是米高梅公司以1994年的卖座电影"STARGATE"为蓝本延伸制作的电视影集；由因"MacGyver"(百战天龙)而扬名海外的Richard meijubar.net Dean Anderson领衔主演,其馀演员包括Michael Shanks,Amanda Tapping,Christopher Judge,Don S。 Davis,Teryl Rothery以及Corin Nemec等。1997年起在美播出第一季,并于全球30多个国家播映,反应热烈,今年(2008)已迈入第十季。
以戏说的角度，讲述了康熙年间，由于长年黄河泛滥，康熙帝（张国立 饰）为了体恤民情，亲自下江南考察，由此引出了一出出颇为传奇的故事。第一部由《犁头记》、《铜鼎记》、《八宝粥记》、《紫砂记》这四个故事构成。 《犁头记》：五莲县县令罗世长私分库中税粮一事引起了康熙的重视，而这起事件背后则是灾民不断，忠臣隐瞒不报的事实，于是康熙帝决定自己亲自出马；《铜鼎记》：一次意外，康熙帝撞上了偷铜鼎瓶的小太监，小太监居然咬舌自杀，这背后的蹊跷牵扯出一个庞大的关系链，让康熙帝大感吃惊；《八宝粥记》：康熙帝微服出巡来到了苏州，发现一家粥店的老板把牌匾换了，“粥”字中间少了“米”这个字。康熙帝知道了苏州并不太平，为了调查此事，康熙帝买下了粥店，亲自当起了老板；《紫砂记》：外国大臣南怀仁不小心把一个紫砂壶打破了，意外看到了紫砂壶碎片上刻有几行文字，而这几行文字内含有冤情……
Fran has had a pen pal named Lenny since the first grade. Fran and Lenny, through their letters, get along famously, almost like boyfriend/girlfriend. They agreed early on never to exchange photographs, but Lenny, coming to New York, wants to meet Fran in person. Maxwell is anxious to meet Lenny as he feels he's in competition with Lenny. Fran, on the other hand, is nervous to meet Lenny as she has exaggerated who "Fran Fine" is in her letters. But Fran agrees to meet Lenny at the Russian Tea Room, each identifying the other by the red rose worn on their lapels. Again, Maxwell is anxious to see Lenny, and accompanies Fran to the Russian Tea Room and stays with her until Lenny shows up. Fran and Maxwell are having a nice enough "date" of their own while they wait for Lenny, so nice that Fran almost doesn't care if Lenny shows up or not.
根据畅销书《詹妮弗·沃斯回忆录》改编的、英国广播公司（BBC）出品的剧集《呼叫助产士》讲述了上世纪五六十年代伦敦东区一群助产士的生活经历。第八季继续探讨在助产士的职场上中复杂的医疗状况和故事。1964年，时代在发生着明显的变化:从避孕药的发明到1967年堕胎法案留下的阴影，再到新的癌症筛查项目的引入，令修女和护士们继续面临各种挑战性的问题，包括跨种族收养、腭裂、镰状细胞和婴儿夭折，而对于团队中的一位来说，浪漫故事也即将上演。
HBO《High Maintenance》确定续订第四季
