TV Reviews
Everybody Loves Raymond
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 …
Celebrity Ghost Stories (TV series)
I generally find some reality television series about supposed real life hauntings to be addictive. For example, I loved watching the television series “Ghost Hunters” when my time wasn’t so limited and when it would air regularly on the cable television channel Syfy. I also liked watching series such …
The Night Before Christmas
This animated tale, The Night Before Christmas, is not to be confused with the traditional Father Mouse story of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. This is another tale that is more current, in the computer age, in fact, though it does still include a mouse family, only these …
According to Jim Shows
In my quest for a new tv show to watch I have come upon a new show that I like with one of the Belushi brothers in it. The show is witty and a bit flaky but always has a nice ending with some sort of emotional twist or …
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Overall, I am not a Reality TV fan, but there is one program that I like. It is Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. I enjoy watching the makeover team build a whole new house in just a week, it is simply amazing. But what I like the most about this …
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Hot Line TV Show
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Hot Line, show nine of this hit science fiction program, deals with a Russian rocket that goes astray and is headed for splashdown near San Francisco. The Seaview is ordered by the White House to assist the Russians to find the …
Ghost Whisperer
I used to hear about the show Ghost Whisperer on television, but at the time I never really got a chance to watch it. I also wasn’t really making an attempt to see it either since it seemed like one of those silly television series which would have so …
Stargate SG1: Message In A Bottle
This episode revolves around SG1 bringing an artifact back to the SGC, only to have it “snap them in the ass,” as General Hammond says.
After finding an orb on a planet that resembles the moon, Daniel and Sam make a case to bring it back to earth with them. …
The Bachelor Rome (tv)
The Bachelor Rome is on television currently, and once again, I am sucked into watching the program. I usually try to avoid watching shows like this like the plague because once you get immersed in the storyline, and somewhat emotionally bonded with the reality show stars, it is …
Shroud for a Nightingale - Part 4
Much of Shroud for a Nightingale - Part 4 reminds me of an episode of Colombo. Actually, most of the production does. We have Chief Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh having numerous face offs with a chief surgeon of Nightingale Hospital, Stephen Courtney-Briggs (Joss Ackland). Their verbal battles …
Big Bang Theory TV show
I can’t believe that for the last few years I have not been watching Big Bang Theory. I heard about it, but the description of the show did not seem appealing to me at all. I sounded like just another one of those “time wasting” sitcoms.
One day, when …
Have Gun - Will Travel: In an Evil Time
Hank Patterson was the main guest star in Have Gun - Will Travel: In an Evil Time from season two of this Richard Boone western. Oddly, I don’t really have a lot to say about it. Patterson did an excellent job as an old man Paladin comes …
The Simpsons TV Episode: The Cartridge Family
Last night, I finally got to get my Simpsons fix by watching a re-run on network TV. And, I was glad to see it was an episode I have seen in the past and loved; The Cartridge Family.
The episode starts out making fun of soccer (and how Americans think …
Bones TV Episode: The Body in the Bag
Synopsis: Booth and Brennan are called in to investigate when a body is found in the shower of a socialite’s home belonging to a woman who works for a counterfeit purse ring.
What I liked about this episode: I loved how they actually had to do some detective work to …
Hawaii Five-0: Ko’olauloa TV Show
Hawaii Five-0: Ko’olauloa was a superb outing for this hit new series. I’m truly enjoying this re-think of the old Jack Lord series, and I have few problems or issues thus far with the direction of the show.
This episode is a personal one for the character of Kono, …
Bones TV Episode: Aliens in a Spaceship
As I mentioned in another review, my wife and I were watching re-runs of the show Bones this past weekend and finally got to watch one that we have seen references to from other episodes but never actually watched before; Aliens in a Spaceship.
This proved to be a very …
Smallville 9.3: Rabid
You can’t go wrong with zombies. There’s just something about them that work, even when it’s greatly flawed. These are more of the “rage zombie” ilk as opposed to the slow walking dead. Seeing the latter would’ve been cool, but this works too.
The change is caused …
M*A*S*H: Movie Tonight
From the fifth season, M*A*S*H: Movie Tonight is a really enjoyable outing for this comedy television series. It’s fun and lively, and I’ve always enjoyed it. Most of the episode centers around a long-awaited movie night. The picture is one that Colonel Sherman Potter (Harry Morgan) …
The Choir: Unsung Town: Ep 2 TV Show
The best thing about The Choir: Unsung Town is that the second episode actually had music, really good music, and that’s why it was fun to watch. Gareth Malone sang and was good, and individuals in this choir in the making were also awesome. I just thought …
Chase: Above the Law TV Show
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, …
Entourage season 2 episode 2 My Maserati Does 185
This episode is just a perfect example how not to live your life. Entourage is a show about 4 guys from Queens who arrived in Hollywood. One of them managed to get a few big roles and now the other 3 live on his back but step by step …
CHiPs: Mait Team
CHiPs: Mait Team is another one of those opportunities where we get to see another part of the law enforcement job handled by the California Highway Patrol. In this episode, Brianne Leary’s Officer Sindy Cahill is involved in a traffic accident that has her vehicle rolling over onto …
The Big Bad Wolf cartoon
Now here is a cartoon you can sink your teeth into. It’s the classic The Big Bad Wolf from the golden oldies days of the cartoon. This wolf is big and mean, and he fully intends to eat one of Little Bo Beep’s lambs. He quickly …
Star Trek Voyager season 3 episode 5
Star Trek Voyager season 3 episode 5 is called false profits. It is one of the best episodes I have seen yet. My favorite characters are the Ferengi which have proclaimed to be false profits in a small society in the delta quadrant. The members of Voyager stumble across …
Doctor Who: Season 1, Episode 2: The End of the World
This episode picks up where the last left off, with Rose entering the TARDIS and joining the Doctor on his adventure. He asks her where in time she wants to go and she responds by suggesting they jump forward a century, and then 10,000 years. Oddly enough, …
Highway Patrol: Hideout TV Show
Hideout, a January 1958 episode of Highway Patrol, which was the 14th episode of the third season, was an average tale of criminal activity resolved by the California Highway Patrol as headed up by Chief Dan Mathews. Played by Broderick Crawford, Mathews spends the half hour searching …
For Warrick Episode
I finished watching the latest season of CSI: Las Vegas season 9, first episode entitled,
“For Warrick”. I could not believe it myself that they have actually killed Warrick’s character in this series. I have like seen him in all of the episodes of the CSI Las Vegas. He was …
Midori no Hibi anime
Hello, I just finished watching this anime. It was Japanese but I had English subtitles on to understand what they were saying. I’m not actively learning Japanese, but by doing this I found that I know a lot of Japanese already and can also understand a lot of it, …
Law and Order: CI Season 1, Episode 9
This episode of Law and Order Criminal Intent has a completely new feel to it. This is one of the first stories the show did that seemed more original, and less like a story we’ve previously seen on one of the other Law and Order franchise. The episode begins …
The Virginian: 50 Days to Moose Jaw
The Virginian: 50 Days to Moose Jaw guest starred James Gregory as Slim Jessup. Gregory is a very talented actor and you never know if he’s going to be a good guy, bad guy, crazy guy, or just funny guy. That’s how good he is. You …
Have Gun - Will Travel: Strange Vendetta
I haven’t mentioned yet how the opening ‘theme’ as it is for Have Gun - Will Travel changes with each episode. I don’t recall if that continues throughout the series run, but thus far, star Richard Boone draws his weapon, aims the gun at us, the viewers, and …
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Showing currently and ongoing on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, this animated series is a work of art. How oftern will you see floating fries “Frylock”, a giant milkshake cup called “Master Shake” and a rolled up ball of meat names “Meatwad’ become superheroes. They all live together sharing a …
Stargate SG-1: 2010
In the fourth season of Stargate SG-1, an unusual show was done where time advanced forward to 2010. The Stargate was now public knowledge and disease was a thing of the past. The reason for this change was an alliance with a race called the Aschen. …
Ghost Hunters International TV Episode: Unfaithful Spirit Germany
Synopsis: The GHI team travels to a castle in Germany that is believed to be haunted by a woman who was imprisoned in the wall after her husband caught her being unfaithful.
What I liked about this episode: One of the cool things about this series is you get to …
Mirai Nikki (animation)
One of my new favourite Japanese animated series is Mirai Nikki or “Future Diary” as it is known in English. When it begins we meet a young man, Yukiteru Amano, or Yuki, whose main past time is observing the world around him and writing a stream of consciousness in …
American Pickers Television Show
This is not your typical television show about antiques. This show follows two American pickers who travel throughout the United States looking for discarded antiques and valuables that they sell to antique stores and collectors. Not only does the show follow the exploits of the two men …
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 48 (Anime)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 48 begins with Lan Fan literally tearing Gluttony apart with her new automail arm, she and Ling constantly attack Gluttony, killing him repeatedly while Fu explains why they’re here and Ed asks Fu for assistance against Pride.
This episode can only be summarized with one …
The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 25
It is the last day of school. Lisa prints the yearbook, but she herself does not manage to get any autographs signed. This makes her very depressed. She feels like a loser, inspite of doing so well in academics. Her brother Brat however is very popular, along with the …
Diagnosis Murder: Murder by the Book TV Show
Diagnosis Murder: Murder by the Book revolved around a new book that was written in part by an old friend of the Sloans. To Mark’s shock, the book isn’t about recipes but sex stories. That results in some funny moments, but the real story is about the …
The Andy Griffith Show: Andy Saves Gomer TV Show
The Andy Griffith Show: Andy Saves Gomer is a standout episode that lets Jim Nabors shine as the lovable Gomer Pyle.
The show opens with Andy and company getting a letter from Barney, who is in the big city with his cousin, Virgil. It’s interesting that in this fourth …
Centennial: Only the Rocks Live Forever
Centennial: Only the Rocks Live Forever is the beginning of this epic mini-series based on the book by James Michener. It begins with some narration by David Janssen and then introduces viewers to an Indian group referred to as Our People. What we learn, as does the young …
House: Brave Heart episode
Last night’s episode of House, Brave Heart, wasn’t too bad.
After suffering through a long baseball game waiting for it to come on, I was a bit confused at first because it looked a lot like a cop show. But, it turns out the case involves a cop who comes …
Family Guy
Family Guy is an animated television show about a family which includes a talking dog and genius baby, who is trying to take over the world.
The show centers around patriarch, Peter Griffin, a less-than-perfect dad, similar to that of Homer Simpson, but slightly more crude. His wife, Lois, is …
M*A*S*H: B. J. Papa San
In M*A*S*H: B. J. Papa San, B.J. Hunnicutt (Mike Farrell) latches on to a nearby Korean family whose father has taken ill. He ends up doing all kinds of things for them, including giving them supplies and fishing up their home, while cutting himself too thin, time wise. …
Cupcake Wars: Matchmaking Party TV Show
This edition of Cupcake Wars was a competition whereby the winner would be presenting their cupcakes on display at an OK Magazine matchmaking party. Cupcakes are apparently becoming a hot and trendy thing around the country, something that fascinates me to a point. I’ve always loved cupcakes, …
Doctor Who: Season 1, Episode 4: Aliens of London
Rose and the Doctor return to the present. Upon being told that they’ve only been gone for 12 hours, Rose rushes home to see her mother, even coming up with a cover story. Said story is blown when the Doctor realizes that they’ve been gone for 12 …
Voyagers!: The Day the Rebs Took Lincoln
Voyagers!: The Day the Rebs Took Lincoln is a fun outing for this freshman series that treats viewers to a look at American history. The concept is that two voyagers go through time to fix things that go wrong and make sure that history remains on track. …
Stargate SG-1: The Quest Part 1
Stargate SG-1: The Quest Part 1 is the mid-season cliffhanger meant to keep us waiting with baited breath for the second half of the season.
SG-1 is hot on the trail of Merlin’s anti-Ori weapon, and their goal is to get their before Ba’al does. They join up with …
Dancing with the Stars: S11, Week 2 Results TV Show
This was the results show for week 2 of Dancing with the Stars. Last week, it was David Hasselhoff who was sent packing. That wasn’t such a surprise in my book. Tonight, it may not be a surprise either, considering the judges scoring from the performance …
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