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Miniseries in post-rapture US with good/evil conflict
It is definitely a The Stand based on Steven's King novel with the same title.
There was no rapture - instead, a deadly biological weapon has been released which has killed 99% of the population (the ...
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Show/miniseries which aired on HBO in the early '90s, featuring "Water Police"
If "WP" stands for "Water & Power" instead of "Water Police" then you might have been watching Tank Girl (1995).
It's set in a world where rain has basically stopped ...
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Time loop or time travel in an aeroplane, where the main character disappears to save the others
This is almost certainly The Langoliers , a mini series based on the Stephen King novel. The mini series dates from 1995 so fits nicely into the given timeframe.
The story concerns a group of ...
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90s sci-fi film or miniseries with alien non-realtime teleporter technology on earth
"Earth: Final Conflict" was a science fiction series which ran over 5 series from 1997 to 2001. Based on concepts developed by Gene Roddenberry, it dealt with the arrival of an alien race, ...
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TV miniseries about a race to Mars from summer 2014
Is this Race to Mars (2007)...?
From Wikpedia:
Race to Mars is a 2007 Canadian television mini-series about a fictitious mission to Mars that is based on contemporary international research. The ...
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English Animated late 90s/early 2000 mini-series similar to Xyber9
Might this be Invasion America as per 90's-2000's animated series: protagonist with robotic hand can transform a seemingly antique motorcycle into a hoverbike?
The story of Invasion America ...
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Miniseries in post-rapture US with good/evil conflict
This is undoubtedly "The Stand", based on the corresponding novel (?) by Stephen King.
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Title of late 80's/90's japanese live-action tv mini series featuring a female cyborg named Maria
This is the (Hong Kong, not Japan) film I Love Maria (AKA Roboforce) from 1988.
It wasn't a mini-series, but otherwise a solid match. The (extremely) titular Maria is a black-bodied cyborg/robot in ...
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Black and white series with an episode about the hunchback of Notre Dame
I did a search for "Twilight Zone Quasimodo" and this turned up: "Way Out"
The black-and-white show would begin with what became its signature image, a slow pan over a series of ...
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What fantasy TV miniseries had immortality as the ultimate punishment?
This is most likely White Dwarf (1995).
From this summary (emphasis mine):
Elsewhere in this fantastical world dwells a fantastic, mythical character with tusks and horns -- a creature named Osh....
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