Fringe is an American science fiction television series co created by J J Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The series follows FBI special agent Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv), mad scientist Walter Bishop (John Noble) and his son Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson) as they investigate aspects of fringe science. All over the world a series of apparent experiments are occurring for reasons unknown, Olivia, Peter, and Walter are in charge of investigating these strange events to determine their source. In all the cases investigated by the Fringe team Massive Dynamic a leading global technology company has been connected to the pattern that holds the patents for a number of new and important technologies. Their enemy is ZFT a bio terrorist organization which is orchestrating all of the strange occurrences in order to prepare for a destructive technological singularity. Connecting both sides together is a drug called Cortexiphan which was developed by Walter and his partner William Bell (Leonard Nimoy) now chairman of Massive Dynamic. As children Olivia and a number of others were treated with this drug not knowing why she investigates the series ends with Olivia meeting William Bell in a parallel universe where among other differences the World Trade Center was not destroyed by the September 11 attacks, Season 2 of Fringe is currently in production.
Beauty and the Beast is an American television series created by Ron Koslow it ran 
for three years from 1987-1990 and starred Linda Hamilton as Catherine and Ron Perlman as Vincent. Beauty and the Beast follows Catherine Chandler (Linda Hamilton) a lawyer in New York City who’s on her way home when she is abducted, beaten and slashed and left to die in Central Park. She is found by Vincent (Ron Perlman) who nurses her back to health in his home, a hidden community of people dwelling in tunnels below the city of New York. Catherine is taken back when she sees Vincent for the first time but is not afraid and longs to stay his friend but she must return to her life on the surface he tells her that he has developed a psychic bond with her and can senses her emotions taking her back to the real world he tells her he will always be there for her if 
she needs him. When she returns to the surface she takes self defense lessons and leaves her law firm and joins the Manhattan District Attorney’s office as an Assistant District attorney. At her home Catherine would hear Vincent outside on her terrace and go to him to share one moment of impossible love with him. Throughout the series Catherine used her position as an ADA to help Vincent and his world which would place her in moments of physical danger which would bring Vincent to the surface as her guardian angel.
Timecop the TV series ran for just nine episodes and was based on the 1994 movie with Jean Claude Van Damme. The year is 2007 time travel is a reality with history itself at risk the United States has formed the Time Enforcement Commission (TEC) a top secret agency responsible for policing time. An elite team of agents protect the 
past and preserve the future, these agents are known as Timecops. The TV series follows Jack Logan (Ted King ) a Timecop with the TEC (Time Enforcement Commission) from 2007 who hunts down rogue time travelers and brings them to justice before they can alter the past. The agency monitors old newspapers to look for ripples in time that signals the bad guys have traveled into the past and are trying to change history to their own advantage. The TEC team working with Jack includes TEC Captain Eugene Matuzek (Don Stark), historian Dale Easter (Kurt Fuller) and science/tech adviser Officer Claire Hemmings (Cristi Conaway).
The series starred British actor Edward Woodward as Robert McCall an ex senior operative for an agency known as The Company. Robert voluntarily retired from an occupation that usually doesn’t let its employees leave alive, he left the agency to make a normal life for himself and also to get to know his son Scott (William Zabka) whom he has not seen for some time. He decides to use his professional skills to aid helpless people who are being tormented by human predators usually free of charge, he takes out an ad in the local newspaper that say’s Got a problem, need help, odds against you, Call The Equalizer 212-555-4200. Although McCall’s clients came from all walks of life they shared one thing in common they all had a problem that conventional legal authorities such as the courts and the police could not handle. 
When the job called for additional help McCall would often borrow agency personnel Mickey Kostmayer (Keith Szarabajka) to assist in the problem solving and he did much of McCall’s legwork. When on a case McCall’s methods of persuasion varied, he genuinely tried to resolve his clients problems without the use of force. At first he would simply inform an offending person in a fair but firm manner to please stop their wrong doing when that failed some threats or intimidation followed. His final solution would be violence but only as a last resort. Through out the series we see McCall travel around in a Satin Black 1984 Jaguar XJ6 Series III. 
Magnum PI is an American television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum a private investigator living in Oahu Hawaii. The series ran from 1980-1988 and at that time Magnum PI was one of the highest rated shows on US television. Magnum is a Former Naval Intelligence officer who resigns his commission to become a private investigator on the north shore of Oahu Hawaii. There he’s hired by Robin Masters to monitor security at Robin’s Nest a huge estate on the north shores of Oahu, he lives in the guest house on the estate and get’s to drive the red Ferrari 308 GTS. Robin’s Nest is run by Jonathan Quayle Higgins III (John Hillerman) a former Sergeant Major in Her Majesty’s Army, Higgins and Magnum are opposites Higgins is dignified, precise, logical and a stickler for rules while Magnum is casual, intuitive and bends the rules without a qualm. Zeus and Apollo are Higgins beloved and highly trained and exceptionally loyal Doberman’s they provide an additional layer of security for the Robin’s Nest estate, Higgins often refers to them as The Lads. The series follows Magnum on his various adventures involving clients, guests staying on the estate and his days in Vietnam, occasionally Magnum requires help from his two friends Rick (Larry Manetti) a suave playboy who is manager of the King Kamehameha Club an exclusive beachfront members only club and TC (Roger E Mosley) a helicopter pilot who operates a tourist charter business on the Island both former US Marines he served with in the Vietnam. 
