Television show description: A children’s show (suitable for pre-schoolers) that uses familiar Disney characters like Mickey, Minnie and Goofy to teach lessons about shapes, weights, colors, etc.
What I like about this show: My youngest daughter started watching this show a few weeks ago and, since it’s on at lunch …

Ask any Buffy fan what his or her favourite episodes of Buffy are and you’ll undoubtedly find “Hush” cropping up a fair bit. And, it’s really no surprise why; this episode is astounding.
“Hush” just isn’t a gem in Buffy’s catalogue of episodes, but a terrific little piece of …

Last night was the first time I had a chance to watch the Futurama episode “Love’s Labours Lost in Space.” And, for the most part, it wasn’t terrible.
Basically, the Planet Express team is sent on a tax deductible charity mission to rescue animals from a planet that is about …

Cecil Kellaway steals the show in That Girl: Old Man’s Darling. This marvelous acting fellow plays one of the world’s richest men, who really is just a very lonely old man who is without family and friends. When he meets Ann Marie (Marlo Thomas), he is charmed …

I wish I liked Burn Notice more as a series. It has a lot to offer, but most of the time, it fails to keep me hooked. I begin multi-tasking, even when I don’t mean to. While there have been a few I really like, most of …

The Virginian: The Mountain of the Sun combines incredible courage and a love story. It combines for an average tale for this western TV series. I’m really not that crazy about this episode. This is a 90-minute show and this story is an hour one, so …

Mr. Krabs has always been looking for a way to make extra money, so he decides that he is going to construct a hotel building to make more money. Squidward thinks it is a terrible idea, and he is really upset because he has to wait on the guests …

Confessions of a Teen Idol - Episode 1 was a re-introduction for many of some of their favorite teen idols of old. All of these men are no longer in show business, but all have indicated an interest in starting up their careers once again.
Producers Scott Baio and …

You know Lincoln Burrows from Prison Break? I was wondering where have I seen him before and then I remembered seeing a first episode of a show called John Doe, about a man without past who knows everything about everything and everyone except himself. Dominic Purcell was also, in …

I’ve often felt that the powers that be at SG-1 started season eight with a few good shows and decided to use all of them, even if the timing didn’t necessarily make sense. This episode, Zero Hour, seems like it should have been the starter once Jack was …

This talk show is a lot of fun to watch. I don’t usually watch it, because I am not home at the time it is on, but the other day, I ws home while it was on. She has very interesting guests, and the phone conversations she does are …

90210 is a television remake of the original series Beverly Hills 90210. When I heard a remake was being made I was excited to see my favourite characters back on screen in their previously much loved roles. Sadly the worst thing about 90210 was the previous characters. …

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 …

Coming of the Tiger was from the fifth year of Have Gun - Will Travel, a western series starring Richard Boone as gunfighter for hire, Paladin. Essentially, this is a story of immigration and equality. There’s a new regime in Japan and two people are being taken …

You may have heard of MTV’s Pimp My Ride, but have you ever seen CMT’s version: Trick My Truck? I watched this show last night on CMT and was amazed. Trick My Truck is a show where people nominate their parent or friend who drives a big rig …

I think The Secret Millionaire make for interesting viewing and usually it is quite moving. The idea is that a millionaire will go undercover to a disadvantaged area, volunteer to help with some local charity or community project and live amongst the community for a while in conditions …

Anyone who is a fan of the Dave Chapelle show will more than likely LOVE “The Boondocks“. This is a cartoon by Aaron McGruder, and is shown on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim hour. The show is based off the comic strip, and centers …

The more I see the show Destination Truth, the more I find myself liking it. None of the episodes have lived up to the first one I watched but they are still pretty close.
Last night’s episode “King Tut’s Curse/Swamp Ape” was probably the best thing I watched last night.
The …

Im quite a fan of Paddie McGuiness, he is a funny man and that’s what made me give the show that he presents, Take Me Out a chance. It’s essentially a modern day version of Blind Date, only this time there is no blind aspect and a lot more …

When Sam bypasses a few of the protocols while dialing the stargate, they fall out of the stargate and inadvertently do damage to the planet of K’tau, which happens to be a protected planet under the Asgards.
The K’tau people believe in Freyr, a “god” who is actually an Asgard. …

After watching the first episode of the new Sleepy Hollow series, I’ve decided that I will become a regular viewer. I literally had a week to dwell and think on the previous episode I watched and kind of connect some minor pieces. To be honest and to the …

In 2010, the History Channel presented Jaws: The Inside Story, which is a great look at the making of Jaws, the 1975 movie hit. There are a wealth of new interviews and ones from the past that work together to present a really unique view of this film …

On the channel TLC, I watched one of their shows that come on called Hoarders. It’s a quite interesting show about people who collect just about any thing and everything in their house. There homes get very cluttered and make for unlivable housing conditions. In the episode they …

Comediennes Jo Brand, and the lesser known Jo Scanlan and Vicki Pepperdine bring us a satirical look at the day to day workings of a modern NHS hospital.
It’s a strange show to first get into, using mainly ad-libbed dialogue and some camera work you’d expect from the likes …

Stargate SG-1: Point of No Return is an odd episode with some funny moments, but once again, the team is divided, and that’s always a sad thing. This time around, it’s Jack and Teal’c who cover one part of the tale, while Daniel and Sam work together.
Now I …

One of my brother’s favourite shows these days is an old American television show named “I Dream of Jeannie”. He will watch it sometimes on the cable television channel Nickelodeon on a program called Nick at Nite and sometimes if I have the time I will watch it with …

No Ordinary Family: No Ordinary Earthquake deals with an earthquake that wasn’t and JJ Powell’s refusal to be honest with his parents about his powers.
This latter plot I’m sick of and have been for the last couple of shows. This character is turning me off because I just …

As respects the August 10, 1990 airing of The Ray Bradbury Theater: The Black Ferris, I’m going to start by saying that I went nuts trying to figure out where I’d seen the main young boy in this story. His real name, Zachary Bennett, was familiar but I …

For the 3rd round of The Great British Bake Off, the contest was down to 6 cooks. This outing was held in Kent with the focus on bread. Also, only one baker will be eliminated from now on.
Challenge 1 was the signature bake where the bakers rely …

Michal has broken up with Jan, and he has decided it is time to start dating. His plan is to convince someone in the office to set him up. How he does this is to tell everyone in the office that if they don’t give him the name and …

“Baby Shower” is a more romantic episode of the Office, which airs on NBC on Thursday nights. The episode features the return of Jan, Michael’s ex-girlfriend. Michael is all excited beause he thinks Jan is going to let him be involved in her baby’s life, even though Jan …

Big Brother sometimes drives me batty. I’m nowhere near as hooked as I was during its first season. In fact, I’m not hooked at all anymore. I can barely even remember the contestants’ names. Were there anything else opposite it, I wouldn’t watch, and when …

Sea Hunt: Rapture of the Deep is a little different than some other shows. Skin diving expert Mike Nelson, played well by Lloyd Bridges, begins his usual opening narration by saying that the job he was about to take was his most dangerous assignment yet. What I …

For some reason, I always tend to forget what this show is about when it comes on TV. I have this idea of it in my mind and I turn it off, so I was surprised by it when I recently did view the entire program again. …

M*A*S*H: Hawkeye Get Your Gun is an episode from the fifth season to this stellar comedy about the Korean War that I have issues with in terms of what happens in the plot; at least, at one specific point.
Colonel Sherman Potter (Harry Morgan) and Chief Surgeon Hawkeye Pierce (Alan …

Wayne Rogers has a little more to do in M*A*S*H: Mail Call which centers around the latest batch of mail to arrive at the 4077th. Rogers’ Trapper John McIntye gets a letter from home with a photo of his two little girls. They’ve grown and he begins …

This is without shadow of a doubt one of the better TV shows out there. It is he story of this man, Ted that in the year ~2029 tells his children how he met their mother. Fact is he always tells stories of different relationships which all ended (sooner …

It was a perfect beginning of the season, and also for the series. From this episode the new era has began, and this show ran for 10 years. The episode began showing that all of the friends are in the coffee house better known in the series as the …

Taken was a massive miniseries that aired on the Sci-Fi Channel and was produced by Steven Spielberg. The series covered 50 years of alien history, beginning with the Roswell incident. I watched it when it aired on television, and also grabbed the boxed set when it came out and …

Isn’t it really great when English reality or past get involved in this show? I really like that. This episode is about Queen Victoria and her visit to Balmoral. She comes to the house of an old friend of her dead husband but strange things are going on. There …

Man vs Wild is a hit TV show on discovery channel, a very unexpected blow out. The program has something to appeal to everyone; from the beautiful scenery, the intensity of the plot, the outrageous feats, education value, and the thrill of it all.
I make it a chore to …

One of my current favorite television show is Blue Bloods, a police procedural drama that is set in New York. The story revolves around the Reagan family who are all in the business of the law —“ the men are police officers while the only daughter is a prosecutor. …

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: 2nd Gig Episode 14 has Saito playing poker with other members of Section 9 he recounts how he first met the Major and how he joined Section 9.
This was a very interesting and excellent episode. I enjoyed how they fleshed out …

There’s good news and bad news about Diagnosis Murder. The good news was that it was back for another year. An Innocent Murder is the first episode of the show’s third season. Now depending on your preferences, some of the bad news might be deemed good …

This episode of Chase was called Above the Law. The series stars Kelli Giddish as Annie Frost, who heads her own team of United States Marshals. The woman has issues, though, and those always seem to be simmering beneath the surface.
The hour chiefly revolves around a man, …

I really enjoy watching Laramie: Saddle and Spur from the first season of this terrific western TV series. It guest stars Beverly Garland, who is recognizable from shows like My Three Sons and The Scarecrow and Mrs. King. She’s really great in this episode as she plays …

The Ray Bradbury Theater: The Man Upstairs, which aired in March 1988, takes place in Paris, France. It’s about a boy who is visiting his grandmother and the people who live there as boarders. The boy, Douglas (Adam Negley), becomes curious about a new boarder, a man …

I absolutely love the concept behind the animated program, Star Trek: The Time Trap. This 1973 series did a lot of shows that built on some of the live action shows, but they also had several, like this one, which were quite original to the Star Trek universe. …

Trigun Episode 7 has Vash the Stampede celebrates his accomplishment of stopping the Plant from blowing up by drinking with the townspeople in the Saloon. The next day he boards a Sand Steamer before anyone can say good bye and meets a boy who seems to be a …

King of Queens is only shown in reruns now and I’m thankful that it is. I was working too much during the original run of the series to get to watch it all but now I watch it faithfully Monday through Friday at 5 and 5:30pm and at 7 …