Kurtwood Smith

The political thriller "Patriot" follows the complicated life of intelligence officer John Tavner. His latest assignment is to prevent Iran from going nuclear, requiring him to forgo all safety nets and assume a perilous "non-official cover" - that of a mid-level employee at a Midwestern industrial piping firm. A bout with PTSD, the Federal government's incompetence, and the intricacies of keeping a day job in the "front" industrial piping company, cause a barrage of ever-escalating fiascos that jeopardize Tavner's mission.

This is a drama about a worldwide event in which loved ones return from the dead exactly as they last were in life.

"Chaos" is a comedic drama about a group of rogue CIA spies in the Clandestine Administration and Oversight Services (CHAOS), who combat threats to national security amidst bureaucratic gridlock, rampant incompetence and political infighting.

The devil sends the Hellmans to Earth, and has them pretend to be an average Texan family. Their mission: Stop the humans from drilling to the center of the Earth.

"Worst Week", from the mind of Matt Tarses (Scrubs), is an American take on the British series "The Worst Week of My Life". This CBS offering centers on young couple dealing with their soon-to-be-in-laws during a family vacation.

The story's main character, Infiltration Unit Zeta, is a humanoid robot (synthoid) designed to carry out covert assassinations on the behalf of the NSA. However, when Zeta discovers that one of his targets is innocent, he experiences a kind of existential crisis about goodness and the value of life.

Eric Forman is a typical high school student growing up in Wisconsin in 1976 with his family and his friends. Together, they have the same kind of joys and sorrows that just about every teenager has while growing up. This show parodied many of the attitudes, events and fads of the 70's, along with those who grew up at the time and are now in their 30's-40's.

Civil War-era mini-series based on John Jakes' novels; aired in the 1980's.