As I mentioned before, my wife and I are watching the first season of the show Ghost Hunters on DVD and watched the second episode, Mishler Theatre, last night.
This episode really wasn’t the most interesting when it comes to paranormal phenomena. They didn’t find any evidence of anything at …

Ellen Degeneres has taken Paula Abdul’s place on American Idol as a judge for season 9, and the world finally got to see her debut on February 9th. I was really looking forward to seeing her as the new judge, and she definitely didn’t disappoint. She brought …

I’ve never been much of a fan of The Twilight Zone: The Thirty-Fathom Grave, which is just a little overdone for my tastes. Essentially, it’s a story about a navy cruiser that picks up the sound of hammering on its sonar. Investigation leads to the fact …

U.B. Iwerks was very well respected as an animator of cartoons, and this story of Tom Thumb is a good example of his work. It’s from the golden days of television and is quite good.
It begins with the birth of Tom Thumb, or rather, his delivery by the …

Stargate SG-1: Nightwalkers is just horrid. It takes SG-1 into the realm of B-movies, only it’s a B-TV series instead. With Richard Dean Anderson off on vacation for a week, Sam, Teal’c, and the ever-smiling-to-the-point-of-nausea Jonas Quinn head off to a quaint little Oregon town with a deep, …

From Max Fleischer, Christmas Comes But Once a Year starts out so delightfully. As the name indicates, this old cartoon is one of a holiday nature. In fact, it begins at an orphanage, with a dog licking away a little girl. Then all of the young …

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Monster from Outer Space is the 13th outing for this sci fi show’s second season. One thing of note is that Wayne Heffley shows up here as the Seaview doctor. He reoccurs in a couple more season two episodes. …

Homer decides not to go to church on Sunday. He tells her he wants to enjoy one day at home, after working hard in the office. So Marge and the kids go to church in the blistering cold. They are freezing while sitting in the church. Whereas Homer is …

I waited a long time for the new season of NCIS Los Angeles. The last season was intentionally cut in mid story. Unexpectedly and mysteriously, Hetty resigns from her post and goes to Romania to close some unfinished business. Of course, what she did is so absurd that …

Kekkaishi Episode 2 follows a typical day in the lives of Yoshimori and Tokine, Yoshimori sleeps during class while Tokine is smart and good at school work. It also shows Yoshimori’s passion, making castles out of cake.
This episode was rather light-hearted, which is rather nice, considering the fact …

Honestly, I’d forgotten just how much Meeno Peluce cried during the Voyagers! series. He could compete with Doris Day, June Allyson, and Margaret O’Brien for being able to turn those tears on and off. It’s amazing. However, it’s not the best crier. He’s just able to …

Jack Warden, Jacqueline Scott, and Roger Mobley guest star in episode 3, season 1 known as The Virginian: Throw a Long Rope. However, before I say anything else, I want to note that this was Arnold Lessing’s final appearance as the cowboy guitarist. He was in the …

Murder Times Seven stars Richard Crenna as Frank Janek. This is the 4th of seven movies with the Janek police detective. In this outing, a fellow detective has been murdered and Janek is in charge of the investigation. It’s soon very clear that he and the …

Alias Smith and Jones: The Legacy of Charlie O’Rourke is the final episode of season one, and it features a superb actress in Joan Hackett. Also in the cast are Billy Green Bush in the title role of Charlie O’Rourke and J.D. Cannon, who makes his second appearance …

How I Met Your Mother (”Mother”) is a fairly entertaining ensemble comedy that will remind you of a lightweight version of Friends. Mother airs on CBS, although I am not sure what time it will air this coming fall, for its fourth season. I do think it …

Some episodes of Family Guy are really funny and enjoyable to watch. There are even a few I’ll let my daughter watch. But, I wasn’t impressed by the episode Lethal Weapons.
The episode itself didn’t start out too bad. The town is infested with tourists from New York and, to …

Due South: Chicago Holiday: Part 1 was the first of three somewhat strange episodes of this series in my opinion. This two-parter probably has enough dialog for a solid thirty-minute show. What is included instead is a lot of music, and odd music at that, while the …

In That Girl: Soap Gets in Your Eyes, Ann gets a job on a soap opera which is ill timed since she’s about to meet Don’s parents. Don’s mother happens to watch the soap opera and isn’t able to separate Ann from her not-so-good character that she portrays. …

Television is saturated with home improvement and renovation shows so the only way not to become bored is to watch the ones that have some unique aspects to them or to be hosted by designers who have extraordinary skills and personalities. Justin and Colin certainly fit the description of …

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 57 has Greed, Fu and Buccaneer continuing to battle King Bradley while Ed, Mustang and Hawkeye continue to search for a way down to Father.
This was one of the few episodes in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood made me cry. The scenes in this episode …

Inside Edition is like picking up an issue of The National Enquirer at the supermarket or some other tabloid. It is purely tabloid TV. Anyone who thinks they have an alien baby, has seen a flying saucer, or dog can speak Chinese will be on this show. Despite the …

As The Cleaner: Chaos Theory went on, I kept wondering who it was who was playing William Banks’ old friend, Quinn. He was so familiar; finally realized it was Jeff Fahey. He was perfect for the part, but with the look he had, I didn’t recognize him.
The …

The sixth entry for the third season of Highway Patrol, which stars Broderick Crawford as Chief Dan Mathews, was called Hostage Family Copter. Yes, it’s another show that features the helicopter. This crime drama loved showcasing this mode of transportation, which as we all know today can …

Fullmetal Alchemist Episode 19 begins with Ed and Al in Central shocked and horrified about the Truth Behind Truths and that the Philosopher’s Stone is created using live humans and in mass numbers. Ed contemplates giving up on pursuing it and must decide what to do.
I enjoyed …

You can tell from the title that this episode is going to be either an homage or a take off on Plan 9 from Outer Space. It’s pretty wacky, but oddly interesting anyway.
In Probe: Plan 10 from Outer Space, Truman Smith (Michael Constantine) calls his friend Austin James …

“Your Home Sweet Home Is My Home” is an episode of “The Dick Van Dyke Show”. This episode consists mainly of a flashback which takes the viewers back to a time when Rob and Laura, with the help of neighbors Jerry and Millie, were searching for a new home …

Eastwick is a new TV show in ABC. The show is about three women living in the small New England town of Eastwick. The three women are very different, one is a single mother who’s artsy, free spirited (Rebecca Romijn) and dating a younger man (Matt Dallas), another one …

The Twilight Zone: Valley of the Shadow is very enjoyable to watch. It’s a mystery that held my interest and kept me guessing, all the way to the end.
Ed Nelson is the primary guest star, playing a reporter named Philip Redfield who passes through a small town. …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Peak Performance is an episode in season two that involves war games being played out in order for Starfleet to prepare for what it believes to be an impending Borg invasion based on the events in an earlier episode, “Q Who”. The Enterprise …

This episode of Survivor was really fun to watch. It was a special show remembering those who had competed in Survivor in the past 19 seasons and how they were doing after the show.
The parts I really enjoyed was watching new clips of Russell Hantz who is my …

This was a surprisingly traditional episode of the show. I don’t mean that in the sense that it was a “monster of the week” formula show, but that the plot itself is surprisingly mundane. Yeah, there’s a bit of science fiction, what with the reverse aging procedure, …

The Ninja Warrior competition takes place in Japan, where one hundred would-be ninjas (average, everyday people, in fact) arrive at Mt. Midoriyama to compete for the title. Japanese viewers have been tuning in to these taped specials for a decade now.
Here in the United States, we have a slightly-altered …

Omashu has been taken over by the fire nation. Katara and Sokka insist that there are other teachers who can impart the earthbending forms to them, but Aang wants to save his friend.
Azula returns and recruits two friends of hers, Mai and Ty Lee to help her in …

“Best Years Of Your Life,” is a weird title for this episode about suicides, mainly teenage ones.
When Penhall and Hanson are undercover they arrest a young boy named Walker Stevenson. A few days later, after getting out of jail and talking to Hanson, Walker kills himself with a …

The Twilight Zone: It’s a Good Life is considered a classic episode of this great science fiction series. It is indeed very good. It’s a powerful tale, but it’s really an evil and frightening story, and it’s not one I like to watch. Maybe it’s because …

Friends Episode: The One With Mike’s Ex-Girlfriend and Monica’s Hairdo is pretty awesome, but personally, there are more awesome and funnier episodes from Friends. But this one ain’t that bad. As usual, you see Monica and Chandler debating on menial issues and this time, it’s hair issue. …

From the fourth season of Laramie, The Fortune Hunter is one of the buddy shows that I love so much. By this I mean that it features both stars, John Smith and Robert Fuller, in their roles of Slim Sherman and Jess Harper. It’s the friendship between …

Synopsis: Series premiere of the show introduces Dr. Dorian as he starts serving his residency at the hospital for the first time and meets the people who are working there with him.
What I liked about this episode: I think the best part of this episode, for me at least, …

Fame: Reunions begins with a really fun dance class segment where the group is dancing to an African beat and then the comic, Danny Amatullo (Carlo Imperato) slips and practically knocks down the entire class. I liked this opening bit quite a lot.
The title of the show relates …

One day while Spongebob was taking out the trash he noticed that there was quite a bit of graffitti on the garbage dumpster. He couldn’t believe that some people would do such a thing to the Krusty Krab’s property. He starts to read some of the things that are …

This particular tenth season episode of The Carol Burnett Show was called by Burnett “a family show” because there aren’t any guest stars. All of the skits and performances are by the regulars — Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, and Tim Conway.
The monologue is one of the longer ones …

The Andy Griffith Show: A Medal for Opie, a season two entry, has never been a favorite of mine, and I’m really not totally sure why. The half hour outing is a very nice story about good sportsmanship, and it’s a prime father and son tale which I …

“Brothers of Nablus” opens with our heroes Sarah, Derek, John, and Cameron arriving home to find all of their cash and credentials missing. They were robbed. Derek gets a clue source from his ex-lover Jesse about whom she believes might have been responsible for the robbery. The clue leads …

There’s one really notable thing about the Sable: Watchdogs episode from 1987. It’s a great show in showing what the blind can do and what their capabilities. So often it’s been easy for TV to stereotype the blind, but in this series, the character of Cheesecake is …

From November 1963, The Twilight Zone: The Old Man in the Cave has its moments, but it’s not really a favorite episode. It’s more odd than appealing, and I’ve never found it to be all that satisfying as entertainment goes.
Apparently, some bomb has gone off, and the world …

It would be nice if Tales of the Gold Monkey: Legends Are Forever had begun with a bit more clarity. What was a flashback or dream wasn’t made clear. We have this great adventure scene with Jake Cutter (Stephen Collins) and a colorful character, Gandy Dancer (William …

Tengen Toppen Gurren Lagann is a Mech anime about a boy named Simon (pronounced SEE-MOAN), who lives underground in Giha Village digging tunnels in order for it to grow. Due to circumstances explained later in the show, humanity has been driven underground and eek out meager existences …

Bring ‘Em Back Alive was a story based very loosely on big game hunter, Frank Buck. The goal was not to kill the prey, but to bring ‘em back alive, to zoos and such. The show starred Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan, Clyde Kusatsu, and Ron Neal.
My impressions …

Confessions of a Teen Idol - Episode 1 was a re-introduction for many of some of their favorite teen idols of old. All of these men are no longer in show business, but all have indicated an interest in starting up their careers once again.
Producers Scott Baio and …