TV Reviews
Beast Wars - Maximal, No More
Beast Wars - Maximal, No More is one of my favorite episodes of the series, in part because it focuses heavily on Dinobot, but also because it is a well handled episode that is enjoyable to watch time and again. This episode serves as a follow-up to the events …
Star Trek the Next Generation TV Episode: Hollow Pursuits
Last night, I was flipping through channels on TV and came across a Star Trek the Next Generation episode that is among my favorites from the series (at least of the ones I have actually watched); Hollow Pursuits.
I like this episode for a couple of reasons. First, it has …
It Takes a Thief
The series is great in a sense that it shows just how vulnerable a person’s home is if a thief is determined that he wants to break in and steal everything that is there. Whether you are rich or poor and even if you have the most advanced state …
Star Trek: The Survivor TV Show
From 1973, Star Trek: The Survivor continues the brief animated series that continued the exploration of the Enterprise crew into space. In this particular episode, they are stunned to discover that a beloved humanitarian is alive. This makes the man’s fiance, a member of the crew, delighted, …
Smallville TV show
My wife and I have become addicted to Smallville, which is entering its 8th season on air this coming fall, airing on CW. Smallville follows the adventures of a young Clark Kent in Smallville, Kansas. The stories are not ‘official’ adventures, and have no connection to the …
M*A*S*H: Souvenirs
M*A*S*H: Souvenirs focuses on the issue of wartime souvenirs. In this case, helicopter pilot Willie Stratton, played by Michael Bell, gets locals and kids to scavenger for him, collecting all kinds of trinkets and souvenirs which he then sells and makes a huge profit from. The problem …
Hawaii Five-O: Not That Much Different
Hawaii Five-O: Not That Much Different focuses on student protestors who confront a foreign official. The man decides to address the protestors and when shots ring out, one of the protestors is killed. At first, the assumption is that the shot was meant for the foreign representative, …
Walker Texas ranger TV Show
If you like westerns, then you will probably like this TV show starring Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris plays Walker, a Teas ranger. This is essentially a cop shop, except made country by the fact that the main character is a ranger in Texas rather than a policeman. The show …
Da Vincis Demons (tv series)
During the year I found a few series I started watching, but most of them were discovered by way of the internet. I actually found out about this one when it began advertising on the cable television channel, Starz, a little before the series Spartacus was set to have …
Stargate SG-1: The Sentinel
Stargate SG-1: The Sentinel has SG-1 split as they try and fix a problem that was caused by another team’s visit.
Throughout the episode, Jack is in the ‘city’, appearing in scenes with Henry Gibson, famous from the Laugh-In television series. Gibson does nothing for me here, not that …
The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Show) - Uncle George (Episode)
“Uncle George” is an episode of “The Dick Van Dyke Show”. This episode marks the one and only appearance of Rob’s energetic and animated uncle, George Petrie. His visit isn’t limited to spending time with family, but one where he hopes to leave with a new wife at his …
Undercovers: Instructions TV Show
Undercovers: Instructions is the second show of this series about a husband and wife with a catering business who also operate as spies for tough missions. In this episode, Dr. Nasir, a valuable scientist, has gone missing, as has her husband. The suspected kidnappers are private military brothers …
Babylon 5 Season 1, Episode 4: Born to the Purple
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 …
Justice League Unlimited Season One: Flashpoint
“Flashpoint” is the 23rd episode of season one of Justice League Unlimited. This is easily one of the best episodes of the season, even without a big knockdown dragout fight between the heroes and any supervillian. The episode is so great because it starts the beginning of …
Life on Mars season 1 Episode 10 Let All the Children Boogie
Sam, Chris and Ray are talking about Maria. The two men teas Sam for sleeping with her and Sam says to Ray that he practically threw him into her arms because he was always saying how sexy she was but he never told him she was Gene’s daughter. Maria …
M*A*S*H: Dear Dad
Alan Alda’s Hawkeye Pierce does his first complete letter home to his father in M*A*S*H: Dear Dad. These shows are always fun ones, giving slices of life more than just one central theme that takes up the full half hour. In this case, this is the holiday …
So You Think You Can Dance: Top Six Perform Again TV Show
So You Think You Can Dance - Top Six Perform Again was a terrific night of TV viewing. Rather than going routine by routine, here are my thoughts on the top six.
Kent - He was just awesome. He’s been my favorite throughout the series. He’s the …
Highway Patrol: Suspected Cop TV Show
The twenty-second episode of Highway Patrol’s second year on the air was titled Suspected Cop, and it is an episode that I did like because it focused on a theme it hadn’t yet tackled. In this half hour outing, Officer Stan Johnson, a regular played by William Boyett …
House: Informed Consent
Tonight was the first time I saw the House episode “Informed Consent” and, while I have no idea in which season this one took place in, it reminded me of how great this show used to be before they started tampering with the cast and throwing in little side …
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: When She Was Bad
I finally got a chance to start season 2 of the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, starting with the first episode “When She was Bad.” And, I have to say this episode was pretty good.
One of my biggest complaints about the series is they never show the traumatic …
24 Hour Restaurant Battle
Although this show has been on the Food Network for less than a month now, it has quickly become one of my most favorite ones to watch. This is a television reality series in which two teams compete in a challenge to open up and successful run the …
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Bad Eggs
I don’t know what it was about the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode “Bad Eggs” but it really made me want to check the eggs in my refrigerator because I had the willies after watching it.
This episode once again has some sort of monster living under the high school. …
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Monster’s Web TV Show
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Monster’s Web, the 23rd show of the second season, guest starred the talented Peter Mark Richman as “Captain Mike Gantt. Richman had a very long career where he appeared in just about every show under the son, and in doing …
The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Show) - Uhny Uftz (Episode)
“Uhny Uftz” is an episode of “The Dick Van Dyke Show”. The title of the episode is strange, but it’s fitting because the episode itself is kind of strange, at least, most of it is! Episodes pertaining to UFOs weren’t uncommon on 1950s and 1960s sitcoms due to the …
Friends TV show - The one where Chandler takes a bath
One day, Monica is going into the bathroom because she wants to take a bath, and Chandler is making fun of her because he thinks that baths are not that great. He doesn’t really know what baths are really like because he has never even taken one, so he …
Highway Patrol: Convict’s Wife TV Show
From season two, Highway Patrol: Convict’s Wife revolves around a man who escapes from capture and heads for his wife, from whom he’s separated. She wants to believe the best about him, but she’s essentially going her own way.
Anne Carroll played the wife, Betty Brandon, but I wasn’t …
Wonder Woman TV show
Wonder Woman was a great TV show. I love this show so much. The music and intro to the show was just great. And the music in the intro always gets me happy and excited. I also think that Wonder Woman is very pretty and looks very good in …
As the World Turns TV Show
As the World Turns is one of my favorite television programs. It is a soap opera that comes on at 2pm on CBS. I started watching this show when I was in middle school, and still watch it now long after college.
It has several great story lines that always …
NEAT
I’m a housewife, so almost of my time is stay at home, look after my kids and my house. I love d�cor my house, making it neat and tidy in my order. One of TV programs that I learn a lot from them about d�cor the house and how …
Healthy Appetite, In the Comfort Zone
I absolutely love cooking shows. I watched this one because the chef (whose name escapes me) was making peppered pork, a special kind of garlic mashed potatoes, and a puttanesca. I watched this woman chop parsley, onions, and make a dressing for a new kind of …
Ren & Stimpy
Ren & Stimpy is a cartoon about a dog and a cat who are best friends and roommates. Each episode they go through different things and sometimes they gain, sometimes they lose. Ren is a Chihuahua dog and Stimpy is an alley cat, no particular breed. I think that …
Everybody Hates Chris
Everybody Hates Chris as narrated by Chris Rock.
Taking a bunch of unknowns and extras and creating a situation comedy that focuses on the narration of a successful comedian was a risk, but it seems to work. This comedy series is as close to the Bill …
Fireball XL5: The Granatoid Tanks
In Fireball XL5: The Granatoid Tanks, the Granatoids are looking for a home. They are a very destructive race, and it’s up to XL5 to save the day, once they realize there’s danger out there.
What is special about this episode is that we’re celebrating Venus’ birthday, so we …
Ghost Hunters Season Three, Part One
The first half of the third season of Ghost Hunters kicked off with a trip to the Old West. Since I’m a huge fan of that time period and it’s one of my favorite parts of history, I was excited to see what they found. The crew hit four …
MacGyver: Last Stand
In this first season episode of MacGyver, Mac is headed out on vacation. He wants to go fishing at a spot where his father used to take him to. Incredibly, he always manages to get lost when he goes, and that’s what happens here again. Mac …
Laramie: General Delivery
I absolutely adore the General Delivery episode of Laramie. It’s the first show that Rod Cameron guest starred in, and each of his episodes were gems. Cameron is a dynamic actor, and he brings quality to all of his portrayals.
In Laramie: General Delivery, Ed Calder is a …
Good Day Xtra news show
I am usually an avid watcher of Fox Five news. But now they have a new show called Good Day Xtra. I was surprised to see that this show, which is on from 9am to 10am, features some of the anchors from the regular news program. …
CSI Season 4 Episode 3- Homebodies
CSI Season 4 Episode 3- Homebodies
That was a very average episode, I did not think much about it. Some of it was just plain boring. So it was good, since the show is great, but compared to other episodes on the show, this one was a bit disappointing.
Grissom and …
Death Note Episode 26 (Anime)
Death Note Episode 26 is a recap episode which shows what has happened in the anime so far and shows what the Kira Taskforce is going to do now that L and Watari have been killed by Kira.
This is a great episode, because it’s a good way to show …
The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years show brings back to many good childhood memories. This show was a classic. It truly captured the life of a young boy growing up in a family. The Wonder Years is very deep and emotional. I really like this the intro and music when the show starts …
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Mist of Silence TV Show
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Mist of Silence, episode four, opens with a lot of action as we see an attempted murder of a Latin American President. I never really like this kind of thing, so when I see this type of opening, it makes …
Oprah’s Big Give TV Show
Oprah has a new TV show and no surprise it’s all about giving. The Talk show host who has become famous for giving away lots herself, is now challenging others to do the same.
Oprah’s Big Give is a show with contestants all trying to help others. …
America’s Next Top Model Cycle 10 Episode 5
Fatima doubled her efforts because being criticized many times for her flaws in her strut and her poses. That day, Tyra Mail reads, “you all know your ABC’s but what about the 3 C’s?”.The girls were brought to this old warehouse where Benny Ninja was there to teach the …
Stargate SG1: The Light Season 4, Episode 18
What do you get when you cross a Goa’uld palace, a beautiful light and an addictive substance with a bunch of humans from Earth? Lots of addicted humans whose dopemine levels escalate while on the planet but drop dangerously and fatally low when they return back to Earth.
After …
Full Metal Alchemist
Full Metal Alchemist is a anime series that is one of the best shows I have seen. Don’t judge the series by its title, because when I first heard of it, I was wondering if it was good because of the title.
I have come to the conclusion that it …
Pokemon (TV Show) - Haunter Vs. Kadabra (Episode)
“Haunter Vs. Kadabra” is an episode of the “Pokemon” television series. It’s the third and final episode in a three episode story arc focusing on Ash’s efforts to secure his third badge. The episode title is actually pretty misleading and unfortunately gets one’s hopes up that this is will …
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Gabe Kaplan TV Show
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Gabe Kaplan was another one of the famous roast shows that Martin’s variety show evolved into for a while. Kaplan, of the series Welcome Back Kotter, was the Man of the Hour before the usual Las Vegas audience. I’m not a big …
The Forgotten - Football John
While the second and third issues of this new ABC crime drama haven’t been as good as the pilot, they’ve still been entertaining and have held my interest. This third entry, Football John, was quite interesting.
For me, the main thrust of The Forgotten - Football John was to …
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