TV Reviews
Scrubs: Our Role Model
This was the best episode of the new season. I haven’t really been digging this new setup, but the show seems to be finding it’s footing. I was relieved to see Faison, Braff and McGinley added to the main credits but then it’s ruined by J.D talking …
Grey’s Anatomy S1EP2 The First Cut is the Deepest
The First Cut is the Deepest is the second episode for season 1 of Grey’s Anatomy. For this week, the gist of the story would talk about lines like the finish line at the end of the residency, the line separating personal life with work and the most important …
That 70s Show: The Drive-in
The That 70s Show Episode “The Drive-in” is one of the funnier episodes this show ever made. And, the funny part about that is it really has nothing to do with a drive-in.
OK, I should re-phrase that, you do have a whole storyline where Eric, Kelso, Jackie and Donna …
Mike & Molly: Pilot TV Show
The pilot for Mike & Molly aired in mid September 2010. This is one of the new crop of comedies that I decided to try out and see if I was missing something. The answer across the board is pretty much a resounding no. The jokes …
Criminal Minds TV Show
Criminal Minds is a new show on CBS that features the Behavioral Analysis Unit of the FBI solving crimes. I really love this show! It’s kind of like Profiler meets CSI. The story lines were always great and I really liked all of the different characters on the team. …
Columbo: Death Lends a Hand TV Show
I have to say truthfully that the absolute best scene from Columbo’s Death Lends a Hand was the very last one. There was this super conversation between Columbo and the father of the murder victim. In that talk, the police lieutenant reveals his mischievous past and his …
Wild Kingdom: Return of the Fire Cat TV show
Wild Kingdom, from Mutual of Omaha, is a long-running nature show which is currently appearing on Animal Planet. This show features animals from around the world, and traces their stories as they struggle to survive in the wild. In the episode entitled Return of the Fire Cat, …
Stylista Season 1
After the influence that I got from America’s Next Top Model, I was hooked in watching Tyra’s recently produced TV reality show, “Stylista”. Unlike Top Model wherein Tyra is hosting the show, Stylista has Anne Slowey from Elle Magazine hosting the show. It also stars Joe Zee, creative director …
Voyagers!: Destiny’s Choice
Jon-Erik Hexum and Meeno Peluce star in Voyagers!: Destiny’s Choice wherein their characters of Phineas Bogg and Jeffrey Jones have to convince Franklin Delano Roosevelt to continue with his political dreams.
Much of the story in Destiny’s Choice was, of course, strength of character in the face of adversity. …
House: Living the Dream
Some House episodes have gotten a bit dull. But, occasionally, there is an episode that is funny and entertaining. The one entitled “Living the Dream” is a good example.
The best part of this episode is the intro. You have House’s favorite soap star leaving the studio in a limo …
Metrocast Cable
I use Metrocast cable TV and in my opinion the service is great and I have really enjoyed it. I use the basic package but there are a lot of good channels included with the basic package. I chose the basic package because it was very cheap …
Stargate Atlantis: The Queen
Stargate Atlantis: The Queen, season 5’s eighth episode, is very big into this whole wraith business. The wraith are the equal of the Goa’uld on Stargate SG-1. The problem is that no one really wants to look at them. They are unpleasant evils and never really …
The Beverly Hillbillies Ultimate Collection Volume 2
The Beverly Hillbillies Ultimate Collection Volume 2 is a DVD boxed set released by MPI Home Video and contains a collection of first season and second season episodes, bring up the total number of episodes to twenty-seven. Additionally, there’s close to one hour’s worth of bonus material. That’s more …
Destination Truth: King Tut’s Curse/Swamp Ape
The more I see the show Destination Truth, the more I find myself liking it. None of the episodes have lived up to the first one I watched but they are still pretty close.
Last night’s episode “King Tut’s Curse/Swamp Ape” was probably the best thing I watched last night.
The …
Stargate SG1: The First Ones
There were quite a few Stargate SG1 fans who were disappointed in this episode, or who ridiculed it. Episode 8 of season 4 - The First Ones - was one of my favorite episodes. Sure, people could accuse me of loving this episode because it was Daniel-centric …
Shroud for a Nightingale - Part 2
Shroud for a Nightingale - Part 2 continues the P.D. James story that takes place at Nightingale Hospital. This confines the story to taking place mostly in the hospital, and thus, it’s a story I like better than several of the other city location stories. For whatever …
Family Guy TV Episode: Quagmire’s Dad
After last night’s Simpson’s repeat, I left the TV on and started watching the Family Guy episode that was following it; Quagmire’s Dad. About 10 minutes into the episode, I realized it really wasn’t suitable for my daughter and sent her out of the room (I told her she …
Adam-12: Extortion
The fourth season of Adam-12 got under way on September 15, 1971 with an episode called Extortion. It’s a good start for the police drama which starred Martin Milner and Kent McCord.
What I love about it first of all is that it starts out with the banter that …
The Next Food Network Star: Finale August 15, 2010 TV Show
Watching The Next Food Network Star finale tonight was interesting, and I should have known better than to have fallen for their slick editing job. I’ll explain what I mean about that shortly.
The three finalists were Herb, Aartie, and Tom. I like all three, but my clear …
Cougartown Season One Episode One
There is one word to describe the pilot of the television series Cougartown and that is awkward.
I’m not sure what i was expecting in a half hour sitcom about older women that prey on younger men but I know t wasn’t this.
The show is about forty something Jules who …
Sea Hunt: Alligator Story TV Show
Sea Hunt: Alligator Story is a tale that just the name would keep me from watching if I weren’t reviewing this episode. Gator stories are not my cup of tea, as they say. The story opens with a really nice camera shot of Nelson looking up through …
Babylon 5: Season 1, Episode 2: Midnight on the Firing Line
A Centauri colony is attacked and it is up to the crew of Babylon 5 to figure out who is responsible and avoiding another war.
This episode acted as a nice follow up to the pilot. While the first episode had a fairly heavy plot, this one did …
Friends sitcom
Although this show is no longer on the air with new episodes, it is often on with reruns, and the DVDs are readily available at most major retailers, so it is easy to get your hands on them.
We love this show. When there is nothing on televsion, we often …
24 Season 7
The conclusion of 24 Season 7 was aired last Tuesday and I couldn’t help but be sad about this. For the past four months, I have been religiously watching and anticipating each episode over the Internet since the Television premier is about two months late.
Unlike the first …
Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics - Champions Gala
The Champions Gala for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics was held on Saturday, February 27th, and it was worth the wait.
Japan’s Takahashi gave a wonderful performance, full of color and delight. I loved his motion and fluidity within his exhibition performance. It made me intrigued and brought …
Yo Gabba Gabba
Yo Gabba Gabba is, ostensibly, a children’s show, but I find myself drawn into it just as much as my children.
The basic premise is that DJ Lance Rock has friends who come to life when he removes them from his boom box and says the magic words “Yo …
Friends - The one where Monica sings
Phoebe convinces Monica to come to Mike’s piano bar to listen to him play and to make fun of people singing karaoke. Monica has always wanted to go, but she knows that as soon as she gets there Phoebe is going to try and convince her to sing, …
My Dog Ate What? TV Show
I was surfing channels when I saw this show at the National Geographic Channel. The title is “My Dog Ate What?” and it was very engaging I watched the whole show.
This is about dogs (and in this episode called “Batteries and Cereal Boxes”, a tortoise was featured too!) who …
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Monster’s Web TV Show
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Monster’s Web, the 23rd show of the second season, guest starred the talented Peter Mark Richman as “Captain Mike Gantt. Richman had a very long career where he appeared in just about every show under the son, and in doing …
Vikings (TV series)
One of my favourite television series as of late is “Vikings”. It’a almost completely unexpected too, since while I’ve been hearing about how good it was since 2013, I just never thought that I would enjoy it almost as much as I enjoy Game of Thrones. As it turns out …
Have Gun - Will Travel: The Marshall’s Boy TV Show
Have Gun - Will Travel: The Marshall’s Boy was directed by series star, Richard Boone. It has a unique start, with Hey Boy mumbling in Chinese as he picks up a telegram for Paladin. We actually see him opening it and rejoicing over the contents. Then …
Afro Samurai Episode 3 (Anime)
Afro Samurai Episode 3 has the Brotherhood of the Empty Seven send a robotic clone of Afro Samurai after him to kill him.
This episode was really intense and it had a lot of action in it. I liked the fight between Afro and the Afo droid. It …
Adam-12: Log 155: Internal Affairs - Blackmail
From 1971 which was the third season of Jack Webb’s highly successful Adam-12 television series, Log 155: Internal Affairs - Blackmail focuses in on a cop accused of corruption. Jed Allan guest stars as Officer Tony Johnson, a friend of Pete Malloy’s. Malloy, a veteran police officer, …
Hellcats: The Prisoner’s Song TV Show
Alyson Michalka stars as Marti Perkins in Hellcats: The Prisoner’s Song. This hour was full of drama and excitement, especially when Marti votes against her teammate and roommate, Savannah, when Savannah ends up in a face off with Alice over the video presentation style. Marti also has …
Adam-12 Season 2 DVD
Unlike the sub-par and very sad season 1 release of the Adam-12 DVD, Season 2’s release by Shout Factory is a huge success! The two-disc set is one-sided, versus the horrible 2-sided discs from season 1. The discs are highlighted with photographs and well marked, versus no …
The Twilight Zone: Printer’s Devil TV Show
Burgess Meredith is back for yet another appearance on this classic, groundbreaking science fiction series. In The Twilight Zone: Printer’s Devil , he’s essentially the devil, and he’s brilliant. In my opinion, you can take all of Meredith’s appearances from The Twilight Zone and get a well …
Wagon Train: The Whipping
The Whipping episode of Wagon Train focused more on the Bill Hawks character, played by Terry Wilson. The character is background much of the time. Wilson was on the show forever, but was overshadowed by Scott ‘Denny’ Miller as Duke Shannon and later by Robert Fuller as …
Tree House of Horror XVII
I used to love watching the Simpsons but no longer watch too many of the newer episodes. Last night’s latest edition, Tree House of Horror XVII reminded me of why.
In it’s annual Halloween special, the Simpsons spoofed War of the Worlds, Golem and the Blob. I saw a lot …
Transformers Rescue Bots TV Show
One of the best Transformers cartoons I’ve seen. Transformers Rescue Bots is on the TV station called The Hub. It’s a channel has some of the old time shows like ALF as well as old children’s cartoons like the 1985 Transformers , GI Joe from the 80s, and so …
Gone but Not Forgotten
I watched Gone By Not Forgotten. A mini series. I had read the book and was surprised to see that the movie followed the book very closely.
Scott Glenn played the defendant, Martin Darius. He is accused of killing several women in Sacremento, apparently he had committed similar crimes …
The Virginian: Silver Image TV Show
The second episode of The Virginian’s seventh season on the air from September 1968 was called Silver Image, and it was far better than I thought it was going to be. The show surrounded a widow of a rancher in Medicine Bow who was in the middle of …
Emergency! Season 1 DVD set
As one of my all-time favorite shows ever, as in definitely the top ten, I’ve been wanting to get the Emergency! Season 1 DVD set since it came out. Economics prevented it, but finally I was able to get the first season. Hopefully, I’ll be able to …
The Catherine Tate Show - First Series
Mainstream female comics are few and far between. Certainly, there’s more than a few going strong amongst notable comedy groups and the likes of Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders have all brought us some downright fine entertainment over the years, but since Dawn and Jennifer …
Boston Legal Season 2 Episode 2
The prosecution presented its witness on the black widow case. One of the witnesses presented by the prosecution was the housekeeper of the defendant. The witness testified to what she overheard about the quarrel between the defendant and her boyfriend, she quote, ” Look at the bright side. His …
Due South: Red, White, or Blue
The Red, White, or Blue episode from the second season of Due South begins with Benton Fraser and Ray Vecchio having a bit of a tiff stemming from all the publicity that Fraser is getting from helping to prevent the disaster that was the subject of the prior episode …
Highway Patrol: Harbor Story TV Show
Highway Patrol: Harbor Story gets right to the action with a bank robbery. The only problem I have with it are two of the robbers running out of the bank and into a potential witness, who ends up getting shot in the shoulder and does an overly dramatic …
The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.: Stagecoach
The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.: Stagecoach would have been better with a little different mix of stagecoach passengers. Basically, Brisco is taking a prisoner to Mexico on a stagecoach on which there is a killer. The viewers learn this first, thanks to a scene with Socrates …
Due South: Juliet Is Bleeding
This second season episode of Due South focuses more on Detective Ray Vecchio (David Marciano), with Canadian Mountie Benton Fraser (Paul Gross) somewhat secondary. It revolves around more old friends of Ray’s that are on the wrong side of the right and wrong tracks.
One part of the storyline …
Dragon’s Den
Dragon’s Den is a BBC2 show where budding entrepreneurs enter “The Den” to pitch for an investment from five of Britain’s most successful multi-millionaire business people known here as the Dragon’s.
I have recently finished a 2 week quest to collect every single episode from the Dragon’s Den set and …
Family Guy: Business Guy
Even though we rarely watch new episodes of Family Guy (we usually want to screen them before our daughter sees them), my wife wanted to watch last night’s episode because Hugh Laurie guest starred in a spoof of his well-known Gregory House character; a person who doesn’t play by …
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