TV Reviews
Stargate SG-1: The Other Side
Stargate SG-1: The Other Side is a good entry for season four of this sci-fi series. In it, SG-1 and Earth test their code of ethics, a charge led by the passionate Daniel Jackson.
At first, SG-1 is all for helping the Eurondans, a race that contacts them, desperate …
Ice Road Truckers: The Ace Vs. the Ice TV Show
Ice Road Truckers: The Ace Vs. the Ice was the latest installment of the 2010 season. It was a good one. My highlights, and questions, are below:
–This is the second time we’ve had a segment with Lisa about her meals. I’m not sure what the producers …
House, M.D (TV series)
Of all the medical dramas around on TV in recent years, House, M.D. has got to be one of my favorites. I came across this series in its first season, and have been a fairly regular viewer ever since.
The writing of House is some of the smartest writing …
Daily Show with John Stewart
Many years ago the Daily Show gained a cult following under the leadership of its original host, Craig Kilborn. With success came better offers for Mr. Kilborn, however, and he eventually made the switch to network television. John Stewart took his place.
Initially lacking, he soon came to …
Justice League Unlimited Season One: Epilogue
“Epilogue” is the 26th episode of season one of Justice League Unlimited. However, if you expect it to wrap up the loose ends from “Divided We Fall,” you will be sorely disappointed. The episode is basically a tribute to Batman and tells us how great Batman is …
Thriller: God Grante That She Lye Stille TV Show
From season two of Thriller, viewers were presented an episode entitled, God Grante That She Lye Stille. It doesn’t come as any surprise that this black and white anthology series tale takes place back during the witch hunts of the late 1600’s. In fact, it opens with …
Eureka Seven episode 49
As the residue settles from the epic battle that was just held, resulting in the loss of the fate of the world, what will those sworn to protect the world from its nightmarish destruction do now the worse has come to past? And what will happen to the world …
Good Eats Show
Perhaps it is the crazy entertaining ways of the host Alton Brown, or perhaps it’s my desire to be educated in the ways of the kitchen; but I thoroughly enjoy the show Good Eats. It airs on the Food Network a few times a day- each episode features a …
From the Earth to the Moon - Part 10: Galileo Was Right
From the Earth to the Moon - Part 10: Galileo Was Right is probably my second favorite episode of this HBO mini-series from 1998. I absolutely adore everything about it, and I’m not into science at all. Yet, this story that deals with the science of the …
The Twilight Zone: And When the Sky Was Opened TV Show
The Twilight Zone: And When the Sky Was Opened is a flight of fancy in a sense in that it’s hard to tell what the reality is. Even at the end of the show, I’m not sure we know the reality. Was it that people and property …
CHiPs: Career Day
From October 1977, CHiPs: Career Day centers around Ponch writing his old high school principal a ticket. Richard Deacon, who was such a funny man, plays Mr. Singleton, the principal. He definitely remembers Ponch, calling him by his whole name, which is how Jon learns Ponch’s middle …
Sherlock BBC TV Three Part Drama Series
I just love it when there is something great to watch on a Sunday night as the thought of having to go back to work the next day can be pretty depressing. Last Sunday I happened to catch the beginning of a new three-part series on BBC1 at …
Eureka Seven episode 50
Now with a thunderous cry from the heavens and convoys of angels rushing overhead, we now have finally reached the end of the epic and long saga solely known as Eureka Seven. With an overcast sky, we are forced to accept the truth despite what we would like or …
Stargate SG1: Upgrades
When Anise, a member of the Tok’ra, arrives at the SGC with some alien armbands, she asks that they be tested on humans. Seems that they will not work on any other physiology. Anise wants to study them and see what can happen, or so she says.
Jack …
TruTv All Worked Up
After watching the premiere episodes of “All Worked Up” via TruTv; I have to say that my stomach stirred from receiving a bad case of “Operation Repo”.
Was it me or did this show stink of “Operation Repo” nonsense? First, either the respondents were horrible F rated actors or normal …
The Twilight Zone: Of Late I Think of Cliffordville TV Show
The Twilight Zone: Of Late I Think of Cliffordville features Albet Salmi as a wealthy, egotistical, and annoying businessman named William Feathersmith. He lives for the challenge and in this program, he gets a shot at it.
Here are a few thoughts about The Twilight Zone: Of Late I …
Grey’s Anatomy show
If you’ve never heard of Grey’s Anatomy you must’ve been leaving under a rock because it’s one of the most popular shows out there. Grey’s Anatomy is on the ABC network. This follows the lives of a handful of medical interns, one of which is name Meredith Grey, and …
Doctor Who: Season 4, Episode 6: The Poison Sky
Things are looking grim for the Doctor, what with the entire planet being covered in a toxic gas. Fortunately, while the gas is toxic, it’s not quite lethal yet, giving everyone time to come up with a plan to stop the Sontaran’s scheme.
As big as this episode was …
The King of Queens
The King Of Queens stars Kevin James, Leah Remini, and Jerry Stiller. This is one of my favorite comedy shows and I eagerly look forward to each episode.
The opening comical skits are always funny and set the tone for the rest of the show. The …
The Twilight Zone: A Most Unusual Camera TV Show
The laughs on the thieves in this episode of The Twilight Zone. From season two, A Most Unusual Camera focuses on two crooks, a married couple named Chester and Paula Diedrich, who get away with their crime with nothing of worth, including an antique camera. They are …
Passport to Europe TV Show
Passport to Europe is a show on the Travel Channel hosted by Samantha Brown that comes on Thursday night. In each episode, Samantha visits a different city somewhere in Europe then takes you along with her as she visits historical landmarks, famous places, experiences local cuisines and cultures, takes …
Here Come the Brides: A Hard Card to Play
Gambling arrives in the small but growing town of Seattle, Washington, and two of the Bolt brothers along with their loggers become quickly addicted to the lure offered to them by the traveling gambler and his wife. That’s the focus of Here Come the Brides: A Hard Card …
Desperate Housewives Season 5 Episode 19
Desperate Housewives Season 5 Episode 19 is basically about flashbacks of the housewives on Edie’s lives. How she ironically sort of gave them another perspective to hold on to.
These memories are of Edie on how the wives individually encounter with Edie. They are all in the …
Drawn Together Cartoon
Comedy Central brings together reality TV and obscene cartooons together in a wonderful mix with drawn together. I don’t quite know how long this show has been on the air, I just watched a DVD of the first season at a friends house, and fell in love.
This show is …
As The World Turns
Every day at one in the afternoon As the World Turns is on my television. It’s a habit of mine to watch this show, has been for years. It hasn’t had any of the dramatic story lines that border on Science fiction like some of the other shows on …
Dancing with the Stars - 3/29/2010 TV Show
At the beginning of the show, host Tom Bergeron mentioned that had their been an elimination last week, it would have been an upset, which means that Buzz Aldrin would have been saved. He was the lowest last week, and he is this week, too. He’s 80: …
Life Beyond Trek: Walter Koenig featurette
In December 2003, Walter Koenig sat down and talked a bit about the influence of Star Trek in Life Beyond Trek: Walter Koenig. At first, I thought his was going to be very different than the intimate expose that Leonard Nimoy had done. That’s because the first …
QVC
QVC which stands for Quality, value, and cost is a home shopping channel which I like to watch.
I really like “window shopping” that channel. They have some very nice reasonably priced merchandise.
I like all the hosts. I know they are salespeople, but I find they are not as …
Highway Patrol: Magazine Writer TV Show
From season two, Broderick Crawford stars as Chief Dan Mathews in Highway Patrol: Magazine Writer. Crawford talks way too fast. It’s like speed talking. He had multiple moments in this show where he rattles off words so fast I barely know what he’s saying. He …
Project RUNWAY season 3
I only started watching project runway last season and I loved every minute of it. I find it hard to imagine that they will top last season because everybody was so histerical and all the fashion challanges were great. Season three premiered on wedsnday night and …
Highway Patrol: Gambling TV Show
I am thoroughly enjoying the opportunity that the ThisTV channel is bringing to its viewers by presenting some classic television shows such as this one, Highway Patrol. It’s been so long since I’ve seen these, and they are a delight to watch again. It’s not that it …
Columbo: Swan Song TV Show
Swan Song is a truly memorable episode of Columbo because it’s part musical. Well, not in the purest sense, but the main guest star is country legend, Johnny Cash. Cash plays Tommy Brown, a singer and husband of Edna Brown. Edna is played by the dynamic …
Stargate Atlantis: Outsiders
Stargate Atlantis: Outsiders is the twelfth episode of the last season of this science fiction series. The drama begins when Colonel John Sheppard’s team goes to a planet where Dr. Carson Beckett is working. Beckett is feeling good about what he’s doing, like he’s making a difference, …
CSI Season 5 Episode 7 Formalities
I have to say that this was one of the best episodes on the show. This was an excellent plot and really good writing. I kept guessing to the very end and did not know what to suspect. It was absolutely brilliant. I like it when the episode focus …
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: A House Divided TV show
I just adore Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: A House Divided for several reasons. The first is that this is one of those shows where just about every regular has their moment. It’s not easy to do that in an ensemble show like this one, but it’s …
Spongebob Squarepants Season One: Boating School
Spongebob is having one heck of a time passing his boating exam, and all he wants to do is pass his test so that he can get his driver’s license. He does not know what he is going to do if he does not pass this time, or …
Due South: The Man Who Knew Too Little
An intriguing little episode from the first season of Due South is called The Man Who Knew Too Little. I like the plot about a witness to a crime who at first admits he saw what happened and can identify the villains. In reality, though, while he …
MacGyver: Lost Love Part 1
The opener for season three of MacGyver is a romantic and tragic-based two-parter called Lost Love. In Part 1, MacGyver keeps thinking he’s seeing Lisa Kohler, his deceased love. The two were planning on getting married when she was killed at the end of a mission. …
Cowboy Bebop Episode 17 (Anime)
Cowboy Bebop Episode 17 involves the crew of the Bebop looking for food, and unfortunately Ed finds bad mushrooms for them to eat.
This was one of the most ironically funny anime episodes I have ever seen. It was so unique and different that it’s very unforgettable, and …
Max Headroom: War TV show
The War episode of Max Headroom is actually one I’ve seen before and with added interest. The reason for that is because it featured Lisa Niemi as a news reporter named Janie Crane. I remember chuckling a bit, though, because while we see Niemi several times, she …
EastEnders tv show
I think that this is the best soap opera to ever come out of the UK. I watched the very first episode in Feb 1985 when I was living in England, then I missed a number of years until I discovered UKTV on Foxtel Australia which has …
Keeping Up With the Kardashians - Kim’s Calendar For Reggie
So Kim had been dating her baller boyfriend Reggie for a year, and decided to surprise him with a calendar…..a very very interesting calendar with rather raunchy photos. The calendar was supposed to be a surprise..but her mother had other plans. Kim had the calendar delivered to her mom’s …
Fame: Alone in a Crowd
Fame: Alone in a Crowd centers around the musical genius, Bruno Martelli (Lee Curreri). This is the fourth episode of the series, and by now, we all know that Bruno is a genius with the instruments. However, he has a lot of inner demons to struggle with …
Star Trek: Charlie X TV Show
I’ve seen those shows a zillion times, and I have clear cut favorites of ones I enjoy watching and ones that are viewed with reluctance. Star Trek: Charlie X is one of the latter episodes. Nothing against guest star Robert Walker, Jr., but he just annoyed me …
The Dean Martin Comedy Hour: Johnny Carson
Johnny Carson is the Man of the Week on this edition of The Dean Martin Comedy Hour, a special version of Dean’s variety show. It begins with a terrific zinger by Dean about Johnny’s marriages. What a great way to start out.
Doc Severinsen had a super bit …
Fraggle Rock: Beginnings
I was browsing movie options at Netflix for our Netflix player and came across season 1 of the show Fraggle Rock. So, I loaded it for our oldest daughter, who is always looking for something to watch after school.
This was actually the first time I’ve seen the show too …
Best Friends
Like I mentioned before, I took the time to watch some movies on the Lifetime Movie Network this past weekend. One of the films I ended up watching was called “Best Friends” and it turned out to be a decent movie.
The film starts out with two women who are …
That 70s Show: Baby Fever
We were waiting for the Simpsons to come on last night and ended up watching a re-run of That 70s Show; the one entitled Baby Fever.
This was actually a cute episode. Kitty and Red agree to watch one of their friend’s baby (even though they end up dumping the …
Law & Order SVU TV Episode: Raw
I finally got a chance to watch the full Law & Order SVU episode entitled Raw last night. And, I have to say it was one that got my attention.
Basically, the episode starts out with a school shooting (those always disturb me a bit considering my oldest is in …
That Girl: Break a Leg
In That Girl: Break a Leg, Ann Marie’s friend lands a part in a Broadway show and asks Ann to be her understudy. Sally Kellerman plays Sandy Stafford, who doesn’t quite no how to react when all kinds of calamities threaten her appearance on the stage. She …
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