Sea Hunt’s 15th episode of its third season on the air was called The Living Fossil. Airing back in April 1960, this episode was a little unique in that it focused on deep sea diver Mike Nelson (aptly portrayed by Lloyd Nelson) working with others on a special …

What I first noticed about this episode is how completely the producer and screen writer can thoroughly turn people’s lives upside down, and they do a good job of it here. There is a whole lot of uncertainty throughout the show, uncertainty that causes other problems even the break …

Have Gun - Will Travel: Silent Death, Secret Death had some decent moments and yet didn’t really satisfy my entertainment criteria for a good TV Show. From March 1962, this 28th episode of the fifth season began in San Francisco where our resident gunfighter, Paladin, is asked to …

The ninth show of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea in its second year on the air is called The Peacemaker. There’s a nice guest cast in this hour of entertainment which includes John Cassavetes as Everett Lang, Time Tunnel’s Whit Bissell as Connors, Irene Tsu as …

Surviving Sharks is a show on the Discovery Channel in which a host does tests with sharks to determine how best to avoid being attacked or eaten by a shark when swimming or surfing. It started with tests to determine whether different types of sharks were more active feeders …

In this second series of this new ABC drama which stars Christian Slater, I find myself more into the story of the dead body than I was the regular characters who make up what is called The Forgotten Network. This network helps the police to identify dead bodies …

Twilight Zone is famous for its interesting stories with a strange twist. Forest Whitaker hosts this six-disk set. I’m not sure what year these stories were filmed as the back of the box uses Roman numerals (MMII) but I think its from the 80s or 90s. The box set …

Unlike many Americans, I’m not obsessed with television. At least not to the point where I will plan my life around it; with the exception of Green Bay Packers games.
This week, I discovered a mini-series that actually has me clearing my schedule.
When I saw the previews for the Sci …

Once in a while I would sit down to a British TV show and enjoy myself for a few hours. I find British shows to be interesting, even though it starts a little bit slow, but slowly becomes very riveting as the story unfolds. I like them for the …

Ducky is working on three cut up bodies found behind a hospital in a drum…something he and Palmer refer to as “meat puzzles” when he realizes that he knows one of the people. When Gibbs and the team investigate further, Ducky is horrified to learn that all three …

This show was patterned after the “Entertainment Tonight ( ET ) and “The Insider”, a famous celebrity news show in the US and being broadcast in CBS. The show casts the unbeatable tandem of Boy Abunda and Kris Aquino. The chemistry of the two seems to be so …

This japanese series is about a guy named Shuji, a popular superstar at his high school. Meanwhile, he forms unexpected friendships with Akira and this girl named Nobuta. She is often picked on and made fun of because of her scary appearance and quiet nature. Thus Akira and Shuji …

MacGyver: The Ugly Duckling takes Mac back to visit an old professor, who is then killed. He ends up helping a teenage computer geek who has successfully hacked into government systems. She eventually is kidnapped by weapons dealers who want her to do some hacking for them, …

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: 2nd Gig Episode 18 has Batou and the Major in Germany trying to track down the terrorist known as Angel’s Feathers.
This was a very interesting and well done episode. It showed an interesting side of Batou and showed off his detective skills …

Never having been a big fan of Kathy Griffin’s, I was so surprised that I actually enjoyed her show about being on the D-List. On one episode Kathy decided that she was going to go to the Apollo and try to win over a Black audience. …

A modern day Snow White and the 7 Dwarves, if Snow White was a blond who didn’t go to sleep and the Dwarves were reduced to 4 nerds, The Big Bang Theory is a show that is picking up a very strong fan base, based on the old theory …

This season nine episode is by far my favorite Friends episode of all time. I think I have seen this particular episode over one hundred times, and I still laugh every time I see it. Shortly after Emma is born Rachel has to go back to work so they …

When I was a kid I watched many cartoons. Not many of them stayed with me however I do remember the Care Bears, I loved them as a kid and although I don’t love them now, it’s dwindled down to a mild like I think they are …

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 …

Airing in September 1987, Max Headroom: Deities brings on the religious angle for those living in the Age of Video, which is when this series takes place. The set up is that the View Age church is getting too popular and will surpass catholics and 700 Club in …

I love the Star Trek’s Favorite Moments featurette which allows us to get a look at some of the Trek performers and what it is that attracted them to this science fiction series. Michael Dorn, Ethan Phillips, and Tim Russ all spoke about how they watched Star Trek …

Well, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode “Out of my Mind” wasn’t a great one but it did manage to give us some insight into where the series will be heading in the 5th season.
We learn two major things in this episode. First, Riley needs medical attention if …

Well, I got to see a later Simpsons episode that wasn’t too badly written; “Dial N for Nerder” and I have to say it had a pretty good plot.
You have two basic storylines going on. First, you have Bart playing a prank on Martin that causes him to fall …

The show that brought us stranger phobic Tubbs and Edward, pen loving Pauline and the germ hating Dentons is back, and goes from strength to strength.
With the thread of the new road gone, Tubbs and Edwards can go about slaughtering passers by with one less thing on their …

FBI versus CIA. There is something going on in the CIA and its up to the FBI to solve the mystery. There is an informant whose life is in danger. I found a lot of this episode hard to understand. So it’s not one of my favorites. But I …

This is probably the most lackluster Doctor Who episode to date. It had promise, but so much of it fell flat for me that it just wasn’t as enjoyable as the other episodes. The plot is similar to “Batman Forever”, but instead of the Riddler, it’s a …

OK, I’ll admit, the That 70s Show episode “Career Day” was one of the funniest television programs I’ve seen today and one I wish I could simply re-wind and watch again.
This episode has the individual cast members following their parents around and learning about their careers; with some really …

The story of how Santa became the jolly figure we know today is told in the classic animated tale, Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town. This is another of my all-time holiday favorites. I watch it at least twice every season, if not more. The story …

I really wasn’t that impressed with The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.: Brisco in Jalisco except for the opening scene that included Robert Fuller and Paul Brinegar as two of the tycoons who had hired Brisco County Jr. to work for their association. They are only in the …

Rino Romano, who had been so much fun in the season one entry of Due South called The Man Who Knew Too Little, returns again as the same character, Ian MacDonald. Apparently, Ian had a happy ending after all, something we weren’t a hundred percent about at the …

Highway Patrol, starring Broderick Crawford, continued its opening season of police drama with a show entitled Radioactive. As the title indicates, it’s all about a device that contains radioactive pellets which are stolen. That’s not the worst of it, though. The thief ends up junking it …

One thing about The Fall Guy, it has an old school opening that you just don’t see much anymore. The full theme plus standard intro in this first season lasts almost three minutes. In this era of 10 second, title only spots, this feels like forever. …

Taped in Las Vegas, the problem with most episodes of The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast is that they are more an NBC showcase than anything else. Initially, there were some really good ones that are what a roast should be, a person being teased by friends and co-workers. …

I had some concerns about the show House when I found the first episode “Broken” was going to focus solely on Hugh Laurie’s character while checked into a mental institution. But, after watching the 2-hour season premiere last night, I will say I was impressed by it.
The episode does …

Last night’s episode of Law & Order SVU ended up being a lot like most of them; an interesting case but, for some reason, felt like something we had seen before.
This time around they are investigating the rape and homicide of a teenager who is found in a sleazy …

Diagnosis Murder: Love Is Murder has Steve Sloan (Barry Van Dyke) unlucky at love once again. The man has bad choice in women, when he can find one, and as this series progresses, he finds a lot of them. Oddly, a lot of them are some kind …

There’s a TV series that has been taking the UK by storm and, if you live outside the UK, it’s quite possible that the BBC will export it to your country. It’s called Ashes to ashes and is a sequel to the series Life on Mars.
The story in both …

My favorite TV series of all time, NCIS is on its seventh season this fall 2009. I discovered this show while watching re-runs of American shows in a government-owned television channel in the Philippines. I was hooked from the first time I watched it, and from then I …

“Forty-Four Tickets” is an episode of “The Dick Van Dyke Show”. In this episode, Rob forgets that he promised to get forty-four tickets to next week’s “Alan Brady Show” for members of the PTA and has to find some way to scrape up the tickets on short notice otherwise …

NSA has a special secret project which is about time travel. There’s a sphere which functions on some alien fuel and it is used to take 1 man, Frank Parker back in time to change bad things that happened. In this episode Tallmadge is declared incapable for the position …

The Singing Office is a fun little show on The Learning Channel. The hosts are Joey Fatone and Mel B, two performers who owe a lot of their current success to Dancing with the Stars. Joey’s having a blast with his return to popularity, while the Spice …

I don’t really remember watching this show, Columbo: Last Salute to the Commodore, but I’m sure I did. It’s just fallen out of my brain, and I believe the reason for that is that it’s quite possibly the worst episode of Columbo ever. It’s dull, not just …

“The Making of a Councilman” is an episode from “The Dick Van Dyke Show”. It continues and concludes the story started in the previous episode, “I Do Not Choose to Run”. In the previous episode, much of the story focused on Rob’s decision whether or not to run for …

From 1992, The Ray Bradbury Theater: Some Live Like Lazarus opened in a very intriguing way. We, the viewers, walk up to a house where a woman is seated on her porch. She greets us and says she’s been expecting us. Naturaly, we want to know …

While going to the Quickie Mart, they witness Apu being robbed. When Apu wouldn’t give Homer change to pay for the 911 call, they decide to go the local farmer’s market outside. Lisa convinces them to eat more vegetarian meals, so they upgrade vegetables from a side …

The show started out with the contestants getting a make-over and then appearing live on the Tyra Banks show. This show must not have aired yet, otherwise everyone would already know who the final five contestants were. Therefore, I was confused by the whole “live” thing. …

“The First Store” is an episode of “The Jeffersons”. It is one of the more emotionally-charged episodes of the series. By emotionally-charged, I mean the episode is designed to invoke a strong emotional response in the audience. It certainly had that affect on me. In this episode, George and …

Stargate SG-1 followed the adventures of a U.S. Air Force team, titled SG-1, that was assembled to fight evil alien parasites, named Goa’uld, who use humans as hosts and for slave labor. The stargate, an interplanetary portal that was unearthed in the movie, was the team’s sole method …

This is the American version of “Betty La Fea”, the soap opera from Colombia which made an international success. This American sitcom was produced by Selma Hayek.
In its third season, Betty Suarez was torn between two lovers. She both turned down her suitors, Henry and Gio. She went …

Phineas and Ferb is a popular new cartoon. It features two stepbrothers, Phineas and Ferb. The two brothers do awesome things like go around the world, travel through time, and build a rollercoaster each day. Their older sister tries to get their mom to catch them building the machines, …