TV Reviews
A Man Called Hawk: Beautiful Are the Stars
The highlight of A Man Called Hawk: Beautiful Are the Stars is Karen Malina White, who guest stars as a young woman named Lisa. White barely looks 18, let alone the 21 she is playing here. However, she has a lot of spirit by her presence, and …
Sea Hunt: Hard Hat TV Show
Sea Hunt: Hard Hat is an episode I liked overall. In the episode, Gene Roth portrays Prof. Roland Cathcart, an archaeologist. He hires Nelson to retrieve secret documents aboard a submarine. The sub is German and was used in World War II. The curiosity was what …
The Truth About George by P.G. Wodehouse
“The Truth About George” is the first episode in the “Wodehouse Playhouse” series I started reviewing recently. In this episode George Mulliner (John Alderton) a noted solver of crossword puzzles and notorious stammerer, falls in love with Susan Blake (Pauline Collins, cute as always and in all ways) whom …
ESPN First Take TV show
I recently began watching ESPN First Take, and I must say it is quickly becoming one of my favorite television programs to watch. Steven A. Smith and Skip Bayless make the show tick. They both provide unique commentary about the day’s most popular sports topics, and on occasion …
M*A*S*H: Potter’s Retirement
M*A*S*H: Potter’s Retirement is a pretty decent episode from the sixth season of this great series. In the episode, Colonel Sherman Potter (Harry Morgan) learns that complaints have been made about his command of the 4077th. Now in years past, that was commonplace for Potter’s predecessor, Colonel …
MacGyver: Phoenix Under Siege
The Phoenix Under Siege episode of MacGyver is another good episode. It’s the return of Harry Jackson, MacGyver’s grandfather, as played by the talented John Anderson. It’s a special anniversary for the two, though not a pleasant one. It seems the two are planning to attend …
Big Brother: Finale 9-15-10 TV Show
The Big Brother 12th season finale definitely had its moments from beginning to end. The show included the 3rd of the three competitions to see who would be the final Head of Household, Hayden or Lane. It was one of those rounds where they were asked questions …
Lost in Austen (TV Series, 2008)
I missed this when it was first televised, and was only half interested - it looked like yet another adaption of Pride & Prejudice, and to me you still can’t better the 1995 BBC series.
But then I noted that it had a twist. And it’s a great premise. Amanda …
American Horror Story Pilot Episode
American Horror Story is a new TV series from the FX channel. I have read a lot of previews and things to expect with this TV series but I still could not comment until I have seen it. Earlier today I saw the pilot episode. Basically this series is …
Batman: The Brave and the Bold: Duel of the Double crossers!
The cold open shows Batman coordinating a fight against Despero with the Outsiders. After a few mistakes, they finally get the best of him. It’s revealed that this was a computer simulation and they’re going to do it again, until they get it right.
The episode itself shows …
The Twilight Zone: Night Call TV Show
From February 1964, veteran actress Gladys Cooper portrays an elderly and lonely woman, Elva Keene, in The Twilight Zone: Night Call. The half hour is mostly Cooper’s. In this show, she’s a little crotchety, a characteristic derived from decades of living alone and having never married. …
Hawaii Five-O: By the Numbers
Johnny Crawford guest stars as a soldier on leave in Hawaii Five-O: By the Numbers. Crawford is best know for playing Mark McCain on The Rifleman. He had a harder time as he got older to get parts because he was so identifiable as Mark. I …
The Simpsons: Million Dollar Abie
I have only seen the first part of the Simpsons episode Million Dollar Abie so I was glad to be able to watch the entire thing yesterday afternoon. It turned out to be pretty good.
Basically, in this episode, Springfield has a chance to land an NFL team (despite the …
Have Gun - Will Travel: Love of a Bad Woman TV Show
Love of a Bad Woman is the 28th episode of Have Gun - Will Travel’s third season and it has a fun opening with Paladin playing chess. I really like these scenes of San Francisco life more than I do the gunfighter stories much of the time. …
Family Guy - And Then There Were Fewer
While Season 8 left us Family Guy fans with some great episodes, there were a few that left something to be desired, so I was really looking forward to the first episode of Season 9. I was waiting to be Wowed. …
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 55 (Anime)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood concludes the battle with Sloth as izumi and Sig Curtis show up to help the Armstrong siblings take him out. Meanwhile Hoehenheim battles with Father underground.
This episode was fantastic and it just goes to show how Hiromu Arakawa wrote this excellent series that was made …
The Good Wife
The Good Wife is television drama series. It is based on the scandal that Governor Spitzer went through. The main character is a woman who discovers her politician husband is cheating on her with prostitutes and is involved in bribery and corruption. He is sent to …
Happy Days TV Episode: Who Gives a Hootenanny
My wife was hogging the computer this morning so, rather than being able to place an update on Facebook, I was on the couch watching early morning re-runs while having breakfast. One of the episodes was a Happy Days re-run called Who Gives a Hootenanny.
This is a later episode …
Cowboy Beboop Episode 14 (Anime)
Cowboy Bebop Episode 14 has the crew going after a man known as Chessmaster Hex after a series of Hyperspace Gate Tollbooth robberies that are connected to him.
This episode was really good, it was quirky and fun and interesting. It wasn’t really about the action as much as …
Monster Episode 15 (Anime)
Monster Episode 15 begins with Nina Fortner entering a bar called Candy and asking to see a man known as The Baby. He is the leader of a Neo-Nazi extremist group that wants Johan to be their leader. Dr. Tenma tries to rescue her after he learns …
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 …
Dogs 101
“Dog’s 101″ is a television show on the channel Animal Planet.
This is a series of shows where people talk about 5 different breeds of dogs. They tell stories and the histories of each breed. They also explain the temperament of each dog and health risks.
Each show features …
Oprah TV Show
I think Oprah Winfrey as a person is awesome. And I used to love watching Oprah TV Show pretty much, but lately I simply have lost interest. I don’t know; I feel very happy that someone as Oprah is very kind-hearted enough to feature lots of great and …
Jack Frost cartoon
Jack Frost was another vintage cartoon that I saw recently. Unfortunately, I wasn’t quite as enamored with it as I thought I might have been. I love all kinds of holiday films, and it wasn’t that the story wasn’t good as that it wasn’t as complete as …
Highway Patrol: : Christmas Story TV Show
Highway Patrol: : Christmas Story was the last show of the first season, airing in June, which seems odd, but that’s okay. Maybe the records are wrong about that, or maybe that is how early television was and I’m just too into what I consider to be normal.
In …
The Waltons TV Show
My favorite TV show ever is The Waltons.
I just love the serenity of the setting, the lifestyle. Although they were not wealthy they were the richest family to me. I still love to watch it, and it is on for 2 hours every morning. Luckily I am an early riser …
Fairly Legal: A TV Series
Another legal drama debuted this year in USA Network. Fairly Legal is a story about a lawyer switching careers to become a mediator. It stars Sarah Shahi as Kate Reed, the lawyer with an epiphany. The show opens just after the death of her father who was the founding …
Friends Episode: Ross Angry at Joey Over Rachel
I find Friends Episode: Ross Angry at Joey Over Rachel very funny and heartwarming. There the two friends, Joey and Ross, and Ross is super angry at Joey for proposing using his grandma’s ring the more. And Joey feeling guilty and all that, decides to explain things to …
Prison Break Season 4 Episode 4
In the last episode Michael gets video footage of all the card holders. So in this episode they track down a Turkey Ambassador’s wife. However the card is in her purse and she is well guarded by her bodyguard. Meanwhile Sarah visits a bar and starts drinking. Upon where …
Mod Squad: The Teeth of the Barracuda TV Show
Mod Squad: The Teeth of the Barracuda is the pilot to this classic police drama about three young undercover cops. The idea is that being young and hip, no one would think they were cops. All had been in trouble when asked to join the police force …
Ghost Hunters: The Stone Lion Inn
Hmm, I watched my final disk in the Ghost Hunters Season 2 DVD collection I’ve been renting yesterday and have to say the one, The Stone Lion Inn, was a bit on the dull side.
The first case was, of course, the Inn, which was supposed to be very haunted. …
Fullmetal Alchemsit: Brotherood Episode 56 (Anime)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 56 begins with Hoehenheim destroying Father’s container, I.E. his body, only to discover that Father can live outside his body. King Bradley battles the Briggs soldiers as he returns and his men regain their confidence.
This episode was fantastic and the animation was awesome, it …
Stargate SG-1: Camelot
Season nine of Stargate SG-1 comes to a dramatic close with an episode entitled Camelot. Naturally, it’s a cliffhanger with the conclusion being the opener of the tenth season.
The worst thing about the episode is Claudia Black’s return as Vala, standing very pregnant as she watches destruction unfold. …
Ice Road Truckers: Convoy to Hell
Ice Road Truckers: Convoy to Hell was a bit on the calm side, which is unusual for this reality series which airs weekly on the History Channel. Usually, the show has plenty of spice, but for whatever reason, the action seemed a bit tame. Then again, sometimes …
Trigun Episode 8
Trigun Episode 8 begins with Vash the Stampede trying to stop the leader of the Bad Lads named Blue Dynamite Neon from destroying the Sand Steamer to break open the safe inside it. With the help of the boy Kite, they try to keep the Sand Steamer from …
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Helpless
One of the things I never liked about Buffy the Vampire Slayer is the fact the main character has almost superhero-like powers to help her fight evil; something that gives her almost too much of an advantage.
That’s one thing I liked about the episode “Helpless.” Buffy, who is turning …
Stargate SG-1: Moebius Part 1
Stargate SG-1: Moebius Part 1 continues the arc that I’m not fond of, even though, as I’ve said, there are some good moments. Basically, SG-1 goes back in time to get a ZPM and messes things up.
Here’s the good and bad of this particular show:
–Another recurring character is …
Gotham (2014 television series)
I grew up watching various Batman animated series, and I was always fascinated with the city of Gotham, Bruce Wayne’s home. I was always curious about how one place produced so many criminally insane people and I wanted to know so much more about the other characters such as …
The Twilight Zone: The Fugitive TV Show
While there is drama in The Twilight Zone: The Fugitive, it’s the fun element that I enjoy. This is a playful, endearing, happy ever after type of story, and that’s just my style.
J. Pat O’Malley is absolutely perfect casting for Old Ben, an elderly gentlemen who loves to …
The Bachelor TV Show
The Bachelor is a reality TV Show with many seasons that have been aired.
I have a love hate relationship with the show.
On the love side, I love to see twenty five women get down and dirty fighting for the love of a man. They cut each other down, …
Diagnosis Murder: The Restless Remains TV Show
I love it when Diagnosis Murder begins with a fun scene, like Mark Sloan rolling in on his skates, and then going right into rounds with the medical students. This is episode nine, The Restless Remains. Things get a bit crazy though when Mark has a visit …
Justice League: Dark Heart
Typically, any “Justice league Unlimited” episode has one character it focuses on. This episode it was The Atom, and that part of the episode was OK, but not great. The Atom can change his size. Not much else, and his personality isn’t that great either, which might by why …
MTV
MTV may be the worst channel on TV. Well not quite, I believe BET holds that title.
Anyways, if you want mind numbingly stupid and irritating programs to watch, MTV is your channel. From shows such as My Sweet 16 to Flavor of Love, the madness just does not …
Beverly Hillbillies: Big Chicken
Like I mentioned in another review, I’m home for a change and have been watching re-runs on TV. One of the shows I ended up watching was Beverly Hillbillies; more specifically, I watched the episode Big Chicken.
This was a funny episode (funnier than the description gave it credit for …
The Twilight Zone: Two TV Show
The third season of The Twilight Zone is a two-person show. For some reason, Rod Serling liked these introspective shows for the season premiers, and I’m not sure why. Season one focused on Earl Holliman’s character being in a town by himself, and season two had Robert …
NBC - The Office
The Office is a television series that airs on NBC. One of the best things about this show is that it is absolutely hilarious. This show covers the life and story of those who work in an office. The show has aired for about 4 seasons now and it’s …
Boston Legal Season 2 Episode 5
Denise Bauer is representing a client who’s wife was killed in a fire. The wife had cancer and had few days to live. Denise’s client wanted to sue a car company because their SUV caused the fire that killed the wife of Denise’s client. Denise’s client does not want …
Avatar: The Last Airbender Episode 3 (Animated)
Avatar: The Last Airbender Episode 3 begins with Aang, Katarra and Sokka traveling to the Air Temple in the Air Nation where Aang used to live and he discovers the awful truth about what happened there. Meanwhile, Prince Zuko docks at a naval station to repair his ship. …
Adam 12 - Log 62
This episode of “Adam-12″ has a sub-plot that most of us can identify with — the sound under the hood of our cars that drives us positively batty until it finally stops. We just hope that once it does stop, our cars are still running! In this …
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