Best TV Shows of 1999

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Best TV Shows of 1999
Best TV Shows of 1999
TOP TV Shows: The West Wing (1999), Futurama (1999), Angel (1999), Freaks and Geeks (1999), Jack & Jill (1999), Crusade (1999), The Sopranos (1999), Batman Beyond (1999), Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999), SpongeBob SquarePants (1999), Farscape (1999), Third Watch (1999), Spaced (1999), The '60s (1999), Family Guy (1999), The League of Gentlemen (1999), Roswell (1999), Total Recall 2070 (1999), Bad Girls (1999), Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999).
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 8.9
 85K
The West Wing (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart ...
Style: clever, political, talky, realistic, serious ...
Plot: politician, american politics, politics, white house, election, political intrigue, president, government official, teamwork, liberal, democrat, team ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa
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 8.5
 259K
Futurama (1999)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The adventures of a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company in the ...
Style: adult animation, adult cartoon, futuristic, sitcom, cynical ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult
Plot: space travel, robot, scientist, mad scientist, social satire, alien, goofy hero, cyclops, adult humor, captain, clone, space and aliens ...
Time: future, year 1999, 2000s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: new york
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 7.9
 75K
Angel (1999)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Angel is an American television series, a spin-off from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Angel, a 240-year old vampire cursed with a conscience, haunts the dark streets of Los Angeles alone. But after he meets a half-demon with ...
Style: gothic, suspenseful, serious, witty, sentimental ...
Audience: teens
Plot: vampire, supernatural ability, vampire human love, imaginary, investigator, supernatural, monster, heroes, good versus evil, werewolf, hopes, righting the wronged ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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Freaks and Geeks (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 799 min.
TV show
Story: High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks").
Style: humorous, retro, light, semi serious, sitcom ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: nerd, coming of age, socially awkward, weed, cheerleader, friendship, social relations, teenager, teenage life, teacher, teacher student relationship, youth ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1999, 2000s, year 1980 ...
Place: detroit, michigan, usa
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 7.2
 2K
Jack & Jill (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A lighthearted romantic comedy about post-collegiate life, love and career in New York City.
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, touching, sitcom ...
Plot: couples, looking for love, friendship, group of friends, youth, city life, dating, twenty something, college graduate, young adult, relationships, friends ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, new york
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 6.7
 5K
Crusade (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Crusade is an American spin-off TV show from J. Michael Straczynski's Babylon 5. Its plot is set in AD 2267, five years after the events of Babylon 5, and just after the movie A Call to Arms. The Drakh have released a nanovirus plague on Earth, ...
Style: apocalyptic, thrilling, futuristic, tense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: outer space, space travel, space opera, spacecraft, space and aliens, space, post apocalypse, space adventure, military, dystopia, intergalactic, deep space ...
Time: future, 23rd century
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 9.2
 464K
The Sopranos (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: The Sopranos is an American television drama created by David Chase. The series revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home ...
Style: serious, cynical, clever, psychological, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: organized crime, mafia, killings, mob boss, dark humor, criminal heroes, family life, gangster, violence, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family relations ...
Time: 90s, 2000s, year 1999, 20th century, 21st century
Place: new jersey, new york, usa
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 8.1
 30K
Batman Beyond (1999)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: 20 years after Bruce Wayne hung up his cowl, his secret is discovered by troubled teen Terry McGinnis. After McGinnis' father is murdered by the man who now controls Wayne Enterprises, McGinnis is fitted into a high-tech Bat suit by Bruce ...
Style: anime, adult animation, epic, cyber, fast ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: batman, cyberpunk, villain, multiverse, superhero, high school, dark humor, interracial romance, moving, dystopian future, superman, badass ...
Time: future, 90s, 2030s, year 2019, 2010s ...
Place: new jersey
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Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story: Courage the Cowardly Dog is an American comedy horror animated television series created by John R. Dilworth for Cartoon Network. Its central plot revolves around a somewhat anthropomorphic pink/purple dog named Courage who lives with his owners, ...
Style: offbeat, adult cartoon, humorous, not serious, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing, toddlers ...
Plot: animal life, imaginary, supernatural, villain, pets, transformation, human animal relationship, friendship, dark humor, magic, bravery, acid ...
Time: 90s, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: kansas, usa
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SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan, Canada, Australia
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Deep down in the Pacific Ocean in the subterranean city of Bikini Bottom lives a square yellow sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob lives in a pineapple with his pet snail, Gary, loves his job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab, and has a ...
Style: humorous, adult cartoon, not serious, slapstick comedy, anime ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot: friendship, optimism, underwater, fast food, imaginary, best friend, escapades, disorder, goofy hero, boat, surrealism, creature ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2020s, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place: pacific ocean
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 8.3
 40K
Farscape (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield.
Style: futuristic, serious, exciting, bleak, mysterious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, kids
Plot: space travel, spacecraft, outer space, space adventure, space wars, alien, space, astronaut, female warrior, escapades, space opera, heroes ...
Time: future, 20th century, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place: memphis
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 8.0
 11K
Third Watch (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers, firemen, and paramedics, all working the same fictional 55th precinct during the 3pm to 11pm shift - the 'Third Watch'.
Style: medical drama, detective, action adventure, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: medical, firefighter, paramedic, police officer, police, nypd, rescue, law enforcement, die hard, police corruption, danger, gang ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, usa
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 8.5
 57K
Spaced (1999)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Spaced: the anti-Friends, in that it examines the lives of common 20 somethings, but in a way that is more down to earth and realistic. Here we have Daisy and Tim; two 'young' adults with big dreams just trying to get by in this crazy ...
Style: sitcom, surreal, humorous, funny, dark comedy ...
Plot: roommate, pop culture, colleague, social anxiety, post apocalypse, humour, relationships, stoner, post apocalyptic, housemates, writers, platonic ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
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 6.9
 3K
The '60s (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
TV show
Story: The Herlihys are a working class family from Chicago whose three children take wildly divergent paths: Brian joins the Marines right out of High School and goes to Vietnam..
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, sentimental, sincere
Plot: vietnam war, hippie, pregnancy, rock music, politician, concert, protest, drug abuse, civil rights, summer of love, culture clash, fighting the system ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: woodstock, vietnam, chicago, san francisco, los angeles ...
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 8.1
 362K
Family Guy (1999)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing ...
Style: adult animation, humorous, adult cartoon, cynical, animated comedy ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult
Plot: dark humor, family relations, social satire, dysfunctional family, dog, bullying, goofy hero, eccentric family, family life, parents and children, sexual innuendo, cheerleader ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s ...
Place: rhode island, new england, usa
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The League of Gentlemen (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The League of Gentlemen is a British comedy television series that premiered on BBC Two in 1999. The show is set in Royston Vasey, a fictional town in Northern England based on Bacup, Lancashire. It follows the lives of dozens of bizarre ...
Style: surreal, sitcom, dark comedy, sketch comedy, hilarious ...
Plot: sketch, satire, freak, misfit, magic, post apocalyptic, everyday life, darkness, halloween, small town, taxi driver, eccentric family ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: northern england, yorkshire, england, europe
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are ...
Style: detective, tense, captivating, clever, grindhouse ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: law and order, sexual abuse, police, sex crime, law enforcement, criminal, police detective, female detective, partners against crime, lawyer, danger, fighting crime ...
Time: 90s, 2000s, 20th century, 2010s, 2020s ...
Place: new york, usa, las vegas, new york state
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 7.5
 31K
Roswell (1999)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Bizarre things start happening in the little New Mexico town where UFOs were spotted in 1947. Cut to 1999, when a cute high-school student saves the life of a teenage waitress. Surrounded by cliques of clever, angst-filled classmates, the two form a ...
Style: atmospheric, semi serious, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: ufo, high school, supernatural, space and aliens, teenager, uncover truth, love and romance, disorder, alien encounter, friendship, fish out of water, hidden identity ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new mexico
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Total Recall 2070 (1999)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Total Recall 2070 is a science fiction television series first broadcast in 1999 on the Canadian television channel CHCH-TV and later the same year on the American Showtime channel. It was later syndicated in the United States with some editing to ...
Style: cyber, tech noir, relaxing, detective, serious ...
Plot: cyberpunk, mars, androids, dark future, artificial intelligence, distopia, space, dystopian future, police detective, technology, rebellion, society ...
Time: future, 20th century, near future
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 7.9
 3K
Bad Girls (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Bad Girls is a British television drama series that was broadcast on ITV from 1 June 1999 to 20 December 2006 and starred Simone Lahbib, Mandana Jones, Debra Stephenson, Linda Henry, Jack Ellis and many more throughout the eight-year run. The series ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing, rough ...
Plot: lesbian, women's prison, lesbianism, prison, lgbtq, prison sex, gays and lesbians, sex, nypd, pop culture, sapphic, justice ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, europe
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 7.5
 41K
Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Three adolescent boys, Ed, Edd "Double D", and Eddy, collectively known as "the Eds", constantly invent schemes to make money from their peers to purchase their favorite confectionery, jawbreakers. Their plans usually fail ...
Style: anime, adult animation, retro, realistic, not serious ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: teenager, childhood love, army, pop culture, dark humor, superhero, prank, spoiled brat, misfit, dishonesty, youth, nothing goes right ...
Time: 2000s, 20th century, 90s, 21st century
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 7.0
 7K
Judging Amy (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character is a judge who serves in a family court, and in addition to ...
Style: realistic, sincere, sentimental, serious, touching
Plot: legal, judiciary, judge, family relations, parents and children, starting over, single mother, couples, love and romance, courtroom drama, living with parents, female judge ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
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Queer as Folk (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: Queer as Folk is a 1999 British television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. Both Queer as Folk and Queer as Folk 2 were written by Russell T Davies. The first series was ...
Style: controversial, sensual, sexual, erotic, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: gay, lgbt, homosexual, first gay sexual experience, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, lgbt teen, gay teenager, unrequited love, gay relationship, gay interest, gender ...
Time: 90s, 2000s
Place: manchester, northern england, england, europe
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Once and Again (1999)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Once and Again is an American television series that aired on ABC from September 21, 1999 to April 15, 2002. It depicts the family of a single mother and her romance with a single father. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, the ...
Style: sincere, realistic, light, feel good, teen ...
Audience: family outing, date night
Plot: couple relations, single parent, parents and children, love affair, starting over, lesbian, family relations, hopes, lgbt, coming of age, high school, lgbtq ...
Time: 20th century
Place: chicago, usa
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 8.2
 11K
Home Movies (1999)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Home Movies is an American animated television sitcom that was originally broadcast from April 26, 1999 to April 4, 2004. Brendon Small is the creator, head writer and lead musician of Home Movies. Jon Benjamin, Melissa Bardin Galsky and Janine ...
Style: adult animation, adult cartoon, humorous, animated comedy, epic ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: football, soccer, coach, divorce, coming of age, mature, moving, sketch, filmmaking, actress, actor, director ...
Time: 2000s, 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: usa
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Mike, Lu & Og (1999)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Mike, Lu & Og is an American animated television series produced by KINOFILM Animation that ran on Cartoon Network. The show was the seventh Cartoon Cartoon, based on a short for The What a Cartoon! Show. Created by Mikhail Shindel, Mikhail ...
Style: children's program
Audience: kids
Plot: ethnicity, island, girl, tropical island, princess, boy, inventor, turtle, native
Place: fictional island
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 7.4
 7K
Popular (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Brooke McQueen, a popular cheerleader at Jacqueline Kennedy High School, and Sam McPherson, the editor of the school paper, are polar opposites. When their single parents unexpectedly meet and get engaged, Brooke and Sam have to deal with their new ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, emotional ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot: popularity, high school, cheerleader, peer pressure, high school life, homosexual, friendship, rise to the top, lifestyle, youth, misfit, leadership ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
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 9.0
 226K
One Piece (1999)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Years ago, the fearsome pirate king Gol D. Roger was executed, leaving a huge pile of treasure and the famous "One Piece" behind. Whoever claims the "One Piece" will be named the new pirate king. Monkey D. Luffy, a boy who ...
Style: anime, humorous, shounen, manga, feel good ...
Audience: manly, pre-teens, family outing, kids, teens ...
Plot: pirate, friendship, captain, treasure, boy, doctor, friends, rivalry, sea, courage, heroes, imaginary ...
Place: japan
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WWE SmackDown (1999)
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: The superstars of World Wrestling Entertainment's "Smackdown" brand collide each and every Tuesday on WWE Smackdown Live.
Style: sexy, exciting, serious, realistic, non fiction
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: wrestling, competition, muscleman, sketch, violent content, ambition, rivalry, contests and competitions, uninhibited rivalry, blind ambition, cheating, fight for supremacy ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
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Strangers with Candy (1999)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Strangers with Candy is a television series produced by Comedy Central. It first aired on April 7, 1999, and concluded its third and final season on October 2, 2000. Its timeslot was Sundays at 10:00 p.m.. In 2007, Strangers with Candy was ranked ...
Style: sitcom, dark comedy, sketch comedy, black comedy, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night
Plot: high school, looking for sex, teachers and students, sketch, teenager, dysfunctional family, children, satire, female protagonist, social satire, boss, misfit ...
Time: 90s
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