flittigt gør hende opmærksom på. Men Tracy nægter at lade sin størrelse komme i vejen - for hun er født til at danse!
Atletiske 12-årige Maddy (Kristen Stewart) deler en begejstring for bjergbestigning med sin far, Tom (Sam Robards). Desværre, lider Tom af en rygmarvsskade, mens skalering Mount Everest, og hans familie er ikke i stand til at få råd til kirurgi, der kan redde ham. Maddy beslutter sig for at få pengene til hendes fars drift ved at stjæle en høj sikkerhed bank. Hun er afhængig af hendes klatring færdigheder og hjælp fra hendes nørdede venner (Max Thieriot, Corbin Bleu) at trække det ud med succes.
Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Years later, Shawn's frequent tips to the police lead to him being falsely accused of a crime he solved. Now, Shawn has no choice but to use his abilities to perpetuate his cover story: psychic crime-solving powers, all the while dragging his best friend, his dad, and the police along for the ride.
Lovable schemer Zack Morris leads his pals on adventures at California's Bayside High School. The friends navigate relationships, final exams, school dances, breakups and more while frequently frustrating their principal, Mr. Richard Belding, who does his best to keep them in check.
Martial Law is an American/Canadian crime drama that aired on CBS from 1998 to 2000, and was created by Carlton Cuse. The title character, Sammo Law, portrayed by Sammo Hung, was a Chinese law officer and martial arts expert who came to Los Angeles in search of a colleague and remains in the US. The show was a surprise hit, making Hung the only East Asian headlining a prime-time network series in the United States. At the time, Hung was not fluent in English, and he reportedly recited some of his dialogue phonetically. In many scenes, Hung did not speak at all, making Martial Law perhaps the only US television series in history that featured so little dialogue from the lead character.
WMAC Masters is an American live-action television show produced by Norman Grossfeld featuring choreographed martial arts fights. It was created and licensed by 4Kids Entertainment. The show, while featuring real martial arts by trained martial artists, depicted a fantasy setting using fictional episodic stories, with each episode relating a life lesson. Battles were fought on elaborate closed sets, with an omniscient narrator, on-screen scoring and health gauges, giving the show a feel of a cinematic live-action video game. WMAC stands for the fictional World Martial Arts Council, where the best martial artists compete for the ultimate prize, the Dragon Star. The Dragon Star is a gold trophy that looks like a shuriken surrounded by a dragon; it was proof that its holder was the best martial artist in the world.
It's 1996 in a town called Boring, Oregon, where high school misfits in the AV and drama clubs brave the ups and downs of teenage emotions in the VHS era.
North Shore is an American prime-time soap opera It centered around the staff and guests of the fictional Grand Waimea Hotel and Resort on Oahu's North Shore in Hawaii.
The story is centered on the love between a musically gifted South Korean man, Sung-jae Jo Hyun Jae, and a Japanese woman, Misaki Nakagoshi Noriko. Misaki, who feels guilty over her boyfriend's death, is transferred to Korean and meets Seong-jae who helps her cure her wounds of the past memories with love.
Tots TV is a British children's television programme, produced by Ragdoll Productions and Central. The programme featured three ragdoll friends: Tilly, a French girl, with red hair, who speaks in basic French, Tom, a blue haired boy with glasses, and Tiny, the youngest Tot, who is smaller than the others and has green hair. Tots TV was written by two of its puppeters - Robin Stevens and Andrew Davenport with Tilly played by three actresses - initially Veronique Deroulede, then Claire Carre and Alexandra Hogg. The series won two BAFTA awards for its producer Anne Wood and director Vic Finch. Originally broadcast in the UK on the ITV network, CBeebies, the BBC's television channel for young children,pick up the series from 2004. The Series was also broadcast in the United States on the PBS network from 1996 with 'Tilly speaking Spanish, instead of French. In 2000 Discovery Kids broadcast the series throughout Central and South America, the Caribbean and the Falkland Islands.
