TV Reviews
TV Series: CSI
I began watching the tv series “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” in it’s first season. I loved the show immediately, and have become an avid follower of the series.
My favorite thing about the series is the creativity. The cases all have such different circumstances, the writers tell the story beautifully. …
Peter, Paul, and Mary - Carry it On
I grew up listening to Peter, Paul, and Mary sing their folk music. They were awesome. I watched when they broke up, and then when they got back together. In the last couple of decades, the group has done a number of specials for the PBS …
Stop Violence!
Violence is a big question of our society nowadays. We complain about it, but in fact, the violence culture is always near our lives. Sometimes, I came from work, and at home, I can find my childrem exposed to violent scenes on most of the hundreds of cable TV …
The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 1 Bart Of Darkness
It is summer time, and the heat is unbearable. Bart and Lisa pester Homer into buying a pool, which Homer willingly agrees. Because of the pool, the entire town’s kid’s come over to their place to swim. So Bart and Lisa’s popularity soars. However while performing one stunt Bart …
All My Children: Episode Aired January 5, 2010
The soap opera All My Children aired an episode on January 5, 2000 to celebrate its fortieth year on television. They did this by bringing back Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos as the Santos family. As Haley, Ripa then produces a TV special because Pine Valley as …
Family Guy: Road to Rhode Island
While I’m somewhat of a Family Guy fan, some episodes of the show are a bit too lame and lack the funniness I look for in a television sitcom.
The episode Road to Rhode Island is one of those episodes.
The episode starts out with Brian feeling a sense of abandonment …
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Episode 21 (Anime)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Episode 21 has Section 9 investigating the DEA after Togusa is taken to the hospital after he was shot. This episode also shows why it’s not a good idea to try to kill the Major. Seriously, you have to see …
Devices and Desires - Part 1
Devices and Desires is from 1991, and it looks like it was shot on tape instead of film. There’s a very different look to the visual. There is some location shooting that looks very nice and pleasing to watch. In fact, it’s the outdoor, ocean side …
The Simpsons: Season 16, Episode 1 - Treehouse of Horror XV
Another installment in The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror specials, the episode begins with “Keeping it Kodos”, a bit similar to a ’90s sitcom complete with an audience laugh track. It continues onto its first story “The Ned Zone”, where Ned has received a concussion as a result and …
The Big Bang Theory
I love this show! This is my new favorite sit com!
I was actually waiting for the new season primarily because I wanted to see this show. And, I was a little worried that it wouldn’t live up to its promos, which seemed really funny. I needn’t have worried. Based …
Centennial: The Winds of Fortune
In the late 1970’s, James Michener’s sweeping novel Centennial was turned into an epic mini-series that sprawled two centuries. With superb acting and great writing and directing, this all-star drama is a must-watch; even the National Education Association said so, actually slapping its label of endorsement on each …
The Andy Griffith Show: Lawman Barney TV Show
From November 1962, the third season of this wonderful comedy series, The Andy Griffith Show: Lawman Barney has Sheriff Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) attempting to get his deputy’s confidence back on track after Barney Fife (Don Knotts) is intimated by a couple of mobile street vendors.
It all begins simply …
Shrek the Halls
This is the second year ABC has had the Christmas special Shrek the Halls on and the first year I got a chance to sit down and watch the entire thing.
It’s a cute special but not really anything overly impressive when compared to some of the other Christmas specials …
52nd Grammy Awards
The 52nd Grammy Awards was opened by Stephen Colbert, who won a Grammy later, but he was just horrible. He kept wanting to be cool and would ask his daughter if he was cool yet. It was a stick that got old real fast.
I wasn’t impressed by …
The Walking Dead Season-6 Episode-2
In the end of TRP shattering premier,Rick’s plan was going successful until a horn goes off distracting thousands of zombie and leading them back to Alexandria.In this second episode called “JSS”,it is revealed the chaos is created by the savage group “Wolves”. Alexandrian’s daily lives gets rocked when the Wolves …
From the Earth to the Moon - Part 1: Can We Do This?
In 1998’s From the Earth to the Moon - Part 1: Can We Do This?, Russians beat the Americans into space, rushing the United States to get a man in space in short order. Freedom 7 puts America on the space map and makes Alan Shepard a hero. …
The Andy Griffith Show: Andy and Opie’s Pal TV Show
The Andy Griffith Show: Andy and Opie’s Pal, from January 13, 1964, was one of the few episodes where Opie’s human fallacies came out.
One of the good things about The Andy Griffith Show is that the characters weren’t perfect. Andy frequently misjudges people. He apologizes, a …
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 Winds of War: A Novel for Television featurette
The Winds of War: A Novel for Television featurette was a very interesting show to watch. I’m not a big fan of The Winds of War mini-series, but I recognize its popularity and certainly, I did watch it when it had its mammoth run on television years ago. …
Top Chef: Just Desserts: Glee Club TV Show
Top Chef: Just Desserts: Glee Club, hosted by the enticing Gail Simmons, had another extended program. For the second week in a row, the show was on for 75 minutes instead of the normal hour.
Pastry chef Sylvia Weinstock was a great judge during the quick fire challenge when …
Sea Hunt: Ghost Light TV Show
Ghost Light was the 23rd outing for the adventure series Sea Hunt’s third season of televising. This June 1960 had Mike Nelson, our resident expert deep sea diver, doing some underwater research of an experimental nature that involved an infrared detector. Nelson is doing this with Dr. …
China Beach: Lost & Found Part 2 TV show
China Beach: Lost & Found Part 2 was the tail end of the first outing for this dramatic series as it entered its second season. As was always the case for this groundbreaking series, there was a lot going on throughout the hour.
The show revolves around the nurses …
The Andy Griffith Show: Andy’s Vacation TV Show
The Andy Griffith Show: Andy’s Vacation, a season four show that aired in March 1964, has some humorous elements to it, but it is also one of those plots that I am not really crazy about. I suppose it is because I am not big on the plots …
Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things… Part Two
Star Trek: The Next Generation - “All Good Things…” Part Two is the last episode of the series, and really, I think it could have been better. There is a lot about this episode that just does not make very much sense. For example, the explanation for where the …
American Idol - elimination 3/18/09
Tonight was the big elimination where another contestant’s dream of being the American Idol came to an end. Before that happened, all kinds of other stuff happened first. It was Country Week, which the singers all performing country songs, except for Adam Lambert, who did his own …
The Shield
The Shield is one of the most creative and entertaining shows I have seen lately. I have to say that the storyline and concept of this show is great. It’s about Vic Mackey a crooked cop. He makes deals with criminals and keeps secrets from the other cops. The storyline …
Beast Wars - Bad Spark
Beast Wars - Bad Spark is, I think, about the darkest and most chilling episode of the entire series. In this episode, a stasis pod unlike any other is discovered and Optimus reveals what exactly was in it and what he was ordered to do with it. The Transformer …
Outsourced: Pilot TV Show
Outsourced, the pilot, is a show I watched along with a bunch of other new Fall 2010 TV comedies just to see if I have misjudged the current style of comedy. You see, I prefer the classics, like The Andy Griffith Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show. …
The Twilight Zone: Time Enough at Last TV Show
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 …
The Young Rebels: The Infiltrator TV Show
Harry Falk directed The Infiltrator episode of The Young Rebels, which was one of my favorite TV series from 1970. I’ve remembered this show my entire life. I can recall stories done on the news about it and even picture a local Sunday TV Guide cover that …
Grey’s Anatomy TV Show
I can tell that this is going to become one of my favourite TV shows. I was doubtful at first, wondering just what was the point of another hospital drama (and to tell you the truth, I’m not a big fan of hospital drama), but this one is different. …
Roots Mini Series
I am embarrassed to admit that as an African-American I am just now seeing the mini-series Roots for the first time in my late twenties. BET recently had a marathon of it for Black History Month, and I thought it would be the perfect time for me to sit …
Adam-12: Log 75: Have a Nice Weekend
For me, there isn’t anything terribly exciting about this episode of Adam-12 entitled Log 75: Have a Nice Weekend. The segment I key in on more than the others is one with Norma Connolly as Eva Foster. I met the late Ms. Connolly a few times, 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 …
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Journey with Fear TV Show
The fourth episode of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea’s fourth and last year on the air was called Journey with Fear. This is a space age outing, with the Seaview launching a rocket of all things. I’d forgotten all about this episode. It ends …
The Virginian: The Good-Hearted Badman TV Show
Pete Duel guest starred as The Good-Hearted Badman in this sixth season episode of The Virginian. Back when this show aired originally in February 1968, Duel was using the original spelling of his surname, Deuel. While his brother Geoff continued to use that spelling, Pete changed it …
Doctor Who: Season 5, Episode 4: The Time of Angels
This episode features the return of not only River Song, but the Weeping Angels, the nightmare fuel inducing monsters from “Blink”. It makes for quite a few continuity nods, which are always fun. Interestingly enough, not only are there nods to previous episodes, but there is quite …
Batman: The Brave and the Bold: Enter the Outsiders
I was never a big Wildcat fan. I don’t know why, he just never really appealed to me. He takes the main stage here as he, along with Batman do battle with a group of rebel teens who have dubbed themselves “the Outsiders”. Fans of Batman …
Law and Order: Criminal Intent Season 1, Episode 17
A copycat killer is hitting Manhattan while the actual killer is sitting on death row or is he? A young woman makes her way to a bar on the Upper East Side, where she hits on a young woman at the bar. As they continue to talk, she learns …
H2O: Just Add Water
This is an amazing show that first aired in Australia, then its popularity caused it to expand to the UK and the US in mid 2007. The show is about three normal teenage girls in Australia who, through a miraculous event during the full moon in a water …
The Fugitive: Cry Uncle
The Fugitive: Cry Uncle was an interesting entry in this hit dramatic TV series. Kimball ends up having to placate a troubled teenager who helps him to hide from the police. The police aren’t actually looking for him, but are on the track of some robbers. …
The X-Files: Season 2, Episode 11: Excelsis Dei
Whereas last episode was overly convoluted, this one provides a plot complex enough to keep you invested, but not so much so that it becomes confusing. There are a lot of aspects at play here, but they all actually tie together whereas in the last episode it was …
To Boldly Go … Season Two featurette
To Boldly Go … Season Two featurette includes some great comments about some of the classic episodes which aired during the second season of Star Trek. This includes the wonderful and most popular episode, The Trouble with Tribbles, which just about everyone calls the one and only comedy …
The Twilight Zone: The Trade-Ins TV Show
One of my very favorite episodes of The Twilight Zone has always been The Trade-Ins, a 1962 episode that touches my heart and soul. It revolves around an elderly couple who go to a company where you can actually buy new bodies. Now wouldn’t that be cool …
Have Gun - Will Travel: The Marshall’s Boy TV Show
Have Gun - Will Travel: The Marshall’s Boy was directed by series star, Richard Boone. It has a unique start, with Hey Boy mumbling in Chinese as he picks up a telegram for Paladin. We actually see him opening it and rejoicing over the contents. Then …
Bones: The Woman at the Airport
While waiting to watch the new GI Joe movie last night, I ended up flipping through channels and watching re-runs of popular television shows, including the show Bones. I came across an episode I have seen before but not in its entirety. It turned out to be an interesting …
My Name is Earl: Stole Beer from A Golfer
The great thing about “My Name is Earl” is that mixed in with all the humor there are real messages about responsibility. One of the recurring themes is that small things that you do can have major effects on people’s lives.
On the episode “Stole Beer from a Golfer” they …
A Nice Place to Visit, twilight zone season one television show
A Nice Place to Visit is an episode of the twilight zone from the first season. The twilight zone was a long-running, and many times revived, science fiction show. Each episode was a stand-alone episode, featuring a different story. The twilight zone was known for twists …
The Office: Business Ethics
The new HR rep needs to give everyone in the office a ethic’s seminar but Michal Encourages everyone to talk about their unethical behavior. It starts out pretty tame as Oscar admits to taking long lunches, and Dwight accuses him of being a time thief. Then it jumps into …
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