While the concept of The Andy Griffith Show: The Beauty Contest has its humorous elements, at the same time it’s a bit strange. The strangeness is not because of the contest happening, but the makeup of the contestants. There’s no guideline. Ellie Walker (Elinor Donahue) ends …

Once again, I was stuck watching Scooby Doo movies with my daughter this weekend. But, at least I got to see one I haven’t seen before; Scooby Doo and the samurai sword.
This was an OK movie but still not as good as others. Scooby and the Mystery Gang are …

I watched Gone By Not Forgotten. A mini series. I had read the book and was surprised to see that the movie followed the book very closely.
Scott Glenn played the defendant, Martin Darius. He is accused of killing several women in Sacremento, apparently he had committed similar crimes …

Laramie: The Replacement is one of my very favorite episodes of this series. It’s in the top 5, in fact. I absolutely love it. It’s the kind of the story that keeps me on the edge of my seat while also engaging my heart. The …

This episode breaks the format a little in that we don’t get one narrative, rather a series of small stories that focuses on each of the main characters.
We get one for Katara and Toph that has them bonding after Katara invites her for a girls day out. The …

Stage Fright is episode 3 of the 7th and final series of Only Fools and Horses. A local club owner gets in touch with Del boy as he is stuck for an act to perform on his dear old mum’s birthday the following evening. Without Raquel’s knowledge, …

If I ever want to feel better about the mess in our house, all I need to do is turn on the television and watch the show Clean House.
Each week, Clean House visits another home that has become such a disaster area, you have to wonder why the people …

Will & Grace is a sitcom about a gay man, Will, and his straight best friend, Grace. The two live in New York City and spend a lot of time with their eccentric friends Jack and Karen.
The show follows the four friends as they deal with dating, marriage, friendship, …

House on FOX is one of my favorite TV shows. I love the main character Doctor House even though he can be an insensitive jerk. He is witty and smart and leaves you wanting more. I mainly love the show because of the mystery behind each episode. There …

Well this one has taken a lot of knocks this year. My enthusiasm to watch it was off and on before I actually turned on the DVD. However, after the first episode my negativity was calmed and I was ready to watch more! From the start …

This is a series that I was entirely skeptical about but after a few youtube videos that I have come across randomly I decided to give it a try. Now, from just the pilot, I can not tell you for sure if I have liked it or not, …

From October 1963, The Andy Griffith Show: The Haunted House is a classically funny episode of this comedy series which features Griffith as small town sheriff, Andy Taylor. Andy is more common sense oriented than most of the others we meet in this rural community of Mayberry, North …

“The Unwelcome Houseguest” is an episode of “The Dick Van Dyke Show”. In this episode, Buddy asks Rob to keep his dog at his house while he and his wife go away for the weekend. Rob reluctantly agrees and brings home Buddy’s big dog for the weekend, much to …

I can’t say that I’m a big fan of That Girl: Great Guy. It’s a show that aired towards the end of the second season and featured Ruth Buzzi, who has a recurring role as Margie ‘Pete’ Peterson. Buzzi is a talented comedienne, but this role really …

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 …

I really like the show Numb3rs which is about 2 brothers, Charlie is a mathematics genius and Don works for FBI so Charlie helps Don in solving the cases. In this episode some Chinese girls get abducted and FBI is looking for them because one of them in a …

“Dead Like Me” was a Showtime original series which used to air on the cable television channel “Showtime” when I was still in high school. Like all the Showtime original series the plot was quite different from what many television shows going on at the time; hence I think …

As the dust settles in the new human empire, there are beings of an more horrific nature afoot. Father Abel Nightroad and Imperial Aristocrat Asta, rush to the palace in hopes of finding the empresses there, to argue the case of freedom for Ion Fortuna, an imperial duke framed …

Written by Gene Roddenberry, Have Gun - Will Travel: The Hanging of Roy Carter is a dramatic entry for this western series that has Paladin putting himself in the line of fire to try to save a convicted felon from hanging. There is no blurring of right and …

Aqua Teen Hunger Force is a very funny and crazy show. This is a show you either will really love or you will really hate. I think the show is very funny. But some people tell me that they think it’s the worst those they have ever seen in their …

Have Gun - Will Travel: Long Way Home aired in February 1961 and featured a really nice guest cast which helped to elevate the show in overall success.
In the story, Richard Boone portrays Paladin, our heroic gunfighter. How I love the opening bits in San Francisco. There’s …

I am a huge fan of Ellen’s talkshow, but i’m an even bigger fan of Beyonce. This week, Tuesday 25 November, Ellen’s guess was no other than Beyonce! Yup, Mrs. Jay Z herself! And to be honest, this is the first time i’m hearing her say yes she’s married, …

Well, who knew Bart’s trouble making tendencies could be turned into something good? The Simpsons episode “Jazzy and the Pussycats” shows Lisa isn’t the only one in the family with the ability to be a talented musician.
This is actually a funny episode. Bart makes trouble at church and, embarassed …

This is one of the highlights of the series. It has that perfect blend of light hearted humor, silver age wackiness, and serious superheroism that makes any hero story worthwhile.
The galactic menace Despero seeks to take control of the corps and it’s up to Batman, Guy Gardner, G’nort, …

Synopsis: ADA Cabott needs testimony from a teenaged boy in order to convict the man who raped him and apparently several others. However, her case is thrown into jeopardy when the boy tries to kill himself and ends up in a coma.
What I liked about this episode: The thing …

The one real reason for watching the Betrayal episode of Mancuso, FBI for me is to see actor Tristan Rogers, whose biggest claim to fame is playing Robert Scorpio on General Hospital. His Australian accent made him a huge hit and very difficult to forget. I was …

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 …

I have to say this episode is quite fun to watch. Gilligan has to be the versatile character since he has different roles to play. Gilligan roles yes, but he performed each role of old man, bald man and Gilligan himself. There was that nagging unrealistic use of crude …

America’s Next Top Model Cycle 13 airs on CW and is the new season for fall 09. The show is hosted by super model Tyra Banks. This cycle the show is about models under 5 ft 7″. Tyra is trying to give short women a chance to model.
The …

Season three episode 82 is interesting since Ginger actually plays two roles, herself as Ginger and also Eva Grubb. Eva travels to the island by boat to leave men and society behind due to her depression from men rejecting her. Her emotional state leads her through this whole show. I …

Episode three of season three is Diagnosis Murder: All American Murder. We continue to learn tiny tidbits of Amanda’s marriage to Colin Livingston, who she married in the off-season. They have to remind the audience because she’s very pregnant. They even did another Jack reference, talking …

During this case Alan Shore was defending a client who wanted an injunction to stop further advertisement which were negative publicity against his candidacy. The client’s wife was a former girlfriend of Alan Shore.
Lori helped a lawyer who wants their son’s umbilical cord because he has cancer. Denny …

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Price of Doom, the fifth show of this successful sci fi series, opens with a blizzard in Antarctica. It also brings us our first real sea monster story, a device that would become more the norm than the unusual. …

I absolutely love a good zombie movie. So, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode “Dead Man’s Party” wins points with me simply because it reminded me a bit of Night of the Living Dead.
Of course, it didn’t win enough points for me to consider it a great episode.
First of …

“Showdown in Pewter City” is the fifth episode of the “Pokemon” series and it features Ash’s first gym battle as well as the introduction of Brock Slate, the gym leader of Pewter City. I like this episode a lot, and not because of the gym battle, either. The gym …

This TV show just rocks my world. I don’t really like watching people get embarrassed on TV, even though I know it’s not happening to them in real life. But this show just makes me want to watch until Betty gets her revenge by being smart. This show actually …

I have to say that for the most part, I am preferring the United Kingdom’s version of The Apprentice UK over the American one. It’s more how British Lord Alan Sugar handles the show. It’s not the same as Donald Trump, and he has more surprises, though …

This episode is a gem. If ever there was a doubt in anyone’s mind that this show ruled, this episode eliminated it, all of it.
I mean come on, it’s a lavish superhero musical with a villain voiced by Neil Patrick freakin’ Harris. What more do …

There have been a lot of things going on over the television, new shows coming up, and old ones suddenly stopped being shown; Well I am here to actually talk about the new funny show they have at ABS-CBN company. This show is called Banana Split; starred by 5 …

This episode finds the team battling a banshee. I love the fact that different mythological aspects get worked into the show. It makes for a nice variety and it adds a certain depth and complexity to the Ghostbusters world. The good news is that, as banshees …

Under the surface of strippers, hookers, drinking, smoking, adultery, and a myriad of other things I suspect that My Name is Earl may secretly one of the most moral shows on television and it is that morality which makes so many of the other things in the show so …

The Fugitive: Man on a String has never been a favorite episode of mine. I’m not totally sure what it is, but even as a kid watching it for a first time, or even when I watched all of The Fugitive episodes several years ago when they were …

Hair Battle Spectacular: Shake It, Don’t Break was the latest hour of this crazy reality competition which is now down to five stylists whose speciality is creating fantasy hairdos. When I say fantasy, I mean crazy, far out, and nearly unimaginable updos that you can’t help but notice, …

From January 1962, Bill Bixby shines as the main guest star in The Andy Griffith Show: Bailey’s Bad Boy, a show from season two. Bixby plays Ronald Bailey, the son of a wealthy and powerful man. He’s spoiled and used to getting his way. He has …

Wagon Train: The Zebedee Titus Story is a somewhat humorous tale that guest stars Neville Brand in the title role. He’s one of the old mountain men who’s aged but not yet ready to admit it. He has a hard time seeing far away, and he’s just …

The Prisoner: The Schizoid Man has an interesting premise. Patrick McGoohan’s Number Six character wakes up to discover he is now Number Twelve, complete with a mustache (which doesn’t suit him at all, I might add). This is followed by the news that he’s supposed to switch …

Hawaii Five-O: The Ways of Love is about some stolen crown jewels that Steve McGarrett and his Five-O team go after. To do so, McGarrett goes undercover in a California prison. I’ve always remembered this episode because of the cool look McGarrett has. He wears those …

Highway Patrol continued its third season on the air with an episode, the 26th of the year, called Careless Cop. The name is derived by the action which happened at the beginning of the show, when a patrolmen pulled over a car for speeding and ultimately failed to …

Glee is a new 2009 show on the Fox Network. It’s received a lot of hype over the last few weeks. The basic premise surrounds a teacher who once went to the high school where he’s now teaching. Back in the 80’s, he participated in Glee …

This week, Comedy Central premeired it’s newest show, “Secret Girlfriend” after the season premiere of “South Park”. We decided to give it a chance. It’s interesting, the format of the show is a first person view from a nameless character who is supposed to be you. …