The comedy program Raising Hope aired its pilot episode in mid September. To be honest, I don’t like today’s comedies, but I thought maybe I should give a few a chance and thus I tuned in to this disaster.
The first scene with the lawn work and pool maintenance …

This episode had some potential, but inevitably fell flat for me. It was interesting to see the monster of the week get killed off in the stinger, and have its death be the subject of investigation. It seemed like a nice inversion, but at about the halfway …

It took me a very long time to watch the popular American television series “Ally McBeal” since I didn’t have cable television for years, and then when my parents finally got cable television and I was either too busy to watch it when it was on, or I could …

Stargate SG-1: The Warrior is a Jaffa centered storyline. Once again, Teal’c gets caught up in something that isn’t exactly what it seems. He tends to leap before he looks much of the time. Here, he practically turns his back on Jack and SG-1 because of …

I don’t watch a lot of reality television, but there is one weight loss and fitness show that I really love. It is called The Last 10 Pounds Boot Camp, and the premise of this half-hour show is quite basic: each episode features a subject, or victim, who is …

“Infamous” is the episode of Smallville originally airing on March 12, 2009. This episode had Clark revealing his true identity to the world in an attempt to prevent the sleazy reporter Linda Lake from being the first to reveal his powers.
Pros: That was one of those “what …

It comes on too late at night for me to watch it on a regular basis but the show In Plain Sight is slowly growing on me. It’s just too bad they had to take the tired old plot line where the main character gets shot; in the season finale …

This talk show is a lot of fun to watch. I don’t usually watch it, because I am not home at the time it is on, but the other day, I ws home while it was on. She has very interesting guests, and the phone conversations she does are …

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Silent Saboteurs, the tenth show of year two of this Richard Basehart and David Hedison program, has a guest cast that includes Star Trek’s George Takei, who plays Cheng. Also in the program is Pilar Seurat. I’m not familiar …

In one of the traditions I’ve come to expect from the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the episode “I only have eyes for you” gets away from the whole fighting vampires thing and has the slayer fighting another creature of the night. This time, it happens to be the …

An Awaking of a being greater than human kind. The domed city of Rondo and the mystery of the “Proxy”. All of this and more make up the sharp intrigue of Ergo Proxy. Re-l Mayer has led an average life in rondo as the granddaughter of the great voice …

Star Trek: One of Our Planets Is Missing is the third episode of the animated TV series that aired on morning television in 1973. I felt that this outing was very suspenseful. It’s amazing how easy it is to get involved in this tales and really feel …

Recess was a pretty good Disney cartoon that was really funny. The thing I really liked about this show, is that the characters were people instead of animals, which Disney is known for. I think that this show is very good and really used to like the plot. The …

From August 1961, Sea Hunt: Superman is a fourth season episode that focuses on just three characters. The first is the series mainstay of deep sea diver Mike Nelson as played by Lloyd Bridges. The second is Liz, played by Sue Randall. Liz is an old …

Myka and Pete are two secret service agents, they work for the government project called Warehouse 13 which is actually a warehouse where artefacts that can effect people’s behaviour.
In a small town called Unionville people started behaving strange, they start acting they way they really want, without string or …

Sorrell Brooke, Stephen Elliott, Robert Hooks, Elaine Giftos, Martin Landau, and Camilla Sparv headline the guest cast for Blacke’s Magic: Last Flight from Moscow. This series stars Hal Linden as Alexander Blacke, a semi-retired magician who also consults with the police to solve various crimes. The show …

The Dress this episode is about is, of course, Cece’s wedding dress she bought with Winston while Jess was doing her jury duty. Unfortunately, they got drunk while shopping and the dress is ugly, at least they consider it ugly, and Jess was supposed to fix it. Let me give …

Our youngest daughter was actually napping for a change so I decided to watch a bit of TV while eating lunch today. I ended up watching an episode of the show Bones; The Blonde in the Game.
This episode had Booth and Brennan once again having to deal with serial …

M*A*S*H: End Run from the fifth season of the successful Korean War comedy series is another one that I can pass on as an overall story.
Once again, the engaged Margaret Houlihan (Loretta Swit) challenges her ex-amour Frank Burns (Larry Linville) about handling their break up. What I don’t …

In this hour of So You Think You Can Dance, the top four became the top three finalists. It began, as always, with the introduction of host, Cat Deeley. Unlike last night, she looked fantastic. She had a clean and simple line in this show. …

“These reality shows are getting out of hand,” I used to say. But then this one reality show came along and focused on the women of the world who are responsible for their own dating failures. At first I wondered whether they would pick …

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig Episode 6 has Togusa investigating the death of a man who was the prime suspect in a blackmail case involving the Ministry of Energy. He discovers that the case is way more complex than he thought.
This is a great …

From January 1967, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Fossil Men was another monster show, and this one was among the most incredulous. The Seaview comes into contact with a rock man while submerged. They investigate by having Kowalski (Del Monroe) and a new man, …

OK, the television show Yes Dear has been on for some time now and I’ve had the opportunity to see re-runs several times previously. However, my first experience watching the show was completely by accident. Now I regret not watching it more.
This has to be one of the funnier …

The second episode of Dancing with the Stars continued the injury bus. I don’t know what it is about this show, but the stars are dropping like flies. First, before the show even hit the air last week, Nancy O’Dell and Jewel both had injuries that took …

A Man Called Kane is the last episode of the second season of the 90-minute western, The Virginian. I wasn’t really crazy about, which surprised me a little. I’ve said before that growing up I didn’t like this show at all. I found The Virginian to …

In this episode, it continues from the previous episode where the rogue vampire seduces Karl to kill and she escapes. Drew gets help just in time, but things don’t look to good for Dillon. Murdoch locks Karl in the cage, but he doesn’t care because he has no remorse …

The season finale from the ninth year of this super series is called The Life You Save and it focuses on Major Charles Emerson Winchester III (David Ogden Stiers), who is almost killed by a sniper. He’s fine at first and then he sees the hole in his …

Among the Dead is episode 11 of The Lazarus Man, a western drama of sorts that aired in 1996 and starred Robert Urich in the title role. The show can be a bit confusing from time to time because of the intercutting of flashbacks or visions. There …

While I normally like Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes, the episode entitled “Choices” was a bit weak compared to other season 3 episodes.
This one had some drama. You have Buffy wanting to go on to college and leave Sunnydale but, at the same time, knows she really doesn’t have …

The first season of Jeremiah heads to its conclusion with a two part episode in which the action begins with Jeremiah (Luke Perry) realizing that someone ripped out a page from Simon’s journal. Simon is the person who told him about Thunder Mountain, and he and partner, Kurdy …

I’ve watched every season of Dawson’s Creek and although I can’t remember how many seasons there were I’m sure it was least seven. I loved the show from beginning to end.
Why?
Firstly it’s such a well written show that shows teenagers to have a depth of understanding most people …

“Laugh and the world laughs with you”. That phrase does not always seem to alighn properly with Paris Hilton and Nicole Richey’s, The Simple Life, more often than not, does it? While this dynamic duo makes millions of dollars based upon their innate ability to function in …

The Following is a powerful drama/thriller/mystery television series written by Kevin Williamson.The series is about a FBI agent, Ryan hardy (Kevin Bacon) who is called out of retirement to catch the diabolical serial killer, Joe Caroll (Joe Purefoy.)I learned the show was more about a cult type of serial …

While you can’t call Final Destination a classic horror, when it first arrived on our screens it provided us with a relatively fresh and engaging concept that broke a repetitive streak in teen horror and now, three sequels later, probably stands as the best of the series.
It’s a high …

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 …

This episode doesn’t have a “previously on” segment. I kind of got used to those recaps and not having it there was pretty jarring.
The group comes across a group of nomads who are oddly reminiscent of hippies. They wander the earth, singing songs, and telling stories. …

OK, it’s only September so I’m a bit curious why they decided to show a Simpson’s episode that was Christmas based already (I’m really not ready to do Christmas shopping yet). But, I will admit it was kind of a decent episode.
Homer decides to get greedy and use his …

The MGM Grand in Las Vegas was the site of The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast in which Betty White was The Woman of the Hour. She was one of the few women to be roasted. Aside from her co-stars in her then-current The Betty White Show — …

From season one, Have Gun - Will Travel: The Five Books of Owen Deaver, Richard Boone’s Paladin heads to a frontier town called Three Winds to help out a dead friend’s son. The son is trying to bring Philadelphia law to the town, and it’s a recipe for …

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Episode 23 has the Laughing Man once again kidnapping the CEO of Serano Genomics while Section 9 races to stop him.
This episode was very well done and has plenty of surprises in it, but I won’t tell you those because they’re spoilers. …

It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia airs on FX, and is not a show for the faint of heart. If you’re easily offended by shows like South Park, you’ll find this show to be atrocious. Yes, this show is more offensive than South Park. The humor is …

From 1958, Sea Hunt: Sonar Queen is a neat little episode that I enjoyed. It showed the audience something new for its day, and I tend to like information shows. Essentially, Mike Nelson the well known skin diver is hired to test what is actually a type …

I do enjoy Stargate SG-1: 48 Hours, but it’s one more Earth-based story, and it’s yet another one where the team is divided up. One misses the vintage years when SG-1 went exploring, and they were truly a team.
Here, Teal’c finally gets his revenge. Let’s all cheer! …

The Event: To Keep Us Safe is the second episode of this ‘don’t blink or you’ll miss something’ drama from NBC. The show stars Jason Ritter as Sean Walker, Laura Innes as Sophia Maguire, Sarah Roemer as Leila Buchanan, Blair Underwood as President Elias Martinez, Ian Anthony Dale …

Why does everybody seem to die around Jessica Fletcher? This question plagued my childhood when watching Murder She Wrote, every Sunday before the dreaded school day Monday reared its ugly head, was tradition.Surely, someone would notice, be it the first Sheriff played by Tom Bosely or his replacement. …

This review is for Adam-12’s third season episode of Log 25: Indians. One of the major things that stand out in this episode for me is simply the characteristics of Webb-TV. Webb-TV is what is used to refer to Jack Webb TV shows, primarily Dragnet, Adam-12, and …

That Girl: Shake Hands and Come Out Acting from season four brings back Billy DeWolfe as Jules Benedict, who runs a workshop that Ann Marie has been participating in for years. DeWolfe is a charming actor of great ability. He often plays his parts with a British …

Conduit is an episode of the X-Files from season one. The X-Files is a show that ran on Fox in the 1990s. It was very well known and very popular. The stories revolved around to federal agents, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, who investigated strange happenings …