From January 1961, The Andy Griffith Show: The Horse Trader is another show where Sheriff Andy Taylor learns a lesson from his young son, Opie, who is brilliantly portrayed by Ronnie Howard, as he was known back then. It’s more or less a tale of backing up your …

Yeah, once again a Law & Order show decides to take some story from the newspapers and turn it into a show. The Law & Order SVU episode “Babes” takes the stories of a possible teenaged pregnancy pact and turns it into a story of rape and murder.
The idea …

America’s Best Dance Crew is a dancing reality show from MTV that scours the nation trying to find the best dance crew in the country. The host for the show is Mario Lopez with his panel of judges who are JC Chasez from the boy band NSYNC, Lil Mama …

I’m inside today with a sick child and sick wife so I’m having a marathon of sorts by watching old Psych episodes. This included the season 1 episode “Spellingg Bee.”
This was a good episode for a couple reasons. First, I like how they introduce Lassiter’s new partner by having …

M*A*S*H: Last Laugh is just too vaudeville and slapstick for me to enjoy very much. It’s such low quality compared to the excellency of the prior show that it’s even disappointing.
There are a couple of plots going on, neither of which held my interest. The main story centered …

Bart takes an interest in doing magic tricks. Homer thinks it will be good to earn this way. However they hardly earn anything from the magic show. However they try out another way of earning, by conning people. Bart and Homer look for inspiration from a book, for tips …

I actually started watching the Law and Order: Special Victims Unit episode “Stocks and Bondage” fifteen minutes into it so unfortunately I did not get to see the introduction to find out what happened. However, thankfully one does not have to see the very first part in order to …

Here Come the Brides: After a Dream, Comes Morning is a wonderful episode of this family show about a trio of brothers who brought 100 brides from the civility of the city to the growing town of Seattle, Washington. This show is a essentially a flashback to what …

The Ray Bradbury Theater: Downwind from Gettysburg starts out reminding me of the living Mr. Lincoln exhibit from Disneyland. I’ve seen that marvelous show numerous times over the years, and it’s marvelous the way Disney created a Lincoln who could stand and talk to the visitors.
In Downwind from …

One of the ongoing jokes in the first season of the Emperor’s New School is how he had to share the attic with Pacha’s kids while being forced to live as a peasant. So, the episode, Room for Improvement, is quick to get rid of that joke by simply …

Death Note Episode 8 has L has security cameras in Light Yagami’s house and he figures out how to keep killing people while pretending to study for college entrance exams.
This episode was interesting as it shows how far L and Light will go to catch the …

Intervention is a show broadcast on A&E. Each episode focuses on another person who has an addiction. Evidently the person’s family must contact Intervention and say that they need help intervening. I don’t know how you would contact the show, but somehow the family members get through and then …

Once upon a time, a cable channel took the world by storm. Court TV became a sensation, thanks to the OJ Simpson trial. Every day, Court TV was there with the proceedings. This was this banner — live action in courts all across America, with experienced …

CSI Season 4 Episode 23- Blood Lines
This was an absolutely fantastic, yet a bit creepy episode. The greatest thing about it, was the information that we as viewers got to learn from it. And I have to say that this piece of medical fact make me feel a bit …

During my teens and early twenties, I was never bothered about fine lines and wrinkles because I had oily skin and I thought having oily skin means it is also well-moisturized. It turns out I was wrong. As I hit thirty, I noticed that although my skin was still …

Every episode of Battlestar Galactica builds on the last. There have been a few misses of course but in general it feels more like one story than any series I can think of. Even Babylon 5 took breaks occasionally finishing one part and moving onto another, but Battlestar feels …

Dan Curtis is center stage for The Winds of War: Making The Winds of War featurette which takes interested viewers through the process of what it was like to make the outstanding television mini-series, The Winds of War and its follow up, War and Remembrance.
One of the intriguing things …

My daughter celebrated her 6th birthday this past weekend and, since we were throwing her a party that afternoon, I had to do quite a bit of cleaning in the morning.
While cleaning, I had our TV on and was able to watch a marathon of old episodes of the …

That was a strange episode and I really liked it. I wonder if those things are based on real things that happen in New York City or is it just a pure imagination. I guess to come up with something believable you have to base it on something real, …

I have always found the appeal of Ghost Whisperer puzzling. The fifth season will premier on September 25, 2009. Melinda Gordon (Jennifer Love Hewitt) has the ability to see and talk to ghosts, and she uses this ability to bring closure to the ghosts so that they will cross …

“All On The Line” is a reality show starring Joe Zee who is the creative director at Elle magazine. In “All On The line’ Joe Zee helps struggling fashion designers turn their businesses around with his knowledge of fashion and his contacts from various buyers for clothing boutiques or …

During the year I found a few series I started watching, but most of them were discovered by way of the internet. I actually found out about this one when it began advertising on the cable television channel, Starz, a little before the series Spartacus was set to have …

This new series from ABC came as a wonderful surprise for me. I just love Sally Field and absolutely adore Calista Flockheart. This show is about the most dysfunctional family I have ever seen on television, next to the Bradys ofcourse. Their lives revolve around each other, it makes …

There are just too many reality shows on the air these days. This show is a spin-off so to speak of the other reality show, “Hogan Knows Best.” I didn’t watch that show because I had no desire to. But after hearing about all the …

The final episode of season 4 of “The Office”, this episode was a nearly flawless episode. It is centered around Toby’s last day at work, and the amount of joy that Michal takes from that is the center of the episode. Every member of cast had their moments.
With Toby …

Mercy is a new hospital drama on NBC on Wednesday nights at 8. I started watching it from the pilot, expecting a half decent medical show. I was pleasantly surprised. The characters are very appealing, the medicine is realistic, and the plotline is dynamic enough to …

As Seasons of the Simpsons go, Season 22 has been not even hit and miss episodes. They have just been disappointing episodes with very few humor points involved in them. And this episode was no different than the others. It was …

One of my very small pet peeves about Stargate SG-1 is that oftentimes in the early years, if there was a child’s story, it was always Richard Dean Anderson’s character who had the poignant connection with the child. The only exception was Cassandra, the alien child Sam had …

Street Hawk: Female of the Species had Dennis Franz as a guest star. I’m not crazy about him, so that really didn’t do much for me. I was more intrigued by Paul Rossilli, who played a wealthy, highly public figure named Steven Cavanaugh. Think John F. …

One of our channels had a mini Monk marathon on yesterday morning and, while our daughter was napping, I had an opportunity to watch some of it.
One of the episodes, Mr. Monk and the Naked Man, was pretty funny.
Basically, there is a murder on a clothing optional beach (which …

Ok, for the 4th season finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the episode “Restless” was one of the dumbest and most boring episodes I’ve ever seen. After watching it, I really have to wonder just what exactly the writers were thinking.
The last episode, Primeval, had them beating the bad …

This episode tells two stories, one is a strange case and another is a continuation of a mystery.
In the first case the groom is found dead on his wedding day. He is all dressed up and ready and there is no blood at the scene. But underneath his …

Dexter has been my absolutely my most favorite show for many years. I love every minute of it. Season 6,, however, is not as entertaining as the previous one, though it is more intense and charged with meaning. Episode 4 of season 6 of Dexter was really, really …

Laramie: Hour After Dawn from season one presents some real inner conflict, especially for Slim Sherman, the rancher played by John Smith. As often happens, Slim has to sub for the sheriff when the man is injured and insists on Slim doing the job. Ultimately, the hanging …

Now this is an enjoyable show. I just love, love, love Diagnosis Murder: Naked Babes, which I thought was cute and inventive with some awesome surprise guest casting.
Basically, Amanda is hosting a dinner party at her home. Her guests are her hospital family — Mark, Jack, Delores, …

I was able to watch a late night episode of the Simpson’s last night and it was an interesting one; “Sweets & Sour Marge.”
This episode has Homer trying to break a world’s record and, after attempts to do so by himself fail, he convinces the town of Springfield to …

Oh no. It’s another story about a ventriloquist and his wooden doll, this one a female. I really don’t like these stories. I recently watched all of The Twilight Zone and there were several shows of this theme there. Then there was one on Mrs. …

From year three in October 1962, The Andy Griffith Show: The Cow Thief has Sheriff Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) and his deputy, Barney Fife (Don Knotts), trying to solve, of all things, the theft of cows. Things are complicated, however, when Mayor Stoner (Parley Baer) calls in the …

The 34th episode from the fourth season of Have Gun - Will Travel was called Bearbait. This was an odd entry in some respects as it’s the story of a bunch of young men who haven’t grown up yet but who pretty much get their way in the …

“Never Again” was one of my favorite episodes from the popular 90s American television show “The X-Files”. I watched that episode twice recently first on the internet, and then during an X-Files marathon on the cable television channel, Sci-Fi. It was one of the most different and interesting episodes …

Airing originally in January 1992, The Ray Bradbury Theater: Colonel Stonesteel and the ‘Desperate Empties’ was one of the better editions of this science fiction anthology series. This is an inspiring tale from the mind of Bradbury, a story that essentially is all about igniting imagination in youngsters.
Harold …

Harper’s Island is a new show on CBS that follows the events taking place around a wedding party that has come to the island. The island itself has quite a gruesome history; years ago a serial killer did away with several of the residents including the mother …

I have to admit that even though I am not an “avid” TV watcher, I have come to really really enjoy this television program. “Heroes” focuses on a group of seemingly normal individuals who have realized that they have some kind of special powers. The focus …

In Have Gun - Will Travel: The Pledge, Mike Brennan says the Indians have his wife and will kill her; he claims says he’s from New York and is in the furniture business and that he’s out west buying lumber. So, Paladin (Richard Boone) goes along to try …

I am a horror buff. And around Halloween, I will watch just about anything that has to do with ghosts, goblins, and the supernatural. Having watched Ghost Hunters for a few seasons, I have been spoiled. I love Jay and Grant’s approach to seeking out paranormal …

The Dean Martin Comedy Hour went political with its roast of Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, who was widely used in stand up routines by comedians throughout the country. Humphrey was The Man of the Week and the dais had a few political comics and other types on it, …

Even though I wouldn’t list it among my favorite shows, Project Runway has been a weekly tradition in our house ever since the second season. And, while I feel this year�s show will live up to the previous years, after watching the Season Premiere, I really feel they are …

Although this episode did not involve any super dramatic events or incredible mysteries; the way it was shot made it really amazing. I think the most amazing aspect of it, was the way they filmed it. The camera and editing style have managed to deliver a real sense of, …

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 …

For me, Jeremiah: The Touch felt like a Stargate SG-1 reunion. I realize that shows filmed in Vancouver tend to use the same actors, but sometimes it just reeks of a certain cast. The Touch featured a number of performers who had been on SG-1 and every …