From May 1961, Thriller: The Prisoner in the Mirror was one of the first episodes I’d seen of this science fiction anthology. I love the opening with Boris Karloff. From watching this show and others, Karloff does a nice opening and sometimes closing, but what makes it …

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: The Man in the White Hat is the second episode and it’s always been one of my favorites because of the intensity of the family drama. In this episode, Crane McFadden (Peter Horton) is insistent that the family participate in a co-op for …

The Virginian: West was a little odd in some ways, at least, for me. Then again, I’m not a huge fan of this TV series anyway. Doug McClure’s colorful and lighthearted character of Trampas was at the center of this 90-minute episode. For some reason I …

Although I did not expect to like the new television hit, Bones, I actually do rather enjoy watching the program. It combines a tasteful array of suspense, murder, mystery, and humor to create a pretty well-rounded show. The acting is actually not half bad, and the characters …

From season three of That Girl, we get The Homewrecker and the Window Washer. It’s the first episode that aired in 1969, and it was okay. It’s not a huge favorite of mine personally. However, the color of the show comes from Jules Munshin, who is …

I’ve heard nothing but good things about this series, and I finally got a chance to check it out. As is the case with most television pilots, this one is pretty basic and not all that impressive. I was impressed by the theme song, however. That …

Cliff Robertson does a great job in The Twilight Zone: A Hundred Yards over the Rim, a show from season two of this great series. Robertson is a man crossing the prairie with his family. When his son gets a sickness, he leaves the wagon to go …

I have to admit that one of my guilty pleasures of daytime television is “Divorce Court”. I have never been married and I can only assume that going through a divorce is a difficult thing to go through; however, when I watch “Divorce Court” and see some of the …

Mark Sloan (Dick Van Dyke) celebrates a birthday in Diagnosis Murder: The Busy Body from season two. What this really does is give the show a chance for some slapstick type comedy. This occurs when a policewoman shows up and slaps handcuffs on Mark, only she’s really …

I mentioned before how certain episodes raise the bar to the point where the subsequent episode feels like a step down. While the last episode managed to subvert that fate, this one falls into it. It’s not bad, not by a long shot. On the contrary, …

I am such a dog lover. So when I saw this ASPCA commercial, I was immediately struck in the heart. The music however, is what I think people will notice right away. The song comes on delicate piano and the sweetest female voice …

This episode tells the story of two crimes investigate by the Las Vegas Crime Scene Investigators. One of the crimes targets Grissom on a personal level and really gets the amount of emotion out of him, which was never previously displayed on the show. This is the first time …

Monster Episode 3 begins with the murders of Dr. Heinemann and the other doctors who opposed DR. Tenma, then the twins disappear and a short time later, Dr. Tenma is promoted to Chief of Surgery. Nine years later, Dr. Tenma treats a man who was hit by a …

I’m not really a fan of Will Smith or his wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith, but there wasn’t anything else on TV on Monday, May 17, 2010, so I tuned into Oprah and ended up spending a pretty enjoyable hour learning about the Smith family and how they live. Remembering …

Was a television show that lasted for 5 Seasons. It was a late 90’s show, that contained 4 teenagers called Dawson, (James Vender beek.), Joey (Katie Holmes), Pacey (Joshua Jackson) and Jen (Michelle Williams).
Dawson was an inspired Director and Pacey was his best friend. Joey was the girl …

As Jean lands the shuttle, she is overwhelmed, allowing a mysterious force to enter her body. The shuttle lands relatively safely, and Jean declares that she is the Phoenix before collapsing and falling back into the river.
The X-Men all blame themselves, or in the case of …

The 32nd show of this hit western series to be aired during Have Gun - Will Travel’s fourth season was Broken Image, which has Paladin (Richard Boone) responding to a situation where a man known for his bravery fails to go after those responsible for the town’s bank. …

Hideout, a January 1958 episode of Highway Patrol, which was the 14th episode of the third season, was an average tale of criminal activity resolved by the California Highway Patrol as headed up by Chief Dan Mathews. Played by Broderick Crawford, Mathews spends the half hour searching …

There were a few good moments in A Taste for Death - Part 3 as Inspector Adam Dalgliesh (Roy Marsden) continued to try and solve the circumstances surrounding the death of Sir Paul Berowne, who had died in a church.
The most fun portion was a scene in Dalgliesh’s office …

The Flintstones was one of my favourite cartoons when i was a kid. I loved watching it every day and I’m sure lots of other kids did too.
What i liked about it was the prehistoric setting. I think cave men and women will go down well with …

While I appreciate USA Network trying to put a football theme behind it’s more popular shows this weekend in honor of the Super Bowl, I’m not sure the Monk episode “Mr. Monk Makes the Playoffs” is really all that good.
I’m not sure what exactly the problem was but I …

The Twilight Zone loves to go to the past, and sometimes to the future, but shifting through time is one element of storytelling that is prevalent throughout the entirety of the series. In 1963’s No Time Like the Past, Dana Andrews stars as a scientist named Paul Driscoll …

Things go a little crazy for the magician turned police consultant when Alexander Blacke is accused of murder and the theft of millions in Blacke’s Magic: Knave of Diamonds, Ace of Hearts. Best known as Barney Miller, Hal Linden plays Blacke like a velvet glove. He’s very …

In this episode, Mr. Krabs puts Squidward in charge of the Krusty Krab for the day. He takes advantage of the situation and goes home and leaves Spongebob in charge of the whole store. Spongebob has kind of a brain fart and thinks he has lost …

On the surface, The Twilight Zone: The Man in the Bottle is like a wish come true. Haven’t we all secretly wished for a magic bottle with a genie inside who could make all of our dreams come true? That’s what happens in this episode, to Arthur …

Well, that was actually kind of a depressing episode of the Simpson’s last night; Mona Leaves-a. I tuned in expecting laughs and there were a few. But, overall, I felt a bit saddened by it.
Homer’s mom returns to Springfield again. This time, because she has faked her death, she …

The Veil: Girl on the Road is from the anthology series, short lived as it was, hosted by Boris Karloff. Karloff actually has a role in this episode, too. He plays the powerful Morgan Debs, and he issues a warning to the show’s protagonist, John Prescott.
The story …

After watching a bunch of not so great episodes of Grey’s it was nice to see one that had a good vibe to it. Funny, light hearted and warm and this was that episode, well up until the end anyway where it got sad.
What was cool about this …

A couple of months ago I saw an advert for a new t.v show. It was Lee Nelsons Well Good Show. It was to be shown on BBC3 and my initial impressions, without even watching the show was that it looked like a complete waste of time. A man …

In an romantic comedy monologue, we are exposed to what at first seems like an series of superficial stories, only to have us make the shocking assertion that more truth lies within these superficial stories then we are willing to admit to the general public. This is the superficial …

Intelligence is a new TV series I decided to watch one evening after watching one of my other favorite shows that comes on an hour before. I had nothing else better to watch and wanted to occupy my time during the nine o’ clock hour. I had …

In Columbo: The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case, which is one of the longest episode titles of any show, Theodore Bikel portrays Oliver Brandt. Brandt kills his friend and partner after the man threatens to expose his crooked dealings. Both are members of a private club …

Kekkaishi Episode 6 has Yoshimori guarding Karasumori at night when the cherry blossoms bloom at an unlikely time.
This episode is nice because we learn more about Yuri, one of Yoshimori’s classmates. It was pretty good and we also learn more about the Karasumori site. It’s a very …

Back when I was still attending sixth form college, my aunt happened to switch to a different cable television service provider which had the channel “TV Guide” which was actually a channel which gave the schedules for each channel as well as it had shows and comments on celebrity …

Season four of The Andy Griffith Show continued with Hot Rod Otis on February 17, 1964. The basic premise of the half hour program has Andy and Barney worried when town drunk Otis Campbell (played beautifully by Hal Smith) buys a car.
First up, though, is some competition madness …

If there’s anything that really stands out about the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Episode “Go Fish” it’s the fact it’s both very unbelievable (even for this series) and has some pretty disgusting moments in it.
OK, the fact they live on the Hell Mouth would probably give me some reason …

I’ve come a long way with my tolerance level for Hair Battle Spectacular. While it is still an outlandish show, full of arrogant contestants, it’s not that off par from any other reality show. It just takes a bit of watching to get into the speciality of …

Like the prior episode, the ninth episode of this offbeat western begins with Ernest Pratt (Richard Dean Anderson) trying to come up with a good story for his latest dime novel that features his now alter ego, Nicodemus Legend. It’s all about elk, which he describes as cute.
The …

From 1958, Sea Hunt: Sonar Queen is a neat little episode that I enjoyed. It showed the audience something new for its day, and I tend to like information shows. Essentially, Mike Nelson the well known skin diver is hired to test what is actually a type …

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Enemies, episode 29, starts out with a very dramatic teaser featuring a submarine called the Angler. It starts out innocently enough with an order for a course being given by Richardson (Tom Skerritt). Sub captain Williams (Robert Sampson) objects, …

Stargate SG-1: It’s Good to be King is the show that I consider to be the last real team show of SG-1. It’s truly the last time we get to see SG-1 off-world, together, including Jack. It’s a regular-type mission that ends well and that has all …

Laramie: The Replacement is one of my very favorite episodes of this series. It’s in the top 5, in fact. I absolutely love it. It’s the kind of the story that keeps me on the edge of my seat while also engaging my heart. The …

Thus, the fifth season of Doctor Who reaches it’s end. This episode stands in a pretty stark contrast to the other finales. Where Davies kept wanting to escalate and make things more epic, this one is a bit more low key. I mean, sure, the universe …

I like cable so much better that I do regular Television. There is such a better mix of material on cable than on regular television. One series that is on television is called Myth Busters.
There is this group of men and women that gather together to break …

I followed this team of FBI agents dedicated to looking for missing people. Their office is in New York. It also includes stories about the personal lives of the agents. This has run for seven seasons, but there are reports that there will be no eight season.
I am …

Fullmetal Alchemist Episode 18 begins with Lust in the Central Library 1st Branch looking for Dr. Marcoh’s notes when she encounters Scar, a fight begins and meanwhile Ed and Al return to Central to learn that the Library has been burned down and must find another way to read …

Death Note Episode 18 begins with Light and L having a fist fight over the fact that it seems that L wants Light to be Kira even though he’s been cleared of suspicion. Meanwhile, Kira begins killing again, but this time it seems he’s killing for profit rather …

M*A*S*H: Oh, How We Danced is the second episode that deals with one of B.J. Hunnicutt’s (Mike Farrell) wedding anniversaries. The good news is that it fits the continuity. In February 1980, they aired the show called Lend a Hand where the 4077th threw B.J. a party …

Superstars of Dance, hosted by Irish dance great, Michael Flatley, has really been fascinating to watch. In this unique competition show, dancers from eight countries have faced off against one another in team dance, pairs, and solos.
The show could have been a political disaster, with the judges all …

Highway Patrol: Human Bomb has the California Highway Patrol trying to chase down a man who has turned his car into a moving bomb. Essentially it’s a case of a very unhappy man who wants revenge on the chemical plant where he was discharged from. This is …