we in south africa have only only 2 satellite services.which really suck.cause the one,vivid,you only pay one amount,about $240,its once off and you get 8 tv channels and lots of radio channels.the other is dstv(digital satellite television) which is great but has only 100 channels.100 channels is fine but …

I got home in time last night to watch some re-runs of That 70s Show, including one I haven’t seen before; Backstage Pass.
This one was actually a pretty funny episode; well at least part of it was.
I wasn’t a huge fan of the part involving the friends trying to …

My dogs give Due South: The Wild Bunch eight paws up. They were fascinated by it, especially my oldest dog. She was up by the TV screen for most of the hour. She loves to watch Diefenbacker, the wolf dog, and Dief was the star of …

Fireball XL5: Hypnotic Sphere is one of 39 episodes of this supermarionation puppet series from Gerry Anderson. What I enjoy is that the puppets really do have some great personalities. They’re pretty well rounded, all things considered.
In this show, there’s a neat scene where Professor Matt Matic …

ABC’S Ugly Betty-A BRAVE Show and a huge hit bound to become a favorite ABC’s long anticipated show Ugly Betty finally premiered last week, and 16.32 million of us watched. I was at work that night and didn’t get back in time to see it. I did however …

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone 2ndg Gig Episode 15 has the Tachikoma’s discussing and investigating the Individual 11 case while Section 9 investigates a building explosion.
This was a very interesting episode because it focuses on the quirky Tachikomas and their view of the Individual 11 case and it’s …

Last week after the Olympics concluded, I watched the half-hour premier of Marriage Ref, a show from the apparently deluded mind of Jerry Seinfeld. My review was very harsh. Basically, I thought this show was a piece of junk. Last night, since there was an opportunity …

The wonderful thing about M*A*S*H: Heal Thyself from the latter part of season eight is that it’s an unassuming beginning full of laughs and comedy that suddenly becomes a powerfully dramatic program. Some might see it coming, but I doubt anyone really had a clue just how Heal …

I think The Secret Millionaire make for interesting viewing and usually it is quite moving. The idea is that a millionaire will go undercover to a disadvantaged area, volunteer to help with some local charity or community project and live amongst the community for a while in conditions …

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 …

Run, Babushka, Run was the latest installment of the popular reality show, The Amazing Race. The two lady doctors, Nat and Kat, were the winners of the last leg, so they are the first to leave the pit stop. The ultimate destination was St. Petersburg, Russia, but …

I love to watch cartoons since I was a kid. Now I`m married and a father and still watch cartoons every once in a while, now with my 3-year old daughter. My lovely daughter loves Timmy Time. I`m very picky when it comes to cartoons because not all cartoons …

Beast Wars - Transmutate is a story that is sad and most certainly different. I like it for a couple of reasons. For one, it offers a subliminal commentary on how that which is different is often the source of disgust and sometimes the source of feelings that desire …

Ok, I’m actually a bit confused about what was happening in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode “Something Blue.”
I get Willow is trying to cast a spell to make her get over the pain of Oz cheating on her then leaving town. And, because she has a bit too …

Our whole family watched every episode of THE CONTENDER. Even the replays whenever we had the chance. I must say, we all experienced a very deep and wide scope of emotions watching the CONTENDER than we did watching any other reality show.
I guess one reason is because a vast …

The teaser brought some worry for me because it showed the most used material of all and probably what all superheroes have nightmares - losing someone they love at the hands of their archenemies.
It was tried and tested and while this was scary, I wished the show came in …

Futurama is back with a Big Bang creating a whole new universe of fun. The show was one of the best animated series ever created in my personal opinion, and as such a huge fan I was concerned that I would be sorely disappointed with the creation of a …

Centennial: The Shepherds, while still high quality, is probably one of the two I’m not that fond of when compared to the others. Again, I want to stress that the quality is top drawer, that the acting is superb, and the story taken from the James Michener mini-series …

From 1959 to 1963, NBC aired a wonderful western called Laramie, starring John Smith and Robert Fuller. Many folks still remember this series, which had an enduring impact on many. Unfortunately, it’s yet to be released on DVD, or even video.
What I love about the series is …

The 12th outing for the underwater adventure series Sea Hunt was called The Aquanettes, and one thing I loved about it is that it was mostly under the water. Those are always such intriguing episodes.
In this March 1961 half hour program, Mike Nelson is training three women for …

So begins the finale of the second season. Like pretty much every two parter in the show so far, this one is pretty much all build up. It’s well done build up, but build up none the less.
The Doctor and Rose return home so that Rose can …

Well, once again, the show House seems to be changing the cast again. At least they managed to bring back Thirteen and, since there really wasn’t any point in her, got rid of Cameron (though I have a feeling we’ll see her again).
This wasn’t a bad episode either. You …

CHiPs: Green Thumb Burglar has some really good moments in it. Again, this show isn’t about premium writing that is going to win an Emmy. It’s about entertainment, enjoying a few laughs, and promoting the California Highway Patrol in a positive light. What makes it work …

I grew up in the seventies and when I watched my first episode of That 70s Show, it was extremely nostalgic; it was almost like being transported back in time. The teenagers on that show have the same relationships and experiences that my friends and I had back then. …

One of our satellite channels had a Monk marathon this past weekend and, even though I had seen every episode before, there were some that I enjoyed enough to want to watch again.
One of them was the episode Mr. Monk is Underwater; one of the later episodes (when he …

The second season of Due South begins with an episode entitled North. The name is appropriate since the main characters of Benton Fraser and Ray Vecchio are headed north to Canada where they are going to rebuild Fraser’s father’s cabin that burned down at the end of season …

On Cowboy Bebop, sometimes the people you love harbor deep secrets and even deeper feelings. As Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Edward, Faye Valentine, and Eine land on Ganymede, Jet has some unfinished business to handle. Episode Ten “Ganymede Elegy” is a episode focused mainly on Jet Black and his …

While there are good moments in Star Trek: Obsession, it’s another revenge type of show where James Kirk follows his overwhelming need for revenge for some past event even when it jeopardizes his crew, something which is highly abnormal for him. Having that as a theme brought the …

In the revised pilot for the That Girl comedy series, struggling actress Ann Marie meets magazine writer Don Hollinger. From that meeting comes a highly successful, humorous, and thoughtful comedy that thrilled millions for five seasons.
Played by Marlo Thomas, the daughter of Danny Thomas, Ann Marie is an …

From October 1967, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Cave of the Dead was the third show of the fourth year. The science fiction hit series starred Richard Basehart as Admiral Nelson and David Hedison as the handsome Captain Crane, who stirred my heartstrings as a child.
Below …

Law and Order SVU Season 2 Episode 2 Honor
In this episode, the story gets really complicated, and the ending is very sad. Despite all the good intentions, I feel that the writers did not have any real knowledge of the culture that were writing about. The …

Mac heads for Burma and becomes involved in helping some of the locals to get free of the opium dealers who want them to harvest their crops. It’s essentially slavery, and Mac can’t help himself after he meets one of the young boys. He’s saddened by what …

With this episode, the agents face a horror unlike anything they’ve ever seen. Interestingly enough, there is no real X-file, on the contrary, they are pit against what they refer to as a “death fetishist”, someone who collects trophies (such as hair or fingernails) from dead bodies. …

Yogi Bear is one of my favorite TV shows ever! I just love this show and I find it to be very entertaining. I think Yogi is funny and his voice is really funny. BoBo is his little friend who travels the forest with Yogi bear. This show is funny …

My wife and I started watching the show Iron Chef very recently. And, while the show does provide some entertainment, I do question whether the show might be a bit overrated.
First of all, watching chefs competing against each other to prepare a five course meal in 60 minutes is …

The Virginian: Duel at Shiloh from season one guest stars Brian Keith, who was always fun to watch on screen. The episode also features Geraldine Brooks as the new owner of a ranch near Medicine Bow, where the story takes place. As a woman, she faces a …

In Laramie: The Fatal Step, there is another strong guest cast to go along with the excellent partnership of John Smith and Robert Fuller as friends and co-workers, Slim Sherman and Jess Harper, respectively. I am just always amazed at the strong acting that was scene in this …

In M*A*S*H: A Full Rich Day, Hawkeye Pierce sends another letter home to his dad, only this time it’s not written, but spoken on a tape recorder. I love the opening explanation of how Hawkeye ended up with the recorder. It’s pretty funny.
One oddity about this show …

This is a particularly and unfortunately bad episode of the Starhunter television series. I love Starhunter, it is one of my favorite television programs ever produced, but unfortunately this is not one of the better episodes to come from the franchise. It at times verges on the …

Due South: A Cop, a Mountie, and a Baby was a fairly entertaining show, though like the two shows that preceded it, there was an awful lot of music. I don’t know if the writers for this show were having issues or what, but some of these …

This episode has quite a few ups and downs. Gilligan goes around all depressed through most of the episode. Actually its agonizing to watch him obsess what he thinks is his heritage, related to head hunters. And he deduces this solely on his resemblance to the likeness of the …

Glee: The Rocky Horror Glee Show opened with a couple of things grabbing my attention. In the opening credits, there was Meat Loaf of all people, and he was using his last name. I haven’t seen that one in a while.
Then the opening teaser with the big …

There’s some drama for sure in Have Gun - Will Travel: The Protégé when Richard Boone’s Paladin teaches Peter Breck’s Kurt Sprague in gun use and etiquette. It’s so weird to see Breck playing this kind of role. He was all decked out in a proper city …

As much as you would like to knock Joey Tribbiani on the head most of the time, you can’t help feeling a bit of love for him. He is the struggling actor in the hit series sitcom Friends, which is not in the making anymore. Such a pity, …

I finally got a chance to watch the entire episode of The Simpsons called “Little Girl in the Big Ten.” This one proved to be pretty darn funny.
Lisa is enrolled in gymnastics and, because she is the same size as the college girls enrolled in class, they naturally assume …

After what seemed to be a very long season of Project Runway, I’m happy to say the season finale was last night. And, it made the last few weeks of torture worth it.
Jeffrey was named the winner, which means the judges finally picked the right winner. His outfits throughout …

Star Trek Voyager season 3 episode 9 is a continuation of Futures End this being part two. I thought it was pretty cool when Commander Chakotay and Torres attempt to grab Starling out of his own car with a transporter from a shuttle. But it couldn’t be that simple …

I’ve always remembered this episode because it’s just so dang funny. M*A*S*H: To Market, to Market has Hawkeye and Trapper trying to make a deal on the black market to get some much needed medical supplies. Much of the supplies ordered by the 4077th had been stolen. …

Synopsis: House and his team must figure out what is causing a rodeo cowboy’s seizures using non-traditional means because of his numerous injuries from teh sport. At the same time House has checked into a hotel and is getting over his break up with Cuddy in his own fashion.
What …

Last night, I was watching a re-run of the Simpsons and was thrilled to learn it was one of my favorites; The City of New York versus Homer Simpson.
This is easily one of the funniest episodes from this series. Homer and his buddies are drinking after work and Barney …