TV Reviews
The Catherine Tate Show (BBC)
It took me a while to realise how funny Catherine Tate is and how good her sketch show is. I only started watching it when the UK nation was already quoting her ‘Lauren’ character and saying “I ain’t bovvered” at every opportunity. I have grown to really …
“Workaholics” Season 3 on Comedy Central
The new season of Workaholics takes the amusing basis of three single twenty-somethings living and working together to a heightened level of hilarity. The characters are up to their same antics, but the situations are more and more outrageous.
The newest season of Comedy Central’s hit show starts out with …
True Blood 3.03 “It Hurts Me Too”
The title of the episode in this case proved to be prophetic - after two very strong episodes, the third one didn’t happen to be the charm, quite contrarily, slumped down and simply didn’t provide the high quality, high speed drama of its predecessors.
Jason’s subplot, usually boring but, at …
Super Mario World - Gopher Bash
Super Mario World - “Gopher Bash” is episode nine of the series and finally is an episode that focuses on Luigi. Instead of Mario trying to make life easier for the cave people, Luigi is now taking a stab at it by trying to teach them how to grow …
Undercover Boss - UK: Harry Ramsden’s TV Show
This UK version of Undercover Boss was the first to feature a female executive that I know of. The U.S.A. version didn’t use a female in its first season at all. The woman in question was Marija Simovic, Chief Executive Officer for Harry Ramsden’s, said to be …
CHiPs: One Two Many
The first episode of 1978 as the premier season of CHiPs continued was called One Two Many. The name for this show comes from the unfortunate fact that there seem to be one too man Jon Bakers around. In other words, there’s a wannabe cop running around …
Kekkaishi Episode 3 (Anime)
Kekkaishi Episode 3 has Yoshimori and Tokine meeting Yomi, a mysterious girl who knew Tokine’s father before he died. But nothing is as it seems and they don’t know her ulterior reasons for meeting them.
This episode was really good because it expanded on the world of Kekaishi and …
Destination Truth: Haunted Lost City/Thunderbird
Last night’s Destination Truth wasn’t the best episode I’ve seen of the show but it was still somewhat interesting, especially compared with the other programs I watched yesterday.
Josh Gates and friends traveled to Peru (or one of those South American countries) to investigate ruins of a lost city for …
M*A*S*H: Springtime
M*A*S*H: Springtime is a pivotal episode to one of the characters, but it’s also a show with a lot of gaps that make it a bit sub-par. I do like the location shooting here, which really wasn’t much of a location, except that the cameras went outside of …
The Virginian: A Father for Toby TV Show
The Virginian: A Father for Toby was a very nice third season episode for this long running western series. Young Kurt Russell was the primary guest star, playing Toby Shea, a boy who had a lot of tall stories about his father, even as he lived at an …
CSI AXN Cable Channel
I was not a fan of CSI from the beginning up until my uncle who, according to his wife was said to be a devotee of this program. In one of our conversations, she retorted “my husband never misses an episode of CSI and makes it a point to …
Psych: Shawn Versus the Red Phantom
Well, at least after watching the previous episode of Psych, which I didn’t feel was as good as others that I have seen from the series, I was able to watch one that was somewhat better; Shawn versus the Red Phantom.
When I saw the title, I wasn’t really sure …
Jamie Oliver TV programme
I think Jamie Oliver is a breath of fresh air. He throws the rule book out the window when it comes to cooking and he is pretty cute too.
I like the gap in his front teeth, his cheeky accent and hi little messed up boy hair… it helps that …
That Girl: Stag Party
The wedding between Ann and Don is getting closer with the advent of Don’s stag party. We actually never get to see the wedding, and the shows after this just mention the upcoming nuptials. As always, Marlo Thomas and Ted Bessell are just superb in their portrayals.
In …
TV Episode for House: Black Hole
I got a chance to watch bits and pieces of last night’s House episode. From what I saw of it, it was a pretty interesting show.
This time around, House and his team have to figure out what is killing a high school girl before all her organs start failing. …
The Real Ghostbusters: Season 1, Episode 14: Knock, Knock
Man, I wanted to like this episode more than I did. It wasn’t bad per se, but it had everything going for it, yet the end result was still only passable. Straczynski was writing it, it centered on an ancient world threatening evil, and Slimer had only …
The Apprentice U.K.: S6, Ep 1 TV Show
The Apprentice U.K. has begun what is apparently its sixth season. I’ve only seen a couple, but I enjoy it, sometimes even better than the United States version. The show began with 16 candidates, all vying to work for Lord Alan Sugar, who they meet for the …
Stargate SG-1: The Fifth Race
Close to perfection: that’s what Stargate SG-1: The Fifth Race is. This second season episode is pivotal to the Stargate SG-1 lore, and it’s extremely well done.
In this show, Jack O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) accidentally downloads the knowledge of the Ancients. Unfortunately, he can’t process it. …
Stargate SG-1: Frozen
For some reason, I like this season six episode more than the other ones before it so far. Maybe it’s the intrigue of the White Rock Research Station in Antarctica. That’s a new one for the team, and it’s kind of interesting.
I like the Ayiana character, a …
Boston Legal Season 2 Episode 15
Alan Shore was consulted by a former friend Feliz about a possible legal action. Feliz had a daughter Melissa who can’t smile. She had nerve damage from a car accident. Melissa already underwent surgery in order to correct the problem but it didn’t work. She had a bad …
Emerald Point N.A.S.: Episode 9
Watching this ninth episode of Emerald Point N.A.S. brings about a couple of emotions and observations.
First, every episode, including this one, I just amaze at Sela Ward and that sultry pout and evil glare she has. It’s really making me appreciate her more as an actress. I’ve …
The Simple Life (television)
“Laugh and the world laughs with you”. That phrase does not always seem to alighn properly with Paris Hilton and Nicole Richey’s, The Simple Life, more often than not, does it? While this dynamic duo makes millions of dollars based upon their innate ability to function in …
Fashion Star Reality Show
Fashion Star is somewhat similar to Project Runway. The show is about giving unknown fashion designers the chance to show their clothes to the world, and the twist to this show is instead of winning a huge prize at the end like Project Runway, the prizes are given weekly …
Birdseye Steamfresh Brussel Sprouts
My wife and I had a chicken dinner last night and wanted a vegetable to go with it. Since we hadn’t had brussel sprouts in a while, we decided to pick up a bag of them from the Birdseye Steamfresh brand.
I was very disappointed.
To be fair, I usually don’t …
Super Gran TV show
I was really pleased the other day to discover that Super Gran is being shown on TV again, since I had thought that it had been long since forgotten by most people and would gradually fade into the distance with only the occasional DVD release to self-mocking older viewers …
Friends Season One - The one with the Blackout
There is a major city wide power outage in town, and Chandler gets stuck in an ATM vestibule with a famous hot women. The first thing he thinks to do is to call all of his Friends because he is so excited because she is so hot. He wishes …
Sea Hunt: Pressure Suit TV Show
Sea Hunt: Pressure Suit has some nice underwater photography here and there. I like the clear water scenes like this show had. It’s so crisp and easy to see the fish swimming around. In this episode, Mike Nelson, played by Lloyd Bridges, is helping Professor Auerbach …
Cold Case - Volunteers show
I don’t get many opportunities to watch the show Cold Case. But, i took part of the day off to take my daughter to the fair (which was ruined by the rain) and ended up watching a re-run of it today “Volunteers.” It was pretty decent.
The show starts out …
Legend of Korra, Avatar Series Anime
The legend of korra Book 1 series is the squeal to Avatar: the last airbender. Basically there is a world here there a five kinds of people. One kind has the ability to control water, another fire, another earth and another air while the fifth kind of person can …
John Doe: Mind Games TV show
John Doe: Mind Games is a good little story that begins with a woman and a young boy showing up on John’s doorstep and announcing that he’s probably the boy’s father. It’s another variation of the sperm bank story, but a bit more complex than normal.
I was impressed …
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Television Show
This is the best show in late night, Period. For many years, up until this recent year, I have not watched a great amount of late night television. Reason being is because its all the same old stuff. Opening monologue, some sort of regular game or bit they run, …
The Office: Branch Wars
The Office is one of the more hit or miss shows on television in my opinion. It’s not even just from episode to episode. There will be four or five jokes in a single scene and only one or two will be funny, but those jokes can make me …
The Twilight Zone: The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross TV Show
The season five weirdness continues with The Twilight Zone: The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross. It’s a show that focuses on a man who has the capability of exchanging characteristics with another. It’s a gift he uses for the purposes of improving his situation and to ultimately win …
Shatner’s Raw Nerve: Judge Judy Sheindlin TV Show
For the past couple of years, actor William Shatner has had a very interesting half hour series called Shatner’s Raw Nerve. It’s a great concept, and it’s not a normal talk show. It really is a one on one chat between Shatner and his guest, which in …
Becoming Human- A 3 part series from NOVA
Ever since its arrival, NOVA has been home to some interesting shows. Their educational 1-hour documentaries often intrigue thousands and thousands of viewers. Recently, I watched “Becoming Human-A 3 part series” for my Biology class. As I sat at the computer for three whole hours I felt myself starting …
The Carrie Diaries [Season 1 - Episode 1]
This is a series that I was entirely skeptical about but after a few youtube videos that I have come across randomly I decided to give it a try. Now, from just the pilot, I can not tell you for sure if I have liked it or not, …
I Love Money
I thought the American reality television series “I Love Money” was one of VH1’s best reality television series. This was because it involved different people from previous reality television series on VH1 all competing for a quarter of a million United States dollars. All these people had to do …
Cowboy Bebop Episode 19 (Anime)
Cowboy Bebop Episode 19 has Spike getting his fighter repaired on Earth while Faye and Jet take on space pirates.
This episode was pretty interesting and fun, the situation was interesting because this is the first time Faye and Jet and even Edward were useless in a fight while bounty …
House: Moving the Chains
Well, last night’s episode of House was somewhat interesting.
First, you had a football player on the verge of being drafted by the NFL suffering some sort of ailment that causes his skin to turn white (he’s black) and have a breakdown on the field that causes him to beat …
CSI New York S4 E4
CSI New York Season 4 Episode 4
The episode deals with two separate cases, one stranger than the other. In the first one a strange looking man is running naked through the streets until he finally collapses in the CSI offices. He is badly injured and dies shortly after. But …
The Secret Life of the American Teenager TV Show
When I first learned that ABC Family was presenting a new show about a teenager who happened to get pregnant one summer at band camp, I was a little interested as to what sort of message this would send to young adults. I assumed that the show would be …
Blue’s Clues Television Show
There are many television shows out there that are geared to toddlers. My most favourite right now for my two-year old is Blue’s Clues. Blue’s Clues is partly animated and is based on a young man and his puppy.
The puppy provides clues via an animated paw print to his …
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Welcome to the Hell Mouth
My wife and I recently decided to try watching the old Buffy the Vampire Slayer series on DVD from start to finish; starting with the first episode “Welcome to the Hell Mouth.”
As far as first episodes of new series are concerned, this was a good one.
The story-line on this …
Law & Order Criminal Intent TV Episode: Ten Count
My wife was watching re-runs of Law & Order Criminal Intent last night and, since I really wasn’t in the mood to watch Monday Night Football, I decided to sit down on the couch and watch them with her.
The first episode that aired was one I hadn’t seen before …
The Andy Griffith Show: Andy and Opie - Bachelors TV Show
The Andy Griffith Show: Andy and Opie - Bachelors, which aired back in October 1962, was the second episode to include Joanna Moore as Andy’s girlfriend, Peggy McMillian. Like Mary Simpson, the last gal to have Andy’s affections, Peggy was a nurse. In her first appearance, we …
Made: Cheerleaders
I’m clearly from an older generation as I’d never even heard of the Made tv series until very early this morning when I watched an episode for the very first time. In reality, the show has been on for ten years according to the website. Of course, …
Lie to Me on Fox
Have you seen the new TV show “Lie to Me”? It is the new Fox hit on Wednesday nights. My husband and I really like it so far. We needed a new show for Wednesday nights and “Lie to Me” is the lucky winner. It has a great new …
Getting On (BBC4)
Comediennes Jo Brand, and the lesser known Jo Scanlan and Vicki Pepperdine bring us a satirical look at the day to day workings of a modern NHS hospital.
It’s a strange show to first get into, using mainly ad-libbed dialogue and some camera work you’d expect from the likes …
Top Chef: Washington D.C.: Reunion Special TV Show
Top Chef: Washington D.C.: Reunion Special was frustrating in that once again they don’t tell us who the fan favorite was, saving it for that lame What it Live show, or whatever it is. I feel like that is TV show blackmail, and I refuse to watch.
For this …
MacGyver: Blow Out
MacGyver: Blow Out has some really nice segments and some which bore me, too. The opening is great. MacGyver is fighting a cold so he makes a run to the grocery store and promptly encounters a robbery. This segment is great with him, along with a …
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