Reese’s father makes his return, this time played by Mitch Pileggi. The script hangs a pretty heavy lampshade on the fact that he’s played by a different person. Several characters comment on how different he looks and how he’s not the Hawk that they had known before. …

Quincy, M.E.: Go Fight City Hall… to the Death from 1976 is the pilot for this crime drama. It told a story not often seen on TV and that is the role of the medical examiner. Played by Jack Klugman, Quincy is a fighter. His personal …

My wife and I got a chance to watch the new TV series called The Middle last night, specifically their episode “Christmas.”
I’m not sure but I believe this is a spin off of the show Malcolm in the Middle, a series I never watched. But, I will admit, this …

Beast Wars - Cutting Edge is an episode that has some decent action, but other than that, does not really appeal to me. For one, I do not find Cheetor developing a crush on Blackarachnia or the tension that emerges between Silverbolt and Cheetor as a result to be …

Stargate SG-1: Thor’s Chariot is a follow up to the wonderful Thor’s Hammer episode from season 1. Now that the team has destroyed the hammer in order to save Teal’c, the planet is being overrun by Goa’uld. When the SGC learns of the events, they have to …

From January 1962, Bill Bixby shines as the main guest star in The Andy Griffith Show: Bailey’s Bad Boy, a show from season two. Bixby plays Ronald Bailey, the son of a wealthy and powerful man. He’s spoiled and used to getting his way. He has …

Hannah Montana is one of the Disney Channel’s newest original series. I love the Disney Channel for its wholesome, funny, family friendly shows. Hannah Montana stars Miley Cyrus, daughter of country singer, Billy Ray Cyrus who also stars in this show as Hannah Montana/Miley Stewart’s dad. The show is …

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. …

While watching this Plant You Now, Dig You Later episode, I saw this whole as an attempt to evade boredom and to have some sort of connection and normalcy to the operations to the world off the island. So here we go again just like in the President Gilligan …

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 …

I have always loved cartoons. As a kid, I had all kinds of favorites. Saturday mornings were a joy, and so were weekday mornings before school. As an adult, I still enjoy them. In fact, I’ve purchased a few VHS releases of some of my …

I had the house to myself at lunch today and, as I ended up doing yesterday, I decided to ride the exercise bike that has been collecting dust in a corner of our living room (except for the parts being used as a coat rack) while watching an episode …

Well, this episode of Bones, Spaceman in a Crater, turned out to be decent; but the earlier episodes usually were; unlike some of the more recent ones.
This episode had the team investigating remains that apparently had fallen from a plan and shattered upon contact with the ground. After seeing …

Finally, the entire Colton clan is together in the same episode of MacGyver. Over the last couple of years, all four Coltons have been introduced, but no two have ever been in the same episode. In fact, the only repeat was Frog, their bulldog. The reason …

The Virginian: The Price of Love was a seventh season show that aired back on February 12, 1969. It guest starred Pete Duel (who then used the Deuel spelling) as Denny Todd. This is his second appearance. In the prior season, he was an injured outlaw …

The Man of the Hour was Sammy Davis Jr. on this Las Vegas taped edition of The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast. Unfortunately, it wasn’t as good as it could have been. I am a huge fan of Sammy’s. I loved his acting, his singing, and his …

The Twilight Zone: Time Enough at Last is one of the best, if not the best, episode of the entire series. It’s superbly acted, is an enticing tale, is full of irony, and it just keeps your heart pounding as you watch.
Here are a few ups and downs …

I have to admit, that episode of Spongebob Squarepants “Truth or Square” was pretty decent.
Basically, the Krusty Krab was celebrating an anniversary and Spongebob and friends end up trapped inside the freezer and ultimately the pipes of the restaurant trying to find a way to escape. Along the way, …

There are two main plots in M*A*S*H: Stars and Stripes from the eighth season of the comedy program. The first surrounds a patient who was the recipient of a unique operating technique while being treated at the 4077th. The two surgeons involved were B.J. Hunnicutt (Mike Farrell) …

I had the house to myself for a bit yesterday and found myself watching an old Batman television episode; “The Bookworm Turns.”
This isn’t my favorite 1960s TV program but it is good for a few laughs and I will admit the episode was somewhat interesting. Basically, you have the …

Diagnosis Murder: Sister Michael Wants You guest stars Delta Burke in a delightful role as Sister Michael, an old friend of Mark Sloan’s who has a powerful punch and a lot of street know how. Sloan is portrayed by Dick Van Dyke, of course. In the story, …

Our local TV channel has just brought us the localized version of “The Singing Bee”. A show produced by NBC, an all American reality show aired only about 2 seasons and did not last very long because it did not have a good tv ratings in America. Having said …

B.J. Hunnicutt (Mike Farrell) becomes one of the masses instead of a lone devoted soul when he cheats on his wife in M*A*S*H: Hanky Panky from season five. While the resolution is okay, I always thought it was a shame that they had this story. It’s just …

Grey’s Anatomy is a medical drama that airs on the ABC channel on Thursday nights. I came into the show a little bit late, but I have been slowly catching up from season 1.
The show reminds me vaguely of ER. However, there are some points to …

I have ambivalent feelings about Top Shot: Shortest Fuse, but that’s only because my personal favorite didn’t make it through the entire hour.
This show has been very interesting to watch. It’s a competition that pitted a bunch of men and one woman in direct competition with a variety …

Having just discovered Confessions of a Teen Idol on VH-1 yesterday during a re-airing of its fourth episode, today I tuned in for the latest showing, Episode 5.
The standout for me here was Jaime Walters, of Beverly Hills 90210 fame (I mistakenly stated he was on Baywatch in my …

The Twilight Zone: I am the Night - Color Me Black is a show that centers on hate and the evil it brings. It’s really that simple. It evolves around a small town where a man is scheduled to be hanged that day. However, the …

From the Earth to the Moon - Part 8: We Interrupt This Program tells the story of Apollo 13 from the ground perspective and the newscaster angle, rather than from the point of view of the astronauts and Mission Control. This is in large part because the highly …

Viewers get a look at the drug scene, albeit lightly, in Fame: But Seriously Folks from season one. Danny is given pills to help him get through a hectic schedule that includes school, a job at the night club, and his first opportunity to do stand up at …

Heroes Season 1 Episode 1- Genesis
This is the first episode that starts out really great series. The episode is mostly introduction of the characters and events that are to follow throughout the season. Southernmost part of the main characters in the show are discovering their powers. …

In The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.: Deep in the Heart of Dixie, Socrates has fallen for his boss’ secretary. Unfortunately, this whole part of the plot was pretty predictable and sadly for Socrates, I was right with my assumptions. It wouldn’t be a surprise to many …

Direct Television is a great thing. We switch to direct a long time ago, and now we have it in four rooms of the house. It is a lot cheaper than many of the others, and you still get a lot of the channels, which you can choose. They …

So far, Diagnosis Murder has done one two-part story each season and this third year is no exception. Diagnosis Murder: Murder on the Run: Part 1 aired in January 1996 with the conclusion airing one week later.
This is a good time to note another change to season three, …

Season two of this hit series has some really great episodes, many of which I count among my all time favorites, but M*A*S*H: Deal Me Out isn’t one of them. It’s a show I can take or leave, and I tend to leave it. Nothing really stands …

DSTV is South Africa’s only satellite television broadcaster, an off-shoot of the popular MNET pay channel that launched during the 1980’s. There are hundreds of channels on offer, both local and international, and as such, it is inevitable that family members would be fighting for the remote control.
DSTV …

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 …

Back in the 1960’s, Patrick McGoohan masterminded a very strange and peculiar show for British television that aired for one crazy season. It was an intellectual show that could easily stagger and boggle the mind of the average person. In 2009, AMC aired an updated version of …

I know that this is one of the most popular shows on TV but I really don’t like it. Just yesterday I saw that there were some reruns of this show and I started thinking to myself: ‘Why don’t I like this show?’ So I started watching the episode …

Stargate SG-1: Lost City Part 1 was the first of a two-part season ender for the science fiction show. While much of it is excellent, I have problems with other facets of the production.
This show marks the end of an era, and it’s not one I liked. …

The third season of the great police drama Adam-12 began in September 1970 with Log 174: Loan Sharks. The first thing that’s really noticeable is the new introduction. This is the one that ends with the police car rolling into a lot right towards the viewer and …

Mad Men is witty and refreshing.
Mad Men is AMC’s latest television series based on advertisers in New York City. It’s based in the 1950’s with “Ad Men” as they call themselves, attempting to find new ways to sell companies.
I had heard bits and pieces of the show from …

Code Geass Episode 9 focuses on Kallen and her daily life as a student; we also learn about her mother and learn that she has a tragic home life, along with her double life at school.
I did think that this episode was very interesting and it gave Kallen more …

I honestly didn’t think I was going to be able to take the Daleks seriously. As such, I had mixed feelings going into this, but man alive, this episode proved me wrong on so many levels. Who would’ve thought that a goofy looking robot whose soul purpose …

What this show is about: Scooby Doo accidentally opens a chest that releases 13 evil ghosts that had been held captive and, as a result, is on a mission to capture them all again; with the help of Shaggy, Daphne, Scrappy Doo and a little orphan kid (I think …

I’m so sorry that Everybody Loves Raymond is no longer in production, but fortunately, we can see it in reruns practically every day of the week. The show never fails to make me laugh.
I think what is unusual about this show is that its humor is not really …

Star Trek: Enterprise - These are the Voyages… is the final episode of the fifth Star Trek series and the final episode of Star Trek’s nearly twenty year run on television. From 1987 to 2005, there was always a Star Trek series or two running, but 2005 ended that …

New Girl is a comedy TV series on Fox that stars Zooey Deschanel as the main character, Jess. I’ve been watching it since it started at the beginning of the show, and now that it’s well into it’s first season I think it’s a good time for a …

On Ergo Proxy, things are not as they seem. On episode 6 of Ergo Proxy, things that are better left hidden will become more apparent as time goes by. One thing for instance is the fact that everyone of the settlement of the banished is actually sick and running …

I am really a big Charmed fan. It is among the TV shows which runs for quite a number of years. And it is the only TV show which I’ve always watched and never missed any episode, not a single one. In the first few seasons, Shannon Doherty played …

Lloyd Bridges is the star of Sea Hunt: The Big Dive, an episode that focuses on a man trained by Bridges’ deep sea diver character of Mike Nelson. Don Either guest stars as Tom Gale, who surprises and angers Nelson when he decides he’s going to attempt to …