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Prolific award-winning producer Ryan Murphy, whose American Horror Story franchise invented the anthology miniseries format, has come up with his next entry - a companion anthology focused each season on a different true crime story which made headlines and captivated the imagination of the public.

Accused is a crime anthology show, in which each episode opens in a courtroom on the accused without knowing their crime or how they ended up on trial, the drama is told from the defendant's point of view. In Accused, viewers discover how an ordinary person got caught up in an extraordinary situation, ultimately revealing how one wrong turn leads to another, until it's too late to turn back.

Amazing Stories is an American fantasy anthology series based on the 1985 TV show of the same name created by Steven Spielberg.

What if life on Earth began in outer space? Millions of people accept the theory that intelligent life forms visited Earth thousands of years ago and were worshiped as gods by primitive man.

The show revolves around two brothers, Wirt (Elijah Wood) and Greg (Collin Dean), who find themselves lost in a mysterious land and try to find their way home, aided by a wise old woodsman and a bluebird named Beatrice (Melanie Lynskey).

The series was a collection of various tales that range from the tragic to the comedic. They may be scary or just thought-provoking. Most episodes have unexpected endings and a moral lesson. But, no matter what, it's "a journey into a wondrous land, whose boundaries are that of the imagination".

The HBO series showcases a mix of stories from around the globe. Among the segments in production for possible inclusion in the show: Taliban child suicide bombers; North Korean slave labor camps; New York's underground voodoo heroin clinics; Somalian pirates; and Satanic dentists in the Pacific Northwest.

The basic drive to discover who we are and where we come from is at the core of the new 10-part PBS series "Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.", the 12th series from Professor Gates, the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University and director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research.

Hosted by Morgan Freeman, Through the Wormhole explores the deepest mysteries of existence - the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity. What are we made of? What was there before the beginning? Are we really alone? These questions have been pondered by the most brilliant minds in history. Now, modern science may be able to provide us with answers.

Like the classic 1960s series of the same name, each episode is a celebration of the human imagination in which humanity's exploration of new frontiers in technology, outer space and the human experience reveal our greatest hopes and darkest fears.

Half-hour stories with many themes, including; horror, twists, black-magic, sci.-fi. Introduced by a puppet called "The Crypt Keeper". A cross between the "Twilight Zone" and modern horror movies.

Redoing some episodes and doing new ones 20 years later after the originals, these are made in color and in one-hour episodes. Most of the episodes contained two or three stories, and were broken up in half hour episodes for syndication.

An anthology series based on the mildly scary best-selling children's novels by R.L. Stine. While the series is never really all that scary, the entertainment and the nostalgia that it provides is the reason to watch. Most of the episodes follow the same formula: a teenager usually encounters an supernaturally antagonizing force, and must find a way to defeat it.

What began in 1959 with the great Rod Serling continues into the 21st century with a new host, Forest Whitaker, on a new network and told with completely new stories.

This is a live-action, alternate version of the Mortal Kombat video game series. The series is comprised of short, web-based, weekly episodes.

Amazing Stories is an incredible collection of short tales from the creative mind of Steven Spielberg. Most episodes ran in a half-hour time slot, with only a few going longer than that. In spite of the brevity of the show, each episode packs in a well-developed story, along with some subtle commentaries on human nature and morality.

"When the door between the spirit world and ours is opened, the stuff of nightmares becomes reality". That's according to the introduction of this series which dramatizes the "true" stories of people who have been haunted or experienced a haunting.

A scripted anthology series about oppression in America.

Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of the most legendary monuments and powerful organizations in the United States? America's Book of Secrets lifts the veil of mystery, giving you unparalleled access to historical narratives and insider information previously hidden from the public.

There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling the transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We can reduce the focus to a soft blur, or sharpen it to crystal clarity. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to... The Outer Limits.

A new miniseries from History that focuses on the builders, dreamers and believers who built the US, specifically after the Civil War.

Tales is a 60-minute scripted anthology series of "song stories" weaving classic hip-hop songs into visually stunning 3-act narratives. Far beyond the music video or the live event, "TALES" brings hip-hop alive in a completely new way for television. With "TALES," each song's lyrics are imagined as cinematic adventures with a different director and screenwriter per song story. The series is a multi-platform cross-collaboration with TIDAL, the global music and entertainment platform, where the director's cut versions of each episode will live exclusively after premiering on BET. Subscribers will be able to stream the series on their web browser or through the TIDAL mobile app.

A 10-part miniseries, based on Mary Renault's novels "Fire From Heaven" and "The Persian Boy".

You have nothing to fear but Fear Itself. A horror/suspense anthology series, Fear Itself brings some of the genre's most respected writers and directors to the small screen. Theme Song: "Lie, Lie, Lie" by Serj Tankian. Fear Itself is produced by Lionsgate in association with IE Indy TV.

An anthology of a mind-bending sci-fi shorts that explore visions of humanity's past, present and future.