The Ray Bradbury Theater: The Screaming Woman opens for the second time with a introductory scene that is actually a bit of an adventure with Bradbury in the mountains holding a divining rod. Another man comes up to him, recognizing him as a sci fi writer. In …

The annual The 2009 Hollywood Christmas Parade began poorly with some horrible camera work. The two hosts, Erik Estrada and Laura McKenzie weren’t centered in the camera frame, resulting in Estrada having a third of his body, including his face, cut off. It was just horrid.
The parade …

Today, there are a plethora of television court shows, all because of the tremendous popularity of Court TV (now Tru TV) during the infamous O.J. Simpson trial. Of course, there had been both Divorce Court and The People’s Court that had great runs, but it’s been in the …

Have Gun - Will Travel: A Drop of Blood, from December 1961, was a follow up to an episode done the year before. They brought back the two main stars from that show, Martin Gabel and Roxane Berard, as well as one other performer from that show.
Regina Gleason …

My wife and I recently decided to try watching the old Buffy the Vampire Slayer series on DVD from start to finish; starting with the first episode “Welcome to the Hell Mouth.”
As far as first episodes of new series are concerned, this was a good one.
The story-line on this …

There is a lot that has changed within the lives of the Mystic Falls folk in season 2 of the Vampire Diaries. In episode number seven “Masquerade” the town of Mystic Falls gather’s together to celebrate at the Lockwood’s estate, where Katherine makes an appearance, posing as Elena. Since …

This episode of Desperate Housewives was a good one. There were five story lines going on. Gabby was missing single when staying with the gay couple on the block, Lynette’s daughter was feeling left out, Mrs McClusky might have cancer, bree has a new guy working for …

Adam-12: Log 76: The Militants is a rather serious episode of this thirty-minute police drama from the mind of Jack Webb. It begins with the shooting of a police officer and a black militant. It becomes a circus and one of those politically hyped stories where no …

Beneath the Surface started out with our friends working in an underground sweat shop type place. Seems they have had their minds “time stamped” and can no longer remember who they are. They have been given false memories and believe they are workers on a planet beneath …

This episode was a great one for any Jack/Sam shippers. Stuck under ice, all alone. Depending on no one else but themselves. Hoping and praying that their friends would figure it out, but willing to do whatever they had to in order to survive.
The start of …

From February 1982, The Fall Guy: Ladies on the Ropes is one I’d just rather forget to be honest. There are some shows where either the topic or just the theme in which a story is placed doesn’t excite men, and this is definitely one of those.
Basically, Bail …

Wow, that was a great episode of Destination Truth last night.
First, they traveled to South America (again) to hunt down a mythical creature called Chullachaqui; which looks a lot like a goblin. When we first started watching this I told my wife there was no way they would find …

I’ve been a fan of the Pretty Little Liars book series for years so naturally, I was thrilled when I heard it was becoming a television series. The first three episodes were well done and I thought they did a good job of easing people into the concept of …

Jean Hagen guest stars in The Andy Griffith Show: Andy and the Woman Speeder, a classic show about a small town, a big city female, and the law. After a cute bit about fishing that includes Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor, Ron Howard as Opie Taylor, Don …

We watched the Monk series finale last night and I have to say it wasn’t quite as good as I thought it would be. But, it did have a few twists that I didn’t expect so it still managed to win some points.
First, the case was way too easy …

The first thing that I didn’t like about Outlaw: In Re: Jessica Davis is that it did not give us a resolve about last week’s episode. Well, I guess you can say it did simply by the fact that the two partners were still working together, but it …

Cowboy Bebop Episode 23 has Spike, Jet, Ed and Faye all after the leader of a strange cult after its members start committing suicide.
This was one of the weirdest episodes of the entire anime. It’s visually interesting but I got a little dizzy because the images were …

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. …

It was a very nice episode, although I feel it could have been better. There were some interesting twists of events, but for the most part of it I was a bit bored. It is not that the events of the episode did not matter, it was because there …

Ok, it has been years since I watched the cartoon Voltron. In fact, I couldn’t remember anything about the show except that I was obsessed with it as a kid (I think I even still have one of the toys somewhere at my parents’ house).
So, tonight, I got a …

There is no show that depicts adolescent innocence and first loves quite like Dawson’s Creek. Even though the show is no longer on the air, I still enjoy watching re-runs as I relive the experiences of the Dawson, Joey, Pacey trio that reminds me so much of my teenage …

Nevada vs. Rodgers was the latest hour of the new decent drama and disappointing comedy show, The Defenders. The good part for me is that they more or less left the comedy behind this week, and that was delightful. I’ve said from the beginning that this version …

The draw for me in this edition of The Virginian, called Show Me a Hero, was a nice strong cast of guest stars. This was a show that was done away from Shiloh Ranch. The last couple had been ensemble episodes, and I’d enjoyed those, but now …

“The Boneyard” is a very good episode of NCIS. Fornell is back which is always fun for viewers as we get to see the Fornell/Gibbs dynamic that is always entertaining to watch.
Seems the FBI, namely Fornell, has been trying to take down a mobster by the name of …

Erika Tiffany Smith to the Rescue is my least favorite Gilligan’s Island episode out of all of them. There was very little attention grabbing scenes and the show ran more like a bad soap opera. Zsa Zsa Gabor guest stars in this show as Erika Tiffany Smith. Zsa Zsa …

Trigun Episode 14 begins with Vash the Stampede in a town called Promontory, Meryl and Milly decide to protect an elderly couple who own a geoplant where grass and trees grow on the desert planet of Gunsmoke.
This had to be the weirdest episode in the series so far, as …

I had seen the television series of Transformers. I liked the series very much. When a movie was released of the same kind, I was overjoyed and expected it to be way better than the series. And it was exactly that way.
The movie revolves around the life of Sam …

Rizzoli and Isles has been TNT’s new summer series, paired up in its short, ten episode first season with The Closer, networks old and steady earner and viewership-provider. With such a demanding partner, an established procedural, the new show was almost bound to fall short: Kyra Sedgewick won an …

Well, I have to admit, after watching last night’s House episode “Tyrant” I was left wondering whether or not the title really pertained to this week’s patient on the show or if it was talking more about the doctors who treated him.
First of all, I have to give a …

The first TV episode of the cult, surreal comedy The Mighty Boosh, Killeroo, is the perfect opening to the first series. It sets about immediately establishing the signature banter between the writers and performers Noel Fielding and Julian Barrett. This double act is one of the main …

This is a switch to the normal Gilligan’s Island running. The Professor isn’t the one coming up with crazy inventions, this time a bizarre doctor, Dr. Boris Balenkoff, introduces hypnotic jewelry and in this case rings. The doctor has a completely sinister, but at times in a strange way …

Produced in 2004, the War and Remembrance: The Making of War and Remembrance featurette opens with one of the promotional ads for this lengthy mini-series which aired on ABC in 1988. From there, viewers are introduced to Dan Curtis who produced, directed, and co-wrote the mammoth war picture. …

I ended up taping the new Law & Order SVU season premiere “Trials” Tuesday night and finally got a chance to watch it yesterday afternoon. While it wasn’t a bad episode, I do think the series might be starting to decline a bit.
This episode focused on a young boy …

It wasn’t one of the best episodes on the show. The themes were quite sad, but not every interesting. The show tells two stories.
In the first story, in a house is the suburbs. The whole family is death. A woman goes to check up on her little baby before …

I admit I always feel a bit like an archeologist watching this episode. The excitement of finding rare literature carved painfully into a piece of stone always intrigues me. What message could be so important to carve it into set stone to last thousands of years? And this episode …

Episode 2 of the second season picks up right after the last one left off with the conversation at the diner. In addition to the “rape” revelations between the two grown men, Feldman also brings up that Haim bad-mouthed him in a couple of recent interviews. The whole back …

The tragic disaster of Apollo One while performing the standard plugs-out test begins this second episode of From the Earth to the Moon called simply enough, Apollo One. Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were all killed. This leads to a government investigation as well as …

Typically “Justice League Unlimited” focused on the less famous members of the Justice league and that is good. It adds depth to the D.C. universe which isn’t in most cartoons because they need to focus on a few characters.
The second thing it does is serve as a contrast to …

I really like the opening part of Stargate: Infinity: Coming Home which deals with the age old problem of prejudice. One of the members of Major Bonner’s team is named Ec’co. He’s a green, rather unusual alien being. However, he’s also a half breed. His …

From 1974, the animated Star Trek: Bem had the Enterprise hosting a new race, or rather, aboard the Enterprise there was a man considered an honorary observer. His race was new to the Federation. For much of this half-hour show, we really don’t know if this Bem …

From what I’ve seen, Doctor Who episodes fall into three categories: ones that take place in the distant past, ones that take place in the distant future, and ones that take place on an alien world. Of course, there are several that take place in the present, thus …

Best known for her role as one of the kids on Eight is Enough, Connie Needham stars in Fame: To Soar and Never Falter, a first season entry for this series I so often enjoy watching. Basically, Needham’s character is Kathy Murphy, one of the students at the …

This was another excellent episode of the show. Although it was a bit strange and not quite believable, it still was a lot of fun. The thing about it, is that there was much sadness and human tragedy involved, but it wasn’t much the focus of this episode all …

Star Trek: Patterns of Force is a solid episode that once again has the Enterprise tracking down missing personnel, in this case, John Gill (David Brian), who had been assigned to a planet as an observer. When the landing party beams down, they quickly realize that the 1930’s …

When I was a lot younger, I used to love this sitcom. For some reason I enjoyed watching the three young kids, Kimberly, Willis, and Arnold running around that two-dimensional looking penthouse apartment. The decorations were ritzy. I can’t really believe that they lived …

A field trip to Fort Springfield goes horribly wrong when Principal Skinner refuses to pay the entrance fee and the class are caught attempting to “learn for free” by trying to watch a battle re-enactment through a fence. This leads to the Fort Springfield employees chasing the class out …

Season four of Stargate SG-1 continues with an intriguing episode called The Curse. It guest stars a beautiful British actress named Anna-Louise Plowman. For some reason, a good majority of the guest stars, especially the Goa’uld, are British. They say it’s never been intentional, but it …

Justice League - “Tabula Rasa”, Part Two builds upon what was established in the first part and allows the story to reach its full potential. The action in this episode is top-notch thanks to the fluid and detailed animation and the clever use of the city as battlefield against …

I love to see things behind the scenes and watch the background of favorite stories, and that’s one of the reasons I enjoy watching The Santiago Quesada Story of Wagon Train. I’ve mentioned in earlier reviews that if you pay attention, you can see that it wasn’t really …