TV Reviews
CSI Season 10 Episode 1
I stopped watching CSI for a long time, although I had always been an avid fan. It was just that I had not much chance to watch TV with all the writing I was doing. So I guess I felt lucky to have been able to catch this …
Running in Heels
My wife and I were bored yesterday and wound up watching television. After surfing through some channels, we ended up with the show “Running in Heels.” It was OK but nothing special.
The show basically is a behind-the-scenes look at the fashion magazine industry with us getting an introduction to …
Cops the TV show
I use to watch the TV show cops from time to time but there are a few reasons as to why I never could get stuck into watching it on a week to week basis but there were a few good reasons as to why I did like this …
Total Drama Island
OK, I never even heard of the show Total Drama Island until my wife was surfing channels the other day and came across the Cartoon Network. But, after seeing a few episodes of it, I have to admit it is pretty good.
Basically, this is a cartoon featuring a bunch …
Justice League Unlimited: Wake the Dead
This episode feels like a sequel to an episode I haven’t seen. In this episode, Solomon Grundy is brought back from the dead. Since he is a zombie I’m not entirely certain how that works, but it doesn’t matter because he’s not really very important to the episode.
Just like …
Have Gun - Will Travel: The Bird of Time TV Show
Have Gun - Will Travel: The Bird of Time, an episode which aired early in the western’s sixth season on the air, went right into the action, avoiding one of the traditional San Francisco openings. I always lament the lack of the fancy Paladin beginnings. They add …
American Idol - 3/17/09
Another week of musical performances, and I’m going to start with Adam Lambert. Now, the guy can sing, but it’s Country Week. I don’t really care that he wanted to be true to himself and who he is. It’s Country week, so sing country. It …
Anselm Gets His Chance by P.G. Wodehouse
“Anselm Gets His Chance” is an episode of “Wodehouse Playhouse” (see my review of the series) British television series that features John Alderton and Pauline Collins. Aldterton plays the title role of Reverend Anselm Mulliner in “Anselm Gets His Chance” while his real life wife, the ever-cute-as-a-bug, Pauline …
M*A*S*H: Comrades in Arms: Part 1
M*A*S*H: Comrades in Arms: Part 1 brings to fruition something that probably just about every viewer probably thought would happen sooner or later. It begins with the 8063rd puts out an SOS for help and Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) and Margaret Houlihan (Loretta Swit) head there to assist. …
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Dead Men’s Doubloons TV Show
The second season of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea rolled on with this 21st episode entitled Dead Men’s Doubloons. Albert Salmi was the main guest star, portraying Brent, the captain of a pirate ship in one era and a modern day captain in search of the …
Family Guy: Long John Peter
Well, I have to admit, last night’s episode of Family Guy, “Long John Peter” was pretty dang funny.
The episode starts out with Peter wanting to be a pirate after getting a pet parrot and ultimately getting the parrot killed. While at the Vet, Chris falls for the assistant and, …
M.A.N
This has grown to be one of my favorite shows on local TV and I loved it before it was even first aired formerly on national television. I loved the concept when it was discussed on a local talk show, “3 Talk With Noeleen” and was always looking forward …
Charmed Season 1 DVD
The TV Show Charmed is now on DVD. I have a tendency to do everything backwards. To learn thing backwards. And I actually started with Season 8 of Charmed. I had watched a few episodes off and on through-out the run of Charmed on the WB. But never …
Columbo: The Greenhouse Jungle TV Show
The shows in the second season of Columbo have the teaser with clips from the show about to be seen. That wasn’t done with the first season.
The Greenhouse Jungle is another show where even some cops don’t realize that Columbo is a lieutenant. They see the old …
Bring ‘Em Back Alive: Wilmer Bass and the Serengeti Kid
Bring ‘Em Back Alive: Wilmer Bass and the Serengeti Kid is supposed to be a bit comedic and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.
Elisha Cook guest stars and he’s a hoot. He would be a positive reason to watch this episode. He has a wide range …
Law and Order Special Victims Unit (Bad Blood) Episode
I thought this episode of Law and Order SVU was a little bit more than interesting. It was also educational in my eyes, as before watching it, I was not aware that some psychiatrists thought that sometimes bad behaviour and qualities were genetic. Nevertheless, despite watching the episode which …
Stargate SG-1: It’s Good to be King
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 …
Confessions of a Teen Idol - Episode 6
Confessions of a Teen Idol - Episode 6 continued to examine the possible comebacks of one-time teen idols, including Adrian Zmed, Jeremy Jackson, Eric Neis, and Billy Hufsey. This time, the guys had to go up against the gatekeepers, a group of Hollywood casting directors and such, and …
Privileged on the CW
The CW has given us some of the greatest TV shows for years. Recent CW favorites include Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, and 90210. The latest addition to my list of CW faves is Privileged starring Joanna Garcia, Ashley Newbrough, and Lucy Hale.
The series is about Megan Smith, a …
Star Trek: The Ultimate Computer TV Show
Definitely one of the best of the three year run, Star Trek: The Ultimate Computer is terrific. It’s one I’ve never forgotten and it’s a show that has a lot of layers to it. The basic plot is that Richard Daystrom (William Marshall), a one time wunderkind …
Family Guy 10-3: Screams of Silence
Why do I feel like everytime I write about Family Guy Season 10, I’m asking for help, to save the series before it’s driven into the ground even more? I want so much for this series to be great, but as each new episode comes out, I’m finding myself …
The Andy Griffith Show: The Bookie Barber TV Show
As The Andy Griffith Show: The Bookie Barber opens, young Opie Taylor (Ron Howard) is arguing with Aunt Bee (Frances Bavier) about getting a haircut. He says he can still see out of his eyes, so he doesn’t need one yet. Alas, things don’t go his way …
The Twilight Zone: Two TV Show
The third season of The Twilight Zone is a two-person show. For some reason, Rod Serling liked these introspective shows for the season premiers, and I’m not sure why. Season one focused on Earl Holliman’s character being in a town by himself, and season two had Robert …
Wolverine and the X-Men
This series has hopes of reintroducing the world, more in particular the kids, to the X-Men. After the Xavier mansion was destroyed and the mutants within took refuge back in their family homes or one their own, Wolverine emerges back on the scene and later on decides to bring …
Happy Days: The Howdy Doody Show
My youngest daughter was up extremely early this morning (probably thinking today was Christmas morning or something). So, we ended up watching early morning television. Not wanting an infomerical, I put on Happy Days and watched the episode entitled Howdy Doody.
I’m too young to remember the Howdy Doody show …
Wipeout Sports Reality Show
When Wipeout was first featured in television, I was so excited to watch it since being an athletic person, this reality show was just like Fear Factor, only triple the hardships and triple the pain! No fear actually, all pain! Thus called Wipeout! This show features contestants having to …
Superstar Food Stylists (Food Network program)
The Food Network lover that I am, I tuned into this show and was amazed that it wasn’t a “cooking” show per se, but a food styling show. What was interesting is that all the stylists have a heavy background in cooking. But the actual …
Sea Hunt: The Raft TV Show
The 39th show of Sea Hunt’s second year was also the last of the season. It was entitled The Raft. The premise was the deep sea diver Mike Nelson as played by Lloyd Bridges went to a location off the coast of the Channel Islands to find …
Stargate SG1: Chain Rection Season 4, Episode 15
When General Hammond resigns after SG1 comes in hot from a mission, Jack isn’t buying the, “I’m tired of sending good people out to die,” rhetoric the General is saying. When General Hammond leave and Major General Bauer arrives and begins dismantling the team, Jack is pissed. …
The Langoliers TV miniseries
I have to admit, although Stephen King is a favorite writer of mine, I have not read every single one of his books. One that I somehow missed was “The Langoliers.” I think I read the synopsis and for some reason couldn’t get sold on the idea.
I …
TV kids programs
TV kids programs are full of violenace these days. I watch Cartoon Network channel a lot as I am a mother of kids. There are programs such as “Code Name Kids Next Door” and the “Cramp Twins”, they teach kids bad manners and violence. Other cartton movies contain ghosts …
Criminal Minds show
Criminal Minds is a standing 8pm Wednesday night appointment in my home. I’m not sure why but this show that allows us to see directly into the evils of the human mind is addictive. Maybe it’s the interest I have always had in the art of profiling.
I love …
The Black Tower - Part 2
The Black Tower - Part 2 continued to hold my interest fully, which is the first of the Dalgliesh murder mysteries to have that effect. Based on the P.D. James novel, this television version of the book stars Roy Marsden as Inspector Adam Dalgliesh and Pauline Collins as …
Extreme Makeover TV Show
How many of you love watching Extreme Makeover (Home Edition) and loving every single minute of the show presented by ABC Channel? Well, I do. In fact, I love the show so much that no one could ever come across the TV when I watched the show …
Spartacus: Blood and Sand
“Blood and Sand” was the first season of the popular cable television series, Spartacus which used to air on Starz. It took me a very long time to start watching it because for most of the season, I either was not very interested in watching it or did not …
Have Gun - Will Travel: Bearbait TV Show
The 34th episode from the fourth season of Have Gun - Will Travel was called Bearbait. This was an odd entry in some respects as it’s the story of a bunch of young men who haven’t grown up yet but who pretty much get their way in the …
NCIS TV series
NCIS is a show on CBS that—˜s a spin off of JAG. It’s one of those crime and forensic type show but it’s angle is military and naval related. NCIS stands for Naval Criminal Investigative Service. I have to admit that I really didn’t tune into this show until …
Stargate SG-1: Bloodlines
Stargate SG-1: Bloodlines is the first of the Jaffa storylines, the shows that give Christopher Judge a chance to stand out as the normally stoic and silent Teal’c. These stories usually take place on Teal’c’s home world, Chulak, and often involve his wife and son. In this …
Married with Children TV Episode: Married—¦.with Children
When I was younger, I used to watch the show Married with Children; mostly because it came on after the Simpsons. But, after a while, I did stop watching it. Recently, however, I have found it in re-runs on the weekend and have gotten hooked again.
I discovered yesterday that …
The Sopranos
The Sopranos is a “compelling” TV Show. I think compelling is the best word. Even though some scenes are controversial or you see the evil side of many of the main characters, for some reason the show compels you to keep watching. HBO has less strict regulations than cable …
Death of an Expert Witness - Part 4
I was very pleased that Death of an Expert Witness - Part 4 was much better than Part 3. The pace was better and the scenes more intriguing.
One of the neat things about this P.D. James television adaptation is that we get to hear the recently promoted Chief …
Paternity
OK, I�ll admit, I only tuned in this week because the car crash promo had me interested. Who gets seriously hurt; Olivia or Elliott�s pregnant wife?
Overall though, I thought this episode was weak at best. You had a debate about whether a child should know if his father isn�t …
Weird, True and Freaky (animal show)
Have you ever seen a toad that is as big as a chicken and has poisonous skin? Neither had I until I watched “Weird, True & Freaky” on Animal Planet. This particular toad, when squeezed or manipulated roughly will secrete a gooey yellowish looking poison that protects …
Columbo: Étude in Black TV Show
The second season of Columbo began with Étude in Black, featuring John Cassavetes as Alex Benedict. It also starred James Olsonas Paul Rifkin, Blythe Danner as Janice Benedict, Anjanette Comer as Jennifer Welles, Myrna Loy as Lizzy Fielding, and James McEachin as Billy. I list all of …
CHiPs: Peaks and Valleys
Season two of CHiPs begins with a show called Peaks and Valleys, which refers primarily to Jon Baker (Larry Wilcox) and his mood at the moment. He’s become temporarily disenchanted. It starts at the beginning when a paramedic reads him the riot act for moving a man …
Sea Hunt: Hot Tracer TV Show
In Sea Hunt: Hot Tracer, as often happens, Mike Nelson (Lloyd Bridges) is teaching a man how to dive, only the man doesn’t have the right attitude. This young man is a hot shot athlete, and he just doesn’t take diving as seriously as he should, which …
The Jamie Foxx Show
I have always thought that The Jamie Foxx Show is a very good show. I really like it and I enjoy it a lot. This is a show that started Jamie Foxx’s career. I find it funny that he was very arrogant and stuck up even while on this show. …
Death Note Episode 7
Death Note Episode 7 has Raye Pember’s fiancé arriving in Japan in search of L to help him with the Kira investigation, meanwhile Light befriends her, hoping to learn her real name to write her name in the Death Note and kill her. Meanwhile L tells the police …
Six Feet Under (Series)
If you’ve neither seen nor heard of this show before, on the surface, it might seem like nothing more than a quirky sitcom. I myself have known people to write it off as a dysfunctional family living in a funeral home, but if they’d taken the time to watch at …
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