TV Reviews
Doctor Who: Season 2, Episode 6: Rise of the Cybermen
An explosion in the TARDIS causes the crew to make an impromptu stop. The Doctor fears that since they were thrown out of the timestream, that they will be stuck in a void, but Mickey opens the door and finds that they are in London. Of course, …
Time Warner Cable Service
This place is so frustrating to work with. I go in on Thursday to inquire about getting service. The guy at the desk states that I can have it installed on Friday. I let him know that would be great I get off work at 4 …
Private Eye: Barrio Nights
Private Eye: Barrio Nights, which aired originally on November 6, 1987 was a typical show about the barrio section of Los Angeles. I wish I could say there was something new or exciting about the episode, but I can’t. It’s a plot seen and used many times, …
Mayday documentary
Mayday is a really great documentary series examining real historical occurrences of passenger plane crashes of avoided disasters. The show usually follows the same structure at first they will other set the background to the story or take the viewer directly into the crisis of the situation. This …
Voyagers!: Sneak Attack
Just two episodes after seeing Robert Donner as Buffalo Bill Cody, in Voyagers!: Sneak Attack we see Disney’s Ike Eisenmann playing a young Bill Cody before he got the nickname. It’s not just our voyagers meeting Cody back in 1860 Utah, but an ‘I’ve got something to prove’ …
Futurama TV Episode: Space Pilot 3000
I recently discovered I could watch the first season of the show Futurama on Netflix Instant watch and wasted no time doing so. I even started with the series pilot episode “Space Pilot 3000.”
Even though the show is still on the air, I rarely watch it. But, after seeing …
Due South: Letting Go
Due South: Letting Go is the final episode of this series for the first season, and it continues to resolve the events of Victoria’s Secret, Part 1 and Part 2. The good news is that Diefenbacker is all well now and staying with Fraser as he recovers. …
Doctor Who: Season 4, Episode 7: The Doctor’s Daughter
This episode picks up where the cliffhanger from the previous episode left off, with the TARDIS taking the crew somewhere on its own. The destination is an alien world where a faction of humans is at war with a race of aliens called the Hath. Upon arrival, …
Dragon’s Den
Dragon’s Den is a BBC2 show where budding entrepreneurs enter “The Den” to pitch for an investment from five of Britain’s most successful multi-millionaire business people known here as the Dragon’s.
I have recently finished a 2 week quest to collect every single episode from the Dragon’s Den set and …
Stargate SG-1: The Torment of Tantalus
Stargate SG-1: The Torment of Tantalus is my absolute, number one, without a doubt the best, all time favorite episode of SG-1. Can you tell how much I love and adore this episode from season one? It is the standout from the entire series because it encompasses …
The Virginian: The Long Quest TV show
The Virginian: The Long Quest is one of those that is so hard to watch because of its poignancy. It’s a story of tragedy that really doesn’t have a winner, no matter how you look at it, because someone is going to end up on the short stick.
At …
Stargate SG1: The Tok’ra Pts 1 & 2
This episode was the first in which the Tok’ra were introduced. Sam has undergone treatment to try and get some insight into Jolinar and what her memories, ie dreams, mean. When she sees an address being dialed in her memories, she asks that SG1 be allowed to …
The Virginian: A Father for Toby TV Show
The Virginian: A Father for Toby was a very nice third season episode for this long running western series. Young Kurt Russell was the primary guest star, playing Toby Shea, a boy who had a lot of tall stories about his father, even as he lived at an …
The Office: The Merger
After so long with Jim in a different branch the show is finally reunited. Bringing everyone from the Stamford branches is great. We get to see what a first day with Michal Scott would be like, as well as watching everyone trying to explain Michal. The best line was …
The Office: Casino Night
While it’s always fun to watch the office sometimes the individual episodes of the show can blend together. Casino Night is not one of those episodes.
Part of that is because most of the show takes place out of the office, but there are also very interesting interaction between characters …
Cowboy Bebop: episode 6 Sympathy for the devil
I feel no sympathy for the devil and it seems Spike Spiegel does not either. Cowboy Bebop: episode 6 demands this and more as the title is “Sympathy for the devil”. This episode quickly jumps into the feel of the smooth rugged blues, dancing only half step as it …
Laramie: Two for the Gallows
From the second season of the terrific western, Laramie, comes Two for the Gallows, a show that is part drama and part comedy. The series stars Robert Fuller as Jess Harper and John Smith as Slim Sherman. At this point in the series, Sherman is the owner …
The Cable Guy
This movie was directed by Ben Stiller and stars Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick. Chip is a television obsessed cable guy who is called upon to install Steven Kovac’s Cable. Steven offers Chip a bribe to get all the pay channels for free, Chip takes him up on it …
Big Brother: Power of Veto August 25, 2010 TV Show
The August 25, 2010 edition of the American version of Big Brother was the Power of Veto episode. Quite honestly, it was the competition that was the best part of the very long hour. The truth is that many of these shows could be shown in a …
M*A*S*H: Dear Peggy
It’s Captain B.J. Huneycutt’s (Mike Farrell) turn to write home, and the recipient is his wife, Peggy. It’s an okay show, but it lacks the cohesiveness of some of the early letter home episodes.
One of the fun tidbits is Hawkey Pierce (Alan Alda) going for the record book …
Moment of Truth TV show
The new tv show “Moment of Truth” just started. I was so ecstatic to watch it since the preview was so exciting. The show is a game daring people to tell the truth in order to earn money. First, they give you a scanner test to tell whether you’re …
Blue’s Clues Television Show
There are many television shows out there that are geared to toddlers. My most favourite right now for my two-year old is Blue’s Clues. Blue’s Clues is partly animated and is based on a young man and his puppy.
The puppy provides clues via an animated paw print to his …
The Cleaner: House of Pain
I had to chuckle as I watched the early portions of The Cleaner: House of Pain. For some reason, I just never recognize people on this show. Whether that’s supposed to be the street and drug element of the series, I don’t know, but I’ve discovered after …
The Six Napoleons
I am reviewing The Six Napoleons, a Sherlock Holmes episode from the boxed set, The Adventure of Sherlock HOlmes, which was produced in 1984 by Granada television. This episode finds Sherlock Holmes assisting Lestrade in a most bizarre mystery. Some mad man keeps destroying the last remaining six Napoleon …
Gilligan’s Island TV Episode: Ship’s Ahoax
I usually enjoy watching re-runs of the show Gilligan’s Island on the weekends; especially if I’m stuck in the house because of the weather or a sleeping baby. This past weekend, I got to see one I haven’t seen in a while; Ship’s Ahoax.
This one is actually interesting (in …
Christmas Comes But Once a Year cartoon
From Max Fleischer, Christmas Comes But Once a Year starts out so delightfully. As the name indicates, this old cartoon is one of a holiday nature. In fact, it begins at an orphanage, with a dog licking away a little girl. Then all of the young …
Super Why! The Princess and the Pea
I had heard of the show Super Why before. But, I had never had a chance to actually sit down with my daughter to watch it. Last night, however, I got home and she had it playing on our Netflix player and I had a chance to watch the …
Death of an Expert Witness - Part 2
Death of an Expert Witness - Part 2 continues some six weeks later in the month of August. Sadly, Jean Dalgliesh and her baby both died. We don’t see any of this. What we do get is a scene between Chief Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh and a …
Sealab 2021
The the television series “Sealab 2021″ was an animated comedy series which used to be broadcast on the programme Adult Swim on Cartoon Network. After doing some research on it I realised that it first premiered there in the year 2000, but I actually started watching the series about …
The Andy Griffith Show: Those Gossipin’ Men TV Show
I love The Andy Griffith Show: Those Gossipin’ Men. It’s a story of revenge, lightheartedly delivered, and it’s a hoot to watch. It all begins when Sheriff Andy Taylor teases Aunt Bee (Frances Bavier), Clara Lindsey (Mary Treen), and the delightful Emma Brand (Cheerio Meredith) about all …
Psychic Detectives
If you do not believe in psychic powers before watching Psychic Detectives, you will after. Even experienced and hardened detectives, who have solved some pretty tough cases, become believers after they get the help from a psychic. When a psychic goes to the scene of a crime, they can …
M*A*S*H: The Young and the Restless
It’s lecture time in M*A*S*H: The Young and the Restless from season seven, and the lecturer is Captain Simmons (James Canning), a young soldier working out of Tokyo General. Simmons ends up staying over to help in the operating room when Colonel Sherman Potter (Harry Morgan) has a …
A-Team TV Episode: Black Day at Bad Rock
I ended up watching an A-Team re-run this past weekend; Black Day at Bad Rock, which ended up being somewhat good; though it was a bit predictable at times too.
Basically, B.A. is wounded in a fire fight and is taken to a small town hospital where the doctor things …
Beverly Hills 90210
Beverly Hills 90210, the original not to be confused with the 2009 edition was something I watched for years and loved. In fact I was such a fan I watched all nine or so seasons until right up til the end.
I must admit my favourite seasons were the …
Venture Bros TV show
Venture Bros is quite possibly the best Adult Swim original show. It follows the adventures of a super-scientist, his two teenage sons and his bodyguard as they face assorted villains, including Dr. Venture’s nemesis, the Monarch. But while this may sound like a standard action-adventure series, it’s far …
House: Birthmarks
The last few House episodes have been kind of sucky considering Wilson has been AWOL from the show following his falling out with House. So, it was great to see an episode “Birthmarks” that finally brings him back.
In a way, this was a bit of a depressing episode because …
Have Gun - Will Travel: Everyman TV Show
The fourth season was ebbing towards its last fourth when Have Gun - Will Travel brought viewers a show called Everyman. It’s a bit of an odd tale, one mixed in the belief of the tarot cards, which is often controversial.
The San Francisco opening had Paladin (Richard Boone) …
Columbo: Negative Reaction TV Show
I adore Dick Van Dyke and believe he’s one of the most underrated performers of all time. He’s diverse — a singer, dancer, comedian, and actor, among other things. He can play charming, sweet, and vicious. He’s well rounded and agile, and he’s an intelligent fellow. …
Death Note Episode 34 (Anime)
Death Note Episode 34 begins with Aizawa becoming very suspicious of Light because whenever he meets with Kyomi Takada, they never use video surveillance, they only record the conversation. He devises a test to see whether or not they are exchanging notes during the conversation.
This episode was very …
Keeping Up With the Kardashians - Family Feud
Surprising , I’m a huge fan of Keeping Up With The Kardashians on E!. I really think these girls have some serious issues. So the feud started when the girls went to pick up Kim’s Bentley at the shop..and her sister Kloe felt that Kim wasnt defending her when …
Law & Order SVU TV Episode: Popular
Synopsis: Stabler investigates rumors of a 14-year-old being raped by a teacher and, in the process, discovers a group of teenagers participating in sex parties.
What I liked about this episode: I have two daughters and, while I usually have mixed emotions about shows that make me wonder what they …
Reba
I recently started watching a show called Reba which has Reba Mccantire in it. It’s a really funny show and I think a lot of people could relate to it no matter what there age or gender. Everyone in the show is funny especially Van. I think mothers could …
That 70s Show: It’s a Wonderful Life
You know, it’s been years since I’ve seen the actual movie It’s a Wonderful Life. But, I haven’t had any desire to watch it again because of all the shows that feel the need to do their own take on that film.
I ended up watching another one yesterday afternoon …
Bones TV Episode: The Feet on the Beach
Synopsis: Bones receives unwanted help from a Canadian foot expert after a bunch of severed feet wind up on the United States/Canadian border and she needs to figure out who they belonged to and how they got there. The episode first aired April 7, 2011.
What I liked about this …
Buzz Aldrin’s debut on Dancing With The Stars season 10
I think watching Buzz Aldrin’s first dance on Dancing With The Stars season 10 was a surprising treat. I’ve followed a lot of the hype leading up to the show, and I didn’t have any high expectations of his dancing skills, but I was surprised, because I think …
Street Hawk: The Arabian
Street Hawk: The Arabian is episode 11 of this series and it all revolves around Rebel’s Choice, a horse with a heck of an insurance policy. The horse is, well, horse-napped. As an animal lover, I have to be honest and say I don’t like shows like …
Pokemon (TV Show) - Pokemon, I Choose You! (Episode)
“Pokemon, I Choose You!” is the first episode of the animated television show, “Pokemon”. As the first episode of the series, it works on a number of levels. For one thing, the first episode of any new television show needs to establish the primary characters and provide the primary …
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Ted and Mary
After an enjoyable double date with Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, Larry loses his prized campers at the shoe desk and becomes infatuated with Mary. He soon enjoys a day of shopping with Mary (and her mother) to the bemusement of wife of Cheryl and friend Ted.
Later on, he …
Mr. Monk & the Psychic
Well, another season one Monk episode and another happy fan. Mr. Monk & the Psychic is an episode that manages to show everything that is or at least was good about the show before they started messing with the format a bit.
You have a woman being murdered by her …
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