That Girl: Counter Proposal is the first episode of the fifth and final season of this wonderful ABC comedy starring Marlo Thomas as aspiring actress Ann Marie and Ted Bessell as writer Don Hollinger. This is the pivotal episode that fans had been waiting for. It’s the …

The Twilight Zone: The Silence, a second season outing for this classic TV series, is one that I don’t like to watch too often because it bothers me. I have a hard time just looking at it as entertainment. It’s primarily about a very bad joke that …

I finally got to see an episode of Spongebob Squarepants I haven�t seen before; Bubble Buddy. And, I have to admit, it was pretty funny.
This episode features SpongeBob creating an imaginary friend out of his bubbles simply because he has nobody to play with. He then goes around town …

The fun part of Adam-12: The Adoption has nothing to do with the crime stories, but with a wager made between Pete and Jim. Jim wins the bet, so Pete takes the Reeds out for dinner. Jim was ready for it, too, not having eaten anything else. …

Gotham is a new TV show on Fox that I have given into the hype and decided to watch. I had heard about it while browsing one evening online. I figured I would give it a chance. I will be honest and say that I am a batman fan. …

The Simpsons fall season 09 premiere was highly disappointing. I have been an avid fan of the show since it began 20 years ago. I was anticipating the premiere, wondering what new could be in store.
Dry, dry and boring. It started off somewhat interesting but quickly lost its …

Mod Squad: The Teeth of the Barracuda is the pilot to this classic police drama about three young undercover cops. The idea is that being young and hip, no one would think they were cops. All had been in trouble when asked to join the police force …

Bernard Fox makes his first appearance as Malcolm Merriweather in this March 1963 episode of The Andy Griffith Show called Andy’s English Valet. It’s a charming entry that eventually has Malcolm working as a valet for Andy and Opie (Ron Howard).
Here are a few notes of things that …

The Cosby Show is timeless. Even though this show most likely came out before I was even born, I still enjoy watching it. Bill Cosby is funny but in a very classy way. He adds a certain elegance to the show. I appreciate the fact that Bill plays the …

My favorite TV series of all time, NCIS is on its seventh season this fall 2009. I discovered this show while watching re-runs of American shows in a government-owned television channel in the Philippines. I was hooked from the first time I watched it, and from then I …

The action continues from the fifth-season opener of MacGyver with The Legend of the Holy Rose Part 2. MacGyver is helping an old friend from his neighborhood search for Diana’s Temple, or the Holy Grail. The two are being chased by the evil Erich Von Leer, played …

So we come to the first of the two part finale that marks the end of David Tennant’s run as the Doctor. It aims big, I’ll give it that, but I can’t help but feel like it fell flat a little.
The episode picks up on the prophecy that …

Last night’s episode of House is everything that has gone wrong with the show over the years. They had an interesting case involving a teenager who had something happen to her the night before but nobody knows what because she can’t tell the truth about what happened. Yet, even …

In this episode, Karl is convinced that Essie is the one and they should make it official.
Karl is talking to Drew about how he believes Essie is the one and that he wants to be with her forever. Drew tells him about the declaration (marriage) and Karl decides that …

Hi, this series has been around for quite awhile now and it is just since lately with the push from my significant other that I have really started taking interest in watching Monk. This episode is about an alleged suicide that takes place on a submarine, one of the …

I am going to review an old rugrats episode called Weaning Tommy.The plot revolves around Tommy’s mom Dedee and dad Stu taking Tommy to the dentist for a checkup.The show rigrats is a show about talking babies.The main character of the show is Tommy Pickles.Deedee takes Tommy to …

As I begin my review for The Black Tower - Part 3, I should point out that this serialized version of this P.D. James murder mystery aired in multiple parts originally, each of which was about 50 minutes. However, I’m watching these off the DVD set, which has …

Broadway’s Lost Treasures - The Musicals was compiled in 2003 and offered on VHS and DVD 17 wonderful performances that had been included on the Tony Awards over the years. Angela Lansbury does an introduction and then Jerry Orbach does the intros to the first few specific segments. …

Boston Legal stars James Spader and William Shatner
This show could have easily been another dull lawyer show but these two actors and the weekly introduction of weird characters make this a comedy hit. I remember The Practice and seeing James Spader introduced to that cast list. …

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 …

I watched this episode less than 24 hours ago (I taped it) and it’s like a big blur thinking back on it. Nothing really stood out to me. It was the typical last show before the finale. The winner of the week’s competition received catered food, …

The eighth season of Family Guy continues with this so-so episode. After a check up at the hospital, Lois’ medical records reveal her mother Barbara is in fact of Jewish descent. Initially uncomfortable with the idea, Lois begins to investigate her heritage, a heritage which Peter soon embraces. But …

“The Nox” is arguably the single, best episode of Stargate SG-1. This team episode captured the magic and essence of SG-1’s exploration of the universe. It showed the fallacy and limitations of our assumptions, while entertaining us at the same time.
The Nox are a simple, yet complex …

Shanties and Sea Songs with Gareth Malone was quite an interesting show in my opinion. That’s mostly due to the fact that the topic, the style of song covered in this special program is highly dramatic and engaging. In fact, they are some of the most powerful …

As the fire nation approaches, Aang and Katara continue being trained at the hands of the master. Katara quickly rises to become one of the best students, while Aang himself is quite skilled, he lacks the determination that Katara has.
Admiral Jao is eager to wipe the …

With the times changing, Rondo must comply with the change. Vincent Law, an immigrant from the Miosc Dome, has begat such change in the minds of all of the fellow citizens in Rondo dome. Making the most revolutionary escape from rondo, he now lives among the banished fellow citizens …

I wasn’t really looking forward to seeing the Slitheen again as their first appearance didn’t really blow me away. Surprisingly enough, this episode was much improved. We learn that one of the Slitheen from “Aliens of London” and “World War Three” managed to teleport to safety at …

After viewing the previous episodes of season 4 of Fringe I have voiced my concerns regarding the future of the show. It looked like they have stripped away the most intriguing and touching aspects of the show: they have wiped Peter Bishop out of existence, taking away the intense …

When I first saw the description of Detective Conan, a kid who solved cases, I wasn’t too keen on watching it. But then I thought that I might as well check it out. When I finally saw it, I realized that it was a High Schooler who turned into …

Aang’s eager to find a master to teach him earthbending. They come across a competition that is said to feature the best earthbenders in the world. The group decides that this is a prime chance to find a teacher.
It all plays out as an affectionate parody of …

Americas Next Top Model: Francesco Carrozzini begins with the models going to the Grammy Museum and freaking out at the various items there, especially one that had belonged to Michael Jackson. The winner of the opening challenge would be one of the Grammy gals who hand over the …

Just Shoot Me is a pretty cool TV show. I think she show can be funny at times but boring at the same time. I think he has some really good actors in the show. For example David Spade is really good in the show. His acting is always really …

Synopsis: Stabler and Huang interview a death row inmate in New Jersey in the hopes he will confess to an unsolved murder/rape in New York. But first, they have to overcome a lot of legal obstacles.
What I liked about this episode: I don’t know who played the inmate, but …

Season one of MacGyver continues with an episode called The Heist. Interestingly, like the pilot, it was directed by the infamous Alan Smithee. In Hollywood, Smithee is a fictional name applied to a project when the actual director doesn’t want his name attached to the project in …

Okay, The Ray Bradbury Theater: Punishment Without Crime is another one of those weird stories that I need to watch three or four times to really get it, but I don’t want to. Once was plenty.
Ray Bradbury is certainly a talented and gifted science fiction author, but he’s …

Well, it only took a couple of seasons but we are finally finding out a bit more about the vampire character Spike. In the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode Fool for Love, we get a lot of flashbacks to his past. We learn he was called William the Bloody …

A man goes into a bathroom at a night club. While he is in there, he notices blood dripping onto his shirt from the ceiling. Like most people in television shows or movies, he lets his curiosity get the best of him and investigates. He is …

Beast Wars - Bad Spark is, I think, about the darkest and most chilling episode of the entire series. In this episode, a stasis pod unlike any other is discovered and Optimus reveals what exactly was in it and what he was ordered to do with it. The Transformer …

Avatar: The Last Airbender Episode 17 begins with Aang hearing rumors of Airbenders being seen in the Northern Air Temple, they go there only to discover that there aren’t any Airbenders but people who have settled in the temple and use flying machines to get around.
This episode was very …

I enjoyed watching Blacke’s Magic: A Friendly Game of Showdown, in part because of the wonderful guest cast. In this episode, a man’s invention, a voice activated toy called Dynamite Danny, is believed to have gone up in flames. In reality, it’s been stolen by a rival …

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 …

Caillou is a cartoon about a four-year-old boy and his adventures. Both my seven-year-old (when he was younger) and now my almost two-year-old like this show, although I have never been a fan, and I try to change the channel if I know it’s coming on next.
The show does …

Another of my favorite ninety minute, color episodes of Wagon Train is The Robert Harrison Clarke Story. It guest stars Michael Rennie, who was a terrific actor. He plays Clarke, an Englishmen who is traveling through the west to basically disprove the many things he’s read in …

Season two of That Girl begins with one of my favorite episodes for the entire series. It’s called Pass the Potatoes, Ethel Merman and obviously guest stars the wonderful Ethel Merman.
First, though, it’s appropriate to mention the new opening for the show. It’s actually much more sophisticated …

It is 2010 and the Stargate now sits out in the open for the public to use. Carter is married to a Senator, Teal’c is living on Dakara, Daniel is continuing his career as a well known archeologist and Jack has retired. Only Janet is feeling left …

The Rachel Zoe Project: The Oscars and Figure Skater — Johnny Weir was another hour of watching the very self-absorbed and not all that likable Rachel Zoe. She’s a stylist, one of the best of those out there today. She also reportedly comes from humble beginnings, which …

In this episode Stan and Francine grow bored with their relationship. Like most couples they realize they know each other’s stories and are scared of their relationship growing stale. They also recognize they have no couple friends to do things with as they hate one out of …

Have Gun - Will Travel: The Twins was one of those stories where you could suspect the outcome but not really know for sure until the end. It’s a plot that could have gone many different ways. The tale begins in San Francisco at the Hotel Carlton …

My daughter had on cartoons this past Saturday and was watching several re-runs of the show The Jetsons. I really wasn’t paying too much attention to what she was watching until one episode came on TV; Jane’s Driving Lesson.
OK, I know the episode is pretty sexist and relies on …

Now here is a cartoon you can sink your teeth into. It’s the classic The Big Bad Wolf from the golden oldies days of the cartoon. This wolf is big and mean, and he fully intends to eat one of Little Bo Beep’s lambs. He quickly …