Cover Her Face - Part 4 has Chief Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh still searching for the murderers of Stavros Veludis and Sally Jupp. Based on the P.D. James murder mystery, this television version of the novel has moved fairly well thus far.
A character I haven’t talked about yet who …

I tuned into channel 24 out of Milwaukee yesterday afternoon expecting to see a re-run of That 70s show. In fact, that’s what was showing on the guide part of the screen (and online). Instead, however, was a re-run of the show Fresh Prince.
I didn’t really mind this too …

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Brand of the Beast, the 14th outing of the 3rd season, brings back the concept of the werewolf. They did this in a previous show in which guest star Charles Aidman reverted into a werewolf. Now Admiral Nelson (Richard …

Dead Like Me: Reaper Madness was the first episode of this series that I just sort of watched and enjoyed calmly. One of the reasons is that I do love happy endings. I like positiveness. I’m just not into doom and gloom and offbeat stuff that …

Captain Kirk (William Shatner) has his hands full when he has to defend himself in Star Trek: Court Martial. He’s accused in the negligent death of one time friend, Lt. Cmdr. Ben Finney. The friendship ended when Kirk wrote up a negative report on the man. …

I watched CSI VII the episode on Empty Eyes and it was so scary that I still remember the gory details up till now.
This was based on a true crime story and it made me sick thinking of the killer. Yeah he was caught in the end, …

SpongeBob SquarePants is a sponge with a shape of square living in a pineapple in Bikini Bottom. His neighbors and friends are Squidward and his best friend Patrick. Squidward is like always annoyed by Spongebob’s presence. SpongeBob and Patrick loves jellyfishing and always having fun. SpongeBob works as a …

Stargate SG-1: Out of Mind is the final episode of the second season, and it’s the first part of a cliff hanger. It brings with it a tragic loss. I mourn it to this day. Alas, it was the end of the shag, of Michael Shanks’ …

M*A*S*H: A War for All Seasons goes through the year1951 told in one thirty-minute show, which further points out how crazy it is that this show lasted almost five times the length of the actual war, which went from 1950-1953. This would mean that the first eight seasons …

Crossroads is a series from the Country Music Channel with brings together two performers from seemingly opposite music genres and has them perform together. In this case, the program featured rocker Pat Benatar and country star Martina McBride.
For me, the magic of Crossroads with Pat Benatar and Martina …

“City On Fire” is the episode of Desperate Housewives originally airing on ABC on November 16, 2008. A lot happened in this episode, and the events really pushed the plot lines forward just in time for the holidays.
Julie makes her first appearance of the year wtih her forty-something …

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 …

Top Chef: Just Desserts: Cocktail with a Twist was a volatile hour, thanks to one of the contestants. Sometimes the chefs really do overpower the theme of the episode.
The quick fire challenge featured Elizabeth Falkner and was to create a dish that celebrates penny candy. This led to …

Synopsis: Masters is finally finishing school and has a couple major decisions to make. Does she want to accept House’s internship offer and, more importantly, will she decide to break the rules for the first time in order to save one of her patients who is dying from cancer …

I’ve seen plenty of ads for the show The Starter Wife and I’ve always been a big Debra Messing fan. But, last night was the first opportunity I’ve had to actually sit down and watch the show.
After finally doing so, I have to say it was good but not …

The still companionless Doctor finds himself investigating a new diet pill. As it happens, Donna Noble, the runaway bride, is investigating the same matter. You’d think that they would bump into each other right away so that the plot could get moving, but they don’t realize the …

Setanta Sports is a channel offered by some of the cable companies in the USA that carries mainly sports that are very popular in Europe and Asia, such as soccer, rugby or cricket. The channel is not cheap - as far as I know it’s only offered for $15 …

The 34th episode of the sixth season for Have Gun - Will Travel was the last of the series. Paladin had his last battle with the bad guys in Squatter’s Rights. Truth be known, I wish they’d chosen a lighter theme for their last episode. Of …

Laramie: The Last Battleground is a fourth season episode of this wonderful western series. It’s one of the better shows, full of drama and heart both. Both John Smith and Robert Fuller are featured in their regular roles of Slim Sherman and Jess Harper, but it’s Smith …

As negotiations begin between the Centauri and the Narn, Londo finds himself enamored by an exotic dancer with a heart of gold. He cites her appearance as “perfection”, which I’m rather torn on. You can tell, just by looking at her face that she’s pretty, but the …

Keeping in mind that I’ve been given several of these DVDs about the adventures and cases of Commander Adam Dalgliesh of New Scotland Yard, I’m watching them in no logical sense of order. It’s like going back and forth in time. As a result, the first thing …

I watched Season 5 Episode 1 of Desperate Housewives on my local channel yesterday and was so entertained. This season starts with everything fast forward 5 years later and as usual, we see the wives being in desperate situations but either they do not mask it or they just …

The early years of Stargate SG-1 are often called the vintage years. Jonathan Glassner was leading the team of producers, directors, and writers, and he just brought forth a slew of quality product. Stargate SG-1: Need is another one of these shows, one that can and is …

From November 1966, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Thing from Inner Space, which stars Richard Basehart as Admiral Harriman Nelson and David Hedison as my favorite, Captain Lee Crane, is the eighth show of the third season. The main guest star is Hugh Marlowe as Bainbridge …

The War and Remembrance: The Making of War and Remembrance 2 featurette somewhat picks up where the first ‘making of’ piece left off. Because of the length of this epic mini-series, the DVD release came in two parts, so this second extra spoke more to what went on …

In my opinion, The Twilight Zone: Number 12 Looks Just Like You is one of the few bright spots in this final season of Rod Serling’s classic science fiction series. It’s sad that so many shows from this fifth year are duds. This one, however, is not. …

Recess was a pretty good Disney cartoon that was really funny. The thing I really liked about this show, is that the characters were people instead of animals, which Disney is known for. I think that this show is very good and really used to like the plot. The …

I haven’t’ been watching Kyle XY long, and I had began to fear that this show was a teenage soap opera with a science fiction backdrop, and it may be, but this week at least was less that way. It was still mostly about relationships but there was less …

Sable: Evangelist is the third of seven episodes of this series spawned by a comic book character. It’s all about Nicholas Flemming aka Jon Sable who has a soft spot for children, largely due to his own family tragedy. Lewis Van Bergen is incredibly boring in this …

If you’re looking for something creepy to watch and don’t necessarily want to watch a movie, I would really recommend seeing the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode “Killed by Death.”
Hospitals, in my opinion, are creepy enough. But, what if you had some sort of invisible demon walking the halls …

I was flipping channels last night waiting for my wife’s show, Project Runway, to come on. And, I ended up coming across a re-run of the show Monk; Mr. Monk and the Earthquake. Since there wasn’t anything better that I could find (despite paying for 250 channels), I ended …

Beast Wars - Other Visits, Part 1 continues the alien story arc that was first started early in the first season. Now, it seems, the aliens are once again back which sort of puzzles me because in the first season finale, the aliens stated that they were going to …

This episode, M*A*S*H: Some 38th Parallels, has a few storylines going on. The most poignant story surrounds Gary Burghoff’s character of clerk Radar O’Reilly. In this show, Radar notices that an IV has become detached on an injured patient and finds himself bonding with the serviceman as …

This episode originally aired on October 20, 2008. It is not as funny as the other episodes but it does help to move the plot ahead. It may feel a little boring at times. It concludes the romance between Ted and Stella.
The break-up between Ted and Stella has been …

This episode was the premiere for season 4 and concluded what was started in the last episode of season 3.
Jack, Sam and Teal’c return home after saving the earth from the replicators. While they believe they have gotten rid of the replicators one survived and landed in a …

Sitting around, chatting, and listening to fanciful tall tales. That’s the delight and center of The Twilight Zone: Hocus-Pocus and Frisby from 1962. It’s a fun story that includes some harmless stories and some naive aliens, as in aliens from outer space.
Here are a few thoughts about …

“Operation Repo” is a reality show on Tru TV. The show is about a group of individuals who repossess vehicles in the L.A. area. Luis is the owner of the business. He’s a big guy who can get crazy when his blood pressure rises. Sonia …

Friends Episode: The One Where Chandler, Monica and Phoebe Eavesdrop is hilarious. I’m not exaggerating and kidding you. This episode is from Season 10 and it’s part of so many episodes. The fact that this one stands out because it marks all of them going for a …

“Rugrats” was one of those animated series that I loved watching when I was much younger. I understand that it premiered in the early nineties, but I only started watching it on the cable television channel Nickelodeon in the late nineties. The series was interesting because of the unique …

A Kiss Saves the Day was the second lap on the race around the globe in the Emmy award winning reality series, The Amazing Race. The teams ended up in Africa where people are everywhere; it’s almost like India. They all had a reaction to the abundance …

The Inception 4Movie Premier Special is a British show that featured interviews with the cast of the new movie, Inception, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio. The movie was released in mid-July 2010.
I haven’t seen this movie yet, but I’ve seen the trailer, and it really looks a little confusing …

As I wrote my review of the episode Road Trip I really feel the need to write my review of episode ‘A chill day in’. These two episodes are a long way from the episodes we got used to watching in these last two seasons which are sometimes good but …

Naruto: Shippuden (or Naruto: Hurricane Chronicles) is the continuation of the popular anime show Naruto. Naruto: Shippuden starts when Naruto has finally returned from his trainings with Jaraiya, which is roughly two and a half years right after the ending of the Naruto anime. Uzumaki Naruto now has found …

Another season seven story of Wagon Train was The Andrew Elliott Story, starring Dick Sargent of Bewitched fame as the title character. Interestingly, he’s only seen in flashbacks.
The focus on The Andrew Elliott Story is on Duke Shannon (Scott Miller, or Denny Miller as he is more well …

As I mentioned in another review, I’m introducing my wife to the classic television show Alfred Hitchcock Presents. One of the episodes I got her to watch with me last night was the episode “The Night the World Ended.” This one turned out to be one of the better …

While only one season of the hit television show True Blood has been broadcast on the cable movie channel HBO, I still felt compelled to review it. In fact, like all the other viewers, I was hooked to the show, but for completely different reasons. While everyone else seemed …

With the lack of funny shows on television, I sometimes have to go back a few years in time and rely heavily on re-runs of shows from the 80s and 90s.
One of the shows that is on in syndication and never gets old is Home Improvement.
Tim Allen hasn�t had …

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 …

I went out with several friends ones and they started talking about a TV show called Eureka. I thought it was just another SciFi show that wasn’t going to have a long life, but as I saw it already has 3 seasons, although 8 to 12 episode ones, and …

This was the 39th and last episode of Highway Patrol’s third TV season, and it opened with a nice, long car chase with an officer trying to chase down an injured felon named Ellis Colton, played by Troy Melton. Eventually, Colton dumped the vehicle and sought shelter at …