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    Hopkins

    Hopkins

    ABC
    Baltimore's John Hopkins Hospital is the setting for this documentary series that spotlights real-life drama inside a high-pressure hospital.
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    One Step Beyond

    One Step Beyond

    ABC (ended 1961)
    Outside the known is irreality, and one step beyond that is Surrealism. John Newland introduces reported cases of supernatural phenomena, whose poetry is revealed in magnificent and almost brutally compressed dramatizations. One Step Beyond was mainly filmed at M-G-M Studios, Hollywood, and partly at M-G-M British Studios, Borehamwood, Herts. It premiered nine months before The Twilight Zone, and was also known as Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond. All episodes are directed by Newland himself, a dab hand whose trademark is subtle, balletic camera work. This series fed the nation's growing interest in paranormal suspense in a different way. Rather than creating fictional stories with supernatural twists and turns, this program sought out 'real' stories of the supernatural, including ghosts, disappearances, monsters, etc., and re-creating them for each episode. No solutions to these mysteries were ever found, and viewers could only scratch their heads and wonder, "what if it's real?"moreless
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    Boston Med

    Boston Med

    ABC
    Filmed over four months at Massachusetts General, Brigham and Women's, and Children's Hospital Boston, go inside the daily lives of the doctors, nurses and patients there.
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    Michael J. Fox: Adventures of an Incurable Optimist

    Michael J. Fox: Adventures of an Incurable Optimist

    ABC
    Fans of Michael J. Fox won't want to miss this ABC special which follows the personality around the globe in search of hope and optimism. Mr. Fox will journey to Bhutan, and attend President Obama's inauguration, in addition to meeting with doctors and scientists to better understand the emotion of optimism.moreless
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    Mind Games

    Mind Games

    ABC
    Mind Games is an ABC Primetime limited series that examines the dangerous potential of mental deception and looks at some true stories of people who use their ability to manipulate people, often to disastrous results. This intriguing series is part investigative report, part documentary, featuring interviews with victims of mind control who became caught in an obsession that led to terrible consequences. In one installment, the teachings and methods of self-help guru James Ray are analyzed, as several of his followers discuss why they were so attracted to his philosophies, and why they were willing to pay $10,000 to attend a retreat that culminated in the gruesome death of some participants. In another installment, a good-natured Baptist wife and mother shares the story of the man who stalked her for decades and finally kidnapped her and her daughter, expecting to begin a new family with his captives. Mind Games is a thrilling series about the scary true stories of the human mind pushed to the breaking point.moreless