The second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation is not as good as the first season. In the second season, the stories did not seem to contain as much wonder and sense of excitement and exploration, like in the first season episodes “Encounter at Farpoint, Parts One and …

A couple of months ago I saw an advert for a new t.v show. It was Lee Nelsons Well Good Show. It was to be shown on BBC3 and my initial impressions, without even watching the show was that it looked like a complete waste of time. A man …

That Girl: Gone With the Breeze is pretty funny. Don Hollinger (Ted Bessell) has written his first novel, and he wants his girlfriend, Ann Marie (Marlo Thomas) to read it and given him her thoughts on the novel, good or bad. She promises to read it that …

Vampires seem to be all the rage these days. Starting with Twilight, there was this major trend toward literature, TV shows, and movies all about vampires. Stephanie Meyer started a crazy fad that has strangely held strong for awhile now. True Blood was HBO’s attempt to market the vampire …

I haven’t seen any episodes of the old television show Emergency in some time now. But, we had dinner at my parents’ last night and my dad was watching it so I ended up watching one with him; “Zero.”
This episode turned out to be halfway interesting. You have a …

Confessions of a Teen Idol - Episode 8 is the final episode of this experimental concept where former teen idols were brought together on their quest to reclaim their fame.
The show is really more of a ‘goodbye’ episode. The guys talk alot about how close they’ve become and …

If you are a single lad, or a lad that has recently started seeing a new girl, then I have seen a t.v show that would really put me off the idea of ever being in a relationship again. Meet The Parents on E4 is where a lad can …

The Twilight Zone: The Arrival is a memorable show about a federal aviation investigator who develops an intriguing idea about a current mystery. The DC-3 arrives at the airport, sans any passengers, crew, or baggage. That’s the reason that Grant Sheckly, the investigator, is called in.
Harold J. …

Synopsis: Serial killer The Gravedigger is assassinated while on her way to a court appeal and Booth, Brennan and the rest of the team need to find out who is responsible for her murder.
What I liked about this episode: The opening part of this episode was great. We are …

The story behind Have Gun - Will Travel: The O’Hare Story was basically water rights. The story takes place in Ashley, California. They are afraid of losing their water and their town dying because a neighboring town of Center City is dynamiting and building a dam. …

An overhanging wire in the backyard of the David household is spoiling the view, and driving Cheryl nuts. All it’ll take to get rid of it is a final signature from an adjacent neighbour; simple, if not for the fact this is Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Larry is on top …

PBS created a sensation and really has a hand in the development of the Irish songstress group known as Celtic Woman. This is one of the earlier specials called The Greatest Journey and features five of the women who have comprised this group over the last few years, …

I really love these ‘away’ episodes of Adam-12 when they fill in or substitute in areas that aren’t their normal patrol. In the case of this show, Substation, Officers Pete Malloy and Jim Reed are assigned to the International Airport. It’s supposed Los Angeles International Airport. …

The Dean Martin Comedy Hour put game show host Monty Hall on the hot seat for this edition of the series that dealt with roasting noted celebrities. Hall is best known for Let’s Make a Deal, though he’s done some acting and a few other game shows in …

Nurse Peggy McMillan is back again in The Andy Griffith Show: Barney Mends a Broken Heart, a third season episode from November 1962, where she and her beau, Sheriff Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) have a little tiff, which prompts Deputy Barney Fife (Don Knotts) to try to set his …

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Werewolf, the second show of the third season, begins a little like last week’s show, in that we begin by seeing a scientist working on a project outside of the Seaview. Last week it was Arthur Hill diving on the ocean …

MrBurns wants to see how good his workers are in case of a fire drill emergency and so decides to have a fire drill. However it takes more than 15 minutes for Homer to come out. It is really funny since the place should be evacuated in seconds, but …

I have watched all of the episodes of Parenthood that have aired so far. I watched and enjoyed the movie when it came out and it is so hard for a tv show to live up to a well received movie but I think this show is …

China Beach: Lost & Found Part 2 was the tail end of the first outing for this dramatic series as it entered its second season. As was always the case for this groundbreaking series, there was a lot going on throughout the hour.
The show revolves around the nurses …

The Virginian: Echo of Another Day is the 26th episode of season 1 for this NBC color western.
Bradford Dillman guest stars as Sam Harder who returns to Medicine Bow after 5 years in prison. He and Bleeck have a score to settle. Trampas jumps in to assist, …

It wasn’t one of the best episodes on the show. The themes were quite sad, but not every interesting. The show tells two stories.
In the first story, in a house is the suburbs. The whole family is death. A woman goes to check up on her little baby before …

Chris McKann, president of 1-800-Flowers, was the center of the season finale of Undercover Boss. It was interesting to watch for a couple of reasons, one of which was the particular history of this flower company. Chris is the younger brother of the founder and CEO, Jim …

Make It or Break It? is ABC’s newest addition to its roster of family-centered shows. This one, however, centers on gymnastics, specifically on 4 girls’ of making it to Nationals and ultimately, the Olympics.
Having just finished seeing the Pilot episode, I can say upfront that this will be …

Monster Episode 7 begins with Dr. Tenma and Nina heading frantically back to her parents’ place, hoping to stop Johan from murdering her adoptive parents. They arrive too late and the police arrive and ask them to come to the police station for questioning.
This was a pretty …

The Twilight Zone: Shadow Play is one of those shows I just don’t enjoy watching. It’s a difficult show because I simply feel for the situation. It’s a nightmare. More than that, main performer Dennis Weaver plays his part with such pain and conflict that it’s …

This episode picks up where the season finale left off…sort of. It isn’t told in chronological order, rather it’s shuffled up. The differences were so drastic that I was convinced that they were introducing a multiverse, with one being real and the other taking place in …

In the afternoon there are a number of television shows that peek my interest. I enjoy watching shows that deal with law. There are a number of semi law shows. Judge Joe Brown is one of the more entertaining shows that are on in the afternoon. This …

“Plastique” is the second episode of season eight of Smallville. This was a mediocre episode that was really saved by the growing sexual tension between Lois Lane and Clark Kent, as well as an ending that really sets the stage for a larger plot arch for the rest …

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 …

Spicks and Specks is an Australian musical quiz show which is aired on TV every Wednesday at 8:30pm on ABC. It works that there is the host, and two team leaders. They each have two different guests each week which answers some quizzes related to music.
There are many rounds, …

I thought that this episode of Law and Order Special Victims Unit was not only interesting but educational to me in the sense that it was this episode which informed me of the theory which some people have that sometimes people who are sexually abused eventually begin to sexually …

King of Queens is only shown in reruns now and I’m thankful that it is. I was working too much during the original run of the series to get to watch it all but now I watch it faithfully Monday through Friday at 5 and 5:30pm and at 7 …

Highway Patrol: Hot Dust, a third season episode from 1957, was quite interesting to watch. It concerned a young man named Harry Wells. He accidentally spills a container of radioactive material and then he panics. While he picks up the canister and places it in a …

Burn Notice: Hot Spot from season two isn’t really a big hit for me. The basic concept is that Fiona continues to help Michael try to find out who is trying to kill him, while Michael’s ‘job’ for the show is helping a football player who is in …

Season 5 begins with M*A*S*H: Bug Out, a show that is full of rumors that the 4077th is bugging out due to an expected attack. At first, it’s believed that the news is nothing but exaggerations and rumors, but then the news comes that they will be bugging …

We have been watching episodes of the 1980s series Faerie Tale Theater with our daughter. One of the episodes we watched was Rumpelstiltskin, a book I have read to my daughter but she didn’t remember.
The episode wasn’t too bad. You have Ned Beatty playing the king who insists that …

I’ve been watching Criminal Minds from the beginning, but I find that I am agreeing more and more with Mandy Patinkin who starred in this series originally and then left the show because it was too dark and upsetting. Sometimes I only half watch the shows which are …

The episode begins showing Bart vandalizing public property. Marge gives him a lecture, on how to be loyal to your town. This is taken very seriously by Bart. When they go to paly with the Springfield Lemon Tree, they notice that boys from Shelbyville steal some of that tree’s …

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Mist of Silence, episode four, opens with a lot of action as we see an attempted murder of a Latin American President. I never really like this kind of thing, so when I see this type of opening, it makes …

The television series Sex and The City is a half hour comedy that once aired on HBO.
Firstly the series no longer screens so if you want to check it out you will have to either wait for reruns on television or check out the DVD.
I like Sex and the …

Ren & Stimpy is a cartoon about a dog and a cat who are best friends and roommates. Each episode they go through different things and sometimes they gain, sometimes they lose. Ren is a Chihuahua dog and Stimpy is an alley cat, no particular breed. I think that …

Family Guy is a TV series which has been met with a mixed reception and its own fair share of controversies since its release several years ago. After initially being taken off the air after its first season it was brought back after overwhelming fan support despite some persistent …

Law and Order Special Victims Unit is a series that is part of the Law and Order franchise.
I myself love this show and think it has many great things to offer an audience.
The show itself focuses on sex crimes and the detectives that solve them. The show …

Baywatch was a cool show in it’s time and I loved to watch it. I think Baywatch does not get the credit it deserves as all it is really known for is pretty girls running on the beach and when the show first came out it was a …

So begins the era of Tennant. The guy had pretty big shoes to fill as Eccleston’s portrayal of the Doctor was highly praised (and rightfully so). Unfortunately, he spends a majority of the episode unconscious so it isn’t until the third act that we really get to …

“Hollywood Anniversary” is an episode of “I Love Lucy”. This episode takes place while the gang is in Hollywood. The plot of this episode is a little hard to believe because in it, Ricky is unable to remember the date of his marriage anniversary. The reason I say it’s …

Highway Patrol: Missing Witness was one of the better episodes I’ve seen of this old time TV classic. The series revolves around the California Highway Patrol and the man in charge, Chief Dan Mathews, as played by Broderick Crawford. The show can be hard to watch sometimes …

After a lengthy two year hiatus, legendary comedian Larry David returns to his hit HBO comedy show Curb Your Enthusiasm with a sixth season.
It came as a surprise that the show returned at all, not just for the fact of a lengthy weight. The fifth season, which bowed out …

One day while Spongebob was playing with bubbles, he decides to blow a bubble that is in the shape of a person. He is feeling lonely and doesn’t spend a lot of time with Patrick, and he has decided that he needs another friend. Well, he names his new …

It is really hard to describe how much I love this show. Take all taboo subjects and put them in a hilarious episode and you come close to describing this show. This episode in particular was super funny because it was taboo.
Jimmy’s mom, Victoria who is Hope’s …